Nurse Executive Podcast
In the BRG Nurse Executive Podcast, we discuss improving patient care by advancing nursing leadership. BRG is a leading global strategic advisory and expert consulting firm that provides independent advice and dispute consulting around the world to corporations, law firms, government agencies and financial institutions. For more, please visit ThinkBRG.com.
Episodes
Nick Chmielewski speaks with Linda Zieman, DNP, MM, MSN, RN, CEN, NEA-BC,
Nick Chmielewski welcomes back Jerry A. Mansfield, PhD, MS, RN, NEA-BC, vice president and system chief nursing executive at University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston. This episode was recorded in January 2024, shortly before Dr. Mansfield began his tenure at UTMB. They discuss collaboration among practice, education, and regulatory nurse leadership to better prepare, develop, and utilize nurse professionals and, ultim...
Nick Chmielewski speaks with Jacob A. Miller, DNP, MBA, ACNP, ENP-C, CNS, NRP, FAEN, Clinical Educator (and former Flight Nurse Practitioner) at UC Health Air Care & Mobile Care in Cincinnati. They discuss emerging models of emergency medical services (EMS) pre-hospital and transport care utilizing physicians and advance practice providers.
Nick Chmielewski speaks with Paul Osborne, a managing director and leader of BRG’s Healthcare Performance Improvement pr...
In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Patricia Kunz Howard, PhD, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN, NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN, Enterprise Director of Emergency Services at the University of Kentucky Healthcare, about leadership challenges with and initiatives to address workplace violence. They discuss approaches such as informing patients and visitors of their behavioral expectations on arrival, caregiver training, enhancing facility access con...
In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with James Ballinghoff, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, chief nursing officer and associate executive director at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. They discuss advancing nursing practice with technology, including predictive analytics tools and artificial intelligence, to improve efficiency, workflow, and outcomes for the staff and system overall.
In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Jerry A. Mansfield, PhD, MS, RN, NEA-BC, the new vice president and system chief nursing executive at University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston. They discuss executive leadership in a new organization. The episode was recorded shortly before Dr. Mansfield began his tenure at UTMB.
Nick Chmielewski speaks with Ellie Kruk, MHA, RN, NE-BC, vice president and chief nurse executive at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital. They discuss strategies employed to implement a discharge lounge at Palos Hospital, which has reduced the average discharge process from four hours to less than one hour and Emergency Department left without being seen rates by 49 percent, among other successes. Find out more about the discharge...
In the season 3 premiere, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Bill Orrell, MBA,
Nick Chmielewski speaks with Noreen Hudson, MSN, RN, BRG’s nursing team lead for perioperative services. They continue their conversation about the various departments comprising perioperative services. They discuss the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU); phases 1, 2, and 3 recovery; on-call coverage practices; and PACU boarding in the midst of hospital room capacity constraints.
Nick Chmielewski welcomes back Erik Martin, DNP, RN, CENP, vice president of Patient Care Services and chief nursing officer at Norton Children’s Hospital. Erik reflects on his two-year term as president of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) and ten continuous years of service on AONL’s board.
In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Andrew Agwunobi, MD, MBA, president of Home Solutions at Humana Inc Read more
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In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Matthew S. Howard, DNP, RN, CEN, TCRN, CPEN, CPN, FAEN, Director of Scholarship & Leadership Resources at Sigma. They discuss the differentiation between bullying and incivility, as well as key interventions to prevent and/or mitigate their occurrence in the healthcare environment.
In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Mitzi Saunders, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, president of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS). They review the role of the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and discuss key attributes of an organization with an effective CNS program.
Nick Chmielewski speaks with Lisa Wolf, PhD, RN, CEN, FAEN, FAAN regarding the state of triage accuracy in US emergency department...
Nick Chmielewski speaks with Rebecca Harris, DNP, MBA, BSN, RN, an associate director on BRG’s Care Transformation team. They continue an earlier podcast discussion on healthcare workplace violence. Dr. Harris’s work has focused on verbal aggression as a mechanism to reduce workplace violence against nurses. This episode summarizes her policy analysis, which can be viewed at https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/son_dnp/132/.
Nick Chmielewski speaks with Michael Callihan, PhD, RN, CEN, NRP, an assistant professor at The University of Alabama’s Capstone College of Nursing. They discuss current research regarding biomechanics and occupational injury prevention for nursing and strategies for the nurse executive to consider when implementing solutions. They also talk about closing the research-to-practice gap and viewing research open access as a nursing pr...
Nick Chmielewski speaks with Dr. Scott Wolf and Dr. Dustin Fowler, members of BRG’s Strategy and Ambulatory Services team. They discuss strategies to maximize both net revenue and quality while decreasing hospitalization census.
Nick Chmielewski speaks with stretcherside emergency nurse, poet, social scientist, and US Air Force veteran Craig Manbauman, BSN, RN. They discuss using art therapy as a mechanism to reflect on traumatic events and enhance nurse wellness.
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