Ep 45 – Nurse-Led Innovation in a Value-Based World, with Dr. Bonnie Clipper

What this episode covers

Nurses have been rightly recognized as heroes during the pandemic – on top of their consistently tireless effort, providing sustained caring and empathy over long hours, nurses stepped up to do more, to meet their patients’ needs despite risk to themselves. For example, they innovated to find solutions that would allow families to stay connected despite the barriers of quarantine. Building on a tradition that has been evident since they first began, nurses have always innovated solutions to improve patient care and outcomes. Their humble service and willing advocacy for each of their patients have made them heroes. This week is Nurses Week, and in honor of nurses everywhere, we are proud to welcome Bonnie Clipper, DNP, MA, MBA, CENP, FACHE as our guest. Bonnie is an expert in the nursing innovation space and was the first Vice President of Innovation for the American Nurses Association and created the innovation framework that is inspiring 4 million registered nurses to transform health through nurse-led innovation. She has published the Amazon international best-seller The Nurse’s Guide to Innovation, The Innovation Roadmap: A Guide for Nurse Leaders, and has published on the impact of AI and robots on nursing practice, as well as authored The Nurse Managers Guide to an Intergenerational Workforce. Bonnie’s insights into nursing are important and clearly articulate that, where a race to value is concerned, nurses are the ones innovating and delivering the solutions that will get us to the finish line! Episode Bookmarks: 05:45 Nurses are more with patients and families than any other discipline 06:30 Nurses are in the best position to transform how care is delivered and how we view health 07:10 The scope of the nursing profession and how their problem-solving can drive cost-effective solutions 09:10 Where do nurses fit in this big picture? 10:00 Nurses in leadership and the 10th anniversary of the IOM’s landmark report, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” 12:50 Interdisciplinary training of the current generation of nurses 13:40 Training nurses about the business of healthcare 14:30 The need for upgraded competencies in nursing (e.g. climate science, gun violence, AI and big data) 15:10 Virtual Reality as a crucial component of the future of nursing education 16:00 The pandemic as a catalyst for health equity, telehealth, and virtual care and how that will impact nursing education 17:45 The nursing workforce shortage and the trend of nurses leaving the bedside 19:00 Staffing ratios in nursing and how nursing can be amplified by Artificial Intelligence 21:30 The trend away from acute inpatient care and how nurses will provide care more home-based care in the future 22:10 “Nursing services should be paid for in relation to the value it brings in the care paradigm. It should not be built in the room rate like a commodity.” 23:00 Restructuring nurse compensation and how this will incentivize performance and promote retention 23:50 The agency-based nursing model and how nurses are finding this model more rewarding 25:00 Innovation in nursing and how that can be leveraged for human-centered design 27:30 Creating a culture of innovation for nursing to flourish and for patient outcomes to improve 28:30 Examples of nurse innovation on the frontlines during COVID-19 29:45 How younger nurses may lead the way in innovation and the “entreprenurse" 30:30 Teaching human-centered design in medical and nursing schools 31:00 The empathy and compassion of nurses and how the broken system can create moral injury