Nov 15, 2019
In this episode, we're learning more about The Nightingale Challenge. The World Health Organization is calling the year of 2020 “The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife,” honoring the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale. During 2020, Nursing Now is launching the Nightingale Challenge to invest in young nurses and midwives as it is essential for improving health and health care globally.
Nursing Now is a campaign to improve health globally by raising the status and profile of nursing. The Nightingale Challenge offers young nurses an opportunity to be part of a global movement that will equip and empower the next generation to be advocates in health. AMSN is excited to be able to provide this opportunity to our younger members to assist them in their career growth and to provide them opportunities to expand their leadership skills.
GUESTS
Summer Bryant, DNP, RN,
CMSRN, is a managing consultant for BRG|Prism Healthcare
where she serves as a subject matter expert for medical-surgical
nursing processes and patient care delivery. She is currently the
President-Elect of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses. She is a
seasoned healthcare leader with more than 19 years of clinical
expertise and nursing leadership experience in medical-surgical
environments. She has led teams in a variety of areas to transform
performance, reduce staff turnover, and deliver high-quality care
and patient service. Dr. Bryant is adept at managing projects and
leading people while building a cohesive, collaborative environment
and developing nurses and other staff members into leaders.
She has completed research studying the effect of the Lean
Management System on unfinished nursing care in a medical-surgical
setting. Prior to serving on AMSN’s Board of Directors, she
was a member of the Clinical Practice Committee, member of the
Exemplary Practice Task Force, and Chair of the AMSN PRISM Award
Task Force. She is a member of several professional nursing
organizations, to include the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses,
the American Nurses Association, the Kansas Nurses Association, and
Sigma Theta Tau International. Dr. Bryant received three
degrees from The University of Kansas, a BSN, as well as a MSN and
DNP focused in Organizational Leadership.
Jennifer Kennedy, MS,
RN-BC, has been practicing nursing for over 20 years and
is Board Certified in three specialties; Certified Medical-Surgical
Registered Nurse, Certified Nurse Educator and Nursing Professional
Development. She graduated from Northern Illinois
University with her Masters in Nursing Education and currently is
an assistant professor at George Williams College of Aurora
University. She has an extensive background in
Medical-Surgical Nursing, Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine and
Orthopedics. Jennifer is a member of the Academy of
Medical-Surgical Nursing national association and currently serves
as on their national nursing board as treasurer.
HOST
Alissa Brown, BSN, MSN, RN
is a clinical nurse educator from the University of Utah Health.
She has been working in the health care industry for almost 12
years, and started her nursing career as a med-surg bedside nurse
on an Ortho, Trauma, and Surgical Specialty Unit. It was through
that experience in the med-surg unit where she discovered a passion
for education, and pursued a master’s degree. She is a lifelong
learner, and loves to teach. Born and raised in Salt Lake
City, Utah, she's not all work, and definitely enjoys play! She
loves to travel, and tries to plan as many vacations each year as
she can with family and friends. Alissa loves to read, listen to
podcasts, and geek out to documentaries and crime shows on the
weekends. She's a total fair-weather fan when it comes to Utes
Football, but will cheer in all the right places, or get mad when
her husband tells her to during a game. Alissa is looking forward
to conversations together on this AMSN podcast!