A Call for Nurses to Become Media Competent: An Interview With Barbara Glickstein.

In this column, Barbara Glickstein, a public health nurse, health reporter, and media strategist, shares insights about nurses' involvement and engagement in the media. She founded "Barbara Glickstein Strategies," a company that trains healthcare leaders to become media competent to advance population health and public policy.

Transformational and Unifying Leadership: An Interview With Loressa Cole.

In this column, the recently retired American Nurses Association Enterprise Chief Executive Officer, Loressa Cole, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, shares how her career journey shaped her into the healthcare executive she is today. As a transformational and unifying leader, she emphasizes the creation of cohesive environments that support nursing excellence and positively impact the profession. Dr Cole encourages nurse leaders to maintain a positive attitude, strong work ethic, and supportive networks while being patient-centered.

Embracing Possibilities and Change With a Relational Approach to Leadership: An Interview With Kay Kennedy.

In this column, Kay Kennedy, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CPHQ, chief executive officer for Leadership, LLC, shares how her career journey and the relationships that she built along the way led to a contemporary nursing leadership theory called Human-Centered Leadership.

Build Trust and the Rest Will Get Done: An Interview With Kathleen Silard.

In this column, Kathy Silard, MS, BSN, RN, FACHE, President and CEO of Stamford Health, shares leadership insights from a career path that started with neonatal ICU nursing and led to her current role as a healthcare system president and CEO.

Contemporary Tools for Leadership Growth: An Interview With Rose O. Sherman.

The complex and ever-changing healthcare environment can leave leaders scrambling to find the right tools in their toolbox to lead, and previous tools may no longer be working. In this column, nurse leadership expert Dr Rose Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, shares the best tools that contemporary leaders can learn to use to excel in leading others.

Recalibrate Your Leadership Lens for Nurse Retention: An Interview With Christopher R. Friese.

In this column, Dr Christopher Friese, PhD, RN, AOCN, Elizabeth Tone Hosmer Professor of Nursing, Health Management & Policy; Director: Center for Improving Patient and Population Health; and Associate Director for Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the University of Michigan, discusses undergraduate experiences that shaped his nursing career trajectory, how maintaining a deep footprint in practice influences his research, nurse retention, and appreciation for nurse leaders.

Keep Going and Growing! The Best Is Yet to Come: An Interview With Robin P. Newhouse.

In this column, Dr Robin P. Newhouse, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, discusses her journey to become the Dean for the Indiana University School of Nursing, engaging patients in research, and advancing nursing science through relationships. She has published extensively on health services improvement interventions, acute care quality issues, and evidence-based practice.

Seeking to Understand: Qualitative Research on Sustainability of Evidence-Based Practice in Acute Care.

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe cultural characteristics, values, and beliefs that influence sustainability of an evidence-based practice (EBP) intervention in the acute care clinical setting. BACKGROUND: There is an urgent need to identify best practices to sustain EBP to gain efficiencies in nursing care delivery and improve patient outcomes. METHODS: A focused ethnographic qualitative study was conducted in a community hospital with nurses that used Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT). RESULTS: Customizing the intervention to the unit culture evolved and was crucial for sustainability. Overlap in responsibilities, time, clinician confidence, and impact to workflow were noted as negative influences. The intervention was primarily viewed as a task to be checked off a list instead of a tool that informs the patient's plan of care. CONCLUSIONS: Assessing clinician experiences, beliefs, and values of an EBP should be incorporated into a strategic sustainability plan. Clinician understanding of how an EBP can advance the patient plan of care could promote ownership of professional practice and sustainment.

A study of Indiana University Health's spirit of inquiry and innovation during COVID.

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has required nursing innovations to meet patient care needs not previously encountered. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to describe nursing innovations conceived, implemented, and desired during the first COVID-19 surge. METHODS: The investigators invited registered nurses employed across 16 Midwest hospitals (6,207) to complete the survey. Respondents provided demographics and written descriptions of innovations they conceived, witnessed, and desired. Investigators analyzed text responses using standard content analytic procedures and summarized quantitative demographics using percentages. FINDINGS: Nurses reported seven types of innovations that would (a) improve personal protective equipment (PPE), (b) limit the need to repeatedly don and doff PPE, (c) ensure safer practice, (d) conserve and access supplies, (e) provide patient and family education and support, (f) make team member communication more efficient, and (g) improve peer support. DISCUSSION: Nurses are in a unique position to generate innovative solutions to meet patient care needs under adverse and rapidly changing situations.