Nurse Executive Podcast

Nick Chmielewski speaks with Kristen Geissler, MBA, MS, PT, CPHQ, a managing director in BRG's Clinical Economics practice. They discuss how to identify and analyze quality, measures, and outcomes to make improvements within a health system, as well as how nurses can involve themselves in quality improvement initiatives.

In this week's episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Anna Valdez, PhD, RN, FAEN, FAADN, professor and chair of nursing at Sonoma State University and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Emergency Nursing . They discuss challenges of bias and racism in nursing and how to identify disparities that arise in the workplace.

In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Justin Fontenot , DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAADN, editor-in-chief of Teaching and Learning in Nursing journal and associate professor at Tulane University School of Medicine. They discuss the benefits and precautions of generative artificial intelligence (AI), especially when analyzing data and research. They also discuss Dr. Fontenot's recent article in The J...

In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Deena Brecher, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CEN, CPEN, FAEN, c hief n ursing o fficer at Mednition . They discuss utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to better analyze patient needs and prevent mista kes when providing care , fundamentally improv ing results and satisfaction .    Deena was previously a speaker in BRG 's Nurse Executive Forum series in May 2021...

In a Nurse s Week edition of the podcast, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Terry M. Foster, MSN, RN, CPEN, CCRN, TCRN, CEN, FAEN, c linical n urse s pecialist at St. Elizabeth Healthcare and 2023 p resident of the Emergency Nurses Association . Terry discusses his forty-seven years as a nurse and reflect s on the nursing profession's evolution throughout his career .      

Nick Chmielewski speaks with Linda Zieman, DNP, MM, MSN, RN, CEN, NEA-BC, s enior d irector of Nursing, Inpatient Services at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City . She is also a Coldiron Senior Nurse Executive fellow at Case Western Reserve University ' s Franc e s Payne Bolton School of Nursing . They discuss the Nurse Leader article " Pathway to E mergency N ursing : A n I nnovativ...

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 uti...

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 practice. They discuss BRG's recently released report AI and the Future of Healthcare , including the importance and advantages of utilizing artificial intelligence in the medical industry.   Find out more about the report at: https://www.thinkbrg.com/insights/publications/ai-in-h...

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 trai...

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...

In th e season 3 premiere, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Bill Orrell , MBA, M SN, RN, a managing director o n BRG's Clinical Transformation team. They discuss th e first two seasons of the podcast , current industry trends, and p erformance i mprovement s olutions with r eturns on i nvestment.  

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 . They discuss current trends in the quality, cost, and value of home-based healthcare.

In this episode, Nick Chmielewski speaks with Marianne Bondanza , MSN, RN, CCRP, CLNC , an a ssociate d irector in BRG's Non-Labor Clinical Supply Chain t eam. They discuss the value clinicians bring in terms of product efficiency and cost reduction while sustaining and/or enhancing patient outcomes.    

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 departments. They focus on the impact of poor accuracy on patient outcomes and essential information that nurse executives should know to improve triage quality in their organizations.   Emergency department triage accuracy hovers at about 60 percent overall, and at only 43 perce...

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.himmelfa...

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...

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.