Unplugging the Nurse Pipeline
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Some creative approaches – alongside the basics – are helping open the pipeline to recruit OR nurses. But how do you decide what to start, expand, or throw out for success? And how do leaders within healthcare organizations generate interest in the profession among new generations as they are choosing their careers?
(Panelist names to be announced soon.)

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Preview these inaugural Leader’s Edge panel discussions and get a feel for how expert panelists will engage, support and inspire you to be your best.
If Only It Was Just COVID
Preparing for Emergencies in the New Dynamic
Part I: Discussion and live Q&A
Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!
With COVID-19 as an underlying condition – and potentially surging – what happens when a natural disaster or mass casualty strikes?
You’re already stretched thin and now must potentially be ready for even more (fires, floods, hurricanes, civil unrest, mass shootings, flu season). Hear from veterans of large emergencies about how their past medical responses would be different today.
Panel:
Stephanie L. McKoin RN, BSN, MPAHSA, NEA-BC
Director of Perioperative Services and Surgery IPN
Roper St. Francis Healthcare, Charleston, SC.
Elena G. Canacari, BSN, RN, CNOR
Associate Chief Nurse, Perioperative Services
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston.
David A. Wyatt, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CNOR
Chief Nursing Officer, University Hospitals
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Michelle Barron, MD
Medical Director of Infection Control and Prevention
UCHealth, University of Colorado Hospital
Part II: Discussion and live Q&A
The Deep Underbelly
Sponsored by Owens & Minor
In Part I, panelists shared insights from mass casualties and disasters, and how COVID-19 exposes possible gaps and weaknesses in your response considerations. This panel discussed closing the gaps before a new, unimaginable scenario overwhelms your systems.
Panel:
Sylvia Garcia-Houchins, MBA, RN, CIC
The Joint Commission
Matthew Kayl, MBA, BSN, RN
Division Director, Perioperative Services, CHI Health Service Center, Omaha, NE
Clinton Anderson
University of Colorado Health, Manager of Safety and Environment of Care
Sue Czajkowski
Regional Vice President, Enterprise Northeast Owens & Minor
Handouts: Risk Assessment Tool; Clinical Checklists; After-Event Review; IHI Hospital Preparedness Checklist for COVID 19 Surge.