Quick Doses of NPD: Expanding Access Through a National Virtual Learning Platform
NPD Forecast
In this episode of the NPD Forecast: Quick Doses of NPD miniseries, Grace Carcich and Gracie Holmberg discuss the PrimE Academy, a virtual learning community created to support Prime Healthcare’s nationwide network of hospitals. They share how the platform evolved from pandemic-era COVID-19 training into a comprehensive virtual learning environment offering education and resources across multiple care settings. The discussion highlights: How the NPD leader implements a project and advocates for resources to bring that project to the future How virtual learning can enhance accessibility to...
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Quick Doses of NPD: Leveraging QR Codes and Microlearning at the Point of Care
NPD Forecast
In this episode of NPD Forecast: Quick Doses of NPD miniseries, Ashley Simpson joins the conversation to discuss throughput education and collaborative partnerships, as well as technology in nursing professional development. Ashley shares insights from her work overseeing multiple surgical units and describes how QR code resources and microlearning tools are being used to support nursing staff at the point of care. The discussion highlights: How these tools address high-risk, low-frequency metrics and clinical practice; The positive outcomes of the QR code initiative—including strong...
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Quick Doses of NPD: Improving Code Response Through In Situ Simulation
NPD Forecast
In this episode of NPD Forecast, Annie Johnson kicks off our Quick Doses of NPD miniseries to discuss the throughput education by sharing her work that strengthens staff responses to a medical emergency code. Johnson shares insights from the “Shock and Awe” project, an initiative focused on improving nurses’ performance during codes and increasing adherence to American Heart Association (AHA) metrics by using in situ simulations. The conversation explores: How monthly simulations conducted within nursing units support real-world learning; The importance of psychological safety and...
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Collaboration that Counts: Designing Leadership and Development for the Future of Care
NPD Forecast
In this episode of the NPD Forecast podcast, Amy Trueblood, senior director of leadership development at AONL, joins our hosts to explore how collaboration between nurse leaders and nursing professional development (NPD) specialists can drive meaningful change in today’s complex healthcare environment. Drawing from her experience developing leadership programming—and from past roles navigating care delivery model changes during the COVID-19 pandemic—Trueblood highlights how partnership with professional development practitioners supports successful implementation and sustained impact....
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Spilling the Tea in NPD: Celebrating NPD Week Together
NPD Forecast
In this episode of the NPD Forecast Podcast, Naomi Fox, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN; Stephanie Zidek, PhD, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC; and guests Liz Cambier, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, and Mary Smith, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, NC-BC, AMB-BC, C-EFM, CCE, come together to celebrate Nursing Professional Development Week by sharing their personal journeys into the NPD role. Together, they reflect on: What inspired them to pursue a career in nursing professional development. The challenges and lessons learned as they grow into the role. How embracing vulnerability, curiosity, and continuous learning shapes their...
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Plugging Technology Into Leadership
NPD Forecast
In this episode of the NPD Forecast Podcast, Mandi Walker, DNP, RN, NPDA-BC, NEA-BC; Sarah Gibbons, PhD, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, CPN; and Danyel Germain, DNP, RN, CHSE, join host Naomi Fox, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, and special guest co-host Jesse Scapinello, MSN, RN, to explore how technology and leadership can empower nurses and transform practice. Together, they discuss: · Strategies for integrating technology at the point of care to support clinical decision-making. · The role of nurse leaders...
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NPD Forecast: NPD Roles in Action (Live From the 2025 Aspire Convention)
NPD Forecast
Live from the ANPD Aspire Convention in Las Vegas, this special episode of the NPD Forecast discusses the roles of the nursing professional development practitioner: learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry, advocate for NPD specialty, and partner for practice transitions. Hosts Stephanie Zidek, PhD, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, and Naomi Fox, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, speak with guests Shara Rhodes, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, MEDSURG-BC, NPDA-BC®; Jenny Harshman, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CPN; and Rachel Senefeld Kromer, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BE, about how role...
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Being a Change Agent Through Grant Writing
NPD Forecast
In this episode of the NPD Forecast Podcast, Charlie Hawknuff, MBA, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CEN, TCRN, NE-BC, NPD-BC, and Cecilia Lopez, MSN, RN, share their experience securing and implementing a grant from the American Nurses Association to support the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing. Together with hosts Stephanie Zidek, PhD, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, and Naomi Fox, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN, they discuss: The meaning and impact of grants on achieving improved healthcare outcomes. The timeline, goals and challenges of creating the grant proposal. How they used their grant...
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Ohio State University’s Doctor of Nursing Education NPD Track
NPD Forecast
Nursing professional development practitioners hold a wide range of degrees at the doctoral level, from EdD to PhD to DNP, but until now, none have specialized in NPD. The Ohio State University’s new Doctor of Nursing Education program now offers an NPD track, the first of its kind in the U.S. In today’s episode of the NPD Forecast Podcast, learn the details of how this program was developed and what it can offer NPD practitioners. Tara Spalla King, PhD, RN, and Tara O’Brien, PhD, RN, CNE, directors of the program, talk with podcast hosts Dr. Stephanie Zidek and Dr. Naomi Fox about: The...
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Dr. Arnold Tariga: Integrating Internationally Educated Nurses
NPD Forecast
In this episode of the NPD Forecast Podcast, Jose Arnold Tariga, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, NPD-BC, NE-BC, CPHQ, FFNMRCSI, an experienced internationally educated NPD practitioner, discusses how NPD practitioners can support internationally educated nurses (IENs) working in U.S. healthcare systems. Hosts Dr. Stephanie Zidek and Dr. Naomi Fox converse with him about his organization, InsightGlobal Health, whose program Grit Academy educates nurses prior to their journeys abroad. Some of the topics they discuss include: Identifying and addressing potential differences in knowledge and skills related to...
info_outlineIn this episode of NPD Forecast, Emily Read Sermersheim, DNP, MPH, RN, NPD-BC, dives deep into her role as a nursing partner for innovation and improvement at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL.
She shares:
- Her passion for environmentalism and her process for creating this unique position
- The projects she is most excited about right now
- Ways any NPD practitioner can address environmental concerns through an equity lens
- The barriers she is experiencing as she moves forward in this space
- and more!
For more information about this role, read Dr. Sermersheim’s recent article on NPD in Motion.