Let’s transform healthcare TOGETHER

Simmy King is the Nursing Director of Clinical Information Systems and Professional Development at Children's National in Washington, DC, one of the top-rated children's hospitals in the country. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Simmy to talk about COVID and how it's impacted Children’s National’s Transition to Practice program for nurses - a year-long program that enables nurses to transition from an academic learning environment to a clinical setting.

As one way to help improve health equity and patient outcomes, the nursing profession should represent the communities they care for. Today, the nursing profession is 81% white. Simmy King discusses the Conway Nursing Pathway Program, an effort at Children’s National Hospital to support diverse students entering the nursing profession. Through the program, nursing students are mentored by nursing staff at Children’s National and can participate in a work study program providing clinical experience. Support for student debt and tuition costs also helps eliminate barriers to nursing education and creates new pathways for students to consider careers in healthcare. These efforts are critical, King says, to ensuring the nursing workforce is representative of all patient populations. To learn more about novel, nurse-led solutions transforming healthcare, visit https://nursing.jnj.com/accelerating-nursing-transforming-healthcare.

Music: Memory Activated Wince by Origami Repetika, licensed under Attribution 4.0 International License.

Nurses manage complex cognitive, emotional, and physical demands that intensify as patient volumes rise. Rather than adding more tools to ‘boost efficiency,’ technology should ease cognitive burden, simplifying workflows and supporting nurses in providing safe, effective care. In this webinar, we’ll explore solutions designed with direct care nurses to improve well-being and patient outcomes. Speakers: Kat Collard, MS, RN, CNIO, ChristianaCare Simmy King, DNP, CNIO at Children's National Katherine Virkstis, VP, Clinical Advisory Services, Get Well