ROUNDTABLE SERIES | “The Centrality of Tech Innovation in Nursing Education”: Part 2, Technology and Nurse Well-Being Series

The American Nurses Foundation (ANF), the philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Enterprise, in partnership with Scottsdale Institute (SI) is delighted to invite you to attend this SPECIAL 90-minute Roundtable on May 1st from 3 – 4:30 pm CT. This Roundtable predates 2025 Nurses Week when we recognize and celebrate nurses across the Country.  The date was selected as a symbol that nurse well-being starts with innovative training and educational approaches to best position nurses for their current and future careers.

The 2025 Roundtable Series will include two events– the first event (Part 2 of the Series) will focus on work underway utilizing technology innovation to educate and train current and future nurses. The second event (Part 3 of the Series) will focus on the tech innovation efforts implemented in clinical practice settings.  In each, the centrality of technology, especially AI innovation, will be featured and how it can (and needs to) support and enhance nurse practice and nurse well-being.

Dr. Bradley Goettl, Chief Nursing Officer, American Nurses Enterprise

Moderator: Oriana Beaudet, DNP, RN, FAAN, Vice President of Nursing Innovation, American Nurses Enterprise

Panelists: 

• Sally Deitch, MSN, MHA, RN, FACHE, Executive Vice President, Nursing and Operations Infrastructure, Ascension
• Margo B. Minissian, PhD, ACNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAHA, FAAN, Executive Director, Geri & Richard Brawerman Nursing Institute, Simms/ Mann Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Nurse Education, Innovation and Research, and Assistant Professor, Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• Susan Smith Birkhoff, PhD, RN, Director of Technology Research & Education, ChristianaCare Health
• Michael Ackerman, PhD, RN, FCCM, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN, Director of the Center for Healthcare Innovation and Director of the Master in Healthcare Innovation Program, Ohio State University College of Nursing

Topics to be explored:

• How technology and AI is embedded in nursing student curriculums.
  • Are there didactic and/or hands-on courses dedicated to teaching clinical and other operational technology?
• How are student and currently practicing nurses taught and encouraged to approach technology and clinical practice innovatively?
  • Are student nurses taught to reimagine nursing practice by embracing technology opportunities?
• Are Student nurses learning to have ‘active voices and seats at the table’ to evaluate technology innovation and not only implement new technologies?
• Are there distinctions in the different levels of educational nursing degrees regarding the intersection of tech, nursing practice, and nurse well-being?
• Are there formal educational programs to train future nursing informaticists including how they support nursing engagement and well-being?