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Insight 15: Oral Health Saves Lives

Hospital-acquired pneumonia is among the most serious and costly hospital-acquired infections in the United States. Yet, as nurse, educator, and historian Dian Baker, PhD, APRN-BC, PNP, PHN explains, prevention can begin with something as simple as a toothbrush. In this SYN Insight, Baker shares how empowering patients, families, and nurses with knowledge and resources can dramatically reduce pneumonia rates, save lives, and cut costs. By bridging the long-standing divide between oral health and overall health, Baker shows how small, consistent actions can spark big change in complex healthcare systems.  To listen to this Insight clip’s full episode visit SEE YOU NOW Podcast Episode 7: Brushing for Your Life at APPLE, SPOTIFY, YOUTUBE, or at your favorite streaming platform.   For more information on the podcast bundles, visit ANA’s Innovation Website at https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation/education.    Have questions or feedback for the SEE YOU NOW team?  Future episode ideas? Contact us at hello@seeyounowpodcast.com.     

126: AI in Play: Working Smarter, Not Harder

Across healthcare, new technologies often land in the hands of nurses without their input, adding complexity instead of easing it. In the age of artificial intelligence, more than ever, leaving nurses out of the design process risks creating tools that miss the mark, fail to build trust, threaten safety and security, and can add to the very burdens they’re meant to relieve.  In this episode of our AI in Play series, we meet Ryannon Frederick, MS, RN, System Chief Nursing Officer at Mayo Clinic, who has restructured nursing leadership teams to ensure nurses identify the problems, co-develop the solutions, and remain partners from design through implementation and testing. Frederick shares how this “for nurses, by nurses” model is transforming innovation at Mayo, making nursing work visible, rebuilding trust in technology, and delivering tools like ambient documentation and nurse virtual assistants that give time back to patients and strengthen the workforce.  Find this episode’s resources at www.seeyounowpodcast.com, and for more information on the podcast bundles, visit ANA’s Innovation Website at:  https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation/education/.  Have questions for the SEE YOU NOW team? Feedback? Future episode ideas?   Contact us at: hello@seeyounowpodcast.com.    Resources  Enabling nurses’ engagement in the design of healthcare technology – Core competencies and requirements: A qualitative study (2024) BMC Nursing. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666142X23000541?via%3Dihub  Impact of Bottom-Up Cocreation of Nursing Technological Innovations: Explorative Interview Study Among Hospital Nurses and Managers (2025).JMIR. https://humanfactors.jmir.org/2025/1/e60543/  Global prevalence and contributing factors of nurse burnout: an umbrella review of systematic review and meta-analysis. (2025) BMC Nursing. https://bmcnurs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12912-025-03266-8  Documentation Burden in Nursing and Its Role in Clinician Burnout Syndrome. (2022) ACI.  https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0042-1757157  Addressing burnout in the healthcare workforce: current realities and mitigation strategies. (2024) The Lancet. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(24)00128-5/fulltext 

Insight 14: Everyone Welcome: The Lasting Change of Innovation

In this SEE YOU NOW Insight, nurse leaders Gaurdia Banister, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, and Hiyam Nadel, MBA, CCG RN, share how the Ether Dome Challenge at Massachusetts General Hospital is using open innovation to surface frontline solutions and strengthen care delivery. Against a backdrop of persistent nurse staffing shortages and a global talent emergency, they show how including every role group in innovation, and ensuring leadership engagement, communication, and follow-through, creates a culture where staff feel heard, valued, and supported. Innovation, they remind us, isn’t just about solving problems; it’s about caring for patients and caregivers, and building strong systems for the future.      To listen to this Insight clip’s full episode visit SEE YOU NOW Podcast Episode 77: Fostering a Culture of Inquiry at APPLE, SPOTIFY, or YOUTUBE or at your favorite streaming platform. For more information on the podcast bundles visit ANA’s Innovation Website at https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation/education.  Have questions or feedback for the SEE YOU NOW team?  Future episode ideas? Contact us at hello@seeyounowpodcast.com.  

Insight 13: Making Space to Empower Recovery

In healthcare, innovation often begins with scientists, problem-solvers, and designers, AKA nurses who see challenges and envision solutions. In this SEE YOU NOW Insight from Episode 78: Making Spaces (Part I), Nursing Research & Innovation Coordinator Rose Hedges and MakerHealth co-founder and CEO Anna Young share how a chance encounter with the maker movement led to the creation of a hospital makerspace where nurses and patients design solutions together. These projects go beyond fixing problems. They restore independence, dignity, and joy; showing the transformative power of creativity when patients and nurses innovate side-by-side.     To listen to this Insight clip’s full episode visit SEE YOU NOW Podcast Episode 78: Making Spaces (Part I) at APPLE, SPOTIFY, or YOUTUBE, or at your favorite streaming platform. For more information on the podcast bundles visit ANA’s Innovation Website at https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation/education.  Have questions or feedback for the SEE YOU NOW team?  Future episode ideas? Contact us at hello@seeyounowpodcast.com.     

Insight 12: Nurse Hackathons a Key to Innovation

Hackathons are intense, fast-paced events where interdisciplinary teams come together to solve complex problems. In this SEE YOU NOW Insight from Episode 46: What The Hack? Health economist Jane Sarasohn-Kahn and nurse innovator Rebecca Love explain why it’s critical to bring nurses into the hackathon mix to address some of the most pressing problems in healthcare.  To listen to this Insight clip’s full episode visit SEE YOU NOW Podcast Episode 46: What The Hack? at APPLE, SPOTIFY, or YOUTUBE, or at your favorite streaming platform. For more information on the podcast bundles, visit ANA’s Innovation Website at https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation/education.  Have questions or feedback for the SEE YOU NOW team?  Future episode ideas? Contact us at: hello@seeyounowpodcast.com.