Building and sustaining a culture of innovation in nursing Academics, Research, Policy, and Practice: Outcomes of the National Innovation Summit.

Healthcare in America faces multiple major challenges, highlighting the critical need for innovative solutions to systemic problems. Nursing is uniquely positioned to lead innovation in healthcare. Nurses represent the largest segment of the healthcare workforce, have the greatest exposure to system failures, and must develop workarounds and solutions for the numerous daily gaps in healthcare delivery.

How to leverage innovation models to achieve health equity: Build. Measure. Share.

The Future of Nursing 2020 to 2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity (2021) highlights inequality throughout healthcare. People of color exhibit lower life expectancy levels than their White counterparts. LGTBQ individuals are 2.

A blueprint for nursing innovation centers.

Background: The interest in and demand for healthcare innovation has heightened amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizations are challenged to balance the goals of daily operations with innovation to stay relevant and compete in the marketplace. Innovation is critical for not only the success and sustainability of organizations, but the well-being of the faculty, staff, and clients they serve.

An Outcomes Evaluation of an Innovation Studio on Interprofessional Learning, Job Satisfaction, and Intent to Stay Among Clinicians.

Objective: Evaluate the use of the Innovation Studio on interprofessional collaboration and attitudes toward interprofessional learning, job satisfaction, and intent to stay.

Background: The healthcare workforce is experiencing high burnout rates, and providers are unsatisfied with their work. Evidence supports that interprofessional collaboration is a key strategy to increase job satisfaction and intent to stay in healthcare professionals.