Shawna Butler, RN, MBA is a nurse economist, health tech catalyst, host of the SEE YOU NOW podcast, and above all—a relentless advocate for nurses everywhere. We spoke with Shawna about her career path, how she leverages her nursing expertise in a wide range of roles, and why she is so enthusiastic about the SEE YOU NOW podcast.

When COVID-19 swept across the country, it swiftly changed the ways in which healthcare was delivered. At the core of many of the shifts were nurses, who designed and led new models of care, new products and processes, new staffing models, and much more. To understand more about nurse-led efforts during the pandemic, Johnson & Johnson partnered with the American Nurses Association and American Organization for Nursing Leadership to carry out a series of qualitative studies, collectively called Accelerating Nursing, Transforming Healthcare (AN,TH). We interviewed 33 nurse leaders across the country to hear their stories of how nurses changed care delivery during COVID-19 and how these changes can be retained to strengthen the healthcare system moving forward.

For nearly 30 years, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy and dentistry students and more have taken healthcare to their surrounding community, perhaps where it’s needed most. The Farmworker Family Health Program, launched by a nurse leader at Georgia State in 1993, and carried on by Emory University in 2001, provides various students an opportunity to offer basic care for the underserved migrant farmworkers of Colquitt, Cook, Brooks, and Tift counties in southwest, GA. Learn about its inception and how it grew to a nurse-led, community-focused effort.