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Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship: 2023-2024 Cohort

Meet the 10 teams that formed the 2023-2024 Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship cohort. The teams represented geographically diverse areas across the US, and came from large and small health systems as well as stand-alone hospitals and public health systems in urban and rural locations.
Jill M. Wegener, RN, MSN & Kara Dyer-Dombroski, RN, MSN
The transition from hospital to home for families with medically complex children
Blythedale Children’s Hospital (NY)
Jill M. Wegener, RN, MSN
Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer, and Patient Care Services

Kara Dyer-Dombroski, RN, MSN
Nursing Director of the Pediatric, Adolescent & Traumatic Brain Injury Unit
Johnson & Johnson Nursing Innovation Fellowship 2023 cohort: Natalie Baggio, MBA, BSN, RN & Sandra Plank, DNP, CNOR, NPD-BC, Corewell Health
Relevant and actionable communication between nurse managers and nurses
Corewell Health South (MI)
Dr. Natalie Baggio, DNP, MBA, BSN, RN
Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations and Chief Nursing Executive, South Region

Dr. Sandi Plank, DNP, CNOR, NPD-BC
Senior Director Clinical Education, Talent Development & Resiliency
Tracy Methered, MBA-HCM, BSN RN & Amy Thomas, MSN, APRN, FNP, Hawaii Pacific Health System
Workforce shortages for Medical-Surgical unit nurses
Hawai'i Pacific Health (HI)
Tracy Methered, MBA-HCM, BSN RN
Director of Clinical Informatics

Amy Thomas, MSN, APRN, FNP
System Chief Nurse Executive
    Johnson & Johnson Nursing Innovation Fellowship 2023 cohort: Salvacion Francisco, EdD, OL, MSN, RN & Noreen B. Brennan, PhD, RN-BC, NEA-BC, James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
    Safety in the Emergency Department
    James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (NY)
    Salvacion Francisco, EdD, OL, MSN, RN
    Deputy Chief Nursing Executive

    Noreen B. Brennan, PhD, RN-BC, NEA-BC
    Chief Nurse Executive
    Charlene Eltman, MSN, RN, RN-BC & Colleen Mallozzi, MBA, RN, Jefferson Health System
    Critical nationwide shortage of nurses and support staff and the need to evolve your care team model
    Jefferson Health System (PA)
    Charlene Eltman, MSN, RN, RN-BC
    Associate Chief Nursing Informatics Officer

    Colleen Mallozzi, MBA, RN
    Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer
    North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' Chief Public Health Nursing Officer Dr. Susan Haynes Little, DNP, RN, CPHN, PHNA-BC, CPH, CPM, FAAN, and Director of Nursing Continuing Education Lindsay Novacek, DNP, RN, CPHN
    How to ensure equity in continuing education for North Carolina's public health nurses
    North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NC)
    Dr. Susan Haynes Little, DNP, RN, CPHN, PHNA-BC, CPH, CPM, FAAN
    Chief Public Health Nursing Officer

    Lindsay Novacek, DNP, RN, CPHN
    Director of Nursing Continuing Education
    Aaron Possin, MSN & Vickie Swanson, MSN, Olympic Medical Center
    Heathcare Team Biases in the Emergency Department
    Olympic Medical Center (WA)
    Aaron Possin, MSN
    Emergency Department Director

    Vickie Swanson, MSN
    Chief Nursing Officer
    Peggy Norton-Rosko, DNP, RN, NEA-BC & Dawn Vollers, MSN, RN, NEABC, Trinity Health
    Retention of new graduate nurses
    Trinity Health (IL)
    Peggy Norton-Rosko, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
    Regional Chief Nursing Officer

    Dawn Vollers, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
    Regional Director for the Center of Professional Practice & Development
    Dr. Lya Stroupe, BSN, MSN, DNP & Melanie M. Heuston, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, West Virginia University Health System
    Promoting nursing to high school students
    West Virginia University Health System (WV)
    Dr. Lya Stroupe, DNP, APRN, CPNP, NEA-BC
    Director of Nursing Professional Practice and Education

    Melanie M. Heuston, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
    Inaugural Chief Nurse Executive
      Jeannette Bronsord, BSN, MSN, DNP & Ena Williams, PhD, MBA, RN, CENP, Yale New Haven Hospital
      Professional Fulfillment for Clinical Nurses
      Yale New Haven Hospital (CT)
      Jeannette Bronsord, MSN, DNP
      Executive Director Surgical Services

      Ena Williams, PhD, MBA, RN, CENP
      Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
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