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SEE YOU NOW Insight 23: Nurses are Human-Centered Designers

February 13, 2026
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Nurses sit at the intersection of people, systems, and care, and that perspective makes them powerful designers of better healthcare. In this Insight from Episode 24: Designing With, nurse and service designer Brittany Merkel shares how the core practices of nursing are also the foundations of human-centered design, and why it's important to design with nurses, not for them.

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