![]() ![]() That really hit home for our host Nacole, who’s talked to many of our guests about instances when the processes and protocols nurses are instructed to follow-while meant to keep patients safe-can sometimes be a barrier to their efforts to educate and care for patients. We come up with these great ideas, but largely our job is … to accomplish tasks.” And that is what frustrates me the most about nursing, we come up with these great solutions. “How many times have we been at the bedside that we’ve MacGyvered a solution that, you know, if we could scale it, we’d save thousands of people’s lives, right? But we’re told, ‘Hey, that’s great, but just stay in your lane,’ and you have a job or tasks-we’re given a lot of tasks to do. And then she immediately made this history lesson relevant to every nurse in clinical practice today. From the sanitary practices introduced by nurses during the Crimean War to the ingenious and innovative ways nurses have figured out how to compassionately care for patients with highly contagious illnesses like Ebola, she covered it all. Her interview with SHIFT Talk is a thrilling lesson in the history of nurse innovation (there’s a reason Rebecca is a much-sought-after speaker). Nurses have been innovating for decades, and for decades, their efforts have gone unrecognized and underappreciated. Rather than being the exception, it was the rule for nurse innovation to be dismissed. Rebecca began to realize that her experience was not unique. So when you go outside of that, they weren’t really that supportive.” And that’s what you’re defined in, in this model. It’s like-academia, become a nurse practitioner, publish, and do nursing research. The way that nursing was built … the institutions that exist have a very specific definition of what nursing should be, in my opinion. “When I started to talk about innovation or entrepreneurship or starting my company, I felt like I was thrown out of the nursing profession. She’s accomplished so much, but at the beginning of her journey, she didn’t feel very supported. She’s also founded multiple businesses and the non-profit nursing organization, the Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators, Entrepreneurs & Leaders (SONSIEL). Eventually she left clinical practice and entered the business world, going on to start the first formal program in nurse entrepreneurship and innovation at Northeastern University. But she’s the type of person who’s always thinking outside of the box, and it was incredibly frustrating to her to constantly be told to stick to process and protocol and “stay in her lane.” She had ideas! Ideas that might make things better-for her patients, for other nurses-and she couldn’t understand why no one wanted to hear them. We are deeply inspired by her non-traditional career path and believe you will be too. It is impossible not to be blown away by this nurse who is so full of passion, energy and yes, love. We knew that Rebecca Love was perfect for SHIFT Talk the very first time that we spoke to her. So with that, we give you our season finale, “A Love Letter to Nurses.” We believe that nursing must change, that we must be the ones to change it, and that it’s finally time to make the shift. And that’s what we believe, too, SHIFT Talkers. ![]() Rebecca Love believes that we are in the midst of a defining moment for nursing-that with COVID-19 we have a unique opportunity to redefine who we are and what we do for the world. And if there’s ever a time for nurses to come out stronger, it’s during this pandemic, where we can finally own the innovations that we have put in place to save patients’ lives.” ![]() “To me, the definition of an innovator and entrepreneur is somebody who just wants to make something better … what I say about COVID is that it’s finally proving that innovation is needed in moments of crisis … the way we’ve done business has to stop. ![]()
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