Empowering Nurse Leadership

05/07/24 • 39 min

Prior to joining the faculty at UAB, Dr. Eagerton was a nurse and Chief Nursing Officer for 31 years in the Veterans Health Administration before retiring in October 2017. As Chief Nursing Officer and Interim Chief Executive Officer in VHA hospitals, he led over 3,000 employees and the operations providing care for over 70,000 Veterans.

Previous Episode

Improving Lives Through the Nurse-Family Partnership

The UAB Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) works by having specially trained nurses regularly visit moms-to-be, starting early in the pregnancy and continuing after the baby is born. The goals of this program include improving pregnancy outcomes by helping women engage in good preventive health practices, improving child health and development by helping parents provide responsible and competent care, and improving the economic self-sufficiency of the family by helping parents develop a vision for their own future, plan future pregnancies, continue their education and find work. Today we have Dr. Karmie Johnson and Dr. Candace Knight joining us to talk about this amazing project.

UAB School of Nursing Nurse-Family Partnership: https://www.uab.edu/nursing/home/partnerships/clinical/nurse-family-partnership
National Nurse-Family Partnership: https://www.nursefamilypartnership.org/

Next Episode

Practice Makes Perfect

Dr. Penni Watts is an Associate Professor, Assistant Dean for Clinical Simulation & Training, and Interim Associate Dean for The Office of Technology and Innovation. Her contributions to simulation and nursing education excellence have focused on the development, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based standards to guide practice and growing leaders in using simulation as a learning modality. She is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator and has spent her career using simulation-based education to prepare nurses to provide safe care.