Nursing innovation comes to life at UC’s 1819 Innovation Hub
The event featured Oriana Beaudet, DNP, RN, FAAN, vice president of innovation at the American Nurses Association Enterprise, as its distinguished speaker. Beaudet explored how technology, evidence-based practice and workforce efficiency are driving the next wave of nursing innovation.
Beaudet started by posing a critical question: “Nursing may be the most trusted profession, but isn’t it the most respected?”
She followed the question with a keynote address encouraging nurses to see themselves as change agents, equipped with the creativity and skills to tackle modern health care challenges.
“Nursing is built on a social contract with the public — our work is guided by the question: ‘What is happening, and how can we help?’”
The discussion highlighted real-world examples of nurses and teams devising innovative solutions in patient care, including:
- AI and predictive analytics: Enhancing diagnostics, patient monitoring and workload management
- Wearable devices and smart technology: Enabling real-time vital tracking to improve patient outcomes
- Personalized medicine: Developing customized treatment plans tailored to individual patient needs
- Community health interventions: Addressing social determinants of health through outreach programs
- Scaling innovation in healthcare systems: Designing ways to boost future-forward technologies
After Beaudet’s presentation, she joined an exclusive roundtable discussion moderated by Bryan Burrs, a go-to-market leader at Johnson & Johnson. The conversation centered on strategies to scale nursing-led innovation within health systems, reinforcing the importance of nurses as front-line problem solvers.
"While nurses continuously create solutions, many go unnoticed,” Beaudet said. “The pandemic spurred groundbreaking health care innovations, yet too many remain unshared.”
With more than 5 million nurses in the U.S., their contributions are vast. Beaudet stressed that opportunities for nursing innovation are about elevating those who are actively making a difference.
“Nurses are leaving the profession because they lack opportunities for growth, have little flexibility and struggle with work-life balance,” Beaudet said. “Change is essential — nurses need the resources, visibility and support to thrive.”
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