Join hosts Vicki Good and Andrea Schmitt as they talk with Kelly Kester, nursing director at Duke University Health System, about fostering healthy work environments and improving staffing in critical care. Kelly shares her leadership journey and how AACN's Healthy Work Environment standards helped her enhance nurse retention and engagement. Discover strategies for onboarding new nurses and empowering teams to create resilient workplaces in this inspiring and informative conversation.

This episode is sponsored by the award-winning quarterly journal AACN Advanced Critical Care, www.aacn.org/advancedcc

In this premiere episode of "Voices in Nursing," Tim Dorman, managing partner of Dorman Leadership Group, and his daughter Abby Pledger share their experiences as a patient and family navigating critical care after a life-altering heart attack. The conversation unfolds as a story of resilience, the compassionate care of ICU nurses, and how their journey was recognized Through the DAISY Foundation; highlighting the profound impact of nursing beyond medical treatment — touching lives and fostering trust, empathy and healing.

This episode is sponsored by AACN’s Certification, offering specialty, subspecialty or advanced practice board certification, with information available at www.aacn.org/getcertification