Beyond the Degree: DNP Influence in the Age of Intelligent Healthcare
Webinar Details
This session examines the expanding role of the Doctor of Nursing Practice-prepared nurse in leadership, systems transformation, and emerging health technologies. Participants will explore practical strategies to strengthen professional visibility, cultivate strategic mentorship relationships, and position themselves for career advancement following graduation. Emphasis will be placed on the ethical and operational implications of artificial intelligence in healthcare, and the critical role DNP-prepared nurses play in shaping responsible AI integration in clinical practice and health systems.
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Speaker
Emily Helbick, DNP, RN, CCRN
Vice President of Network Operations
Palm Beach Accountable Care Organization
Dr. Emily Helbick is a Doctor of Nursing Practice-prepared nurse leader with 15 years of experience spanning critical care, public health operations, and value-based healthcare strategy. She spent a decade at the bedside in adult intensive care before transitioning in 2021 to Florida’s emergency management response, where she led statewide nursing operations for COVID-19 vaccine administration.
She currently serves as Vice President of Network Operations for a Florida-based national Accountable Care Organization (ACO), where she leads strategic network operations, performance improvement, and population health initiatives. During her tenure, she developed and implemented a predictive analytics and machine-learning program to proactively manage advanced care populations, an experience that catalyzed her focused work at the intersection of nursing leadership and artificial intelligence.
Dr. Helbick earned her DNP in Leadership from Jacksonville University in 2024 and now serves as adjunct faculty for DNP students. She also sits on the university’s AI Task Force, contributing to curriculum development and the ethical integration of artificial intelligence in nursing education. She has completed advanced coursework and certifications in AI in healthcare through Stanford Online and the American Board of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine.
She is passionate about ensuring nurses are not passive recipients of technology, but informed leaders in its design, governance, and implementation. Dr. Helbick advocates for AI literacy in nursing education and believes that when nurses are equipped with both systems thinking and technological fluency, they are uniquely positioned to shape the future of healthcare.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing. All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.
Continuing Nursing Education
One nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) credit is associated with this webinar; attendees must be present for the entire webinar and complete the evaluation to receive a certificate of completion.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.