Upcoming Webinars
Integrating the Essentials and Quality Improvement Using the Million Hearts Initiative (Part 1 of 2)
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
This webinar is designed to introduce nursing educators to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Million Hearts initiative. This session will explore how the initiative aligns with the AACN Essentials and competency-based education, highlighting opportunities for integration into nursing curricula. Attendees will learn about clinical applications, available resources for nursing professionals, and how colleges of nursing can incorporate these strategies. Additionally, the webinar will showcase the Million Hearts Fellowship educational modules, providing a comprehensive overview of this online learning tool.
Outcomes:
The learner will be able to:
- Describe the Million Hearts Initiative
- Understand ways to integrate the Nursing Essentials and Competency-Based Education with the Million Hearts initiative
- Discuss clinical application and resources for nursing and colleges of nursing
- Integrate the Million Hearts Fellowship into nursing curricula
Note: Recording of the webinar will be available soon after the webinar airs. Visit AACN's On-Demand Webinars to watch.
Speakers
Speakers

Kate Gawlik, DNP, APRN-CNP, FAAN, FNAP, FAANP
Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing
The Ohio State University
Dr. Kate Gawlik is an Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing, Director of Undergraduate Health and Wellness Academic Programming, and the Director of the Bachelor of Science in health and wellness program at The Ohio State University. She is a Family Nurse Practitioner and her areas of expertise are in wellness, cardiovascular prevention, parental burnout, and nursing education. She pioneered an online educational program, the Million Hearts Fellowship, for healthcare professionals that has resulted in the cardiovascular screening and education of over 110,000 people nationwide and has been embedded into nursing curricula across the U.S. This work has received four national awards, including m ost recently, the AACN’s Innovation in Professional Nursing Education Award. She is a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the National Academies of Practice, and the American Academy of Nursing.

Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, APRN-CNP, FAAN, FAANP, FNAP
Professor and Dean Emeritus
The Ohio State University
Dr. Bernadette Melnyk is an inspirational speaker, author, leader, innovator, entrepreneur and recognized expert in evidence-based practice, mental health, population health and well-being, intervention research and organizational culture change. She also is CEO and founder of COPE2Thrive, LLC. For the past 13 years, she served as Vice President for Health Promotion and Chief Wellness Officer at The Ohio State University, where she also was the Helene Fuld Health Trust Professor of Evidence-based Practice . She founde d the Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare. Dr. Melnyk is editor of eight books and has over 600 publications and received more than $36 million dollars of sponsored funding from N IH, AHRQ, and foundations as a principal investigator. She is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Nursing that has recognized her three times as an Edge Runner, the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academies of Practice, and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Dr. Melnyk has served on several national advisory boards, including the United States Preventive Services Task Force, and led nursing colleges at Ohio State University and Arizona State University. She is currently the elected chair of the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and received honorary doctoral degrees from the State University of New York and Frontier Nursing University. Dr. Melnyk's COPE programs for depression and anxiety are used across 50 states and in several countries. She is editor-in-chief of Sigma’s top ranked journal Worldviews on Evidence-based Nursing and serves on the advisory board for the ANA’s Healthy Nu rse Healthy Nation initiative.
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Navigating the Future Together: The Role of Academic-Practice Partnerships
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
This webinar will explore the value of academic-practice partnerships (APPs). Speakers from the AACN/AONL Academic-Practice Advisory Committee will discuss the importance of close collaboration between groups to implement the Essentials and move to competency-based education. The webinar will highlight the successful 17-year partnership between the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) and the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS). The webinar will share practical insights that can be leveraged by academic and healthcare organizations to begin, expand, or sustain their own APP. This partnership will highlight lessons learned and future goals with implementation of APP related strategic initiatives focused on practice, academia, and research in alignment with the Essentials.
Outcomes:
By the end of this session, viewers will be able to:
- Attendees will be able to articulate the importance and benefits of academic-practice partnerships, particularly in enhancing nursing education, practice, and research.
- Attendees will gain practical insights into the origins, development, and sustainability of academic-practice partnerships.
- Attendees will learn about various collaborative, strategic initiatives to improve patient care, workforce challenges, academia, and research.
Note: Recording of the webinar will be available soon after the webinar airs. Visit AACN's On-Demand Webinars to watch.
Speakers
Speakers

Yolanda Ogbolu, PhD, FNAP, FAAN
Bill and Joanne Conway Dean and Professor
University of Maryland Baltimore School of Nursing
Yolanda Ogbolu is the Bill and Joanne Conway Dean and Professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Nursing. Over the past 14 years at UMB, she has held various leadership roles, including Chair of Partnerships, Professional Education and Practice, Director of Global Health and Co-director of The Center for Health Equity and Outcomes Research and the Global Learning to Advance Health Equity Network. Ogbolu's research and scholarship at UMB have focused on advancing health equity and nurse capacity both locally and globally. Her projects focus on health equity, including improving culturally and linguistically appropriate care in hospitals, addressing social determinants of health, hypertension and social isolation in marginalized communities. She has secured over $17 million in funding from various agencies and foundations. Currently, she leads a national network to advance global learning for health equity under a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and a community grant to reduce cardiovascular health disparities in Baltimore.

Karen Doyle, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer
University of Maryland Medical Center
Karen Doyle is Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC). With more than 35 years of nursing experience, she has served in a variety of executive roles in care management, patient experience, trauma and emergency nursing, and women’s and surgical services. As CNO, Dr. Doy le helps oversee nursing practice, patient outcomes, and research at UMMC’s Downtown and Midtown campuses. She was previously Senior Vice President of Nursing and Operations at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Maryland’s Primary Adult Resource Center, which serves more than 7,500 critically ill and severely injured patients annually. Dr. Doyle has been instrumental in the success of several key initiatives at UMMC, including the expansion of trauma, critical care, and emergency services; the relocation and building of a 250-bed acute care hospital; and the development of a surgery, obstetric, and gynecologic hospitalist program. She also led UMMC’s COVID-19 response and vaccine rollout. In 2024, UMMC earned its fourth consecutive Magnet designation under her leadership.

Peggy Norton-Rosko, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nurse Executive
University of Maryland Medical Sys
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Peggy Norton-Rosko serves as the University of Maryland Medical System’s leader for nursing practice, standards of care, nursing professional development and the partnership with schools of nursing. She also supports UMMS's strategic planning, nursing workforce development, continuous clinical improvement initiatives and the organization's High Reliability journey.Prior to her current role, Dr. Norton-Rosko served as the regional chief nursing officer for Trinity Health's Illinois and Indiana region. She has also served as the chief nursing officer for George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. Her clinical background includes many years as an advanced practice nurse working with cardiovascular surgery patients and also as a critical care nurse. She has served in affiliate and adjunct faculty positions for several schools of nursing. Dr. Norton-Rosko earned a BS in nursing from Northern Illinois University, a MS in nursing from Loyola University of Chicago and a DNP from Chamberlain University. She was named to the Johnson and Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship for 2023-2024. Dr. Norton-Rosko is committed to supporting a professional nursing practice environment that supports excellent patient care by advocating for nurses to engage in professional governance to shape their practice and improve patient outcomes.