Redesigning the Broken U.S. Health System: The Nursing Profession’s Role in Ending Unequal Treatment
May 14, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
In June 2024, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released Ending Unequal Treatment: Strategies to Achieve Equitable Health Care and Optimal Health for All—a follow-up to the original Unequal Treatment report from 2003. Ending Unequal Treatment offers a comprehensive, deeply researched, evidence-based review of health and health inequities within the US healthcare system. The report explores the barriers that continue to undermine efforts to achieve more equitable healthcare, including behavioral health, and presents recommendations for future actions that would achieve a more effective and sustained approach to addressing the problem, with implications for the nursing profession. This presentation will provide an overview of the Ending Unequal Treatment report and highlight what the findings mean for nurses and other health professionals, including their role in eliminating health and healthcare inequities.
Objectives:
- Review and summarize the current state of healthcare and health inequities in the U.S., the evolving political moment, and the role of nurses and other healthcare professionals in responding to these uncertain times.
- Identify enduring, fundamental truths for the nursing profession that can guide efforts to eliminate health inequities.
- Integrate social and clinical care principles with key strategies to advance an interdisciplinary health workforce, policy advocacy, and systems change to end unequal treatment.
This Webinar is hosted by Jonas Nursing.
Speakers
Speaker
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MSN, MPH, MS, MSW, BS, RN, ANP-BC, LCSW, PMHNP-BC, FAAN
Executive Director
Institute for Policy Solutions
Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos is the Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions and the Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. He is also the founding director of the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health (CLAFH). Dr. Guilamo-Ramos is a nurse practitioner, dually licensed in adult health and psychiatric-mental health nursing.
Widely regarded as a scholar and leader in SDOH and in developing, evaluating, and translating nurse-driven, community-based interventions, his research has been funded for two decades by NIH, CDC, and various federal agencies. His work has been published in leading scientific journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, The British Medical Journal, Nature Medicine, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and the American Journal of Public Health.
Dr. Guilamo-Ramos has served as a member of the ad hoc NASEM Committee on Unequal Treatment Revisited: The Current State of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare; the NASEM Standing Committee on Reproductive Health, Equity, and Society; and the board of UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Latino-focused civil rights organization. He also serves on the Latino Commission on AIDS Board of Directors as vice chair and as the chair of the board of directors for Power to Decide.
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Redesigning the Broken U.S. Health System: The Nursing Profession’s Role in Ending Unequal Treatment
May 14, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
In June 2024, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released Ending Unequal Treatment: Strategies to Achieve Equitable Health Care and Optimal Health for All—a follow-up to the original Unequal Treatment report from 2003. Ending Unequal Treatment offers a comprehensive, deeply researched, evidence-based review of health and health inequities within the US healthcare system. The report explores the barriers that continue to undermine efforts to achieve more equitable healthcare, including behavioral health, and presents recommendations for future actions that would achieve a more effective and sustained approach to addressing the problem, with implications for the nursing profession. This presentation will provide an overview of the Ending Unequal Treatment report and highlight what the findings mean for nurses and other health professionals, including their role in eliminating health and healthcare inequities.
Objectives:
- Review and summarize the current state of healthcare and health inequities in the U.S., the evolving political moment, and the role of nurses and other healthcare professionals in responding to these uncertain times.
- Identify enduring, fundamental truths for the nursing profession that can guide efforts to eliminate health inequities.
- Integrate social and clinical care principles with key strategies to advance an interdisciplinary health workforce, policy advocacy, and systems change to end unequal treatment.
This Webinar is hosted by Jonas Nursing.
Speakers
Speaker
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MSN, MPH, MS, MSW, BS, RN, ANP-BC, LCSW, PMHNP-BC, FAAN
Executive Director
Institute for Policy Solutions
Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos is the Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions and the Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. He is also the founding director of the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health (CLAFH). Dr. Guilamo-Ramos is a nurse practitioner, dually licensed in adult health and psychiatric-mental health nursing.
Widely regarded as a scholar and leader in SDOH and in developing, evaluating, and translating nurse-driven, community-based interventions, his research has been funded for two decades by NIH, CDC, and various federal agencies. His work has been published in leading scientific journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, The British Medical Journal, Nature Medicine, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and the American Journal of Public Health.
Dr. Guilamo-Ramos has served as a member of the ad hoc NASEM Committee on Unequal Treatment Revisited: The Current State of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare; the NASEM Standing Committee on Reproductive Health, Equity, and Society; and the board of UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Latino-focused civil rights organization. He also serves on the Latino Commission on AIDS Board of Directors as vice chair and as the chair of the board of directors for Power to Decide.
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Redesigning the Broken U.S. Health System: The Nursing Profession’s Role in Ending Unequal Treatment
May 14, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
In June 2024, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released Ending Unequal Treatment: Strategies to Achieve Equitable Health Care and Optimal Health for All—a follow-up to the original Unequal Treatment report from 2003. Ending Unequal Treatment offers a comprehensive, deeply researched, evidence-based review of health and health inequities within the US healthcare system. The report explores the barriers that continue to undermine efforts to achieve more equitable healthcare, including behavioral health, and presents recommendations for future actions that would achieve a more effective and sustained approach to addressing the problem, with implications for the nursing profession. This presentation will provide an overview of the Ending Unequal Treatment report and highlight what the findings mean for nurses and other health professionals, including their role in eliminating health and healthcare inequities.
Objectives:
- Review and summarize the current state of healthcare and health inequities in the U.S., the evolving political moment, and the role of nurses and other healthcare professionals in responding to these uncertain times.
- Identify enduring, fundamental truths for the nursing profession that can guide efforts to eliminate health inequities.
- Integrate social and clinical care principles with key strategies to advance an interdisciplinary health workforce, policy advocacy, and systems change to end unequal treatment.
This Webinar is hosted by Jonas Nursing.
Speakers
Speaker
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MSN, MPH, MS, MSW, BS, RN, ANP-BC, LCSW, PMHNP-BC, FAAN
Executive Director
Institute for Policy Solutions
Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health Professor
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos is the Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions and the Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. He is also the founding director of the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health (CLAFH). Dr. Guilamo-Ramos is a nurse practitioner, dually licensed in adult health and psychiatric-mental health nursing.
Widely regarded as a scholar and leader in SDOH and in developing, evaluating, and translating nurse-driven, community-based interventions, his research has been funded for two decades by NIH, CDC, and various federal agencies. His work has been published in leading scientific journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, The British Medical Journal, Nature Medicine, Clinical Infectious Diseases, and the American Journal of Public Health.
Dr. Guilamo-Ramos has served as a member of the ad hoc NASEM Committee on Unequal Treatment Revisited: The Current State of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare; the NASEM Standing Committee on Reproductive Health, Equity, and Society; and the board of UnidosUS, the nation’s largest Latino-focused civil rights organization. He also serves on the Latino Commission on AIDS Board of Directors as vice chair and as the chair of the board of directors for Power to Decide.
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Empowering Inclusion: Assessing the Impact of a DEIB Educational Module for Preceptors
May 01, 2025
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
This presentation will provide an overview of a research project funded by AACN’s Foundation of Academic Nursing addressing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in nursing. The literature reports that Resident Registered Nurse Anesthetists (RRNAs) experience bias and discrimination in the clinical setting, leading to increased stress and dissatisfaction. With the assistance of an instructional designer, the researchers of this project created an innovative, evidenced-based, quality educational module for CRNA preceptors to build their skills by precepting a diverse population of students. The project then evaluated the module from the CRNA preceptor and the student learner.
Outcomes:
- Understand issues student-learners may be facing in the clinical setting related to DEIB and racism
- Identify strategies that nursing preceptors may utilize to address DEIB and racism towards their preceptees
Note: Recording of the webinar will be available soon after the webinar airs. Visit AACN's On-Demand Webinars to watch.
Speakers
Speakers
Catherine Horvath, DNP, CRNA, CNE, CHSE, FAANA
Simulation Director and Faculty
Anesthesia for Nurses Program
Medical University of South Carolina
Catherine Horvath is a nurse anesthesiology educator and currently works at Medical University of South Carolina in the Anesthesia for Nurses Program. Previously, Catherine served in the role of Program Director for the DNP Nurse Anesthesiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and the Assistant Program Director for the DNAP Program at Georgetown University. In those roles, she was responsible for leading institutional planning, curriculum design, and governance roles. She has served as the simulation/cadaver lab director and led innovative approaches to incorporate novel educational uses of simulation into the training curricula for over 18 years. Foundational to these efforts, Catherine has completed a fellowship in simulation pedagogy through the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning and has earned the status of Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator with the Society of Simulation in Healthcare. Catherine also has a passion for the health of providers in the anesthesia profession, having focused her DNP project on drug security, and previously was chair of the AANA Health and Wellness Committee. She received her BSN in 1992 from University of Virginia, MSN in 1994 from Northeastern University, and DNP in 2016 from Georgetown University. Her CRNA clinical practice spanned 32 years.
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Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a DEI Toolkit for Simulation
March 13, 2024
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details
This webinar will describe the process for developing, implementing, and evaluating a DEI Toolkit specifically for use in simulation programs. The content of the Toolkit will be discussed, including the purpose, glossary of terms and conceptual model with application to simulation scenarios, faculty self-assessment of DEI content knowledge, student evaluations of their experiences, and DEI resources for simulation.
Objectives:
- Discuss an approach to systematically integrate DEI Concepts into a simulation curriculum.
- Identify essential components of a DEI toolkit for simulation.
- Discuss a framework for guiding the development of simulation scenarios.
Note: Recording of the webinar will be available soon after the webinar airs. Visit AACN's On-Demand Webinars to watch.
Speakers
Speakers
Joanne O. Dunderdale, DNP, RN
Assistant Professor
Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
Loyola University Chicago
Joanne O. Dunderdale is an Assistant Professor teaching in simulation education at the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago for the past 10 years. She teaches every aspect of simulation in undergraduate nursing education including: medical-surgical I & II, mental health, community, maternal/child, women's & older adult health, pediatrics, leadership and intra- and inter-professional simulation. Dr. Dunderdale has extensive experience creating simulation scenarios, facilitating simulation activities, and leading debriefing sessions. Her research interests are in simulation, transition to practice and Ignatian Pedagogy application in nursing simulation education. Dr. Dunderdale has over 30 years experience as a registered nurse and currently maintains a clinical practice in the emergency nursing setting.
Carol T. Kostovich, PhD, RN, CHSE
Associate Professor
Assistant Dean of Innovative Educational Strategies& Simulation
Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
Loyola University Chicago
Dr. Carol Kostovich is an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Innovative Educational Strategies and Simulation in the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago. In addition to teaching courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, she oversees nursing simulation within the pre-licensure and graduate programs. Dr. Kostovich has over 25 years of teaching experience in higher education. She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in nursing and a post-graduate certificate in Educational Research Methodology. Dr. Kostovich's research focuses on the phenomenon of nursing presence, creating psychologically safe spaces for students and patients and designing, implementing and evaluating innovative approaches to teaching. She is a certified healthcare simulation educator.