Nurse: Michelle Bouchard, MPH, BSN, RNC-NIC, Clinician IV Title/Position: Site sustainability Lead, Advocate Christ Medical Center & Children’s Hospital Michelle Bouchard worked as a NICU nurse for 39 years and her work has always been and remains grounded in the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics. In 2007, as she was […]
Yearly Archives: 2026
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with Rose Gallagher Role: UK Professionals Lead Sustainability at the Royal College of Nursing. What was the initiative/action, and in what setting was the project implemented? The initiative, known as Glove Awareness Week, was developed to raise awareness of both the appropriate use of gloves and the risks associated with […]
Kristy Wheeler, MSN, RN, CNOR Background and Initiative Overview: Kristy Wheeler, MSN, RN, CNOR, worked nearly 7 years to pass a law in Maryland regarding surgical smoke evacuation in procedural areas, House Bill 1087. HB 1087 passed in May 2026, making Maryland the 21st state to enact such legislation. HB […]
Date: June 12, 2026 | Nurse: Julie Jacobson Vann PhD, MS, RN Title & Position: Professor and Planetary Health Director, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Initiative Overview: North Carolina’s Toxic-Free Medical Devices Act (HB 592) proposed to ban DEHP from hospital intravenous (IV) bags by 2030 and tubing […]