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 […]
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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 […]
Initiative Overview Elizabeth A. Monsees, Ph.D., RN, CIC, FAPIC, FSHEA, FAAN is a Nurse Researcher in Missouri who focuses on Implementation Science. She was previously the Senior Director of Infection Prevention and Stewardship Integration at her facility and currently serves on the national committees of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology […]
Elizabeth Joseph, APRN, BC, MPH Title: Chair, Sustainability Climate Committee Organization: Jackson Health Systems Initiative Overview Elizabeth Joseph, an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and Chair of the Sustainability Climate Committee at Jackson Health System, helped to lead a transformative initiative to address the overuse of regulated medical waste containers, commonly […]
Name of Interviewee: Ashley Politi, MSN, RN, CCRN Organization: El Camino Health, Mountain View and Los Gatos, California Interviewee Background Ashley Politi is a registered nurse with a Master of Science in Nursing and Critical Care Certification (CCRN), serving as a staff nurse in the critical care department at El […]
A Calling Forged in Crisis The flickering television screen in young Colleen Groll’s living room did more than broadcast the evening news—it shaped a life’s purpose. Each night, images of wounded soldiers in Vietnam stirred something deep within her. By the time the war ended during her junior year of […]
Roots of a Calling Robbi Hagelberg’s nursing story began with a dream deferred—her grandmother’s unfulfilled aspiration to care for others. Growing up in rural Iowa, young Robbi internalized this longing, transforming it into her own life’s purpose. Now, after 35 years in nursing, she reflects on how this career has […]
Born and raised in Santiago, Chile, Claudia Zúñiga always knew she wanted to serve others—and nursing was the perfect way to do it. Her career began in a maternity unit, where she assisted with childbirth and postpartum care before transitioning to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Rising to the […]