Nurses are tackling some of today's most complex challenges. On SEE YOU NOW, you'll meet nurses leading change through powerful stories that approach health and healthcare with curiosity, innovation with compassion, and center the human experience.

In a moment marked by rising geopolitical instability, accelerating climate change, recurring pandemics, and deep economic uncertainty, nursing stands at a critical crossroads. The global nursing workforce is already under severe strain, and the World Health Organization projects a shortfall of approximately 4.5 million nurses by 2030. Yet, even as health needs become more complex, health funding is being reduced in many parts of the world while defense spending rises, deepening the resource constraints facing nurses and other frontline health workers.

So, what does it truly mean to invest in nursing?

For the International Council of Nurses, it means speaking value to power, making the case consistently and convincingly, that nurses are essential to the stability and well-being of individuals, families, communities, and entire nations. It means pushing forward despite workforce shortages, policy barriers, violence, and chronic underfunding. It means dismantling myths and hierarchies and advancing rigorous research to demonstrate the economic and societal return on educating, compensating, and recognizing nurses as the indispensable professionals they are.

In this episode, Oriana Beaudet, VP of Innovation at the American Nurses Association, Credentialing Center, and Foundation, connects with Howard Catton, the Chief Executive Officer of the International Council of Nurses, who is driving global efforts to support nurses at the ICN. Together, they explore the inventive strategies, advocacy work, and bold solutions shaping the future of nursing. And talk about what it means to meet global challenges with clarity, commitment, and heart.

In this SEE YOU NOW Insight, Don Berwick, MD, pioneer of the modern patient safety movement, explores the powerful relationship between quality and safety in healthcare. Drawing from his landmark work on waste and inefficiency with the RAND Corporation and lessons from Paul O'Neill's safety transformation at Alcoa, Berwick reveals how excellence begins when the workforce feels safe, supported, and valued. When systems function as intended, both patients and clinicians thrive. Reminding us that quality care and safety are not separate goals, but one shared purpose.

To listen to this Insight clip's full episode visit SEE YOU NOW Podcast Episode 123: Safer Together | The Architecture of a Movement at APPLE, SPOTIFY, or YOUTUBE or at your favorite streaming platform.

For more information on the podcast bundles, visit ANA's Innovation Website at https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation/education. 

Have questions or feedback for the SEE YOU NOW team?  Future episode ideas? Contact us at hello@seeyounowpodcast.com. 

Pioneer, MacArthur Fellow, and nurse-midwife Ruth Watson Lubic, EdD, RN, CNM, FAAN, FACNM opened the nation's first freestanding birth center in 1975, challenging a system where women often had little voice in their own maternity care. In this SEE YOU NOW Insight, she reflects on the movement that grew from one center in New York City to more than 350 across the country, and the transformational power of centering families in childbirth.

To listen to this Insight clip's full episode visit SEE YOU NOW Podcast Episode 6: Empowering Childbirth at APPLE, SPOTIFY, YouTube, or at your favorite streaming platform.

For more information on the podcast bundles, visit ANA's Innovation Website at https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/innovation/education. 

Have questions or feedback for the SEE YOU NOW team?  Future episode ideas? Contact us at hello@seeyounowpodcast.com.