For Nurses

As a nurse, you can make a unique contribution to achieving the goals of improved health and efficient and effective health care systems at the local, state and national levels. Our goal is to build healthier communities in America by increasing nurses’ presence on corporate, health-related, and other boards, panels, and commissions. The following are resources to help you on your journey to becoming board ready!

Helpful Documents

NOBC Educational Presentations: Webinars and Podcasts

  • Nurses Perspectives on the Importance and Impact of Board Service
  • Launching Your Board Journey: Tips, Tricks For Finding the Right Board Position to Launch Your Board Journey – Session 1 of the Supporting Underrepresented Nurses for Successful Board Service grant educational curriculum, funded by American Nurses Foundation, authored and presented by Deborah C. Stamps, EdD, MBA, MS, RN, GNP, NE, BC, CDE®, FAAN, Advisor, and Vivienne Pierce McDaniel, DNP, MSN, RN, National Black Nurses Association Representative
  • Boardroom Basics: An Orientation to Service In Healthcare – Session 2 of the Supporting Underrepresented Nurses for Successful Board Service grant educational curriculum, funded by American Nurses Foundation, presented and authored by Curry Bordelon, DNP, MBA, NNP-BC, CPNP-AC, CNE, American Association for Men In Nursing Representative
  • The Impact of Equity and Health Equity in Board Service – Session 3 of the Supporting Underrepresented Nurses for Successful Board Service grant educational curriculum, funded by American Nurses Foundation, authored and presented by Deborah C. Stamps, EdD, MBA, MS, RN, GNP, NE, BC, CDE®, FAAN, Advisor, and Vivienne Pierce McDaniel, DNP, MSN, RN, National Black Nurses Association Representative
  • The Value of Nurses on Boards: An Inaugural Survey – Discussion into the findings and implications of the research from the NOBC inaugural Value of Nurses on Boards Survey, as presented by Kimberly Cleveland, PhD, JD, MSN, RN, C-MBC, C-MPC, Board Chair Emeritus, Nurses on Boards Coalition, Associate Professor Kent State University, and Pam Rudisill, DNP, MSN, RN, NEC-BC, FAONL, FAAN, Board Chair Emeritus, Nurses on Boards Coalition, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Community Health System

NOBC 2021 “Year of the Nurse and Midwife” 2.0 Impact of Nurses on Boards Interview Series, Nurses Serving on Boards:

  • Pam Hull, RN, President of Mandorla Consulting LLC, Board Chair at Volunteers of America Minnesota and Wisconsin
  • Dr. Cyrus Batheja, National Vice President of UnitedHealth Group
  • Melanie Gray, PhD, RN, Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Advocate Aurora Health, City on a Hill Milwaukee, Board Director
  • Catherine Harvey Sevier, DrPH, RN, AARP-NC, NC State President
  • Diana Vance-Bryan, RN, JD, Hennepin Healthcare System Chair
  • Erica Edfort, DNP, MSN, RN, NVRN-BC, RN-BC, FASRN, FAHA, Chamberlain University Undergradudate Curriculum Committee Chair

NOBC 2021 “Year of the Nurse and Midwife” 2.0 Impact of Nurses on Boards Interview Series, Board Leaders:

Articles

Blogs

Podcasts

Useful Links

FREE Webinars

  • AARP Volunteer Panel: Nurses Serving on Boards
    In this hour long discussion, AARP’s Nurse Volunteer Leadership Advisory Group members help nurses navigate their journey to board placement.

    Featured AARP Advisory Group members: Connie Jastremski, RN, MS, MBA, ANP-CS, Stefany Almaden, PhD, RN, MSN, CCM, CPUM, CMCN, PAHM, Gail McGuill, MS, RN, Gina Miranda, DNP, MS/MPH, APHN-BC, Catherine (Cathy) Campbell, DNP, MSN, MBA, CHC, CCM, FACHE, Flora Haus, MSN, RN-BC, Sue Johnson, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, NE-BE, FAAN
  • Serving on a Corporate Board: Uncover If It’s for You & Where to Start
    This webinar has been provided compliments of Women in the Boardroom

Videos

  • Board Meeting Simulation
    Wonder what it’s like to attend a board meeting?  Watch this 90-minute board meeting simulation experience provided to Ohio nurses in 2017.  The board packet is available here for you to follow along.  Video is courtesy of the Ohio Action Coalition.  
  • Leading Change Through Board/Committee Appointments
    At the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action’s Leadership and Legacy Summit in Phoenix, three panelists discussed the importance of nurses’ service on boards, and tips for getting appointed to a board. This hour-long conversation, facilitated by Sue Hassmiller, senior adviser for nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and director of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, is a must-watch for anyone who has considered board service and what it takes to get there.
  • Lessons in Leadership:  The Betty Irene Moore Speaker Series
    Lessons in Leadership is a collection of 13 short videos featuring nationally-recognized leaders in nursing or health care who share the strategies that shaped their career and the lessons they learned.  The leaders include CEO, executive directors and board members of the nation’s leading health care and nursing organizations; several recipients of “Living Legend” awards; faculty members from top universities; and influential policy advisors.  All of them began their careers as nurses.
  • Transforming Health Care Through Nurse Leadership
    Nurses can help transform the nation’s health care system, create healthier communities, and build a Culture of Health. But what are the keys to becoming a nurse leader? Be willing to step outside of your comfort zone, seek a mentor, and more: Leaders from the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action and the 2014 Breakthrough Leaders in Nursing share their advice.

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