Vizient Southern States Nursing Executives Network Meeting - On Demand

This educational session will examine the challenges associated with traditional nurse scheduling processes and their impact on nurse manager workload, operational efficiency, and the nursing workforce experience. Participants will learn how Wellstar Health System identified this operational challenge, developed an innovative technology enabled scheduling solution, and successfully implemented it within clinical practice. Through discussion of the innovation process, implementation strategies, lessons learned, and measurable outcomes, nurse executives will gain practical knowledge to evaluate emerging scheduling technologies and consider approaches to improving scheduling efficiency, workforce engagement, and nurse satisfaction within their own organizations.

 

Target Audience

  • Nurses
  • Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives

 

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:  

 

1.    Examine the limitations of traditional nurse scheduling processes and their impact on operational efficiency, nurse leader workload, and the nurse workforce experience.
2.    Evaluate the capabilities, implementation strategies, and outcomes of an innovative AI enabled scheduling solution designed to improve workforce management and operational performance.
3.    Apply lessons learned from Wellstar Health System's implementation to assess opportunities for adopting innovative scheduling technologies that optimize leadership time, improve workforce management, support financial stewardship, and enhance nurse satisfaction.

Course summary

Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 General CE - Attendance
Course opens: 
09/11/2026
Course expires: 
09/10/2027
On Demand
United States
FACULTY & PLANNERS
Faculty

Sharon Ellis, MEd, BSN, RN
VP, Performance Improvement & Clinical Services
Vizient Southern States

John Sheehan
Co-Founder and CEO
Swift Workforce AI Inc.

Kyle Doehrman, MHA, BSN, RN, CEN, CFRN, NREMT
Executive Director of Nursing for Emergency Services at Wellstar Cobb Medical Center
Wellstar Health System

 Planners
Sharon Ellis, MEd, BSN, RN
VP, Performance Improvement & Clinical Services
Vizient Southern States

Nicole Telhiard, DNP, CPN, NE-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
FMOL Health

 
Marilu Kelly, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CHCP
Director, Continuing Education      
Vizient, Inc.
 
Rebecca Easterwood
CE Programs Manager             
Vizient, Inc.
 
DISCLOSURE
As an accredited provider of continuing education, Vizient, Inc. is dedicated to ensuring this activity presents learners with only accurate, balanced, scientifically justified recommendations, and is free from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. In accordance with The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all planners, faculty, and others in control of the educational content have disclosed the absence or existence of all financial relationships (of any dollar amount) with ineligible companies within the past 24 months.
 
Ineligible companies – those companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
It is Vizient’s policy that owners and employees of ineligible companies, and any individuals who refuse to disclose the absence or existence of financial relationships with any ineligible companies are disqualified from participating as planners or faculty.
 
 
 
Statement of Content Validity
 
Vizient, Inc. educational activities are intended to assist healthcare teams advance their professional responsibilities in accordance with the definition of continuing education. It is the policy of Vizient, Inc. to review and ensure that all content and recommendations for patient care within accredited CE is evidenced-based, based on current science and clinical reasoning while ensuring the content is fair and balanced. All recommendations must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Vizient, Inc. does not permit accredited continuing education if it advocates for unscientific approaches to diagnosis or therapy, or if the education promotes recommendations, treatment, or manners of practicing healthcare that are determined to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.
 
Disclaimer
The education provided through this activity is for continuing education purposes only. The views and opinions expressed in this activity are those of the faculty/presenters and do not necessarily reflect the views of Vizient, Inc.
 
Disclosure Statements
 
Absence of Relevant Financial Relationships
 
None of the planners, faculty, or others in a position to control content for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 
 

 

Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Vizient, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 
 
Designation Statement(s)
Nurses (CNE)
This activity is designated for 1.00 contact hours.
 
Other Healthcare Professionals (General CE Credit)
Vizient, Inc. will award all other healthcare professionals who successfully complete the activity a Certificate of Participation. Various state license boards and credentialing bodies accept certificates of participation from accredited CE activities to meet CE requirements for license renewals and re-certification. It is the responsibility of the participant to contact their state licensing board and/or certifying body for verification on credit eligibility reciprocity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 General CE - Attendance
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