Nurse Innovation: Saving the Future of Healthcare | Rebecca Love | TEDxBeaconStreet

It was the innovation of nursing that lifted medicine out of the dark ages of practice. Today, Nurses represent nearly half of the healthcare workforce and are the end user of nearly every medical product on the market.
But Nurses are rarely if ever engaged in the decision-making process by which new health care products are designed, constructed and brought to market. This is a huge missed opportunity that is resulting in costly inefficiencies and leading to the highest levels of nurse burnout ever recorded.
Rebecca describes the cultural and behavioral shifts that must take place in healthcare in order to empower Nurses and to drive impactful innovation forward.
Rebecca Love, RN, MSN, ANP is the Global Community Officer for Ryalto International and was the first Director of Nurse Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the United States at Northeastern School of Nursing - the first initiative in the Country designed to empower nurses as innovators and entrepreneurs, which has led to transformational change in the Nursing Profession. Rebecca is an experienced Nurse Entrepreneur, founding HireNurses.com in 2013 which was acquired in 2018. Rebecca is passionate about empowering nurses and creating communities to help nurses innovate, create and collaborate to start businesses to transform healthcare.
Rebecca holds a M.S. in Nursing from Northeastern University, B.A. in International Relations/Spanish from Boston University, and is currently Faculty at Norwich University, sits on the board of NextGen Ventures & the Host Committee for the Massachusetts ACLU. She currently lives in Marblehead Massachusetts with her husband and 3 children. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@user-bs1gv5tj8e]

In this TedTalk, Nurse Love does a wonderful job of giving a voice to the nursing profession. Nurses, one of the most critical groups of employees in healthcare-if not the most, regularly do not receive the recognition or the voice they deserve. Nurses are the face of patient care. While a team of providers, such as physicians and pharmacists, may be making the decisions behind patient care, the nurses are the ones implementing those decisions and interacting with the patients on a 24/7 basis. This past year, my father was out of the ICU frequently. No matter how great the physician was, the nurses determined his quality of care and his entire hospital stay. He often only saw his physician for 5 minutes per day; meanwhile, it was the nurses who he was constantly interacting with. I think that sometimes higher-ups in the healthcare system can forget this, yet it is essential that we not only recognize nurses but also give them a voice as much as possible. Nurse Love talks explicitly about how when new technology or systems are implemented in the hospital that it directly impacts the nurses the most, as they are the ones who are using said technology. She gives a specific example of how the Vocera communication device, which was promised to make their jobs easier, added a ton of work to their already busy workload. She then went on to say how nurses are generally not represented at big healthcare conventions or healthcare hackathons where medical innovation is happening. This is not only a massive disservice to the entire field of nursing but also to our patients. The medical field aims to uphold certain medical ethics principles. The principle of justice seeks to ensure that all patients have access to appropriate medical care. From personal experience, I have seen how ICUs cannot provide reasonable medical care when units are understaffed or overworked. Patients think obtaining a bed in the hospital will give them access to care, and unfortunately, this is not always the case. Nurse Love mentioned that within two years of obtaining a nursing degree, around 50% of nurses leave the field. Our problems of understaffed, overworked nursing teams are not a product of insufficient people interested in nursing. Instead, it is a byproduct of job dissatisfaction and burnout. If we want to fix problems in our healthcare such as these, we need to work from the inside out. We need to ensure that all healthcare team members, particularly nurses, are valued and given a voice. By listening to nurses and improving their work environment, we improve their lives and provide patients with the quality of care they deserve.

[@DO.Dr.JM13]

Nurse Love brings up a lot of good points regarding issues with innovation in healthcare and also the way the workhorse (nurses) of healthcare is treated. I am currently a second-year medical student preparing for my clinical years of school and if there is one thing our preclinical course directors have taught us, it’s that you should always trust, rely on, and be nice to your nurses. Nurse Love brings up a very valid experience and reason why nurses should be consulted when companies or hospitals are considering implementing new technology or other changes. I know exactly what voice box she is talking about because 4 years ago before I left my job at the hospital, we too started to use the Vocera communication device. There were several issues at launch, people couldn’t log in, we weren’t receiving stat phone calls, and at one-point parts of the hospital stopped using it without letting anyone else know. She is totally right, this thing if used correctly and if a nurse was consulted could have been very useful, however, a lot of people did not like the device because there were so many little inconveniences that ended up making them more of a burden than an aid. I think what the nursing staff proceeded to do is incredibly important in healthcare and that is they put the voice boxes away and continued to treat patients in a manner they knew was best for them and their patients. This autonomy that they demonstrated is vital in healthcare and applies not only to our patients when they make decisions regarding their health, but also to healthcare workers when they decide what is best protocol for them and their patients. Now don’t get me wrong I know there are rules and regulations in place for a reason but at times those rules and regulations are placed by hospital administration who is so far removed from the situation that they do not truly understand what is going on with the patients. However, there are a lot of procedures that when administration pulls from multiple levels of leadership, they are able to innovate and truly make changes to processing or technology that really improve healthcare. This autonomy is what allow nurses to be such great healthcare providers and when nurses and physicians work together their desire for beneficence really shines. I think it is important to note here that just as autonomy is important for our healthcare workers so is the need for physicians and administration to practice non-maleficence towards their key supporters. This concept of non-maleficence should be applied to the innovations we make, we cannot just consider one career or individual using these new healthcare augmentations. I love that nurse Love is getting involved with more help from nurses and innovators like her I truly believe healthcare will continue to improve and that means better care for our communities and families.

[@jerrysoucy2611]

excellent TEDx Talk example, centering FN was chef's kiss

[@sirEufrazzio]

Addressing real problems to find real solutions. That was superb!

[@daniellekistler6306]

I was inspired by this talk and what a GREAT way to energize nursing. I am going to save this and show it to all my new nursing students! Thank you!!

[@WildnUnruly]

Charting!!! The bane of my nursing life. I’ve had an idea brewing but no way to make it happen. Charting and CYA takes us away from the bedside which is why I became a nurse in the first place.

[@michaelbidu9278]

Excellent talk Rebecca Love! More "discontented, frustrated, pissed off, had enough" nurses, physicians and healthcare executives need to see you and start changing the status quo today so we can have a better tomorrow.

[@notsopopularkid1238]

Or they should be better compensated for the good work that they do

[@eunecelimbu2642]

Frontline workers can bring forward their innovation!! 👏👏👍

[@The.Natural.Intellect.305]

I am a nurse educator and one of the courses I teach is a basic intro to nursing course. This is a great video and I will definitely embed this into my lecture.

[@angiejohnson7524]

Amazingly inspiring! Thank you for the push. I am going to share this with my nurse friends.

[@marjoriemckenzie4247]

Excellent!! Very Eloquent speaker!! As one nurse to another keep up the good work Rebecca!!👍👍❤

[@misskin2]

I am a nurse with a passion for innovation. I am working on a medical device and have many more ideas. We ARE the future of healthcare innovation.

[@NursesMove]

I really love your passion and your commitment Rebecca! 👏👏👏

[@FindTheTRUTH337]

AMEN! Preach it Sista!

[@jilltralka7115]

So inspiring! So real..excellent!

[@michaelgartner5918]

Are you a Nurse?

[@ArmenB1]

Great talk, I agree frontline/bedside nurses have the skills necessary to facilitate meaningful change in healthcare. I am currently utilizing the medium of shared governance to encourage/engage bedside nurses to make positive changes in processes on a microsystem level.

[@freevpnproxy1669]

YES LOVELY TALK INDEED

[@hollyt835]

I’m in tears. Thank you for inspiring me to continue pursue my passion within innovation in nursing 🙏

[@cathyjahnke1481]

No more applicable than now, great talk

[@michaelgartner5918]

Are you a Nurse?

[@dailynurse]

Excellent talk!

[@freevpnproxy1669]

YOU ARE RIGHT YES

[@dr.mayapatlia4403]

Wow super ,God bless u dear

[@karidust1]

One of the best talks I've heard. When is the next hackathon? I want to go!

[@michaelgartner5918]

Are you a Nurse?

[@karidust1]

@@michaelgartner5918 yes, why?

[@michaelgartner5918]

@@karidust1 just wanna know. I'm from Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. What about you?

[@karidust1]

@@michaelgartner5918 I’m near Louisville KY

[@michaelgartner5918]

@@karidust1 That's good. Can we talk on Google Hangout?

[@romabalami9963]

Great sharing ❤🎉

[@MercyInuope]

This is so inspiring.

[@rachaelshay7649]

Please welcome respiratory therapists!!! We're also known as macgyvers! Pretty sure anytime I set up a hi Flo I've got to rig it with my own set up because it's either old or not the main company we're running anymore! Lol

[@michaelgartner5918]

Are you a Nurse?

[@kimpup8135]

You can hear it change right around the middle

[@dufitumukizaeric1238]

As nurses we are there to save the lives but i would how can i join Nurse group globally?

[@jasonrock5220]

A group called “nurses without borders.”

[@adormansat1647]

Wow!

[@chloeavi]

rebecca love slays

[@Bill0102]

The content is exemplary; it recalls a book I recently savored with similar admiration. "The Art of Meaningful Relationships in the 21st Century" by Leo Flint

[@Nursing-12science]

❤

[@ddvantandar-kw7kl]

Where would you like to see our organization in the next coming days

[@livhuwanisandralavhengwa5515]

Nurses run the risk if loosing their jobs, please repeat that statement!!!!! Cry my beloved profesion! Cry loud nursing!!!!!😭😭😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺

[@user-yw3wo4lp9d]

I think Ms. Love mentioned some great points in this talk. Nurse innovation is not only saving the future of healthcare, but it is also doing so in an ethical manner. Nurses are trained to prioritize patient care and to uphold the highest ethical standards in their practice. This commitment to ethical practice is reflected in the way nurses approach innovation in healthcare as Ms. Love is doing as an activist. In fact, I think we could take involvement a step further and involving the patients in the development of new technologies and care models, and ways that enable better patient monitoring and communication. A variety of patient perspective would be valuable because there are patient populations whose voices are appear silenced. By engaging with patient input and by developing solutions that are tailored to the needs of underserved populations, nurses and healthcare administrators can ensure that innovations are accessible to all patients, regardless of their socio-economic status, race, or ethnicity. This approach promotes the ethical principle of justice, ensuring that healthcare resources are distributed fairly and equitably. What better source than nurses and patients in solving healthcare’s most critical issues. Involving nurses and conventions like the hackathon where minds different areas of medicine work together to solve issues. Different perspectives on a team have always been valued, so why have we not valued nurse opinions and voice from the beginning? I’m surprised there is even an entire Ted talk on this because I would have imagined this idea of nurse involvement being an older concept. For 5+ years my medical school has involved interprofessional course content because medicine is a team sport. It takes more than just one person to effectively and efficiently deliver healthcare. Overall, I think nurse innovation is crucial to the future of healthcare. By leveraging their unique perspectives and expertise, nurses are driving the development of new, models, and treatments, effective, and sustainable for providers alike.

[@portersmith1876]

I know that Florence Nightingale gets so much praise for her contributions to Nursing but I would like to point out that there are two lesser known Sisters Emily and here sister Elizabeth Blackwell whom brought Women into life sciences l field as Doctors.

[@kayes5146]

Wow....talking about how nurses aren't engaged enough in healthcare...and you offer up PHYSICIANS. Do you not see how dismissive and inappropriate this is? Can't you just stay in the "nurse as focus" for the brief 13:08 minutes of her talk? This comment is a classic example of what happens daily to nurses.

[@maiosama7234]

Im a BSN and i hate nursing and i realized that nursing is a stigma they dont have a good salary for their hard work like other health care members such as physician, physiotherapist

[@hugoluna1323]

Can some one Let me know the name of the nurse?

[@gigigigi787]

Rebecca Love

[@superedwinx]

24. 8 million subscribers but only 24k views...

[@gigigigi787]

24.8 subscribers to ted talk channel, not to her specific channel 😂

[@Raelzito]

Einstein didnt say that

[@veronicaeverington1279]

I was wondering that part as well. Lol

[@freevpnproxy1669]

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[@user-hd6oc1in4n]

salut

[@kimpup8135]

What’s up with her changing accent throughout this talk?

[@gigigigi787]

I think she seems a lil nervous, since she’s on a bigger platform. She was my nursing teacher, one of my favorite nursing teachers at that. She typically doesn’t have an accent. Just stumbled across this video today. So proud of you Rebecca. You are an inspiration to all of us nurses. Thank you for everything you do.

[@chelsealangford8206]

okay thats what i was wondering as well

[@KHouseholder011]

I know, I got all distracted Googling her and trying to figure out where she is from! Not England, apparently.

[@pingkaytes8218]

For those who asked about her accent. It's called Declamation speech it's a form of art of speech. She is amazing Congratulations!

[@samijones5590]

Omg it’s not just me 😭

[@PinkYellowGreen2023]

Until we as nurses stop being incivil to one another the profession will continue to suffer! How are we people that empower the powerless but use our own powerlessness as a means to destroy the profession??

[@MadDog44]

Agree about nurse innovation, but you're not mentioning the giant monster in the room: The Great Reset = The Great Culling = The One World Government= The New World Order. Key word: "Culling". Nurses know...not necessarily from DOING RESEARCH(!!), but from direct experience.

[@globalvillage4108]

I have worked with a lot of nurses and they are not compassionate people. By and large, today's nurse, cares only about their own needs ie. money and benefits, and could care-less about their patients and residents. A nursing job today is basically a desk job wherein about 15% of their work day time is spent performing very basic medical services to residents and patients, for example, passing out pills. Moreover, nurses do not, I repeat 'DO NOT' perform any personal care duties whatsoever to their patients, Health Care Aids (aka: Nursing Assistants) provide that service every time'. In other words, Health Care Aides do the personal care job that nurses refuse to do. Personal care involves a individual's active daily living routine such as bathroom routine, washing, change of clothes, bathing, feeding, performing oral care, transferring to and from bed, and cleaning patients/residents up after they have soiled themselves, gotten sick, or both; and the job is done whenever necessary by Health Care Aides, not nurses. The Health Care Aide profession is a unacknowledged profession throughout the health care field (even the public doesn't know who we are) and that is because nurses want the public to believe that nurses are the sole underpaid and over worked care providers who go far beyond the call for the vulnerable and sick. Nothing could be further from the truth.

[@vaughnrelano5445]

Nurses don’t refuse what aides are doing. Each and every member of the the team performs specific task and assumes role according to their scope of license. Aides are not allowed to pass medications but they help perform responsibilities for those who has functional limitations. While other types of nurses documents their observations and provide necessary interventions or care plans to restore health and functions. Nurses also performs high cognitive functions needed to communicate progress of patients across other health team including physicians and therapist. What you see is only superficial. There is a clear distinction between each roles they assume. Each role is equally important. Aides, PCT, LVN, and RNs are a team of nurses that health institutions uses to meet client’s need. Some institutions only uses RNs who can assume all roles while others uses team approach depending upon the acuity of their patients. I hope this gives some better understanding about different nurses you see.