An Examination of Innovation Competencies and Organizational Culture in a Sample of Texas Registered Nurses: A Pilot Study

1. Describe innovation competency among staff nurses. 
2. Discuss the impact of organizational culture on innovation competency. 
3. Examine strategies to increase innovation competency.

Presenters

Linda Cole, DNP, APRN, CCNS, CNE, FCNS; Cizik School of Nursing, UT Health, Houston; Houston, Texas

Dr. Cole, associate professor at the Cizik School of Nursing (CSON) at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, teaches various courses in the master’s level Nursing Leadership program and DNP program and is co-director of the DNP program. Her BSN and MS in Health Education are from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, MS, and her MSN as a clinical nurse specialist and DNP are from CSON. Dr. Cole was inducted as a Clinical Nurse Specialist Institute Fellow in 2021. She has published and presented on educational innovations, evidence-based practice, integrative medicine, nurse resiliency, and nursing leadership.

Francine Snow, DrPH, MSN, RN, CNE, NPD-BC; Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth Science Center at Houston; Houston, Texas

Francine Snow currently holds the position of Assistant Professor, Non-Tenure Instructional at Cizik School of Nursing at UTHealth in Houston, Texas. She teaches nursing leadership in the MSN and DNP programs. She also serves as Associate Faculty in The McGovern Center for Humanities & Ethics at UTHealth Houston. Francine received her BSN from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, her MSN from UTHealth Houston, and her Doctorate in Public Health also from UTHealth in Houston. Her scholarship areas of focus are quality improvement and educational and nursing leadership science.

Susan Stafford, DNP, MBA, MPA, RN-BC, NEA-BC; Cizik School of Nursing, UT Health, Houston; Houston, Texas

Dr. Stafford is an Assistant Professor at Cizik School of Nursing (CSON), UT Health, Houston. Instructional areas include nursing informatics, leadership, and quality improvement teaching in the MSN and DNP programs. Over the past 39 years, she demonstrated success as a clinician, nursing leader, nurse informaticist, and educator with experience in home care, pediatric intensive care, and leadership roles in large healthcare organizations. She is skilled in nursing informatics, health information technology, electronic medical records (EMR) including implementation, clinical documentation, change management, data analytics application, and executive leadership. Dr. Stafford earned a BSN from Wichita State University, an MBA from the University of Phoenix, a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Western Michigan University, and a DNP from CSON. Focused interests are leadership, quality improvement, and informatics.

Lisa Boss, PhD, EdD, RN, CNS, CEN, CNE; Tarleton State University; Stephenville, Texas

Dr. Lisa Boss currently holds the position of Assistant Dean for Curriculum and Instruction and Associate Professor, Tenure Track at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. Dr. Boss primarily teaches in the Master of Science in Nursing program in the Nursing Administration and Nursing Education tracks where her expertise in nursing education and leadership are best applied. Dr. Boss began her educational journey in 1997 and obtained educational degrees at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston (BSN), University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (MSN, Post-Master’s, PhD), and University of Houston (EdD). Dr. Boss’ research in nursing education is related to simulation and leadership, and her research in patient health outcomes is biobehavioral with a focus on a variety of vulnerable populations, psychosocial and biological factors, and how they impact health outcomes.

Nursing CE

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