Lecture: Meeting the Moment: Delivering Excellence in an Era of Health Care Scarcity

As nurses and midwives struggle with fewer resources and increasingly complex healthcare financing, how can we ensure accessible, high-quality care for all patients?

Drawing from a distinguished career spanning multiple nursing disciplines—from nurse-midwifery to family health to critical care—Holly Powell Kennedy, professor emerita at Yale University School of Nursing, brings a unique, multifaceted perspective to these pressing issues. As an accomplished practitioner, educator, and researcher, she will share practical strategies for enhancing clinical practice, advancing nursing education, and driving meaningful research, all while sustaining professional fulfillment in demanding times.

Speaker:
Holly Powell Kennedy, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN, was the inaugural Helen Varney Professor of Midwifery (now emerita) at the Yale University School of Nursing. She has served as president of the American College of Nurse-Midwives and received the 2016 Hattie Hemschemeyer Award, its highest honor. Her program of research is focused on a greater understanding of the effectiveness and outcomes of specific models of care during the childbearing year, especially in support of childbearing physiology. She was awarded a Fulbright Distinguished Fellowship to King’s College London in 2008 and is a Fulbright Specialist. She is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps Reserve.