05.06.2025
Heart of Safety Coalition
How systems and leaders can build and support a healthy nursing workforce – Pam Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
05.06.2025
Episode 96 | Duration: 29:59
Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, an international nursing leader, is the 29th President of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and a professor at the University of Virginia’s (UVA) School of Nursing and Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy in Charlottesville, VA. She has extensive experience as an academic medical center executive and previously served as Dean of the UVA School of Nursing and President of the American Nurses Association.
Dr. Cipriano has led efforts to improve the wellbeing of the workforce and increase nursing’s impact and influence on policy to improve global healthcare. She is an inaugural member of the Steering Committee for the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Clinician Wellbeing and Resilience and served as a co-chair in 2024. She serves as a board member of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, which is on a mission to reduce burnout and promote the wellbeing of healthcare professionals. She is also co-chair of the UHC2030 Steering Committee, which leads a global movement to achieve universal health coverage. Among her many honors for exceptional leadership and contributions to the profession, Dr. Cipriano was named a Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence at the Institute of Medicine in 2010-2011, a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, earning its Healthcare Leader Award in 2018 and was named a Living Legend in 2023.
In this episode of Caring Greatly, Dr. Cipriano explains the 2025 International Nurses Day theme, “Our Nurses. Our Future. Caring for Nurses Strengthens Economies.” She describes ICN’s call to value, protect and respect nurses as a foundational requirement for patient safety and outcomes, as well as a critical part of supporting the overall welfare of nurses and the organizations for which they work. Dr. Cipriano also outlines ICN’s seven-part agenda for sustainable nursing workforce wellbeing and drills into how nursing and institutional leaders can identify opportunities in their scopes of ownership and influence to improve nurse safety and wellbeing.
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