Preparing Nurses for the Virtual Frontier: Challenges and Strategies

Dr. Bonnie Clipper is a nurse futurist, expert in virtual nursing, nationally recognized
thought leader, and global speaker. She brings her decades of executive leadership,
operations, and knowledge of technology together to transform the national healthcare
ecosystem. She was the first VP of Innovation at the ANA where she built the innovation framework to bring over 4M nurses into the innovation space through education, HIMSS Nurse Pitch™ events, and strategic partnerships such as the ANA + BD Innovation Awards and the ANA + J&J nursing innovation podcast.

As CEO and Founder of Innovation Advantage, Dr. Clipper is leading change and was
among the first to revolutionize how virtual nursing care is practiced and delivered in
hospitals. As a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow, she has
published extensively on innovation in nursing including The Innovation Handbook: A
Nurse Leader’s Guide for Transforming Nursing; The Nurse’s Guide to Innovation and
The Innovation Roadmap: A Guide for Nurse Leaders.

She regularly shares her insights on technologies impacting nursing such as artificial
intelligence, virtual reality, ambient computer vision, and robotics through webinars,
speaking, and publications. Dr. Clipper is a member of the prestigious American
Telemedicine Association, Clinician Council, and is a strategic advisor for several healthtech companies.

Dr. Clipper is a sought-after connector, collaborator, and influencer in healthcare, and is
a highly effective change agent and unifier. In short, Dr. Clipper has transformed the way hospital-based nursing care will be delivered and her approach has raised the bar across the country.

Learn more about Dr. Clipper here!