Goals of the Initiative

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o Promote, foster and enable partnerships between nurses and engineers as they seek to improve healthcare

• Collaborate to solve complex, wicked problems in healthcare

o Deliver the benefits of engineering to patients --- promote patient outcomes and safety

• Close the “17 year practice gap” between invention and implementation in healthcare
• Ensure all patients have access to evidence based care

o Improve working conditions for nurses and support nursing practice

• Ensure devices and technology enable nursing practice and allow patients to benefit from the nurse-patient relationship
• Find ways engineers can assist nurses in their work

o Identify needs in the discipline of nurse engineering - including academia, government and industry

o Find ways to achieve the quadruple aim – transform healthcare into a thriving system