EP23: 2020: Year of the Nurse an Interview with Ellen Kurtzman

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">2020: Year of the Nurse an Interview with Ellen Kurtzman</span></em></p> <p><strong><em>“When you're ready for something, life opens the door for you.” </em></strong><strong>— Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FAAN (09:29-09:35)</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ellen T. Kurtzman, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, is a health services researcher and a tenured associate professor of nursing with secondary appointments in the university’s Milken Institute School of Public Health and Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration. In this week’s episode, let’s get to know her more.</span></p> <p><strong>Part One of ‘2020: Year of the Nurse an Interview with Ellen Kurtzman’</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Kurtzman teaches health policy, research, and statistics. Her investigator-initiated research explores the impact of federal, state, and institutional policies on health care quality and the role of the healthcare workforce in achieving higher-value care. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From 2014-2016, Dr. Kurtzman served as the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/Academy Health Policy Fellow, which placed her “in residence” at NCHS to collaborate with federal researchers and access NCHS restricted data assets. From 2011 to 2012, was an affiliate scholar at the Urban Institute’s Health Policy Center. Serving as both a collaborator from 2007-2010 and Visiting Nurse Scholar from 2010-2011 with the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health at The University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Kurtzman advanced and built policy support for a model of care for chronically ill elderly, referred to as the Transitional Care Model.</span></p> <p><strong><em>“Many times, in my career, I've done projects that people have told me not to do, but I felt like they were important. And they've turned out to be the projects that had the biggest impact.” — Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP, FAAN (33:08-33:20)</em></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weig