Barb Nickel, APRN-CNS, CCRN, CRNI®, is a Clinical Nurse Specialist at a health care center in Nebraska. She is responsible for staff development, competency assessment, and process improvement to optimize outcomes in multiple areas of clinical practice, including critical care, infusion therapy, sepsis, and new graduate transition to practice. Ms Nickel was a co-author of the 2021 Infusion Nurses Society Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice, was Chair of the 2024 9th edition of the INS Standards of Practice Committee and is chair of the 2027 INS Standards Committee. She has authored several publications and speaks nationally on optimization of infusion therapy outcomes. She also serves as Adjunct Research Fellow for Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.

Scott Murray, RPh, PharmD, is a seasoned pharmacist with 3 years of experience, over 2 of which have been dedicated to hospital pharmacy. Currently, he serves as a Senior Pharmacist and Medication Safety Coordinator at a leading academic medical center in Central New York. He is a member of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Quality Patient and Safety, Accreditation Readiness, ISMP Medication Safety Officer Society, and American Society Hospital Pharmacists (ASHP). He has worked as a Satellite Pharmacist in the emergency department (ED), intensive care unit (ICU), and various Med Surg units, including pediatrics. For the past 18 years, he has chaired the Medication Safety Committee, leading initiatives to improve patient outcomes and streamline processes. He is also trained in Lean/Six Sigma methodologies, holding a Yellow Belt and working toward Green Belt and ISMP Medication Safety certification, expected in December 2024. Through Dr Murray’s role in the Medication Safety Committee, he worked collaboratively on many vascular access-related improvements with Nursing and helped to implement a saline only flush policy, comprehensive Infiltration and Extravasation Policy/with a Medication Treatment Chart, IV Push policy, USP 797 and 8, ISMP Targeted Medication Safety Practices (TMSBP), and several ISMP Self Assessments (IV push, High Alert Medications, Medication Safety).