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.

Alison Rich Mason serves as the system director, professional practice, providing oversight and leadership for nursing practice for CommonSpirit Health, Patient Care Services. In her current role, she provides facilitation and oversight in the management of clinical practice. Alison is also the system lead for CommonSpirit’s Nursing Professional Practice Council. She has published in peer-reviewed journals and has presented at national and international conferences on evidence-based practice and clinical informatics. Her interview with Health Leaders on strategies for implementation of an online knowledge resource across a large health system was published in 2017. She holds bachelor’s degrees in art and nursing, and a master’s of science degree in healthcare informatics from the University of Colorado, Denver.