In this episode, MEDSURG Nursing Journal Editor Dottie Roberts, EdD, MSN, MACI, RN, CMSRN, OCNS-C, CNE, talks with Sonya Blevins, DNP, RN, CMSRN, CNE, the Director of Nursing Licensure and Compliance at Southern New Hampshire University, in Manchester, NH, a past member of the MEDSURG Nursing Journal Editorial Board, and an author of the journal’s “Nurses as Educators” column. Dr. Blevins discusses the role nurses play in managing health care cost and quality, the value of the teach-back process and how nurses can teach patients about self-care strategies, and the importance of nurses as educators.

Sonya Blevins, DNP, RN, CMSRN, CNE, is the Director of Nursing Licensure and Compliance at New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire. She is a past member of the MEDSURG Nursing Journal Editorial Board and currently serves as author of the journal’s “Nurses as Educators” column.

Dottie Roberts, EdD, MSN, MACI, RN, CMSRN, OCNS-C, CNE, is a Contributing Faculty Member at Walden University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a Nursing Online Faculty Member at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, New Hampshire, and the Editor of MEDSURG Nursing Journal.

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