New Podcast Episode: The Heart of Advanced Practice: Clinical Leadership in Action

Inside ISAPN Episode 8 is live! In this conversation, host and ISAPN Immediate Past President April Odom, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC sits down with Cheryl Herrmann, APRN, CNS a Cardiac Clinical Nurse Specialist and longtime ISAPN member, to explore how CNSs drive change from bedside practice and protocols to research, education, and advocacy.

What You’ll Learn

• The CNS difference: How CNSs blend clinical expertise, consultation, research, and education to improve outcomes.
• Practice innovation: Protocol development, rapid response implementation, and reframing “failure to rescue” as preventing a crisis.
• Women’s heart health: Early research insights and why sex-specific outcomes must shape care pathways.
• Career building: Why CCNS certification, networking, and state-level advocacy expand practice and impact.
• Leadership mindset: Using evidence, mentorship, and professional community to grow confidence and create opportunities.

Who Should Listen

• CNSs and CNS students seeking practical leadership strategies.
• All APRNs interested in protocol-driven quality improvement and system-level change.
• Nursing leaders & educators working on interprofessional collaboration and outcomes.
• APRN students/new grads exploring advanced roles and pathways to certification

Why It Matters Now

• Hospitals and health systems need CNS leadership embedded across specialties to translate evidence into practice, standardize protocols, and improve patient outcomes. This episode highlights how Illinois nurses are moving forward and how ISAPN supports members through education, networking, and advocacy (including Full Practice Authority efforts).

Listen & Share

• Listen to Inside ISAPN Episode 8 now 
• Forward to a colleague who leads practice change or a CNS student who needs inspiration.
  
  

Stay connected,
The ISAPN Team