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Overview

AONL: March 29- April 1, 2026

Chicago McCormick Convention Center | Booth # 935

Nurse leaders are being asked to solve more challenges with fewer resources. At Booth 935, explore practical innovations that help simplify workflows, reduce waste, and strengthen patient care—without increasing your team’s workload.

Discover how needle‑free blood draws and streamlined vascular access support help elevate staff confidence, reduce disruptions, and strengthen every step of the patient journey.
Experience UroVision – immersive virtual reality product training that supports consistent, competency-based use of PureWick^® solutions without the waste.
See how BD Alaris™ helps nurses move beyond fragmented systems—one unified infusion platform helping reclaim time for moments that matter.
Quality care starts with quality specimens. Explore specimen collection solutions that empower nurses, streamline workflows, and protect every patient’s care journey.

📆Breaking the Status Quo: Driving Practice Change for Patients

Explore how a visionary nursing leader championed patient centered innovation, reshaped routine clinical practices to elevate care across her community hospital, and achieved award winning results—only to learn that the impact of these improvements would become deeply personal.

Identify at least one strategy nursing leaders can use to catalyze practice transformation, challenge the status quo, and advance patient-centered care.

Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Time: 7 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. EST

Location: McCormick Place Convention Center, Room TBD

AONL Schedule at a Glance

Speaker

Taylor Barrett, MBA, BSN, RN

Emergency Department Director, Lake Havasu Regional Medical Center

Taylor Barrett, MBA, BSN, RN is an accomplished healthcare executive and Emergency Department Director with extensive experience leading high volume ED operations, strategic staffing, and quality improvement initiatives. Nationally recognized for clinical excellence and community impact, Taylor is a recipient of the Lifepoint Mercy Award and the AA HHA Outstanding Patient/Community Impact Award. With a background spanning emergency and critical care nursing and healthcare administration, Taylor brings a data‑volume ED operations, strategic staffing, and quality improvement initiatives.

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