NurseHack4Health at the ICN NP/AP Conference in Nashville
The Hackathon is a pre-conference event that will take place on Sunday, September 13, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee
We’re thrilled to share that NurseHack4Health at the ICN AP/NP Conference in Nashville is full—turns out when innovation meets nursing, Music City always plays to a full house 🎸🎶
Join the waitlist below.
What You’ll Gain
An understanding of the value of an innovative culture through the use of design thinking skills within your health system
Co-design techniques to work through wicked problems inclusive of sourcing, identifying, validating, and clarifying issues or opportunities
How to apply the techniques to support envisioning innovative solutions in creative ways
Through reflection, collaboration and sharing, strategies on how to apply the design thinking framework within your organization
Develop digital prototypes using generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms and leave with a funcitoning proof of concept
We will apply this innovation framework to Take it Apart | Fix it | Built it Better to solve problems surrounding:
· Amplifying the nurses' voice in impacting change
· Onboarding new nurses into practice
· Innovative care models
· Other (Or come with your own problems to solve!)
After completing the hackathon, the participants will receive a digital playbook to bring back to their organization as a guide to implement the innovation and methods introduced in the workshop. The playbook will also include the next steps on applying to the NurseHack4Health Pitch-A-Thon for award funding.
This preconference workshop is presented by Johnson & Johnson and SONSIEL.