Nurses considering a run for office often ask, “But where do I begin?” In 2021, Lisa Summers, PhD, RN and Kimberly Gordon, DNP, veteran nurse activists, founded a non-partisan, non-profit group – Healing Politics - to help nurses who want to seek public office.

Read more to find out what’s stopping nurses from throwing their hats into the political ring and what Healing Politics is doing about that.

Lisa and Kimberly discuss how nurses' experiences in clinical settings, their ability to establish trust, and their systems thinking make them ideal candidates for elected positions

Nurse Keith interviews Kimberly Gordon, an accountant turned nurse, who is the co-founder of Healing Politics.

The February newsletter made an appeal for all nurses in the state to let their voices be heard by attending events and reaching out to elected officials within the state. The non-profit Healing Politics takes that a step further...

Kimberly sits down with Nurse Alice Benjamin of Nurse.org to discuss how Healing Politics is working to help nurses to run for office.