From Challenges to Champions: Nurses Leading Drug Diversion Prevention – Transforming Culture Through Collaboration and Compassion
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This session explores the critical and often overlooked role of nurses in the prevention of drug diversion within healthcare settings. While nurses are frequently impacted by diversion issues—both as potential sources and as frontline identifiers—they are also uniquely positioned to become powerful champions of change.
Through real-world insights and strategies, this presentation will highlight how healthcare organizations can foster meaningful partnerships with nursing departments and engage executive leadership to build a collaborative, compassionate culture of accountability. Attendees will learn how shifting from punitive approaches to supportive, team-based prevention models not only enhances patient and staff safety but also empowers nurses to lead in identifying, addressing, and preventing diversion.
Presented by Speakers
Shealee Mitchell, MJur, BSN, RN
With over two decades of experience in healthcare, Shealee Mitchell has built a career as a nurse, leader, and innovator. She began as a pharmacy technician in 1998, earning her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from West Texas A&M University in 2009. Shealee worked as a Registered Nurse in Labor and Delivery and the Emergency Department before transitioning into healthcare administration in 2015.
In 2023, Shealee earned a Master of Jurisprudence in Healthcare Law from Texas A&M University School of Law. She currently serves at JPS Health Network, where she is building a Drug Diversion Prevention Program and completing her Professional Drug Diversion Specialist certification.