Podcast - Rhonda J. Manns

Finding Your Tribe in Nurse Leadership and Innovation – Outcomes Rocket x SONSIEL

Rhonda joins the SONSIEL Nurse Leadership series to share how nurse innovators can find community, build confidence, and turn frontline insight into meaningful change inside complex health systems.

Young Nurses, Listen Up! Innovation Brings a Brighter Future – Outcomes Rocket

Speaking directly to early-career nurses, Rhonda offers a candid look at her journey from bedside to health IT and product, showing how curiosity and innovation can open unexpected doors in nursing

Design Thinking in Healthcare – and Beyond – The Empathy Edge – Maria Ross

In this episode of The Empathy Edge, Rhonda explains how human-centered design and empathy-driven problem solving help teams move from “feature-first” thinking to solutions that actually work for patients, clinicians, and businesses.

Amplify Nursing – University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Rhonda talks with the Amplify Nursing team about translating clinical expertise into innovation, exploring how nurses can influence policy, technology, and business strategy without leaving their professional identity behind.

Amplify Nursing – University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

The Rebel Nurse Handbook: Inspirational Stories by Shift Disruptors - Contributing Author

Rhonda is a contributing author to the award winning, The Rebel Nurse Handbook, a collection of bold, practical stories from nurses who challenge the status quo and redesign what’s possible for patients, teams, and the profession.

The Empathy Dilemma – Contributing Expert

Rhonda also contributed to The Empathy Dilemma by Maria Ross, adding a frontline healthcare perspective on how empathy, design, and data can coexist to drive better decisions, better products, and better care.

American Nurses Association – Innovation Advisory Council Data Science Guide (2024) – Contributing Member

Rhonda contributed her expertise in artificial intelligence, healthcare technology and data science to the American Nurses Association’s Innovation Advisory Council data science guide, helping nurses understand how to responsibly use data and emerging technology in practice.