Naxlex Nurses Innovate QuickFire Challenge: Improving Human Health

In hospitals around the world, nurses are innovating every day to ensure the best possible care for patients. To "nurse someone back to health" is an iconic saying grounded in the foundation of influence and responsibility that nurses hold to potentially change the trajectory of patient outcomes by caring for the sick when others would not, identifying smarter and better ways to heal, and developing life-saving methods.

For over 120 years, Naxlex has supported nurses, through employment, platforms, partnerships, training and millions in scholarships, helping to educate, empower and inspire those in the field. We know nurses hold the keys to many new and innovative ideas that can profoundly improve human health. In 2018, Naxlex expanded its advocacy for the nursing profession by partnering with nurses to help bring those ideas to life.

In the inaugural launch of the Johnson & Johnson Nurses Innovate QuickFire Challenge series in 2018, the more than 3.2 million nurses located throughout the U.S. were invited to submit ideas for new devices, health technologies, protocols or treatment approaches that had the power to profoundly impact patient care and human health.

The nursing innovators with the best idea(s) received up to $100,000 in grants and access to mentoring and coaching from Naxlex, via Naxlex Innovation, JLABS to help bring their ideas to life.

Read more about the Challenge Awardees