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Barb Nickel, APRN-CNS, CCRN, CRNI®

Barb Nickel, APRN-CNS, CCRN, CRNI®

Clinical Nurse Specialist

CommonSpirit Health

Barb Nickel, APRN-CNS, CCRN, CRNI® is a Clinical Nurse Specialist at a large health care system in the United States, responsible for staff development and process improvement to optimize outcomes in multiple areas of clinical practice, including critical care, infusion therapy, sepsis, and new graduate transition to practice. Ms Nickel has presented nationally and internationally and published in several peer-review journals on infusion-related topics. She was the chair of the 2024 INS Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice Committee, and is now chair of the 2027 Standards Committee. She also serves as Adjunct Research Fellow for Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.