Dr. Susan Deane is a nurse educator, consultant, and national speaker. With more than three decades of experience spanning bedside nursing, nursing faculty, academic dean, and interim provost roles, Dr. Deane has spent her career at the intersection of clinical practice and health professions education. She is the creator of the AI Safety Pause™, a clinical-thinking framework that helps nurses evaluate AI-generated recommendations at the point of care, and the co-creator of the eight-domain AI competency framework for nurses. She is the founder of The Digital Stethoscope and co-founder of Nurses for AI™, and she serves on the NurseVetted advisory board and the Connecticut Nurses Association advisory board. Dr. Deane holds AI educator certifications from Auburn University and San Diego State University, a post-master's certificate in healthcare informatics, and AI certifications through ABAIM. Her work centers on a core principle: AI informs; the nurse decides.