John Silver joins Beth to talk about the Public Utility Model, a plan to shift the healthcare insurance structure and promote community/population health in this country, along with his Declaration of Independence for Nurses.

New nurse Troy McMullen joins Beth to talk about the challenges of becoming a new nurse right before the pandemic hit and the trials and tribulations of working as a travel nurse through the times of COVID.

Nurse advocate Maggie Ortiz joins Beth today to talk about how nurses can protect themselves in an increasingly litigious and unfair system, and provides detailed information about how the system works these days so nurses can be more aware of what to expect.

Sandra Capito has been a nurse for many years, but what makes her special is her ability to really treat each person with compassion, empathy, and making them feel worthy.

Rachel Chianakas had been a nurse for 6 years when she suffered a non-work injury that took away her ability to work at the bedside. She felt that she was gaslighted and demoralized after her initial surgery when her symptoms were not taken seriously. This episode will discuss healthcare from a patient’s perspective and what we can do to help advocate for our patients.

Traci Powell has been in nursing for many years as a neonatal NP and later as a certified Psych Mental Health NP. In her 40s, she suffered a mental “collapse,” and almost took her own life. Listen to Traci tell how she has healed and is now working to heal others with intense, cutting edge care.

May your holidays bring peace, rest, and joy. To all in our family of nurses, we love you, we thank you, and we wish you strength.

Sheila Wilson has been a nurse for decades, but is still out there advocating and supporting nurses. Have you been a victim of healthcare violence and didn’t get the support you needed? Sheila will talk about how to find resources and continues to fight to decrease the incidence of assault and battery of our bedside nurses.

Ashley Hughes has been a Legal Nurse Consultant for several years and is back this season to talk about implications when standards of care have been breached. She will share tips on documentation and how to learn more about standards of care. Ashley also discusses how this impacts travel nurses, and how to become familiar with the state or facility that they are working in. Don’t miss out on this very informative episode!

June was excited about her new job in a facility caring for patients with mental health issues, but then it was cut short by a violent act from one of the patients. She shares her story with how she is healing both physically and emotionally from that dark time, and hopes that she can help others that have been the victim of violence in the workplace.

Rasheda Hatchett is helping our leaders and organizations understand what nurses need to be resilient and have healthy work environments. Do you want ideas to take back to your own leaders about how to start turning the ship to improve your work life? You will get some strategic tips from Rasheda on how to start the transition for improvement.

Nasrin “Nas” Parsian has spent years researching chronic health conditions, specifically DM Type I, and how spirituality and inner wellness can affect the outcome of those disease processes. She now teaches others how to best help our ourselves, and our patients, live healthier lives by utilizing a holistic approach. Join your host Beth Quaas in this episode as she has a delightful conversation with Nas.

Tessa Hayman is a RN in Canada that worked through her own burnout and is now helping other healthcare providers do the same. She has a unique perspective on burnout and how it affects all members of the team. Dealing with moral injury and vicarious trauma as causes of burnout will be points of her discussion. Tessa is very knowledgeable about what leads to burnout and her story will leave you wanting to hear more from her.

JoNeil Smith Conley has been in nursing for many years. Nurse bullying was something that she saw happen and knew that it needed to change. So what did she do? She did her doctoral dissertation on bullying and came up with very interesting information, as well as solutions to deal with it.

It’s not where you go, it’s what you see once you’re there. Travel slowly and experience more.

It’s the end of Season One!

It’s not where you go, it’s what you see once you’re there. Travel slowly and experience more.

Ivette Palomeque didn’t run from Covid, she ran towards it. As an RN with 10 years of ICU experience, she took her knowledge and worked as a traveling ICU nurse in some of the hardest-hit hotspots of the pandemic. Listen to her story of what it was really like and the toll that it’s taking on the people delivering care to the sickest of patients.

Katie Walker saw the gap in mental health care and decided to take matters into her own hands. In today’s episode, Katie is going to tell us how she helps people with mental health problems and how she reaches out to the often-overlooked frontline workers, including nurses, physicians, law enforcement personnel, and veterans. Katie also focuses her efforts on athletes that sometimes need help with the stress and pressure they are under in performing at the top of their game.

Ashley Hughes realized that her career wouldn’t always be as a bedside nurse. She found her passion in becoming a Legal Nurse Consultant. Ashley will inspire you to find what you love to do and then go all in. Are you ready to take a new direction in your nursing career? Ashley may have the answers for you in today’s episode.