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Nurses with Migraines: A Chat with Nurse Isla Apr 20, 2021

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In this episode, Adrianne welcomes special guest Isla, a General Practice nurse from Scotland. Isla and Adrianne met through Instagram and this interview is their first time speaking - you’d never know since they talk like old friends. Isla shares some of the nuances of nursing in the UK that differ from the States, how she became a nurse, and what her job is like. Most importantly, they talk about the biggest challenge they share.
Isla, like Adrianne, is a migraine sufferer. Adrianne welcomes Isla to share her long and intense experiences dealing with this chronic condition and how it has affected her personally and professionally.
In addition to their personal migraine experiences they discuss:
-How nursing school is structured in the UK
-The historical impact of a nurse with a hole in her skull
https://bit.ly/3v4j2rT
-How many nurses feel when they sign off sick vs working sick
-Some facts and statistics about nurses and migraine
-Higher migraine risk in healthcare professionals than in the general population
https://bit.ly/3dwGmbL
-Quality of Life and Productivity in Nurses Reporting Migraine
https://bit.ly/2QHVM3X
...and more.
Thanks again to Isla for joining Adrianne and for being so open about her history with migraines.
If you want more information about migraine, you can check out the American Migraine Foundation.
https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/
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Nursing Pet Peeves: Vol 4 with Mackenzie Kane RN MSN CNL Apr 06, 2021

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You all have been waiting for this - even demanding it - the fourth installment of the Nursing Pet Peeves series. We’ve all got ‘em - those universal irritants of nursing. The things that we all deal with that dance on our last damn nerve. Adrianne welcomes back nurse, educator, SANE, and all-around badass Mackenzie Kane to back and forth with their current priority peeves.
Abandon all seriousness here because the only answer to this kind of ridiculousness is laughter and shaking your damn head. From the confused patient that screams your name and your name alone for 12 hours, to the shifts where every damn piece of equipment you pick up has a dead battery, we’re complaining about everything. So grab a coffee, a cocktail, a mocktail, or whatever the hell you want to drink because you’re going to wanna hang out for this hour.
If you haven’t caught the last three pet peeves episodes, what have you been doing? There’s not a single repeat (there doesn’t need to be - the pet peeves in nursing are ENDLESS!)
http://bit.ly/peeves-1
http://bit.ly/peeves-2
http://bit.ly/peeves-3
Thanks to Mackenzie for being such a great guest!
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Road Trip - Slynk
Know Myself - Patrick Patrickios
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Real Talk with Nurse Papa, David Metzger Feb 23, 2021

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In this episode, Adrianne welcomes David Metzger, pediatric oncology nurse, podcaster, author, and father. He is gracious enough to open up about all of these roles, how they all blend together, and how he is using them to entertain and teach us.
David and Adrianne run through all the emotions in their talk, so settle in for this one. They discuss things like:
- What it’s like working with chronically ill children and their parents
- How a nurse handles the strong emotions of being around sick kids
- The way we communicate matters and memories of physical space
- Family-centered care and the intuition of parents
- The ritual of care after the death of a child
- How David hopes to reach parents with his perspective and advice
- The upcoming Nurse Papa book
...and much more.
Please connect with David for his great content:
Nursepapathebook.com
@nursepapathebook on Instagram
Find the Nurse Papa podcast on your Favorite Platform
We’d like to link you to Spotify.
https://open.spotify.com/show/4tR8IXplzWNPSXbs1WzJIh?si=1LF-XD-VQKSNOqMIcsla4w
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Sunshine - Delicate Steve
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Exploring Stress in Medicine with Nina Ahuja, MD Feb 16, 2021

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In this episode, Adrianne welcomes Dr. Nina Ahuja, surgeon, author, advocate, and creator of the group Docs in Leadership, to explore topics in her book Stress in Medicine. In the book, she discusses the unique stresses and challenges faced by doctors from training through their careers. In this conversation, they talk about how these challenges also apply to nurses.
They also discuss things like:
- Dr. Ahuja’s personal experiences that inspired her to write the book
- The ways we recognize and deal with stress
- Difficulties we have identifying distress when it’s normalized in our work environments
- How stress and response changes throughout our careers
- How we can confidence-build as we progress professionally and personally
Please explore more about Dr. Ahuja and her work by visiting https://www.docsinleadership.org/
You can find the group on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/docsleadership/
Purchase her book Stress in Medicine: https://amzn.to/3aovOKk
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Communicator - Reed Mathis
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One Nurse's COVID Vaccine Experience Feb 09, 2021

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In this solo episode, Adrianne shares her recent experience with getting her COVID-19 vaccination by reading her journal to you (with some edits, of course). She has a lot of strong opinions about the COVID vaccine and the way my state and country is handling this ongoing pandemic, but this isn’t that kind of episode. This is just her personal vaccine experience. She’s also releasing this as a blog with lots of links to things she mentions that are worth checking out. Please go and find it at nursinguncensored.com/blog/covidvax.
On a related note, Adrianne is part of a new group of nurse podcasters who are recording roundtable-style podcasts - aptly named “The Nurse’s Roundtable”. You can find it on Spotify. The first episode is about COVID-19 and the vaccine. In that episode, they all share how they feel about the vaccine and whether or not they each plan to take it when offered.
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Take It Slow - SefChol
Pretty Boy - DJ Freedem
Let It Me - Jeremy Black
Easy Shake - Geographer
Luge - Geographer
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Supporting the Mental Health of Nurses with Iman Abuzeid, MD Feb 01, 2021

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In this episode, Adrianne welcomes back returning guest Dr. Iman Abuzeid, CEO and co-founder of Incredible Health. You may remember Dr. Abuzeid’s first appearance on the show when they discussed the nursing shortage in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. This time, their conversation dives into the effects the ongoing pandemic has had on the nursing profession and the mental health of individual nurses. They also explore new features Incredible Health has added to their platform to support nurses and their well-being. A free social platform strictly for nurses encourages support and networking in a safe space, while the free online journal gives nurses space to inventory their emotions and burnout symptoms.
Please continue reading the press release from Incredible Health about these new features on their already fantastic platform.
Incredible Health, a career marketplace for connecting hospitals to much-needed, permanent nursing talent announced the launch of two new products aimed to support the mental health of nurses on its platform: an exclusive social network for nurses and a daily journal. Nurses have faced indescribable physical and mental hardships during the pandemic, from higher rates of exposure and mortality to increased reports of burnout and degradation of mental health, and these platform enhancements aim to reduce the burden on frontline workers.
According to a recent study of New York-based healthcare workers during the COVID-19 peak in April, nurses were among those reporting the highest levels of stress with 64% of nurses and advanced practice providers reporting symptoms of acute stress - ranging from nightmares to inability to stop thinking about the virus. To meet the mental health needs of nurses, Incredible Health’s new products include:
The Incredible Health Nurse Community: A free online community built exclusively for nurses.
This online community offers nurses a safe place to support one another during periods of stress and uncertainty by leaning on those who understand what they are going through. Nurses have the option to post to the Nurse Community anonymously to get the advice & support they need without fear of employers seeing the content. Conversations happening in the community range from advice on how to transition between specialties to strategies for coping with workplace stress and burnout.
A Daily Nurse Journal: A free digital journal platform.
Incredible Health created a digital journal feature where nurses take inventory of their emotions with structured daily prompts designed to help them process stress more effectively. Nurse burnout was a pervasive problem even before the pandemic, with 54% of nurses in a recent study reporting some burnout symptoms. A study in the Journal of Nursing Education and Practice shows that written reflection has a positive effect on the ability of nurses to handle stress, burnout, and trauma/compassion fatigue.
Thank you to Dr. Abzeid for being such a lovely guest and to Incredible Health for continuously seeking new ways to improve the lives and work of nurses across the country.
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Yellow Jello - Audio Hertz
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Being a Nurse with Chronic Illness w Mikhayla Crawford, BSN RN Jan 25, 2021

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In this episode, Adrianne welcomes old pal and fellow nurse, Mikhayla Crawford, to discuss her experiences living as a person, student, and nurse with an invisible autoimmune illness. Many thanks to Mikhayla for sharing her deeply personal experiences with us, so that we might have a better idea of how to be an ally to those nurses around us with chronic illness.
In this episode they discuss things like:
- Working during the holidays
- Moving across the country as a new grad
- Her diagnosis and first encounters with nurses
- Surviving clinicals
- Invisible illness and its struggles
- How to be an ally for nurses with chronic illness
- Advice for nursing students with chronic illness
and more.
If you would like more information about Crohn's and colitis, please check out
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/
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Covid Come Not Near - Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum
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The Role of a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner with Mackenzie Kane, MSN CNL RN Jan 18, 2021

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By request, Adrianne welcomes friend, fellow nurse, and colleague, Mackenzie. Mackenzie is a bedside nurse, clinical educator, and sexual assault nurse examiner, which is the role they’ll focus on today. If you have an interest in this area of forensic nursing, check out this episode.
Mackenzie and Adrianne also discuss:
-How Mackenzie became a 2nd-career nurse
-Nerdy crimes
-Burn and trauma nursing experiences
-Experiencing major injury on the job
-The role of a sexual assault nurse examiner
-How to become a SANE
-The ways we process trauma
-The importance of debriefing
For more information on forensic examinations read more here
https://www.rainn.org/articles/rape-kit
Johnson County Sexual Assault Response Team
https://jcsart.nursing.uiowa.edu/
JC SART Insta
https://www.instagram.com/jc.sart/
National Sexual Assault Hotline: Confidential 24/7 Support
800-656-HOPE (4673)
https://www.rainn.org/resources
Rape Victim Advocacy Program
https://rvap.uiowa.edu/
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Find Your Way Beat - Nana Kwabena
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Down & Dirty with a CVICU Nurse: Talk with Blake Jan 04, 2021

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Recently, a review said this show wasn’t edgy enough. This episode should redeem us a little. XD In this episode, Adrianne welcomes CVICU nurse Blake (no, not Blake Lynch), who is both knowledgeable and totally NSFW in all the best ways. In addition to some off-color jokes that render Adrianne speechless, they talk about tons of stuff both in and out of the ICU. This conversation goes from heavy to light many times, so be prepared for a rollercoaster of emotions.
They talk about stuff like:
-What kind of person makes a good CV nurse
-How it feels when you know your patient won’t survive
-How COVID has affected his hospital and the patient outcomes he’s seeing
-Passing out as a student/new grad
-Why there’s no zinc left in the Pyxis
..and tons more.
Blake is working on getting into CRNA school and Adrianne recommended a great blog post about how to be a competitive CRNA school candidate by Jenny Finnell. Please check that out if you have nurse anesthetist dreams!
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Cats and Gats - Dyalla
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From Clinic to COVID ICU: One Nurse's Story with Macy Hall, MSN RN Dec 22, 2020

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In this episode, Adrianne sits down with nurse and former co-worker Macy Hall. 2020 has thrown Macy a number of challenges. One of those challenges was being reassigned from her outpatient clinic job to her hospital’s emergency COVID ICU. Though Macy has previous relevant bedside experience, it’s been a while and it’s been a challenge to re-acclimate to the world of acute care.
Macy and Adrianne talk about things like:
- How Macy was called back to the bedside
- What this “new” ICU has been like and the acuity of her COVID+ patients
- Role anxiety and how she’s making it work
- The difference between COVID ICU patients and chronically ill respiratory patients
- The pros and cons of team nursing
- Being a COVID nurse with young kids at home
- Challenges for leadership
- Self-care and the benefits of counseling
Thanks to Macy for being such an open book about her experiences during this pandemic. We all have different challenges to face and it’s good to normalize talking about what we’re going through, good and bad. Sharing our challenges and victories develops our empathy, keeps us connected, and gives us perspective in an unprecedented time.
It’s worthwhile to note that about a week after recording this, Macy got her first of two COVID vaccine injections. As of the time of publishing, she is doing fine.
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Pine Street - Reed Mathis
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