Podcasts by Once a Nurse, Always a Nurse

Healing the Moral Wounds of the Pandemic from 2021-03-22T07:00

The CVOID-19 pandemic has left physical, psychological and moral wounds for nurses who have sacrificed so much to provide care to patients and their families. Some healthcare workers describe symp...

NURSES: Could You Use Some Love and Light? from 2021-03-15T07:00

I hear from nurses/HC workers daily. I hear the incredible things you do to help patients & families under your care in COVID & Non-COVID units; there are stories of love for co-workers, exhaustion...

Nurses Everywhere: Dr. Ernest Grant/ Dr. Tim Raderstorf from 2021-03-08T08:00

We have the honor of welcoming Dr. Ernest Grant, President of ANA and Dr. Tim Raderstorf, the Chief Innovation Officer at The Ohio State University College of Nursing to Once a Nurse. The two colla...

Nurse-Led Integrative Medicine from 2021-03-01T08:00

There is a new wave of healthcare coming to the forefront of medicine and my 3 guests are among the first to ride that wave. It is called Integrative Medicine and is being practiced by Advanced Pra...

Revisioning The Image of Nursing from 2021-02-22T08:00

Post COVID, Nurses must recreate ourselves! We have more, or less, accepted the roles others and Media have portrayed us as. We are FAR more than that! My guest, Ann Scanlon McGinity is a decades-l...

The Power of Words in a Mentally Healthy Workplace Culture from 2021-02-15T08:00

One of the MOST difficult and most HEALING things a human being can do is to speak about their own “secrets.” Have we ALL grown up believing that we are the only ones who have them and that reveali...

How and Why 4.6 Million Nurses Can Heal America from 2021-02-08T08:00

Much has been written over the past 30 years about Nurses Eating their Young. It has been debated up, down and sideways. My guest, Kathleen Bartholomew, MN, RN decided to do something to stop it. S...

Cortex Method Stress Management: Helping Nurses Stay in the Fight from 2021-02-01T08:00

What is the cost to Healthcare for not listening to nurses in 2020-21? If Healthcare organizations in the World think they have had problems with turnover in the past, they have not seen ANYTHING y...

Encore Transforming Healthcare: Nurses Required from 2021-01-25T08:00

Our Healthcare system is broken. In fact, we do not have healthcare in this country—we have disease care. We wait until you get sick and then try to fix you, easily the most inefficient and expensi...

Let it Flow: How Fundamental Courage and Character Prevails from 2021-01-18T08:00

This is Brian Mohika’s 2nd episode on Once a Nurse. He first appeared on December 30, 2019 to talk about his persistent and committed work as an entrepreneur to invent, sew, market and gain a small...

Nurses Hold The Key to An Empowered Workforce from 2021-01-11T08:00

Nurses are the bedrock of healthcare around the world. Without Nurses there is NO Healthcare (HC). While doctors & every HC provider contributes to the value of HC, it is nurses who are with the pa...

Nurses’ Personal Finances 2021: What you need to know! from 2021-01-04T08:00

2021 is a NEW Year and New Economic landscape. Nurses have been hit hard in some Countries, States & Counties and others have been working overtime without days off. My own experience was I knew ne...

Braver Angels: Reaching Across the Divide from 2020-12-28T08:00

My guests have come to the same place, Braver Angels, from VERY different directions. Dr. William (Bill) Doherty from Academia at the U of MN where he currently directs The Citizen Professional Cen...

“I Can Never Unsee, What I Have Seen.” from 2020-12-21T08:00

My guest, Darlene Nelson, RN, founder of Expert Nurse Consultants, joined me on this show on April 13th along with Dr. Juan Nieto, ED physician. The description I gave then, STILL fits. “In the COV...

Women and COVID-19: What You NEED to Know! from 2020-12-14T08:00

Beth Battaglino, RN, CEO of HealthyWomen.org, well known for the incredible work she has been doing for over 25 years in clinical nursing and with HealthyWomen, will join me to talk about ALL thing...

What Nurses Wish the Public Knew! from 2020-12-07T08:00

What has become abundantly apparent in 2020 is just how little the lay public know about hospitals & how they function, nurses & what they do and why there are no hospital beds anywhere in the coun...

Nurses: Show us Your Hope! from 2020-11-30T08:00

2020 International Year of the Nurse & Midwife was proposed to showcase the work that nurses do every day. It has proven to be a year of showing not only nurses’ knowledge, compassion and determina...

Transforming Healthcare: Nurses Required from 2020-11-23T08:00

Our Healthcare system is broken. In fact, we do not have healthcare in this country—we have disease care. We wait until you get sick and then try to fix you, easily the most inefficient and expensi...

CNO’s of New York: COVID Debrief!!! from 2020-11-16T08:00

My guests for this Episode, Rosanne Raso & Linda Valentino, two of many CNO’s of NYC’s Hospitals, who met the first major onslaught of COVID-19 on the East Coast. We’ve heard a LOT about the incre...

A Nurse-Eye View of CBD from 2020-11-09T08:00

Marijuana for medical use has faced more than 80 years of ridicule, unscientific, unregulated, mishandling of the drug and decades of misinformation, myths and unethical management. Boomers have ad...

Nurse Turnover: How DO We Stop the Flow? from 2020-11-02T08:00

There may be no more critical issue in Nursing today than Nurse Turnover. That ONE subject covers all others: COVID-19, Work/life Balance, Burnout, Bullying, Boomer retirement, Career advancement, ...

OutGROW the Bully from 2020-10-19T07:00

This is a topic deeply personal and simultaneously National (not to mention International). Communication is something we all do from prenatal to our last breaths on this earth. Conflict is a given...

Fill Up Your Cup, Nurses! from 2020-10-12T07:00

There just cannot be too many ways to describe self-care for nurses, since we tend to be so bad at doing self-care. I have had Education and Coaching experts, guru’s of meditation, breath work, nur...

Nurses Self-Advocate: Job Burnout to Professional Empowerment from 2020-10-05T07:00

Every day there are new stories of heroism about nurses—across the Country and around the World. Just NOT from Nurses. Media and the general population, now and in the past, really do NOT have a CL...

HOLLIBLU: A Community Where Nurses Thrive! from 2020-09-28T07:00

Never underestimate what a nurse can do when they see that the sustainability of their profession is at risk and their nurse community is suffering. In this episode we will explore how the power of...

Encore: TOXIC Leadership: Hospital Change is Needed NOW! from 2020-09-21T07:00

One of the outcomes of the World Pandemic of COVID-19 is uncovering of all the cracks and deficits in our Public Health and Healthcare Systems in the USA that have been happening over many years. ...

Everyday Courage for Extraordinary Times from 2020-09-14T07:00

Fear is a reaction, courage is a decision. These 8 powerful words are from my Guest, Joe Tye’s, new class, “Everyday Courage for Extraordinary Times.” Everything in our life--our successes, joys, m...

Encore: Racism: Health Impacts on People of Color from 2020-09-07T07:00

Detail Description (1000 Characters): This has been a week of explosions, grief and mourning in my State, Minnesota, the country and the world on top of a pressure cooker of 3 months under the thre...

What We DON’T Know About Disinfectants, Can KILL Us! from 2020-08-31T07:00

This week I had the opportunity to observe an EMT deliver a patient to the hospital room next to my mother’s room. When they brought the stretcher out they cleaned it right in front of me. Using a ...

Nursing Talk Show JAM with Keith Carlson and Joyce Batcheller from 2020-08-24T07:00

I am becoming more connected to some of the other Nurse Talk Show Hosts. I discovered Keith Carlson,The Nurse Keith Show, from some of my Guests and discovered he is wonderful—great voice for Radio...

Nurses are Drowning! What Can They Use Right Now? from 2020-08-17T07:00

Nurses across the country are drowning from the overwhelm of COVID-19 patients, lack of PPE, lack of support from some of their hospitals/administrations/Federal/State/Local governments. They are e...

Nursing: Voices to Expose Human Trafficking of Children Part II from 2020-08-10T07:00

In a world caught up in multiple crises (Global warming, a rabid election process, COVID-19, Systemic Racism), who is there to notice that Human Trafficking is continuing at a breakneck speed? My g...

TOXIC Leadership: Hospital Change is Needed NOW! from 2020-08-03T07:00

One of the outcomes of the World Pandemic of COVID-19 is uncovering of all the cracks and deficits in our Public Health and Healthcare Systems in the USA that have been happening over many years. ...

COVID-19: Honor YOUR nurse with a DAISY Award! from 2020-07-27T07:00

I was thrilled to learn about the DAISY Foundation, a remarkable organization that exclusively honors nurses for the incredible efforts they make daily. Bonnie & Mark Barnes wanted to keep the memo...

Healing: The Synchrony of Body-Brain-Mind-Spirit from 2020-07-20T07:00

2020 celebrates the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale, known as the mother of nursing & hospital administration, in the Year of the Nurse & Midwife. What could be better than the privilege ...

Parenting Under World and National Stress from 2020-07-13T07:00

We know that all parents are under tremendous stress during this time of COVID, racial and political unrest. However, I believe, mothers and particularly working mothers are under the MOST stress, ...

Nursing: A Voice to Expose Human Trafficking of Children from 2020-07-06T07:00

In a world caught up in multiple crises (Global warming, a rabid election process, COVID-19, Systemic Racism), who is there to notice that Human Trafficking is continuing at a breakneck speed? My g...

Nurses: Scientists and Innovators as Critical Assets to Healthcare from 2020-06-29T07:00

Nurses are preparing for the massive undertaking of recreating healthcare for the benefit of patients, the industry and country. My guests are Healthcare innovators, immersing themselves in the nee...

Keeping it ‘Safe’ in Healthcare Team Conversations, Part II from 2020-06-22T07:00

It is frequently during times of emergency and crisis when our best communication efforts fall apart. My Guest, Roz Lindsay, is an Australian veterinarian who found her way into the corporate world...

CNO's With a Heart from 2020-06-15T07:00

COVID-19 has uncovered horrendous deficiencies in many healthcare organizations in the USA. Among the MOST concerning, has been the blatant disrespect for nurses & other HC workers as they risk the...

Keeping it ‘Safe’ in Healthcare Team Conversations, Part I from 2020-06-08T07:00

It is frequently during times of emergency and crisis when our best communication efforts fall apart. My Guest, Roz Lindsay, is an Australian veterinarian who found her way into the corporate world...

Racism: Health Impacts on People of Color from 2020-06-01T07:00

Detail Description (1000 Characters): This has been a week of explosions, grief and mourning in my State, Minnesota, the country and the world on top of a pressure cooker of 3 months under the thre...

COVID-19: Automated Screening Program to the Rescue from 2020-05-18T07:00

Lisa Romano, CNO of Cipherhealth, my guest for May 18, 2020 and I met in the Fall of 2019, long before anyone was even thinking or a novel coronavirus. When we were actually able to connect for the...

Somatic Functional Therapy (SFT): The Best Stress and Pain Treatment, You’ve Never Heard of! from 2020-05-11T07:00

Pain and stress relief programs have probably been around since nearly the beginning of time. However the problems still plague most people around the world. The COVID-19 Crisis has only added to t...

Nursing Leadership: Back to the Future from 2020-05-04T07:00

Margaret Erickson, a nationally celebrated nurse leader with future plans of what Nursing Leadership will become as it creates a MAJOR paradigm shift from the medical model of illness & disease, to...

COVID-19: The Time for Resilience is NOW! from 2020-04-27T07:00

Today's guests, Lyn McCright and Teresa Walding (both with Advancing Nurse Coaching) are joining me today as a follow-up to their previous discussion on February 17, 2020 regarding Resilience Parad...

COVID-19: HC Crisis Management Done Right from 2020-04-20T07:00

We have seen disastrous displays of pandemic mismanagement this year. There are many examples of managing crisis in an exemplary way with incredible teamwork & camaraderie by the healthcare (s)hero...

COVID-19: Insights from Healthcare Workers from 2020-04-13T07:00

In the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA there are two fights going on. One against a virulent and dangerous new coronavirus and the other on behalf of the safety and protection of “essential” workers a...

COVID-19: Epidemiology in a nutshell - What Now? from 2020-04-06T07:00

Dr. Stacen Keating is a former guest from Once a Nurse, Always a Nurse. She is a Nursing Professor at NYU. She contacted me over the weekend with stories & messages from healthcare workers, mostly ...

COVID-19: Brave Healthcare Workers Cope Together from 2020-03-30T07:00

Earth is facing the greatest pandemic in an ever, undulating history of infection, disease, war, and famine interspersed with times of bounty, medical/economic advancement and relative peace. Today...

COVID-19 Treatment: What Do We Already Have? from 2020-03-23T07:00

In 2012, Dr. Howard Robins and Dr. Robert Rowen traveled to Sierra Leone, West Africa, during the Ebola crises to demonstrate an IV Ozone Therapy to administer to patients stricken with Ebola. They...

COVID-19 Message! Increasing Suicide Rates for Returning Vets AFTER Treatment from 2020-03-16T07:00

I was first aware of this topic from seeing the documentary: Medicating Normal, about military veterans returning from war, receiving psychiatric care and polypharmacy. The unusual piece is that th...

A Conversation with a British Midwife from 2020-03-09T07:00

The World Health Organization has designated 2020 as “The Year of the Nurse and Midwife”. We certainly have covered the nurses in depth, it is time we talk about the midwife. While often individual...

Women in Healthcare: Finally Professional support! from 2020-03-02T08:00

Women in Healthcare (a national nonprofit), is our newest partner on OAN. WIH was founded by Ashley Schmidt (one of today’s guests) and is among the most rapidly growing professional development gr...

Stress Relief: PAUSE and Take A Breather for Life Change from 2020-02-24T08:00

Nurses and all healthcare providers, experience sustained, often brutal stress nearly every day. They are challenged to leave it at work. That is not always possible. Stress Relief is needed in any...

Resilience Paradigm Principles from 2020-02-17T08:00

Nurses in 2020 are in trouble. It appears in the form of bullying, burnout, and leaving the profession. There is a saying that “Life is what happens while you are making other plans.” Since this is...

Kicking Burnout to the Curb from 2020-02-03T08:00

Welcome J.D. WildFlower to share how to “Reduce Stress, Become more Productive & Cultivate a Greater Sense of Peace, Flow & Ease,” while embarking on the journey of Holistic Success. This is not a ...

Parenting Our Parents: Transforming the Challenge into a Journey of Love from 2020-01-27T08:00

My Guest, Jane Wolf Frances t, is a psychotherapist, attorney, author, coach, trainer, speaker and blogger, who has written an extraordinary & greatly needed road map about how to prepare and how t...

The Future of World Health from 2020-01-20T08:00

Dr Billy Rosa & Dr. Sheila Davis have had exciting careers in several areas of world health putting them in an influential position with health challenges the world over. They will discuss: Nursing...

Human Trafficking: Intersection with Healthcare: IMPACTS ON THE ECONOMY AND PUBLIC HEALTH P2 from 2020-01-06T08:00

Tammy J. Toney-Butler RN, CEN, TCRN, CPEN is returning to Once a Nurse for the 2nd half of her conversation from 10/7/19. This session we will discuss: 1) ROOT CAUSES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING and 2) LO...

CathWear: Wearable Solution for Catheter Wearers! from 2019-12-30T08:00

My guest, Brian Mohika is an RN & inventor, not to mention an entrepreneur! But first and foremost, he is a compassionate and caring human being. As he watched the stress, embarrassment & frustrati...

Self-care: The Gift You Give Yourself! from 2019-12-23T08:00

Tina Marrelli, BSN, RN joins me Monday, December 23, 2019 on Once a Nurse to talk about Caregivers giving themselves the gift of self-care. She is a Best Selling Author of an interesting set of eas...

Inside Legal Nurse Consulting from 2019-12-16T08:00

Legal Nurse Consulting has been around for decades, but is not often mentioned as an exciting and viable career for Nurses looking for work away from the bedside! My guests, Pat Iyer and Barbara Le...

When the Patient is Your Loved One from 2019-12-09T08:00

Miriam Chickering is my good friend as well as an exceptional nurse. She recently had to deal with the severe, emergency, health crisis of her father hundreds of miles away from her. For me, it bro...

Encore: Servant Leadership: The Cure for Management Poisons from 2019-12-02T08:00

Shannon Whittington RN MSN PCC C-LGBT, was on Once a Nurse September 23, 2019 discussing Nursing Care for Transgender patients. I so enjoyed that conversation and received a lot of response to it, ...

The Newest Thing in Nursing: Certified Coaching from 2019-11-18T08:00

We all know Nursing is changing by the minute, but did you know Nursing is the first and only profession to offer professional board certification in coaching? My Guests today, Lyn McCright is amon...

Specialized Mental Health Services for Children, Youth, Family from 2019-11-11T08:00

I became aware of the Nexus Youth and Family Solutions. through Linda Barnhart, who worked at the same healthcare organization I did, but after I left. I've been wanting to address this topic and d...

Servant Leadership: The Cure for Management Poisons from 2019-11-04T08:00

Shannon Whittington RN MSN PCC C-LGBT, was on Once a Nurse September 23, 2019 discussing Nursing Care for Transgender patients. I so enjoyed that conversation and received a lot of response to it, ...

Nurse Entrepreneurship: How It Is Done! from 2019-10-28T07:00

I talk to SO many Nurses who want to venture out on their own with a great new idea/product they would like to promote. So many of those in their NEXT sentence say, But I could never do it! I need ...

Encore: Racial Disparities in Healthcare: Patients and Professionals. from 2019-10-21T07:00

The disparities in healthcare & related topic of nursing workforce representation of African Americans (AA) and other minority groups is a needed dialogue. If you are not involved, you may be unawa...

Case Managers: Guides through the Healthcare Maze from 2019-10-14T07:00

I almost titled this episode: The Secret Lives of Case Managers. I tried for a while to become one and it almost felt like a secret society! The right handshake, gets you in!! Seriously, Case Manag...

Human Trafficking: Intersection with Healthcare; Part 1 from 2019-10-07T07:00

How much do we as nurses & other healthcare providers personally know about human trafficking. Even the most basic statistics are devastating: 600,000 to 800,000 women, children & men bought & sold...

Racial Disparities in Healthcare: Patients and Professionals. from 2019-09-30T07:00

The disparities in healthcare & related topic of nursing workforce representation of African Americans (AA) and other minority groups is a needed dialogue. If you are not involved, you may be unawa...

Transgender Patients Need Affirming Nurses from 2019-09-23T07:00

The desire to have your body match the internal sense of yourself is NOT new. The number of people courageously & openly taking the steps surgically & pharmacologically to make that happen and the ...

Building the Future of Women's Health from 2019-09-16T07:00

It has long been known when we give a woman a hand up, she lifts an entire village along with her. The same is true about healthy women. For almost as long as there have been humans on earth and ef...

Frances McHie, RN, Building a Culture of Diversity into the 21st Century from 2019-09-09T07:00

In 1619, the first 2 ships of captured Africans landed on American soil, which launched a culture in American colonies, built on an economy of slavery. Many people still believe that culture ended ...

Nurses: What does it mean to be a Woman of Integrity? from 2019-08-26T07:00

When I saw the website Women of Integrity, INC. I was stopped in my tracks. My thought was what specifically are we talking about when we say this? How are women of integrity different from men? Sp...

Entrepreneur or Intrepreneur? How do They Lead to Innovation? from 2019-08-19T07:00

I have done shows on Entrepreneuship and on Innovation, but have you ever heard of Intreprenership? The first time I heard it, I connected with it. So many people who stay at the bedside or join an...

Workplace Violence! It Can Happen to You! from 2019-08-12T07:00

We have talked a lot in the past year about less than stellar conditions in Nurses places of work, including Bullying, Burnout, and lack of support for one another. What we have not addressed is Wo...

Challenging the Conflicts of Diverse Nurses' Experiences from 2019-08-05T07:00

This show touches close to my passion for making Nursing the greatest profession of all. In every one of over 100 shows I have hoped to encourage, yet challenge each nurse to strive for their best....

Music: International Language and Medication from 2019-07-29T07:00

We live in a world of rhythm. In ancient times, humans moved to the rhythms of nature, they created art, dancing and music that mimicked the sounds of the body. As we have modernized those rhythms,...

Nursing Professional Development: World of Endless Possibility from 2019-07-22T07:00

My guest this week, Dr. Launette Woolforde, is well-known for her passion for nursing and, most importantly, education for nurses. She told me: While I am proud of my own personal awards and accomp...

Soul Health: What Nurses need to know! from 2019-07-15T07:00

My Guest today is an insightful and delightful woman, who grew her passion for psychology into a career of helping people connect to their soul. She is a NY Times Best Selling Author and, from my o...

Talking 'Death' and 'Life' with Parents and Patients! from 2019-07-08T07:00

Fun, fascinating and very helpful conversation with Jolene Hill from Australia about talking to patients and family members about what they want for their death (beyond Advance Directives) and also...

What Nurses Need to know about Domestic Abuse/Suicide from 2019-07-01T07:00

It is hard to be alive in the USA today & not know someone in the grasp of Domestic Abuse, Mental Health Crises, and/or suicide attempts. Nursing Suicide has risen to terrifying levels. What do Nur...

Dealing with Pain Without Medications from 2019-06-24T07:00

Pain has always been an issue to humans. We have consistently worked to relieve it-originally with natural methods (herbs, oils, massage). Over time, many more intricate, imaginative, & scientific ...

Nurses and Numbers: A Data-Driven Population Health Perspective from 2019-06-17T07:00

Today's show veers into my zone of fog--NUMBERS! When I tend to think that numbers are not a favorite of most nurses, I would be wrong! The vast majority of nurses love numbers, statistics, data, s...

The World of Newborns from 2019-06-10T07:00

This week we are talking all-things-newborn, With my guest Dr. Barbara Morrison, (a.k.a. Dr.Barb by her many fans). She has dedicated herself to Standing in awe of & revering the innate abilities o...

Healthcare Crisis: What can Nurses Do? from 2019-06-03T07:00

My guest this week, Dr. John Silver is a fascinating, seemingly laid back, life-long philosopher at large, who is currently thinking deeply about our health crisis and sharing his take on how to so...

Innovations in Opioid Abuse Treatment from 2019-05-20T07:00

The United States is in the middle of an epidemic, Every day, 46 people die from an overdose of prescription painkillers in the US. During the past several years, the professionals on our panel hav...

Childhood Trauma: The Nurses Role from 2019-05-13T07:00

My guest this week has the perfect name for the work he does. Martin Dearlove is a Social Worker in Australia, who works with children damaged by various kinds of trauma. He is currently preparing ...

What Makes Nurse's Greater? Exceptional Leadership! from 2019-05-06T07:00

My Guest, Len Robinson, has been on the show 2 previous times in regard to the hotly debated topic of Bullying in Nursing. the first time July 30, 2018 and the second time November 12, 2018 with hi...

Dementia Activities and Games: Play or Learning? from 2019-04-29T07:00

This show started when I first encountered Ginny Rosen, who is selling toys to help people with dementia, called the Brainy Day Activity Program through HippocampusHQ.com. I was fascinated that act...

Dr. Schanfield: A Vision of Medicine's Future from 2019-04-22T07:00

This show is actually a Part two of the discussion on March 4, 2019 with Dr. Schanfield. We had time to talk about Medicine as it is today and a bit about the incredible wisdom, humor, and pithy co...

Things I've Learned About Nurses Doing This Show. from 2019-04-15T07:00

I have SO enjoyed Hosting this show, talking to people I would never have met, about aspects of nurses and nursing careers that I could never have known. I am going to be the only guest sharing a f...

Nurses Leading Innovation from 2019-04-01T07:00

As long as there have been nurses, there have been nurses who innovate! Often that entails work-arounds of systems and policies that hamstring the nurse and make giving good care to the patient mor...

Nurses International: Growing Nurses! from 2019-03-25T07:00

A much overused word in our language is inspiring and Miriam Chickering is certainly that. I think she has made such a huge impact in my life, because she personifies the person I always dreamed of...

A Physician's View of Compassion in Healthcare from 2019-03-04T08:00

Dr. Paul Schanfield has been a Neurologist in St. Paul for over 40 yrs. He recently published a book, called A Migraine in Room 3 A Stroke in Room 4, which beautifully and succinctly describes the ...

Once a Nurse - 02/25/19 from 2019-02-25T08:00

The Communicative Nurse from 2019-02-18T08:00

Kathleen Bartholomew is a much sought-after speaker all around the country for decades on the topic of Nurses communication with each other and how it can make or break the quality of the workplace...

Multigenerational Nursing Teams from 2019-02-11T08:00

When I began as a nurse there were just 2 generations in the workplace: the WWII (Greatest) Generation and the Boomers. I went to a conference on how to understand one another and learn to get alon...

LTC: What Used to be Med/Surg in Hospitals from 2019-01-28T08:00

I met Dee McCarthy on LinkedIn as I saw her compassionate, heartfelt, compassionate posts. The first one that caught me was as simple as it could be (this is not exact): I Love you! If so many peop...

Behind the Murder Curtain from 2019-01-14T08:00

Bruce Sackman is the Author of Behind the Murder Curtain along with 2 colleagues: Michael Vecchione and Jerry Schmeterer. We think of healthcare as attracting Angels of Mercy, drawn to helping peop...

The Consequence of Communication from 2019-01-07T08:00

In a world in which humans have become more and more polarized in our views, communication and hearing, healthcare sits right on the middle of the conflicts. Not only do people in healthcare have e...

The Impact of Healthcare Providers on Patients and Clients from 2018-12-17T08:00

Ray Befus & I met on LinkedIn when he shared a post from Dee McCarthy: I love you. No…I might not know you. But if folks can hate for no good reason, I can love. It started a conversation on the im...

What Inspires You? from 2018-12-10T08:00

We are approaching year-end. As with so many people, I am thinking about what has inspired me this year. How about you? I would like to share with you some of my inspirations and how you can call i...

A Transformational Nurse from 2018-12-03T08:00

I have become fascinated with the unending options available to nurses in careers and industries in (and especially out of) the traditional healthcare environment—not to mention entrepreneurial adv...

Nurse Bullying from 2018-11-26T08:00

Dr. Paul T. Clements from Drexel University, has been known to say, “Always be mindful. You may not know who’s watching you or who you’re inspiring.” This is exactly what happened to me, while list...

Teaching Nursing to the World! from 2018-11-19T08:00

Have you ever dreamed of doing something REALLY big to help the World? My three guests, Miriam Chickering, Dr. Stacen Keating and Kathleen Capone are doing just that. Recognizing the incredible pro...

Burnout: Reignite A Love Of Nursing from 2018-11-12T08:00

Len Robinson joined me on July 30th for the single most listened to session this year on Burnout for nurses. He and his wife, Patti, (also a nurse) met with me to take another look at Burnout--how ...

Doulas: What Was Old is Completely Redefined from 2018-10-29T07:00

As a Labor and Delivery Nurse, I worked in a hospital that did not have Doulas. I guess you could say that we functioned in that capacity. Doulas (with or without the name) have been around as long...

Telephone Triage Nursing: the Role, the Benefits, and the Future from 2018-10-22T07:00

Triage has been a part of healthcare for nearly as long as there have been disasters: man-made, as in war or accidents, or natural disasters. At some point someone said, With all these people hurt,...

Collaboration is Just 1 Human Away from 2018-10-15T07:00

I am thrilled to have as my guest, Dr. Mary Tilak form Highland, Indiana. She is a healthcare provider who has embraced the concept of collaborative healthcare from way before it was the thing to d...

Some Thoughts about Gender Equality from 2018-10-08T07:00

What is the Chinese curse? May you live in interesting times. I want to touch on one tiny part of the a recent uproar--Gender Equality. There is more to this subject than can be said in an hour. Th...

One Mother's Answer to a Colicky Baby from 2018-10-01T07:00

We always used to hear about building a better mouse trap, but as an OB and Nursery Nurse, I would say what is REALLY needed is a Baby Bottle that eliminates Colic in newborn and young babies. Ther...

Weaving Our Passions into Our Present from 2018-09-24T07:00

For many nurses, our work IS our passion. But for some of us, there is that insistently whispering voice in the head to go do what our PASSION calls us to do. Fill in the blank with your own person...

Nursing at the Top, Toward the Future from 2018-09-10T07:00

Nurses have been the go-to people to get things done with little or nothing in materials or money for centuries, but until recent history rarely the people consulted to determine the future and dir...

Autopsy of the Nursing Profession from 2018-08-27T07:00

This is an interesting discussion of all the things we wish we had known about prior to deciding on a career in Nursing. My guest, Nancy Congleton, has just launched her new book on Amazon: Autopsy...

Putting Nurses First: Placing Them for Success from 2018-08-20T07:00

There are a million staffing companies in the world and many, if not most, are very good. Unfortunately, sometimes it can be a less than supportive experience on the part of the nurse. Today I am t...

Burnout: The Flood of People Leaving Nursing from 2018-07-30T07:00

Nearly every nurse has experienced periods of Burnout. For some of us, it was mental or emotional. For others, it also includes physical and spiritual decline. But who is talking about this issue a...

Alzheimer's: A Nurses's Primer from 2018-07-23T07:00

Lori La Bey is my amazing guest. She is a sought-after speaker, trainer and advocate for Alzheimer patients and their often, overwhelmed families. She learned all this the hard way: 32 years ago wi...

New Grads: the Future of Nursing from 2018-07-16T07:00

With stories in the news of Boomer nurses retiring in the thousands each week and seasoned nurses feeling burned out, the future of nurses may lie in the hands of our new Grad RN's. Today we will t...

Travel Nursing: Realities vs. Myths from 2018-07-09T07:00

Travel Nursing has long been thought of as a way to see the world, while making a lot of money and having great benefits. It is often referred to as a young nurse's game. Is that still true? How ha...

Bulimia: A Nurse's Story from 2018-07-02T07:00

This episode is about one woman's story of living with Bulimia and a long challenging road to recovery. Andrea Parmar is a Psychiatric RN, living in Saskatchewan, who worked with clients suffering ...

The Three Key Relationships from 2018-06-25T07:00

Relationship has always been my favorite word in nearly any situation, because nearly every involves People. To effectively interact with people we MUST have some sort of Relationship. My guests to...

A Mother, A Daughter and A Miracle from 2018-06-18T07:00

Jill Wall and her daughter Tana, have an amazing story to tell about their journey as an RN mother and child (now an adult) with Spina Bifida. It encompasses the beauty and challenges of living a l...

OAN: A Week for Reflection from 2018-06-11T07:00

It has been nearly a year since I started the Once a Nurse, Always a Nurse: Exploring the World of Nursing Talk Show. From the beginning, it has been a whirlwind of amazing guests, shows, new exper...

Every Nurse Needs Her 'Brain!' Try an App? from 2018-06-04T07:00

Dr. Tiffany Kelley has had an interesting transition from bedside Pediatric nurse to Informatics to PhD and Entrepreneur. We will discuss the decisions made along the way to bind that Best career f...

Nurses Care for Adults Sexually Abused as Children from 2018-05-21T07:00

In the last 10-15 years the dirty little secrets that sexually abused children held through their lifetimes, started to seep out. Boston Archdiocese was among the first to be brought into the light...

Nursing License Reciprocity from 2018-05-14T07:00

Nurses are licensed in the State in which they live and practice. They can apply for licensure in other states, but it can be a cumbersome and sometimes frustrating process. Boards of Nursing acros...

'Wearable' Training Technology from 2018-05-07T07:00

Are you one of many nurses around the world, who feels they never received adequate training in IV catheter insertion? Me TOO! I was working for years before I really felt comfortable inserting an ...

Flying Nurses from 2018-04-30T07:00

I will interview two nurses in the flying business. No they are NOT circus performers, but I hear they sometimes have to pull a rabbit out of a hat in crucial situations. They are both Flying Nurse...

The African Nurses Network from 2018-04-23T07:00

Nurses in general, tend to be pretty amazing in my eyes, but this guest is phenomenal and incredibly optimistic! Her name is Lyna Nyamwaya from Kenya. She came to the USA right out of High School t...

What to Know When a Recruiter Calls from 2018-04-16T07:00

Have you ever had a call from a Recruiter--Travel or otherwise? It can be really exciting, scary, and intimidating. What do you need to know? How to present yourself in the best manner? How (and wh...

Advanced Practice: What is it about? from 2018-04-09T07:00

Nurses, always indispensable, are becoming even more so by continuing on for advanced education and certificates in a wide variety of fields. They are able to extend the reach of doctors in all dir...

How your Career Decisions Impact Your Life from 2018-04-02T07:00

This show is the thoughts of a dear friend and amazing Leader of HealthEast Care System in St. Paul, MN. She discusses the incredible outcomes of seemingly simple decisions in life and the Places y...

Nurses in The Media from 2018-03-26T07:00

Barbara Glickstein, RN MPH MS, will discuss the importance of nurses in the media. She believes journalism has an inherent role in promoting a healthy and just society. We will talk about health is...

Wound Care Training Entrepreneur from 2018-03-19T07:00

Robin and Catherine are rolling out an innovative way to teach nurses and lay people simple as well as more complex care of wounds using latest technology and newest products to bring the informati...

Nursing Leads to a Life in Politcal Service from 2018-03-12T07:00

Nursing is a profession that can lead to service in MANY other industries. Recent studies of employers put the skills of nurses in the top ten favorites of all. So we should not be surprised to see...

A Patient's Companion in the Health Journey from 2018-03-05T08:00

Over the past 20 years many healthcare organizations across the country began to put primary focus on Customer Service and the proven behaviors that created the best outcomes for their patients. On...

Nursing Peer Support Network: Part 2 from 2018-02-26T08:00

I welcome back Marie Manthey and Becky Lillihei to the second show on the subject of addiction in Nurses and how to support them back to the workforce in a better frame of mind than anytime previou...

DNPs Innovate to Transform Senior Landscape from 2018-02-19T08:00

Fascinating discussion with Katherine Todd, DNP and VP of Health and Wellbeing at the Waters Senior Living and 3 of her new DNP directors. The Waters is a bold new way of dealing with Senior Care a...

'Doctors, Nurses and Healthcare: Working Together' from 2018-02-12T08:00

When talking about nurses, the doctors they work with cannot be far behind. This show is a doctor and nurse, who are also good friends after years of working together. More important, Dr. Penny Whe...

Nursing Unions: How have they impacted Nurses? from 2018-02-05T08:00

Nursing Unions are a bit of a mystery to me and so perhaps to some of you also. I love history and thought this might be a great way to learn about them. Jean Ross, National Nurses United Co-Presid...

Healing Traumatic Nursing Experiences from 2018-01-29T08:00

We are all familiar with the PTSD effects that our Military experience after being in active war zones. How often do we consider the Nurses who are treating those military personnel? Mary-Ann Rich ...

Tapping the Indomitable in You! from 2018-01-22T08:00

Theresa Nguyen is an inspiration to Nurses, women, and immigrant children the country over. She IS what America is all about. We will talk about her life as the first American born child of Vietnam...

Caring Science: Nursing Research from 2018-01-15T08:00

I am joined in this session with Dr. John Nelson of HC Environment. We discussed Research in Nursing, but specifically research around the trademark of Nurses: Caring. Who knew that could be quanti...

Addiction in Nursing: Moral Failure to Chronic Disease from 2018-01-08T08:00

This episode addresses a problem in our society with addiction to drugs and alcohol and the reflection of that disease in healthcare personnel, including nurses. Although we have long recognized ad...

Nurses Pay it Forward from 2017-12-18T08:00

Nurses are used to serving. It IS what we do. No one does it better than Nurses! Most of us work hard, continue our education credits, maintain busy lives outside of work and are very aware of the ...

Nurses on a Literal 'Mission' from 2017-12-11T08:00

I am happy to welcome Patricia Westergren, BSN, RN to the show to share her passion for Spiritual and Medical Mission work. She has already had a dynamic and impressive career in research involvin...

Tips for Handling Crisis from 2017-12-04T08:00

This Episode is a discussion with Nancy Sawyer and myself about how to deal with Crisis in a hospital as they form. (Spoiler Alert: Resolution doesn't start when you are in the middle of the Crisis...

Our Perception is Our Reality from 2017-11-27T08:00

In Nursing, as in life, how we perceive a situation is how we react to it. How we react, creates another reaction from those around us. I have touched on this topic in the past, but I would like to...

Men in Nursing: How Is It Different? from 2017-11-20T08:00

When we think of Nurses, the first thought is probably of a woman. In reality, men have been in the role of nurse for most of Human History. There are records of the first nursing school in 250 B.C...

Nursing Entreprenuers from 2017-11-13T08:00

As nurses, most of us are just full of GREAT ideas to improve the equipment and tools that we use every day. Few of us follow through with those flashes of brilliance. My guests, Jennifer Krispi an...

Conflict Resolution: Scared? Don't Be! from 2017-11-06T08:00

The way we look at and deal with Conflict is a direct result of where we have come from with dealing with conflicts and the success (or lack thereof) we have experienced. We have been influenced by...

Nursing Careers: Reality Check from 2017-10-30T07:00

Lenore Rockler, was my Guest on the 2nd Episode of Once a Nurse, Always a Nurse, which has continued to be the #1 most listened to show. She is a dedicated career consultant who is knowledgeable, l...

Encore: What Does It Take to be a Nurse? from 2017-10-23T07:00

Lenore Rockler, was my career consultant after a large layoff at my organization and then a severe car accident, which left me in extreme pain. She was a great source of wisdom, encouragement and i...

How to Build a Culture of Caring from 2017-10-16T07:00

This episode is a dialogue with two amazing Nursing Leaders. Betsy Stites, BSN, RN, was on the first Episode we had. She is returning on this one as an expert of creating a culture of caring during...

Meditative Movements for The Reflective Nurse from 2017-10-09T07:00

Ellie Peterson and Natalie Lu are friends who found their individual wisdom works beautifully together to show nurses how to provide the vital Self-care that we so often deny ourselves. Western med...

Nursing: For the Future of Healthcare from 2017-10-02T07:00

This episode is 3 knowledgeable Nursing Educators from 2 twin cities colleges and 1 rural collage, who are all working together to provide seamless continuing education for nurses from CNA, LPN, AS...

Who Am I and Why Do I Need to Know? from 2017-09-25T07:00

This show will be the start of an ongoing periodic look at how personal understanding can make us a better nurse. I want to spend a bit of time on Personality assessments in general and Myers-Br...

Finding Mission in Nursing after 65 from 2017-09-18T07:00

The first Segment will be talking with Tim Thorpe, Executive Director of Pathways Health Crisis Resource Center in Minneapolis, and Mary Johnson,PhD, RN, AHN-BC, CHTP, who has 28 years intimately c...

What is Nursing to a Nurse? from 2017-09-11T07:00

This show is all about what makes the difficult, heavy, draining, emotional, demanding career as a nurse something (s)he will LOVE!! It is ALL about the Stories. I will share some of the stories th...

Turning and Returning to a Love of Nursing from 2017-08-28T07:00

This show is 3 of my students from the RN Refresher course which I teach. They are from 3 different classes and backgrounds. They have not yet met each other. We will have a conversation about what...

'The Power is IN You' from 2017-08-21T07:00

Donna Cardillo is the Inspiration Nurse, an RN who has made an indelible name for herself around the world through speaking, books, training, personal interactions and much more. We will discuss th...

People Respecting People from 2017-08-14T07:00

We all know that we want to be heard and we want to be respected, We may even be pretty conscious of wanting to respect other people. Still it is not unusual for everyone to accidentally step on so...

What Does It Take to be a Nurse? from 2017-08-07T07:00

Lenore Rockler, was my career consultant after a large layoff at my organization and then a severe car accident, which left me in extreme pain. She was a great source of wisdom, encouragement and i...

Getting to Know Me from 2017-07-31T07:00

I am an educator, who loves to support nurses in finding their own greatness. Currently I am teaching an RN Refresher Course through a Community College in Minnesota. My students have been encoura...