Podcasts by Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Podcasts

What is does it mean to be a Holistic Nurse Practitioner from 2022-12-29T12:43:21

Holistic nurse practitioner is a provider who uses a comprehensive approach and address the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.

Nurse Practitioner in business from 2022-12-09T20:02:47

This episode is about a Nurse Practitioner who challenged herself, followed her passion and is a very successful business woman. Mrs Victoria Randle, MSN, FNP-C has a wide experience as a Family Nu...

Strength-Based Therapy from 2022-11-20T10:42:11

Strength-based therapy is focusing on your patient’s resourcefulness and internal strengths but not focus on their psychiatric diagnosis and situations. As the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, you w...

Benefits of Telepsychiatry from 2022-11-18T23:00

Telepsychiatry has been shown to be effective for patients and providers. With the use of telegealth, there is an increase in the access for patients who have mental health issues. Today telehealth...

SSRI - Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors from 2022-11-14T14:28:18

SSRI’s are you first line antidepressants that are used because of its tolerability, efficacy and safety. SSRI’s are also indicated for anxiety, eating disorders, PTSD, OCD, premature ejaculation, ...

Importance of Social Support in Mental Health & Wellness from 2022-11-09T14:00:22

According to research, social support is critical in the maintenance of mental wellness. Have a good support system helps cope with stress and daily challenges in life. Have a wonderful support sys...

Intimate Conversations with Ms Ally and Ms Angel Castillo, transgender sisters. from 2021-12-09T03:11:22

Ms. Ally and Ms. Angel Castillo are Filipina-American Transgender sisters who have made their mark as immigrants here in the United States. The word “transgender” or “trans” is a term for people wh...

Intimate Conversation with Myra Smith, MSN, RN from 2021-09-03T17:10:12

Myra Smith MSN, RN currently works in Hospice Care intimately shares her experiences as a Nurse Midwife, her illness, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, depression and her resiliency through the help of Eq...

Intimate Conversation - Anna Hurlebaus, DNP, APRN BC, CNS from 2021-09-02T01:14:25

Dr. Hurlebaus is an experienced provider and has been working in healthcare for 30 plus years and is focused in Psychiatry. In this episode, she will share her insights in patient care, her approac...

Carl Rogers - Person-Centered Therapy from 2021-07-24T09:24:40

Carl Rogers was a psychologist with a humanistic approach in Person-Centered Therapy where the practitioner provides an environment of acceptance, unconditional positive regard, empathy and genuine...

Dr. Alfred Adler from 2021-07-21T23:06:26

Dr. Alfred Adler was born in Vienna Austria and a family of seven children. He had multiple serious health conditions that led to his feelings of inferiority during childhood. Due to this experienc...

Mental Wellness from 2021-06-27T01:03:03

Mental wellness is actively having the awareness of of your physical, social, mental, and spiritual pillars of health. Mental Wellness is dynamic, that mitigates the chances of exacerbation of ment...

Gender Based Violence from 2021-06-19T23:56:07

Gender based violence is directed to his or her biological sex or gender identity. Gender based violence includes physical, sexual, emotional, coercion economic threats and educational deprivation....

Imposter Syndrome from 2021-06-13T21:23:15

Imposter syndrome is a phenomenon that is common amongst high achievers. Those who have symptoms of this phenomenon attribute their successes due to lock rather than their ability to succeed. This ...

Mental Health and COVID-19 from 2021-06-13T16:45:08

Covid19 has impacted the world due to increased morbidity and mortality. It has disrupted our way of life that increased isolation, family dynamics, politics and has affected mental health.

Viktor Frankl - Logotherapy from 2021-05-19T00:08:11

Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist, philosopher, author, psychiatrist and a Holocaust Survivor. His memoir, “Man’s Search for Meaning” was about his experiences at the concentration camps. He foun...

Who is Dr. Hildegard Peplau? from 2021-05-16T20:48:55

Dr. Hildegard Peplau is known as the “Mother of Psychiatric Nursing.” She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Interpersonal psychology. She graduated in 1931 at the Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She re...

Interview: Dr. Maureen Vidrine, Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychiatry from 2021-04-19T23:55:18

In this episode, Dr. Maureen Vidrine, a Certified Clinical Specialist (CNS) in Psychiatry talks about her education, her innovation in the field of psychiatric nursing. She thinks outside of the bo...

Education: Asian Hate Crimes from 2021-04-04T11:54:46

The recent report by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at the California State University in San Bernardino Asian hate crimes have increased by 150% during the Covid 19 pandemic. Accor...

Impact - Nurse Practitioners Turned Entrepreneur, Dr. Patrice Little from 2021-03-25T22:20:58

Nurse Practitioners are making impact in their communities by utilizing innovation in healthcare and business. NP’s are finding their niche in the communities they live in. Professional satisfactio...

Intimate Conversation: Abbigail Abraham, LCSW from 2021-03-03T22:35:49

On this podcast, Abbigail Abraham will share with us her expertise on how she approaches a patient who is in crisis in the emergency department. She brings to light the connection of the mind, body...

Neurobiology of Trauma from 2021-03-03T14:29:14

According the the APA, trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event like a natural disaster, death of a loved one, mass shootings, accidents, sexual assault or from combat. The brain goes th...

Compassion Fatigue from 2021-02-20T20:06:37

Nurses, Nurse Practitioners and those who work in healthcare may be at risk to compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue are the physical, emotional and spiritual distress that you may feel from one e...

Opioid Epidemic from 2021-02-20T15:04:26

According to the CDC, 128 people die everyday from an opioid overdose. Currently, there are 1.6 million people who have Opioid Use Disorder. Opioids are natural or synthetic chemicals that relieve ...

Cultural Psychiatry from 2021-02-10T23:27:43

Cultural Psychiatry is a thorough understanding of the patient population that we treat. We treat patients from a culturally diverse populations from refugees, migrant workers, LGBTQ, immigrants an...

Intimate Conversations: Arielle Banks, DNP, MSN, FNP-C from 2021-01-30T21:09:33

This episode is a heartfelt deep conversations from the perspective of Dr. Arielle Banks, an African-American Family Nurse Practitioner as she shares her experiences as a provider. She treats her p...

Intimate conversation with Brennan Warren, BSN, CRRT, Medical ICU nurse during Covid-19 pandemic from 2021-01-29T10:01:41

Ms. Brennan Warren, BSN, CRRT shares the rollercoaster of emotions that many nurses and those who work in healthcare go through during this Covid-19 pandemic. She is saddened about the heartbreakin...

Dialogue: Army Veteran, Samuel Walley from 2021-01-24T03:26:22

As a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, you will care for veterans due to the invisible wounds of war. We have a special guest, Mr. Samuel Walley, an Army Veteran who shares his experiences during Ope...

Racial Disparities in Healthcare from 2021-01-18T13:40:33

Racial disparities in mental and medical care are understood within the context of racial inequities in societal institutions. Systematic discrimination is is often supported by institutional polic...

Avoidant Personality Disorder from 2021-01-17T17:57:36

Avoidant personality disorder or AVPD have chronic feelings of inadequacy, have feelings of extreme social inhibition, and sensitivity to negative criticism and rejection. It is more than being shy...

Histrionic Personality Disorder from 2021-01-17T14:01:23

Histrionic personality disorder is one of a group of conditions called "Cluster B" or "dramatic" personality disorders. They have an intense, unstable emotions and distorted self-images and have an...

Antisocial Personality Disorder from 2021-01-17T12:14:05

Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is dysfunctional rigid thought processes, a pattern of socially irresponsible, delinquent, exploitative, guiltless & criminal behavior that begins in childhoo...

Prochaska: Transtheoretical Model of Change from 2021-01-14T11:03:28

Transtheoretical Model of Change is a biopsychosocial model of change for intentional behavior change. It is integrative and can be applied to a variety of behaviors, settings and populations.

Dependent Personality Disorder from 2021-01-12T19:11:02

Less than 1% of the general population have Dependent Personality Disorder (DPD). Those with DPD are not able to make decisions, are clingy and very needy. They are pessimistic and has lack self-co...

Interview: Postpartum Depression with Theresa Thomas, LPC from 2021-01-05T01:27:19

Intimate interview about Postpartum Depression with Army Veteran Theresa Thomas, now a Licensed Professional Counselor. She discussed her suicidal thoughts, bad thoughts to her baby, her symptoms, ...

Interview: PTSD from Army Veteran, Dan Solla, JD from 2021-01-03T14:39:13

Dan Solla, is a veteran of the United States Army Infantry served as rifleman in the 1st Armored Divisions 1/36 Infantry Battalion from Ray Barracks Friedberg, Germany. He served as a rifleman in I...

Narcissistic Personality Disorder from 2021-01-02T13:41:16

Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) affects more males at 7.7% and females at 4.8%. There is a high rate of mood disorders, substance use disorder with those who have NPD. The patient will have...

Autism Spectrum Disorder from 2020-12-31T19:36

Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD affects one in 54 children. ASD is more common in boys than girls. In the past ASD were classified as autistic disorder, Asperger Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental D...

Teen Depression from 2020-12-26T23:45:34

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 13.3% of teens ages 12 to 17 had a least one major depressive episode. 20% of females and 6.8% of males ages 12-17 suffered a depressive episod...

Suicidality from 2020-12-23T22:54:49

Suicide is a major public health concern. According to the CDC, in 2018 suicide is the 10th leading cause of death that had claimed the lives of over 48,000.

Delirium from 2020-12-19T22:22:43

Delirium is a common clinical syndrome usually caused by a physical illness or by a general medical condition, drugs, substance intoxication or alcohol withdrawal, and other multiple etiologies. De...

Military Sexual Trauma from 2020-12-11T00:44:11

Military Sexual Trauma are experiences of sexual assault that occurs to those who serve. The continuum of harm starts as jokes, demeaning comments, harassment to sexual assault. These experiences m...

Medical and psychological care for our Veterans from 2020-12-07T12:01:27

Currently, there are 1.3 million Active Duty service members, 800,000 Ready Reserve Forces, and 17.4 million veterans. You will have the honor as a Nurse Practitioner, to be caring for our Veterans...

Complex PTSD from 2020-12-01T08:41:33

Complex PTSD are caused by traumatic events that may start early in childhood from abandonment, neglect, physical, emotional, sexual abuse. The abuse may continue through the teen years and into ad...

What is Bipolar Disorder? from 2020-11-30T09:50:01

Bipolar Disorder also know. As manic-depressive disorder has dramatic mood shifts that affects 2.8% of men and women equally. Patients with Bipolar Disorder may also have comorbid disorders such as...

What is ADHD? from 2020-11-29T16:19:28

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is characterized by hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention. About 8.8% of children and 4.4% of adults have ADHD. Educate your patients about the importa...

Postpartum Depression from 2020-11-29T15:05:59

Many women experience the “baby blues” after giving birth. “Baby blues” are very common. Postpartum depression extends beyond the two weeks after childbirth that is more severe and some may develop...

What is CBD or Cannabidiol? from 2020-11-28T15:20:31

CBD is now legal in the United States. The CBD market is a booming industry that reached up to $2 billion in sales of CBD products! Currently, CBD is not regulated. Small research studies have show...

What is an APRN, roles and why patients are choosing NP’s as their providers. from 2020-11-21T12:26:17

We will discuss what a Nurse Practitioner can do in healthcare, the roles in different healthcare settings, specialties and why patients are choosing APRN as their providers.

Disease Prevention & Health Promotion from 2020-11-21T11:52:11

As the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, you have a very important role in advocating for your patients. By having that therapeutic alliance with your patients, you assist then in disease prevention ...

Sleep Issues from 2020-11-14T11:54:20

50 million Americans have chronic sleep disorders. Sleep problems are linked to both medical and mental disorders. About 1/3 of adults report insomnia symptoms. Basics of sleep is the REM (dream) a...

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD from 2020-11-03T01:20:12

A person may be exposed to a traumatic event. These events may ne an actual or threatened event. Listen to this episode and learn how patients who have been diagnosed with PTSD. Educate your patien...

How does Covid-19 affect mental and physical health? from 2020-10-25T00:17:13

Covid-19 pandemic has affected the physical and mental health for many people. Tune in to learn how to manage anxieties and uncertainties by learning what we can control.

History and role of the Nurse Practitioner. from 2020-10-17T21:43:14

In this episode, the history of the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse is highlighted.

Intellectual Disabilities from 2020-10-17T20:39:57

Intellectual disability involves problems in two areas: intellectual functioning and adaptive functioning. It is diagnosed not based on I.Q. level but rather based on adaptive functioning.

Psychosis and Schizophrenia from 2020-10-17T03:09:37

Schizophrenia is the most common psychotic disorder that affects 2 million people in the United States.

Depression from 2020-10-17T02:31:48

Depression is a common mental health disorder that affects 17.3 million adults in the U.S. Anna Sanchez, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C will discuss how to assess , diagnose and treat depression.

CAM Complimentary Alternative Medicine from 2020-10-13T09:12:44

CAM or Complimentary Alternative Medicine is usually used in addition to standard treatments. Talk to your provider before starting any kind of CAM for management of your symptoms.

What is Anxiety? from 2020-10-13T08:58:36

According to NAMI, Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health concern in the United States. There are Over 40 million adults in the U.S. (19.1%) who have an anxiety disorder. About 7% of c...

Stigma Reduction in Mental Health from 2020-10-12T00:21:31

OCT - MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.  Tips on stigma reduction in Mental Health. MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS!  According to NAMI: 1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year 1 in 25 U.S. adult...

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Podcasts (Trailer) from 2020-10-11T20:06:27