NURSE GUY

This is an interview with Chris Kramer, RN, who is the author of a book entitled The Good Things In Life: A Nurse's Story of Connection. The book is a great read on nurse connectivity and how important it is for success at the bedside and beyond.  Tune in but don't tune out!

Chris Kramer, MSN, RN is a former pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) nurse who now serves as a Quality Improvement Specialist at one of the top pediatric medical institutions within the U.S.

This is an excerpt reading from Chris Kramer's book entitled The Good Things In Life: A Nurse's Story of Connection. The book is a great read on nurse connectivity and how important it is for success at the bedside and beyond.  Tune in but don't tune out! 

Chris Kramer, MSN, RN is a former pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) nurse who now serves as a Quality Improvement Specialist at one of the top pediatric medical institutions within the U.S.     

Marci Cottingham is a tenured assistant professor of sociology at the University of Amsterdam. Her work examines emotion and inequalities broadly and in connection with healthcare and biomedical risk. She is interested in how emotions are shaped by social hierarchies (social class, gender, race), occupations, and media.  Marci's prior research has focused on the emotional labor of men in nursing and the ways in which individual men and healthcare organizations reconcile masculinity with a caring profession. Her other projects have examined the emotional dynamics of sports fandom, sexual assumptions in clinical trials and healthcare, and the emotional dimensions of risk.  Building on her interest in risk emotions, biomedicine, and healthcare, she has two current projects. The first (Viral Fear project) uses qualitative and quantitative analyses of the 2014 Ebola epidemic to trace emotions across (1) the epidemic timeline, (2) individual and organizational actors, and (3) news and social media sources. The other current project (Pandemic Nursing project) has just been launched and will examine the experiences of US nurses in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak.

This is challenge yourself part 2......an essay exploring the meaning of ones nursing career.  Tune in but don't tune out.  

Paul Gilmartin is the former host of TBS's Dinner and a Movie, comedian, and has been in various aspects of entertainment for years.  Most notably, Paul is the host of the Mental Illness Happy Hour...a podcast exploring mental health with a sense of raw laughter and piercing truthfulness. 

This is an essay I wrote some time ago, yet updated just this week.  Have a listen....learn how struggle creates grit through my story.  Learn how struggle..in the end...creates self-actualization.

Nicole is a nurse innovator and founder of The Lamp Storytelling whose sole focus is to heal the healers through shared storytelling events.  As a nurse she still works a percentage of her FTE at the bedside via adult medical-surgical nursing, which helps her keep a pulse on the current state of nursing.  We hope to collaborate more in the future....so stay tuned!  

Are you a soon to be new graduate nurse awaiting the NCLEX and find yourself in a nervous sweat at the thought of taking such a momentous test?  Then listen to this podcast and make your life SIMPLE with SIMPLE NURSING.  Mike Linares is the founder of Simple Nursing and we talk about his career...what his company is all about....and various other learning conundrums in nursing!  You can find Mike's platforms below:

Michael Bleich, Ph.D., RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Dr. Bleich is a Senior Professor and Director of the Langston Center for Innovation in Quality and Safety for Virginia Commonwealth University.  He also has a consulting company he runs.  Dr. Bleich has an extensive history in healthcare policy, administration, and experience as an author for the IOM Future of Nursing report!

Michael Bleich, Ph.D., RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Dr. Bleich is a Senior Professor and Director of the Langston Center for Innovation in Quality and Safety for Virginia Commonwealth University.  He also has a consulting company he runs.  Dr. Bleich has an extensive history in healthcare policy, administration, and experience as an author for the IOM Future of Nursing report!  

This is episode # 2 of The Sign-Out Diaries.  This sub-series of my podcast focuses on detailing tough shifts and talking about what learning outcomes occurred as a result of said shift and also what resiliency strategies were used to cope.  Listen in and if you know of anyone who would be interested in being on a Sign-Out Diaries episode let me know!  My podcast email address is below.  Lastly, subscribe if you listen to both my YouTube channel and also this podcast! YouTube link is below: