Photo credit: Joseph Hart

Well, Casey and Shayne share a few stories. Casey tells a story about an elderly woman’s escape from an assisted living facility. A World War II Vet—this sweet 89-year-old woman managed to slip by the door attendants, walk down a hill to the parking lot, HOTWIRE a car and drive it around town for 45 minutes—without incident by the way! A missing resident alert was issued and police were called. They found the woman cruising at 24 miles per hour—helmet hair and all–down the streets of a town that shall remain unnamed. Wow—how the hell do you HOTWIRE a car anyway?

Donna Kelly Williams

This week we give a salute to the Massachusetts Nurses Association. We are joined by RN and President of Mass. Nurses Association, Donna Kelly Williams. Donna speaks about the recent victories the nurses have had with respect to keeping Taunton State Hospital opened and witnessing the signing of legislation to make mandatory overtime illegal. She also finds a way to slip in a little about the Red Sox. Remember Boston you can listen to Nurse Talk on Revolution Boston 1510 AM. We thank all of you wonderful nurses for fighting the fight to improve patient care!

Author, Motivational Speaker and RN Karyn Buxman

And–What’s So Funny about Diabetes? Well of course nothing—but there can be humor in the circumstances. RN, motivational speaker and author Karyn Buxman joins us to talk about the healing power of laughter and her new book series “What’s So Funny About…” The first edition of “What’s So Funny”  is about the challenges of diabetes. We’ll visit with Karyn about her busy world and why she trusts the power of humor as a potent healing tool. You can learn more and buy the book at karynbuxman.com.

And we play our new game (while working out the bugs, so to speak) Health Trivia! With a little help from our friends from iTriage each week we will present a quiz about all kinds of health related issues—and if you get the answer right—you get a FREE MRI! Just kidding. A free coffee gift card for $25—that is if our Producer remembers to send it to you.

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You can listen and laugh every week on Saturdays at 11 am in the Boston area on station WWZN 1510AM or live stream at www.revolutionboston.com and in the San Francisco Bay area on KNEW 960AM or live stream at www.960knew.com. Thursdays at 7pm Eastern on RadioOrNot.com. Check out the iHeartRadio app for free and live custom radio. You can also download and listen to any show anytime here at NurseTalkSite.com or on iTunes. Like us on Facebook, and you can listen there too.

This week we give a salute to the Massachusetts Nurses Association. We are joined by RN and President of Mass. Nurses Association, Donna Kelly Williams. Donna speaks about the recent victories the nurses have had with respect to keeping Taunton State Hospital opened and witnessing the signing of legislation to make mandatory overtime illegal. She also finds a way to slip in a little about the Red Sox. Remember Boston you can listen to Nurse Talk on Revolution Boston 1510 AM. We thank all of you wonderful nurses for fighting the fight to improve patient care!

And–What’s So Funny about Diabetes? Well of course nothing–but there is humor in the circumstances. RN, Motivational Speaker and Author Karyn Buxman joins us to talk about the healing power of laughter and her new book series “What’s So Funny”.”. The first edition of “What’s So Funny” books is about the challenges of diabetes. We’ll visit with Karyn about her busy world and why she trusts the power of humor as a potent healing tool. http://karynbuxman.com/

And we play our new game (while working out the bugs so to speak) Health Trivia!. With a little help from our friends from ITriage each week we will present a quiz about all kinds of health related issues–and if you get the answer right—you get a FREE MRI! Just kidding. A free coffee gift card for $25–that is if our Producer remembers to send it to you.

More on the decline (evaporation) of mental health services. We are joined by RN and Vice President of  theMassachusetts Nurses Association, Karen Coughlin. Karen works at Taunton State Hospital which is on the chopping block. Closure would mean no place for the 147 patients they now serve, and no short-term mental health facility within a 150 miles for the community. This, unfortunately,  is happening all across the country.

Dan "the man" Grady, nurse extraordinaire and co-host emeritus

Coming up…our farewell to Dan…takes us on a walk down memory lane. Old favorites including the bits we did called “Is Anybody Out There Laughing” and “What Song Best Describes Your Nurse.” We share the story about Dan’s battle with racoons in his garage and some other silliness. Dan is leaving us to “spend more time with his family.” That has a familiar ring to it…but in his case it’s true. He is the busy father of three girls, two of whom are under 10 years old. Bravo to you Dan for being such a great dad.

More on the decline (evaporation) of mental health services. We are joined by RN and Vice President of  the Massachusetts Nurses Association, Karen Coughlin. Karen works at Taunton State Hospital which is on the chopping block. Closure would mean no place for the 147 patients they now serve, and no short-term mental health facility within a 150 miles for the community. This, unfortunately,  is happening all across the country.

AND… The coolest APP we’ve ever seen or heard about! We all know what triage means, welcome to iTriage. Without giving too much away…simply put, you can download iTriage and use it all over the world. Everyone is familiar with WebMD, (a great site), iTriage helps identify symptoms, tells you where the nearest ER or specialist is, what the wait times are in emergency situations– and is so user friendly—I can even use it! Check it out at www.itriagehealth.com.

RN Marsha Podd

Oh… and one of our favorite guests, RN Marsha Podd, aka the Baby Whisperer, weighs in on the latest controversial  mommy gaffe—chewing food for your baby. Yes? No? Marsha say’s “God love moms…it’s a tough job!”

Stay with us as we announce and break or break in our new Nurse Talk co-host!

You can listen and laugh every week on Saturdays at 11 am local time  in both Boston and San Francisco. Find us in San Francisco Bay area on KNEW 960AM or live stream at www.960knew.com and  in the Boston area on station WWZN 1510AM or live stream atwww.revolutionboston.com. Check out the iHeartRadio app for free and live custom radio. You can also download and listen to any show anytime here at NurseTalkSite.com or on iTunes. Like us on Facebook, and you can listen there too.

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