Singing. Heroes. Money. Occupy.
Oh my…Casey is trying her very best to be still but this “women” bashing thing has got to go. In order to keep Casey civil—Dan recommends they sing a song—that reflects these nasty little current events. Sing they do and the emails start rolling in. Ahhh, some agreement…yes? No! Here are just a few:
“Don’t ever sing again!”
“I had to turn the radio off!”
“I can’t tell Dan from Casey!”
“Stick to your day jobs!”
O.K folks we get the message.
Casey and Dan talk with the distinguished Doug Connor. Doug grew up in a conservative Republican family. He is a nurse, a veteran of the Iraq War, a union member, and a passionate supporter of the Occupy movement. Doug returned from the war in 2006, disillusioned by the unnecessary deaths and organizations profiting on the destruction that surrounded him as a nurse treating victims of war then came face to face with the Occupy Wall Street movement.
You won’t want to miss Doug’s story
AND LATER…Craig Preston from the California Clean Money Campaign. A few weeks ago we talked with California One Care’s Executive Director Andrew McGuire. Cal One Care is committed to single payer health care for all Californians. Craig Preston from California Clean Money Campaign also supports a single payer healthcare system but says we have to get the money out of politics first.
Illness as a Bureaucratic Crisis
RN and Author, Theresa Brown RN Theresa Brown’s latest The New York Times’ Tara Parker Pope’s On Health,Well blog: “In the hospital, people who aren’t employees fit into one of two categories: patient or visitor. But when visiting family members or friends become ill on […]
Surviving Modern Healthcare: Dealing with Intimidating Physicians
Throughout our lives, we are always going to be in situations where we will need to deal with difficult people whether they are physicians in the work environment, co-workers or people in our personal life. In my 35 years of experience in healthcare administration and […]
The Woman at the Well | Let Your Heart Guide Your Care
“Perhaps our real work, whether offering or seeking care, is to recognize that the healing relationship–the field upon which patient and practitioner meet–is, to use the words of the mythologist Joseph Campbell, a ‘self-mirroring mystery’–the embodiment of a singular human activity that raises essential […]
In My Day…My Mother Said Baking Soda Did Everything | Lynn Ruth Miller
[powerpress] In my day my mother said baking soda did everything. She sprinkled it all over the bathroom because she said it absorbed odors. I guess it worked because our toilet seat was so gritty I always went next door. Whenever I took a bath, […]
R & R for RNs (LVNs and EMTs) | Mendocino Coast Getaway | Nurse Talk Listeners Can Enter To Win
You know you need some rest. Recharge. Get out of town. R & R for RNs is April 2012 on the southern Mendocino Coast. 2-1/2 hrs. north of San Francisco. Lodging, food & specialty discounts all month for RNs, LVNs, EMTs. See www.redwoodcoastchamber.com/rr-rns-april for details or […]
Nurse Talk is Searching for the Perfect Co-Host
Nurse Talk is searching for the perfect co-host. That’s right, Dan is retiring, but will be with us for special segments. In the meantime Casey needs a great sidekick. Looking for a nurse with great communication skills, a sense of humor a must, and a willingness […]
Hipwrecked. Scripting and Rounding. Baking Soda.
This week on our lovely “sheeew”—we talk about a customer service practice that is now being used in the healthcare field. It’s called scripting and rounding. In the corporate world scripting and rounding has been part of the customer service model for giants like Disney, major fast food chains and many five star hotels. Now—healthcare? RN DeAnn McEwen gives us a “spirited” overview!
You won’t want to miss Phyllis Katz. Like any skilled improviser, when longtime performer and director with the famed Groundlings comedy troupe was faced with her insurance company being unwilling to pay six figures to fix her two hips, she improvised. Good-bye, Los Angeles. Hello New Delhi. Phyllis is here to talk with us about her wonderful new book Hipwrecked, My Health Insurance Sucked so I Went to India for Surgery.
And if you haven’t heard the our new segment “In My Day” with comedian Lynn Ruth Miller–you need to. This week Lynn Ruth talks about a favorite all-purpose remedy her mother used: baking soda. Told only as Lynn Ruth could—it definitely harkens memories from the old days!