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Patty Eakin Segment | Show 233

Guest: Patty Eakin Nurse Talk hosts Casey Hobbs and Dan Grady talk with RN Patty Eakin from Temple University Medical Center about the current strike. This is a very important conversation that affects everybody in this country. It is not just about nurses and patients — […]

SMSN Student and RN Patty Eakin | Show 233

WE visit with RN Patty Eakin from Temple University Medical Center about the current strike.”If you want your constitutional rights, you need to go somewhere else.” Robert Birnbrauer, Human Resources, Temple University Hospital, DECLARED.Casey also talks with a student nurse panel from College of San Mateo, School of Nursing. It is a wonderful conversation with four very smart senior nursing students. They talk about why they were called to nursing, the challenges they have faced and will face, and of course they share a funny story or two—because after all “laughter is the best medicine.”READ MORE…

Tim Thomas Segment | Show 232

Guest: Tim Thomas Continuing the RN Heroes Project series, co-hosts Casey and Dan talk with RN Tim Thomas. Tim is one of the nurses who went to Haiti as part of National Nurses United’s RN Response Network. Over 12,000 nurses volunteer to help. In an effort […]

RN Heroes Project Feature This Week | Show 227

Tim Thomas, RN

Tim Thomas, RN

Continuing the RN Heroes Project, co-hosts Casey and Dan talk with RN Tim Thomas. Tim is one of over 12,000 nurses who went to Haiti as part of National Nurses United’s RN Response Network. In an effort to acknowledge these selfless acts of service, the RN Response Network launched the RN Heroes Project.READ MORE…

Talking with Andrew McGuire | Show 232

Casey and Dan speak with Andrew McGuire the Executive Director of California One Care. Andrew talks about the founding coalition and the campaign that is under way to pass SB 810, State Senator Mark Leno’s legislation for Single Payer Health Insurance for ALL Californians….plus our RN Hero feature, Tim Thomas, RN plus, Casey and Dan’s usual shenanigans.READ MORE…

Donna Smith and Kathy Reardon Segment | Show 231

Guests: Donna Smith and Kathy Reardon The first of Nurse Talk’s RN Heroes Project…a conversation with Massachusetts RN Kathy Reardon. Kathy speaks with humility about her time and service in Haiti and shares some very moving comments about her experience.

RN Heroes Project | Show 231

CNA/NNU’s Donna Smith joins the hosts of Nurse Talk, Casey Hobbs and Dan Grady–to introduce the RN Heroes Project. Donna gives a warm introduction to the project and is followed by a conversation with Massachusetts RN Kathy Reardon. Kathy speaks with humility about her time and service in Haiti and shares some very moving comments about her experience. When asked if she thought of herself as a hero…”Not at all, I just did my job,” replies Kathy. READ MORE…

Pension Bargaining in Minneapolis | Laurie Bahr Segment | Show 230

Guest: Laurie Bahr This week Casey and Dan talk with RN Laurie Bahr. Laurie has been an RN for 16 years and currently works in the Cardiac Surgical ICU at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. She sheds some light on current Pension Bargaining Efforts taking place […]

Novato RNs launch ‘Nurse Talk Radio’ as a voice for the patient advocate

Nurse Talk featured in the Novato Advance Novato RNs launch ‘Nurse Talk Radio’ as a voice for the patient advocate A beloved profession — the Registered Nurse — now has a radio home, run by and for the nation’s two million registered nurses. “Nurse Talk,” […]