RN Greg Montes on Mental Health Services Cuts and Hal Isen on Making Your Life a Work of Art | March 31, 2012 | Show 442
How is it possible that 50% of the Nurse Talk staff is “suffering” from shoulder injuries? Well…let’s break that down. It might not be as shocking as it sounds, as there are only four of us to start with (at least in the studio) so […]
Donna Kelly Williams on Patient Ratios, Cyndy Doherty on Child Abuse and Laughs with Lucille | March 24, 2012 | Best of Nurse Talk | Show 435
Nurses keep up the fight for RN to patient ratios…we should all be very glad they do! We thought we’d check in with our friends in Massachusetts who are working on legislation—so Casey and Dan visit with RN and president of Massachusetts Nurses Association, Donna […]
Donna Smith with a DC Update, Singer/Songwriter Brian Asselin and Bill Fisher with the Alzheimer’s Association | March 17, 2012 | Show 440
Dan is on the Island of Bursitis this week so our resident funny lady Lynn Ruth Miller sits in for him. Given our discussion about some pretty serious topics, Lynn Ruth finds a way to bring her compassion and humor to the table. AND she’s […]
Your Life is a Work of Art | Hal Isen Segment | Show 442
How would you like to experience life as an ongoing, creative, unfolding “work of art? It is with great pleasure we introduce Hal Isen. For over 40 years, Hal has been providing programs, courses and life coaching for individuals, groups and organizations in the areas […]
Doug Connor on #Occupy and Craig Preston on Clean Money | March 10, 2102 | Show 439
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 […]
RN DeAnn McEwen on Scripting and Rounding and Hipwrecked Author Phyllis Katz, Medical Tourist | March 1, 2012 | Show 438
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 […]
Ban Viagra…? Plus, Deborah Burger with an NNU Update and Andrew McGuire on Single Payer in California | February 25, 2012 | Show 437
The show begins… “Dan as you know, we try to shy away from controversy but sometimes a gal just has to speak up. I must comment on the recent congressional hearings on contraception. First of all—I thought that train left the station in the 70’s! […]
RN Deb Gauldin on Applied Humor and RN Theresa Brown on Critical Care | February 11-12, 2012 | Show 436
If there’s anybody who knows the positive effects of humor (and music) it’s RN Deb Gauldin. Deb is the incoming president of The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor and has long practiced what she preaches. She is a professional humorist and entertainer specializing in health care […]