Fall Flu Fashion Show, Dr. Francine Shapiro on EMDR and RN Deborah Burger on Raising Money for Health Care
Most of us don’t run with the crowd that attends the Annual Fall Fashion Week in New York City. BUT…it does seem somewhat exciting and it certainly highlights all of the beautiful fall fashions and—SADLY—the fact that eating disorders are alive and well in the […]
Best of Nurse Talk | RN Alison Whitaker on Vital Signs, RN Jean Ross on Robin Hood and Dr. Jamie Koufman on Dropping Acid
The best of the best of the best of the…well you get the point. This week enjoy this great repeat performance originally aired May 19, 2012. RN Alison Whitaker on Vital Signs, RN Jean Ross on Robin Hood and Dr. Jamie Koufman on Dropping Acid […]
Michael Lighty on “Not-for-Profit” Hospitals and Trent Lange on California Clean Money Victory | Sept. 1, 2012 | Show 459
Welcome to Nurse Talk where laughter is the best medicine. A salute to our Republican friends and relatives—and we do have them. This week’s show has a little Mitt Romney. We think he’s singing AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL? Oh dear lord. We promise when the Democratic […]
Donna Smith on Single Payer and Nephrologist, Dr. Anjali Saxena
Most of our listeners know…we love our Donna Smith. Since the start of Nurse Talk Donna has been and is—a remarkable contributor and a tireless advocate for single payer healthcare. She is a legislative organizer for National Nurses United and no one knows healthcare/political issues […]
RN Donna Kelly Williams on Mass Victories and RN Karyn Buxman on What’s So Funny About Diabetes | Show 457
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, […]
Laryngospasm. 5-Star Hospital. Pain Intolerance. Show 456
The Laryngospasms sing “Breathe.” Check it out on Nurse Talk coming up this Saturday @ 11am on 960 KNEW AM and Revolution Boston 1510 AM or nursetalksite.com. And…Casey and Shayne take us on a walk down “Pain Lane.” HOW BAD IS YOUR PAIN? A new […]
Patient Ratios, Health Without Health Insurance and The Tales of a Stroke Patient
This week Casey and Shayne take an emergency call from a listener named Ginger. Ginger has a—shall we say—“burning” question and some important advice for our listeners who might just be inclined to do what she did! We’re pretty sure Ginger is not the only […]
Shayne in Oklahoma and Donna Smith on the Medicare for All Bus Tour | June 30, 2012 | Show 452
We lost Shayne to Oklahoma this week..but he called in from the streets of Colon (population 800), to give us the lay of the land on healthcare in his home state. He tells us access to care is difficult to non-existent in many areas, diabetes […]
RN Donna Kelly Williams on Mandatory Overtime and Author Eileen Kaplan on Laughter vs. Breast Cancer | June 23, 2012 | Show 451
“Well don’t you know that’s the sound of the men..workin’ on the chain…gaaang, that’s the sound of the men workin’ on the chain…gang…” http://youtu.be/oq9afubyHgA Well, that’s really the sound of the nurses in Massachusetts working harder and faster—but not if the state legislature has anything […]