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Our blog has something for everyone. From healthcare to human-interest stories and from the hospital bedside to the halls of congress—we have it covered. AND did you know workplace bullying was bad for your health? Meet a courageous nurse and oral cancer survivor that understands the power of humor and grace. What are “nurse patient ratios” and why are they so important? All this and more…


Nurse Talk Short | Why Nurses Oppose Keystone XL

Nurses care for patients everyday that struggle with health crises aggravated by environmental pollution in its many forms. As a society we need to reduce the effects of environmental factors including climate change that are making people sick and endangering the future for our children. […]

RN Sherri Stoddard: Nurses Say No to Keystone XL

We do have a great show this week. We are joined by California RN Sherri Stoddard, a veteran nurse with 31 years of labor and delivery on her resume. Sherri is passionate about her career and no less passionate about the health of her community […]

Nurse Talk Short | Marsha Podd, The Baby Whisperer

A listener, moody, sad, overwhelmed and embarrassed about it, gets advice on postpartum depression and life with baby #2 from Marsha Podd, OB/GYN nurse, author of the best selling Secrets of a Baby Nurse, certified lactation expert, baby sleep specialist and with a degree in […]

Judy Alba on the DC Patient Protection Act

DC hospitals are facing a staffing shortage. To counter this trend, RNs have put forth the Patient Protection Act, which “provides a minimum number of nurses on duty by specific unit at all times.” RN and nurse leader Judy Alba will be with us to […]

Time. Baby Whisperer. Patient Protection. Explanations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b7BGBa6MTI Well this week Goldie Hawn starts the show with a run down of the “time zones.” We must admit—her explanation sort of makes sense. Casey and Shayne struggle to figure out what time it is in the Midwest if it is 9am in California […]

Nurse Talk Short | Healing Hurricane Sandy and Applying Humor

Hurricane Sandy when many community clinics, doctors’ offices, and pharmacies were closed, leaving residents without access to medical services, RN Mary Fitzgerald of the New York State Nurses Association was there. She tells us how Occupy Sandy and Peoples Medical Relief have helped. Karyn Buxman, […]