Narrative Nurse Project

Clinical Nurse Specialist practice is unique in each organization and each practice. The role has a great amount of variation. Kara describes and discusses the role so fantastically. She shares her story and journey to nursing, what drove her to become a CNS in her specialty practice role and watching her daughter become a nurse as well! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/narrativenurse/support

Arianna shares what brought her to nursing, how her career has changed over time and how she adapts her and builds her professional practice as a travel nurse. She shares her humor and joy for the profession and for life and I am grateful to have the opportunity to hear her story and share it! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/narrativenurse/support

Kelsay is an emergency department charge nurse in Washington state whose life has changed since one shift became infamous in October of 2022. Talking to her was an honor and I appreciate the position of advocacy she has taken on, when she never pictured herself in the position to need to do so. Kelsay talk about the decisions she made the night she called for more help because the emergency department became overwhelmed, the opportunities she has had to set the record straight, and the voice she is developing as a leader in the profession. She shared her story with This American Life in January, 2023. Listen here: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/790/youre-it And wrote a blog column for the American Journal of Nursing in December of 2022. Read it here: https://ajnoffthecharts.com/er-nurse-who-called-911-for-backup-what-are-we-afraid-of/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/narrativenurse/support

Eric's passion for vulnerable populations and public health brought him half-way around the world and to the profession of nursing. He shares his story of becoming a nurse and his work as a CRNA.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/narrativenurse/support

Zita's story and experience as a nurse has taken her from Hungary to Dublin to Seattle with each step and stage in her career highlighted by her drive and commitment to the profession of nursing. Her professional practice and ability to adapt is inspiring and I'm grateful she shared her story and her journey! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Josh shares his story and his journey to becoming a flight nurse. Flight nursing and critical care transport is a highly specialized practice within nursing and sought after for many within the profession. He discusses how he has committed to professional development, what the work and care of patients is like, and how he keeps himself engaged in the profession! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Margarita is a civilian critical care nurse and Army officer. Her ability to navigate both worlds has taken years of practice and commitment to develop successfully and she shares her story of coming to the United States as an immigrant, completing nursing school, and joining the military. Her story is so fantastic and our conversation flew by, we didn't event to talk about her life outside of nursing! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Marianne is the Founder of Alzauthors and has built a fantastic community of writers around the experience of living with and caregiving for people with dementia & Alzheimers. It is a robust community of writers, speakers, and community events for those experiencing this diagnosis! Check out the podcast Untangling Alzheimers & Dementia as well! Marianne shared her journey to nursing and personal experience working through this new diagnosis as a caregiver in her family. Her story and journey is an inspiration and her book Blue Hydrangeas is so good and I am grateful for the conversation! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

I had the opportunity to talk with members of the Greater Portland Chapter of AACN board. We talked about the what and why of professional organization membership, chapter engagement, and learned how they are navigating change in in a tumultuous time!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Episode one of the third season of the Narrative Nurse Project podcast releases on February 10th. Thank you to the nurses who have shared their stories for this season. They are amazing people and I am excited to share our conversations with all of you! Check out narrativenurseproject.com to share your story! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Luke & Nicole are a married couple of critical care nurses who have different specialities of practice. They shared their journey of becoming nurses and how building their life together through this pandemic has been impacted at every turn. They share their story with joy, laughter, and shared adventures with their new dog! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

This week I am excited to share my conversation with Anna Alder. She is the creator of The Burnout Book. She is a fantastic resource and educator on nurse burnout. We talk about her experiences living, working, and pursuing graduate school education throughout this pandemic. She gives us an insight into what lead to the development of The Burnout Book blog and what is driving her work and learning in graduate school. Follow her on Instagram @the.burnoutbook or check out her website. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Sophia's story of working and serving populations as a community health nurse are rooted in the love of her family, the story her family holds as refugees from Cambodia, and the true power of nursing to impact the lives of people, families, communities, and generations. Exploring the impact of COVID within community health is an eye opening conversation. Additionally, her vision for serving populations is inspiring and connected to purpose. Sophia is an avid writer and deeply engaged in community in the Greater Boston area. Check out her blog and follow her on instagram! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Kristen shares her story of all of the things that happened and she worked to balance during the first 2 years of this COVID 19 pandemic: working with trauma patients, leading nursing care and practice, supporting her family through some of the most unimaginable events, and finishing graduate school. Kristen talks about her love of nursing development, practice, and patient care, how this two years has changed her and how she works to adapt and adjust and meet the needs of the nurses and patients in an ever changing time. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Ryan shares his experience of being nurse new to the profession as the COVID pandemic response began and what it has been like to personally and professionally to continue in a nursing specialty where death has become the prominent experience for nurses, physicians, and families of those hospitalized. Ryan also shared his experience involved with the Surfrider Foundation. Check out their website! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Katie tells her story of starting her career in pediatrics and women's health and her experience through COVID. Katie's work and care of this vulnerable population illuminated gaps in knowledge and conversation about Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) and highlighted the stressful experience of parents whose children are hospitalized with COVID from the nursing perspective. So much knowledge and information is just starting to come to light about the significance and severity of MIS-C. Check out resources from the Center for Disease Control --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Aleah's story and experience of working in a COVID unit, contracting COVID, and experiencing post COVID infection syndrome as the literature, research, and understanding of it just began to develop is captivating. Her vulnerability, honesty, and openness provides a glimpse into the daily lives and lived experiences of those working to recover from Post-COVID syndrome. If you are looking for information on Post COVID syndrome, check out this resources: Center for Disease Control (CDC) Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) May 2021 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Myles is an experienced nurse leader and emergency department nurse manager who has pivoted his professional work to support the development of new nurse leaders. His professional experience makes him an excellent resource, teacher, coach, and mentor if you are pursuing work and opportunities in health care leadership! He is the host of the Insightful Nurse Leader Podcast and inspires in his work to support development for leaders new to nursing and health care! Check out his website Myles Parilla Consulting for resources and opportunities! Check out & subscribe to The Insightful Nurse Leader Podcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Ilene tells her story of what in her drove her to become a nurse and what through this pandemic she has worked through and against to maintain her career in nursing. The nursing response and experience in and through this COVID pandemic response is different and each person is struck with stress, possible moral injuries, and inspired to healing and recovery differently. Ilene's story is honest, reflective, and with a small amount of palpable joy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Madison is a travel nurse in the ICU and shares her story of working as a travel nurse as the COVID pandemic started and still as it sustains. Her story is deep, insightful, hopeful and with notes and tones of joy and tears. Madison's story is the epitome of how to find balance, be brave, and keep your personal and professional life moving forward while everything seems to be pulling you back. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

My conversation with Susan J Farese was inspiring. She shares her journey and career in nursing, what has driven her in her work and professional development and her inspiration as a writer. Her personal and professional experiences through this COVID-19 pandemic inspired a re-release of her poetry book as an opportunity to inspire writing and narrative as a point of reflection for nurses and health care professionals! So grateful she shared her work with us! She is an experienced nurse, veteran, professional mentor & coach, and writer! Check out her website sjfcommunications.com Her book Poetic Expressions in Nursing is available at indiebound.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Amy is a critical care nurse and charge nurse in a SICU in New Orleans. As the initial pandemic response started in 2020, she was identified within her organization because of her leadership, commitment, and expertise to lead and manage the COVID ICU. Amy shares her story about her journey to nursing, her work in the ICU and her experience leading a team during the initial COVID response. Amy and I talked about many things and we got to share a few laughs. One of my favorite things she shared was her opportunity to participate in a Dear World story when Dear world & AACN collaborated to share stories from the front line of the pandemic. Check out Dearworld.com for their story sharing work and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses project at HearUsOut.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

As season 2 opens, I am happy to provide an introduction and vision for what we are exploring. My personal experiences during the COVID 19 pandemic have been varied and I have struggled with the implications on my personal and professional relationships, work experiences, how this profession moves forward and recovers, and how we continue to provide the expert care we are committed to as nurses. I take this opportunity to provide a brief introduction into what my experiences have been and what are some of the things I am still working to process as a nurse and person living through this pandemic response. I encourage you to listen through season 2 to hear the fantastic and powerful stories of nurses across the country and in all aspects of health care! I am grateful for their passion to share and talk about their experiences! Check out HearUsOut.com from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses as they work to advocate for the stories and experiences of nurses across the country. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

In this fantastic Season 1 finale episode I talk with Kelsey who moved from being a forensic chemist to nursing and through the pandemic pursued her education as a nurse practitioner. Talking with Kelsey was a joy. Our conversation was filled with laughter and great energy, with a little bit of sequins thrown in. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Cesar's story of becoming a nurse is really about about travel, adventure, and new things. He talks about the decision to pursue nursing and the decision to build his professional career as a nurse in tandem with his life and work as a flight attendant. The parallels of the two professions are uncanny. One of the most fantastic things about being a registered nurse is that it allows you the ability to diversify your life and do many things. Many people are farmers & nurses, artists & nurses, writers & nurses, and so much more. His story illuminates the possibility of creating the work life balance within a profession like nursing, even during a pandemic! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Psychiatric nursing and mental health care are far under recognized, supported, and funded and Nicole is a champion of the care and cause of psychiatric and mental health nursing. She in the process of achieving what has always been her destiny and though the plan didn't come together as she had hoped when she set off on this journey is hasn't changed the importance and the significance of all she has achieved as a registered nurse! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

On the surface, Hannah had a traditional path to nursing but hearing her story it is easy to see it was anything but traditional. She shares the experience of health challenges and scares as a young person and how that has influenced her ability to engage with the people she cares for. She is a leader in rewriting the rules for what careers should look like as new nurse and how you work to find the organization and patient population you love. I deeply valued hearing her say, "If you can't show up for yourself then you can't show up for your patient." She is 100% right and in this pandemic we can all take time to figure out what that looks like for ourselves! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Dmitriy shares his inspiring journey to becoming a nurse. He talks about early experiences as a child in Tajikistan that continue to resonate deeply with him, inspired his path to nursing, and shape his practice as a nurse. His experience to becoming a nurse were not without ups and downs, challenges, and stress. His work to build positivity and resiliency into his life and practice are inspiring and uplifting. He is a reminder that we (each of us) can do hard things! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Chris is a self-proclaimed unicorn in the nursing field. He has developed and deepened roots in the nursing profession and is pursuing a PhD in Nursing but is not a registered nurse. His diverse and winding career path has given him the knowledge, skill, and ability to contribute to the development and creation of education for nurses. He has become an expert in the utilization of simulation as an educational modality and is building expertise in the research and study of civility in nursing. Learning about these topics from him makes this episode fly by and question everything we know about nursing education! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Graham's journey to nursing was the opposite of predictable and planned. Her career and practice as an emergency department nurse is a great representation of what she has achieved and how she worked to succeed. She shares her journey taking us over the speed bumps and around every curve and sharp turn. Listening and learning about the road that her journey took was an honor and she shares her story with honesty with the best of humanity. Her story is an inspiration for those who are working to achieve so much against everything that stands in your way. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Vi Son's professional work in narrative and journalism and the experiences in his life that include love & loss were inspiration in his pursuit of becoming a nurse. It is his experience of beginning his career at the start of the pandemic and learning to trust himself that have come to define his career. His insights on what he has learned about himself as a nurse and his vision for his future make his story one of the anchors of Season 1! Links to relevant references from the episode: The New Yorker! https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-new-coronavirus-look The artist Noritake! www.noritake.org https://instagram.com/noritake_org?utm_medium=copy_link Vi Son's Web Page including photography & storytelling work! http://www.visontrinh.com/m/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Cynthia is a registered nurse in Oregon working in the specialty of oncology. Her story has all of the ups and downs of nursing as a second career, finishing nursing school during a global pandemic, and building her practice in a specialty! She talks with us about her commitment to development and learning as she closes in on her first year as a nurse. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Anthony is a Registered Nurse in Portland, OR working with supporting recovery for people with substance use disorders. He is nurse passionate about equity, learning in the nursing role, and painting! Check us out to hear his story, what brought him to nursing and how he has committed his practice to the vulnerable population he serves! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Aster shares his story of his decision to pursue a career as a registered nurse, his commitment to serve vulnerable populations, and the connection to community that fueled his advocacy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

Sara is a registered nurse working in a Trauma & Surgical ICU. she shares her story about her decision to pursue nursing and what it has been like to change specialties during a pandemic! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support

The Narrative Nurse Podcast is proud to launch a podcast sharing & elevating the stories of nurses and the nursing profession! The podcast launches Friday August 20th! Check us out wherever you get your podcast and subscribe! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/narrativenurse/support