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Join Beth Schenk, a registered nurse and environmental health nurse champion, as she talks with nurses from around the country who are leading the profession in addressing environmental health issues. Every week you'll be inspired by nurses making changes, big and small, to make our world healthier…

Beth Schenk


    • Apr 29, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 177 EPISODES


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    NHE 8-4 Dr. Mitzie Meyers Commitment to Planetary and Holistic Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 35:57


    Mitzie Meyers, PhD, RN, CNE, AHN-BC Dr. Mitzie Rains Meyers has been dedicated to the health of people and the environment throughout her nursing career in neonatal/pediatric practice and as […]

    NHE 8-3 Voices from the 2025 “Our Planet Our Health” Conference!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 44:09


    On March 2 and 3, 2025 in Washington DC, hundreds of health professionals and other interested in health gathered at Our Planet, Our Health 2025 Climate Action Convention. It was […]

    NHE 8-2 Dr. Jessica Castner Creating Opportunities in Environmental Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 49:39


    Jessica Castner, PhD, RN-BC, FAEN, FAAN Dr. Castner is the President of Castner Incorporated, a woman-owned small business enterprise. Dr. Castner is also with the University at Albany. Dr. Castner […]

    NHE 8-1 Dr. Melessa Kelley – Climate Health and Equity for Native Americans

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 39:57


    Melessa Kelley, PhD RN Dr. Melessa Kelley is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin in the School of Nursing. Dr. Kelley is Native American (Keetoowah-Cherokee) […]

    NHE 6-9 The Legendary Dr. Jacquelyn Fawcett on Nursing Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 54:40


    Jacqueline Fawcett, RN; PhD; ScD (hon); FAAN; ANEF Dr. Fawcett received her Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University in 1964, her Master of Arts degree in Parent Child Nursing […]

    NHE 6-10 Water and Health: A Focus on Mothers and Infants During Extreme Weather Events

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2024 18:00


    Cristina Watkins, FNP-BC, has been practicing as an NP for almost 15 years. She has worked in a variety of areas, including pediatrics, vascular neurology, and, most recently, telemedicine. She […]

    NHE 6-8 ANHE’s New PFAS Toolkit!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 21:56


    Cristina Watkins, FNP-BC, has been practicing as an NP for almost 15 years. She has worked in a variety of areas, including pediatrics, vascular neurology, and, most recently, telemedicine. She […]

    NHE 6-7 Beese and De Yong Measuring Impacts of Neighborhoods on Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 46:32


    Shawna Beese, PhD RN After a fulfilling 12-year career in hospital management and 20 years as a nurse leader, I returned to graduate school in 2019 to work towards a […]

    NHE 6-6 Anto Paul – Committed to Communities

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 33:11


    Anto Paul, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC, CDCES Anto Paul is a Population Health Nurse at Catholic Health Services of Long Island. He earned his Master's in Public Health and Community Health […]

    NHE 6-5 Dr. Kathy Vandiver – Environmental Educator Extraordinaire!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 25:50


    Kathleen M Vandiver, PhD Dr. Vandiver earned her Ph.D. in 1982 from the Tufts University School of Medicine from the Anatomy & Cellular Biology Department and joined the research team […]

    NHE 6-4 Dr Jean Bernhardt and Dr. Sarah Valentine – Insights on Climate, Environment, Health and Nursing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024 47:35


    Jean M. Bernhardt PhD MSN CNP Dr. Bernhardt is a family nurse practitioner and nurse executive who practices leadership in occupational health and community health settings.  She has responded to […]

    NHE 6-3 Dr AnnMarie Walton and Dr Valerie Sabol – Teaching Climate, Equity, and Action

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 54:10


    Dr. AnnMarie Walton Dr. Walton is a tenure-track Associate Professor at the Duke University School of Nursing where she teaches and facilitates two core courses, Population Health in a Global […]

    NHE 6-2 Dr Nancy Rudner on Nursing, Heat, and Population Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2024 19:00


    Dr. Nancy Rudner Nancy Rudner, DrPH, APRN, has focused her career on improving health through the lifespan through patient care, population health, and policy.   An Associate Professor in the […]

    NHE 1-1 Dr. Heidi Honegger Rogers and Dr. Heide Cygan – Kick off to Fabulous Nurse Researchers!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 35:21


    Dr. Heide Cygan Dr. Heide Cygan, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC is an Associate Professor at the Rush University College of Nursing, in the Department of Community, Systems and Mental Health where […]

    NHE 5-19 Dr. Daniel Smith: The environmental nurse researcher who makes you want to be an environmental nurse researcher

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2023 38:48


    Dr. Daniel Smith is the Weingarten Endowed Assistant Professor at Villanova University's M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing. He teaches across the curriculum in courses such as Imperatives for Global […]

    NHE 5-18 Dr. Suellen Breakey: If you build it, they will come.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 41:49


    Suellen Breakey, PhD, RN Associate Director of the Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health and a Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at MGH Institute of […]

    NHE 5-17 Dr. Teddie Potter: “Everything’s collapsing:” Why now is the perfect time for planetary action

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 33:17


    Teddie Potter, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP In 2019, Dr. Potter was appointed the first Director of Planetary Health for the School of Nursing at the University of MN. She is […]

    NHE 5-16 Dr. Lisa Thompson: The burning platform: cookstoves and plastic incineration in developing countries

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 47:37


    Lisa M. Thompson, PhD, MS, RN, FNP, FAAN  is an environmental health scientist and an Associate Professor at Emory University, with appointments in the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing […]

    NHE 5-15 Dr. Mark Siemon: American Indian health care, the water crisis, and planetary nursing in the Western states

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2022 57:06


    Mark Siemon, PhD, RN, PHNA-BC, CPH, CNE Dr. Mark Siemon is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Southern Utah University. He began his career as a Public Health Nurse/Epidemiologist at […]

    NHE 5-14 Many Voices – Nurses at COP27!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 56:52


    From on the ground at COP27, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Listen to the voices of many nurses from around the world as they share their experiences of attending COP27 […]

    NHE 5-13 Dr. Carol Ziegler: Climate injustice: How low income families live green lifestyles without getting the credit

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 43:27


    Carol Ziegler, APRN, APHN-BC, NP-C, DNP is a Professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University and a dually certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Advanced Practice Holistic Nurse. She is co-founder of […]

    NHE 5-11 Dr. Raney Linck and Dr. Ande A Nesmith: Radical Empathy for Every Living Being: Nursing & Social Work Converge on Climate

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2022 44:25


    Raney Linck DNP, RN, is Inaugural Nursing Faculty and Assistant Professor at the Susan S. Morrison School of Nursing at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Dr. […]

    NHE 5-11 Dr. Cecilia Tomori: Infant formula and fossil fuels: Our “Commercial Determinants of Health”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 39:33


    Cecilia Tomori, PhD,  Associate Professor, Director of Global Public Health and Community Health, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Cecília Tomori is an anthropologist and public health scholar whose work investigates the […]

    NHE 5-10 Dr. Jessica Castner – Researcher, Scholar, Committed to Environmental Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 42:26


    Jessica Castner, PhD, RN-BC, FAEN, FAAN Jessica Castner served as the 2021-2022 Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence at the National Academy of Medicine and is the President of Castner Incorporated, a woman-owned small […]

    NHE 5-9 And the 2022 Charlotte Brody Award goes to….

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 36:31


    The prestigious Charlotte Brody Award recognizes a nurse whose story of environmental activism and accomplishment reflects a significant contribution to environmental health. This award honors Charlotte Brody, a registered nurse and activist and a co-founder of Health Care Without Harm, who dedicated her career to making a safer, healthier environment. Health Care without Harm and […]

    NHE 5-8 Advocacy, organizing, and the power of story

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 43:29


    Tune into this session with Dr. Rachel Kerr and Jill Aquino, who share their stories about their journeys into climate nursing. Listen to Kerr share her experience as a nurse leader supporting teams stopping emissions at the source – fossil fuel extraction. Aquino then describes her role as a community organizer leading state and nation-wide […]

    NHE 5-7 National Student Nurses Association leaders create health care decarbonization resolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2022 29:22


    The National Student Nurses Association held its 70th annual convention in April 2022 in Salt Lake City, UT. At the convention, Shanda meets with four undergraduate nursing students from Case Western Reserve University who put forward a first-of-its-kind resolution to educate nursing students about the imperative to take action on health care decarbonization.   Megan […]

    5-6 NCC Two Climate Nurses Building Community for Travelers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 54:55


    In this session, Shanda is joined by Emily Cheng, a critical care travel nurse and CEO & Co-Founder of MedVenture App and Floro Cubelo, founding President of the Filipino Nurses Association in the Nordic Region and the Society of the Filipino Nurses in Finland. Emily and Floro dive into their national and international travel nursing […]

    5-5 NCC The SolarRN™: Where renewable energy and health converge

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2022 42:41


    Hear about the journey of Kathryn Ford Richter as she shares her story of building a renewable solar energy company as a nurse. Richter, also known as The SolarRN™, dives deep into the logistics of solar energy and the environmental, financial – and of course health – benefits of going solar.   Kathryn Ford Richter, […]

    5-5 NCC The SolarRN™: Where renewable energy and health converge

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2022 42:41


    Hear about the journey of Kathryn Ford Richter as she shares her story of building a renewable solar energy company as a nurse. Richter, also known as The SolarRN™, dives deep into the logistics of solar energy and the environmental, financial – and of course health – benefits of going solar.   Kathryn Ford Richter, […]

    5-4 NCC From Sustainability Champion to Planetary Health Leader: An Oncology Nurse’s Journey

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 46:00


    Milagros Elia, MA, APRN, ANP-BC  obtained her Master's degree in Advanced Practice Nursing from NYU in 2001, and has been a Nurse Practitioner in Oncology within both the clinical and community setting for well over 20 years. She is the founder of M. Elia Nature-Based Healthcare Solutions, a company that offers professional presentations, educational workshops, […]

    5-4 NCC From Sustainability Champion to Planetary Health Leader: An Oncology Nurse’s Journey

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 46:00


    Milagros Elia, MA, APRN, ANP-BC  obtained her Master's degree in Advanced Practice Nursing from NYU in 2001, and has been a Nurse Practitioner in Oncology within both the clinical and community setting for well over 20 years. She is the founder of M. Elia Nature-Based Healthcare Solutions, a company that offers professional presentations, educational workshops, […]

    5-3 NCC Schools of Nursing Bring Climate Change into the Classroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2022 45:13


    In episode 3 of the Nurses Climate Challenge series, Shanda interviews two nursing faculty members who are committed to climate education, discussion and engagement for nursing students. They reflect on their own experiences, strategies and approaches.   Cameron Kiersch DNP, RN holds a Doctor in Nursing Practice in Health Innovation and Leadership from the University of […]

    5-3 NCC Schools of Nursing Bring Climate Change into the Classroom

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 45:13


    In episode 3 of the Nurses Climate Challenge series, Shanda interviews two nursing faculty members who are committed to climate education, discussion and engagement for nursing students. They reflect on their own experiences, strategies and approaches.   Cameron Kiersch DNP, RN holds a Doctor in Nursing Practice in Health Innovation and Leadership from the University of […]

    5-2 NCC Europe with Anna Fuhrmann

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 36:04


    In 2021, the Nurses’ Climate Challenge was expanded to Europe, through Healthcare Without Harm Europe.  Nurse Anna Furhmann has been leading the Challenge. In this episode, Shanda interviews Anna to explore her experience and compare notes.   Anna Fuhrmann is a Climate Officer at HCWH Europe and responsible for administering the Nurses Climate Challenge, which […]

    5-2 NCC Europe with Anna Fuhrmann

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 36:04


    In 2021, the Nurses’ Climate Challenge was expanded to Europe, through Healthcare Without Harm Europe.  Nurse Anna Furhmann has been leading the Challenge. In this episode, Shanda interviews Anna to explore her experience and compare notes.   Anna Fuhrmann is a Climate Officer at HCWH Europe and responsible for administering the Nurses Climate Challenge, which […]

    5-1 The Founding Mothers of the Nurses’ Climate Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 40:50


    The Nurses’ Climate Challenge (NCC) is a nation leading, and now global effort  inviting nurses to educate other health professionals about climate change and health. The innovator behind the challenge is Shanda Demorest, DNP, RN, PHN. In this podcast, the first of season 5, Shanda kicks off a series focusing on the NCC and Nurse […]

    5-1 The Founding Mothers of the Nurses’ Climate Challenge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 40:50


    The Nurses’ Climate Challenge (NCC) is a nation leading, and now global effort  inviting nurses to educate other health professionals about climate change and health. The innovator behind the challenge is Shanda Demorest, DNP, RN, PHN. In this podcast, the first of season 5, Shanda kicks off a series focusing on the NCC and Nurse […]

    4 #17 Climate Justice Podcast #12 Nurses at COP26!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 55:32


    Robin Evans-Agnew, RN, PhD (He, Him, His) is an associate professor in the vibrant University of Washington Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership. He is focused on upstream actions to transform inequities, especially as they relate to asthma and environmental justice and trauma-informed nursing practice. He leads a global initiative with Alliance of Nurses […]

    4 #17 Climate Justice Podcast #12 Nurses at COP26!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 55:32


    Robin Evans-Agnew, RN, PhD (He, Him, His) is an associate professor in the vibrant University of Washington Tacoma's School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership. He is focused on upstream actions to transform inequities, especially as they relate to asthma and environmental justice and trauma-informed nursing practice. He leads a global initiative with Alliance of Nurses […]

    4 #16 CJ11 De-Ann Sheppard – The Heart of Cultural Safety

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 31:20


    Teluisi De-Ann Sheppard tleyawi Ktaqmkuk I am citizen of the Wabana'ki confederacy of Mi'kmaw (Nujio'qan)and Irish descent, born and raised in Labrador, Canada. My formal nursing education (BScN) was at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, St. John's, NL, Canada in 1987, and I received my Primary Healthcare Nurse Practitioner certificate at University of […]

    4 #16 CJ11 De-Ann Sheppard – The Heart of Cultural Safety

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 31:20


    Teluisi De-Ann Sheppard tleyawi Ktaqmkuk I am citizen of the Wabana'ki confederacy of Mi'kmaw (Nujio'qan)and Irish descent, born and raised in Labrador, Canada. My formal nursing education (BScN) was at St. Clare's Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, St. John's, NL, Canada in 1987, and I received my Primary Healthcare Nurse Practitioner certificate at University of […]

    4 #14 Climate Justice 10 Najeem Al Balushi – A Nursing view from Oman

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2021 37:10


    Najeem Al Balushi, is a senior nurse and a Fulbright Scholar in Oman's Ministry of Health. Najeem Al Balushi, is a senior nurse and a Fulbright Scholar in Oman's Ministry of Health. He received his General Nursing Diploma from Oman in 2007, BSN and Master of Public Health with Health Policy and Administration emphasis from […]

    4 #14 Climate Justice 10 Najeem Al Balushi – A Nursing view from Oman

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 37:10


    Najeem Al Balushi, is a senior nurse and a Fulbright Scholar in Oman's Ministry of Health. Najeem Al Balushi, is a senior nurse and a Fulbright Scholar in Oman's Ministry of Health. He received his General Nursing Diploma from Oman in 2007, BSN and Master of Public Health with Health Policy and Administration emphasis from […]

    4 #14 Climate Justice 9. Dr Connie Nguyen-Truong, Dr Shameem Rakha. Deconstructing Racialized Experiences

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 47:34


    Dr. Connie Kim Yen Nguyen-Truong, PhD, RN, ANEF, is a tenured Associate Professor at Washington State University College of Nursing, Faculty Affiliate at WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, and has 20 years of combined nursing expertise as a nurse scientist, educator, population/community health nursing, and intermediate and progressive care clinical nursing. Dr. Nguyen-Truong is […]

    4 #14 Climate Justice 9. Dr Connie Nguyen-Truong, Dr Shameem Rakha. Deconstructing Racialized Experiences

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 47:34


    Dr. Connie Kim Yen Nguyen-Truong, PhD, RN, ANEF, is a tenured Associate Professor at Washington State University College of Nursing, Faculty Affiliate at WSU Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, and has 20 years of combined nursing expertise as a nurse scientist, educator, population/community health nursing, and intermediate and progressive care clinical nursing. Dr. Nguyen-Truong is […]

    4 #13 Climate Justice 8 Bradley Thompson, MSN, RN-BC, PMHCNS-BC “Nursing is Nothing Without Action”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2021 28:08


    Bradley Thompson, MSN, RN-BC, PMHCNS-BC Bradley has worked as a nurse and educator in both outpatient and inpatient mental health settings, and will soon be joining the Veterans Health Administration. He is one of the founders of 350 Tacoma, a local chapter of the international climate justice movement, and he also volunteers as an environmental […]

    4 #13 Climate Justice 8 Bradley Thompson, MSN, RN-BC, PMHCNS-BC “Nursing is Nothing Without Action”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2021 28:08


    Bradley Thompson, MSN, RN-BC, PMHCNS-BC Bradley has worked as a nurse and educator in both outpatient and inpatient mental health settings, and will soon be joining the Veterans Health Administration. He is one of the founders of 350 Tacoma, a local chapter of the international climate justice movement, and he also volunteers as an environmental […]

    4 #12 Climate Justice 7 Maria Alejandra Orostegui Santander, RN, PhD, Visionary Educator in Colombia

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 28:37


    Maria Alejandra Orostegui Santander, RN, PhD in education, Master in Education, Specialist in Auditing and Quality Assurance with an emphasis in Epidemiology Dr Rojas is a University Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile. She is also the President of the Group of Ecologist Nurses of Chile and […]

    4 #12 Climate Justice 7 Maria Alejandra Orostegui Santander, RN, PhD, Visionary Educator in Colombia

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2021 28:37


    Maria Alejandra Orostegui Santander, RN, PhD in education, Master in Education, Specialist in Auditing and Quality Assurance with an emphasis in Epidemiology Dr Rojas is a University Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile. She is also the President of the Group of Ecologist Nurses of Chile and […]

    4 #11 Climate Justice 6 Dr. Lizeth Veliz Rojas, Creative Educator and Public Health Nurse in Chile

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 24:00


    Lizeth Veliz Rojas, PhD, MPH, Dipl Environmental Education, RN Iira was born in Kuopio, Finland, and has been working as a nurse since 2013. She received her Bachelors of Health Sciences in 2018 University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio and completed her Masters in Health Sciences degree there in 2019; her thesis was entitled “Finnish […]

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