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Welcome to Season 2 of our Sickle Cell Podcast, the only podcast dedicated to understanding and appreciating the voices of patients, caregivers, healthcare workers and community-based organizations perceptions of racial bias in the healthcare system for people living with sickle cell.   This podcast is a collaborative work between the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force and the Social Entrepreneurship Now podcast where our guests speak up and out about creating equity, diversity and inclusion from where they are.  Season 2 of the Sickle Cell podcast journey is co-hosted by myself, Nikki Akparewa and Karim Assalaam.  In season two of the Sickle Cell Podcast Journey, we will continue to explore the lived experiences of our guests as they share moments that they will never forget that have resonated with them in their journey.    We will continue to highlight their stories to expose racial bias in the U.S. healthcare system to create stronger advocacy and alliance with people with SCD.  Please subscribe to the podcast @ www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com  as well as www.mssctf.org to keep listening as our guests share their perspective, pain points and journey.  We also want to thank our sponsors, the Rotary Clubs of Ballard, Magnolia, Seattle, Mercer Island and Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.  And last but definitely not least we thank the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force, a non-profit community based organization in the Seattle area determined to help support those living with sickle cell through education, support and advocacy. Social Entrepreneurship  is about creating social responsibility so that our collective actions benefit the whole of society by acknowledging how our individual stories and actions can create more equity and inclusion.  This podcast is designed to expand your mind and stimulate reflection on ways that you can become more conscious of your social impact/thumbprint and think about ways you can be more inclusive from wherever you are.  

Welcome to Season 2 of our Sickle Cell Podcast, the only podcast dedicated to understanding and appreciating the voices of patients, caregivers, healthcare workers and community-based organizations perceptions of racial bias in the healthcare system for people living with sickle cell.   This podcast is a collaborative work between the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force and the Social Entrepreneurship Now podcast where our guests speak up and out about creating equity, diversity and inclusion from where they are.  Season 2 of the Sickle Cell podcast journey is co-hosted by myself, Nikki Akparewa and Karim Assalaam.  In season two of the Sickle Cell Podcast Journey, we will continue to explore the lived experiences of our guests as they share moments that they will never forget that have resonated with them in their journey.    We will continue to highlight their stories to expose racial bias in the U.S. healthcare system to create stronger advocacy and alliance with people with SCD.  Please subscribe to the podcast @ www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com  as well as www.mssctf.org to keep listening as our guests share their perspective, pain points and journey.  We also want to thank our sponsors, the Rotary Clubs of Ballard, Magnolia, Seattle, Mercer Island and Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.  And last but definitely not least we thank the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force, a non-profit community based organization in the Seattle area determined to help support those living with sickle cell through education, support and advocacy. Social Entrepreneurship  is about creating social responsibility so that our collective actions benefit the whole of society by acknowledging how our individual stories and actions can create more equity and inclusion.  This podcast is designed to expand your mind and stimulate reflection on ways that you can become more conscious of your social impact/thumbprint and think about ways you can be more inclusive from wherever you are.  

Welcome to Season 2 of our Sickle Cell Podcast, the only podcast dedicated to understanding and appreciating the voices of patients, caregivers, healthcare workers and community-based organizations perceptions of racial bias in the healthcare system for people living with sickle cell.   This podcast is a collaborative work between the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force and the Social Entrepreneurship Now podcast where our guests speak up and out about creating equity, diversity and inclusion from where they are.  Season 2 of the Sickle Cell podcast journey is co-hosted by myself, Nikki Akparewa and Karim Assalaam.  In season two of the Sickle Cell Podcast Journey, we will continue to explore the lived experiences of our guests as they share moments that they will never forget that have resonated with them in their journey.    We will continue to highlight their stories to expose racial bias in the U.S. healthcare system to create stronger advocacy and alliance with people with SCD.  Please subscribe to the podcast @ www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com  as well as www.mssctf.org to keep listening as our guests share their perspective, pain points and journey.  We also want to thank our sponsors, the Rotary Clubs of Ballard, Magnolia, Seattle, Mercer Island and Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.  And last but definitely not least we thank the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force, a non-profit community based organization in the Seattle area determined to help support those living with sickle cell through education, support and advocacy. Social Entrepreneurship  is about creating social responsibility so that our collective actions benefit the whole of society by acknowledging how our individual stories and actions can create more equity and inclusion.  This podcast is designed to expand your mind and stimulate reflection on ways that you can become more conscious of your social impact/thumbprint and think about ways you can be more inclusive from wherever you are.  

Welcome to Season 2 of our Sickle Cell Podcast, the only podcast dedicated to understanding and appreciating the voices of patients, caregivers, healthcare workers and community-based organizations perceptions of racial bias in the healthcare system for people living with sickle cell.   This podcast is a collaborative work between the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force and the Social Entrepreneurship Now podcast where our guests speak up and out about creating equity, diversity and inclusion from where they are.  Season 2 of the Sickle Cell podcast journey is co-hosted by myself, Nikki Akparewa and Karim Assalaam.  In season two of the Sickle Cell Podcast Journey, we will continue to explore the lived experiences of our guests as they share moments that they will never forget that have resonated with them in their journey.    We will continue to highlight their stories to expose racial bias in the U.S. healthcare system to create stronger advocacy and alliance with people with SCD.  Please subscribe to the podcast @ www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com  as well as www.mssctf.org to keep listening as our guests share their perspective, pain points and journey.  We also want to thank our sponsors, the Rotary Clubs of Ballard, Magnolia, Seattle, Mercer Island and Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.  And last but definitely not least we thank the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force, a non-profit community based organization in the Seattle area determined to help support those living with sickle cell through education, support and advocacy. Social Entrepreneurship  is about creating social responsibility so that our collective actions benefit the whole of society by acknowledging how our individual stories and actions can create more equity and inclusion.  This podcast is designed to expand your mind and stimulate reflection on ways that you can become more conscious of your social impact/thumbprint and think about ways you can be more inclusive from wherever you are. 

Welcome to Season 2 of our Sickle Cell Podcast, the only podcast dedicated to understanding and appreciating the voices of patients, caregivers, healthcare workers and community-based organizations perceptions of racial bias in the healthcare system for people living with sickle cell.   This podcast is a collaborative work between the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force and the Social Entrepreneurship Now podcast where our guests speak up and out about creating equity, diversity and inclusion from where they are.  Season 2 of the Sickle Cell podcast journey is co-hosted by myself, Nikki Akparewa and Karim Assalaam.  In season two of the Sickle Cell Podcast Journey, we will continue to explore the lived experiences of our guests as they share moments that they will never forget that have resonated with them in their journey.    We will continue to highlight their stories to expose racial bias in the U.S. healthcare system to create stronger advocacy and alliance with people with SCD.  Please subscribe to the podcast @ www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com  as well as www.mssctf.org to keep listening as our guests share their perspective, pain points and journey.  We also want to thank our sponsors, the Rotary Clubs of Ballard, Magnolia, Seattle, Mercer Island and Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.  And last but definitely not least we thank the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force, a non-profit community based organization in the Seattle area determined to help support those living with sickle cell through education, support and advocacy. Social Entrepreneurship  is about creating social responsibility so that our collective actions benefit the whole of society by acknowledging how our individual stories and actions can create more equity and inclusion.  This podcast is designed to expand your mind and stimulate reflection on ways that you can become more conscious of your social impact/thumbprint and think about ways you can be more inclusive from wherever you are.  

Welcome to Season 2 of our Sickle Cell Podcast, the only podcast dedicated to understanding and appreciating the voices of patients, caregivers, healthcare workers and community-based organizations perceptions of racial bias in the healthcare system for people living with sickle cell.   This podcast is a collaborative work between the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force and the Social Entrepreneurship Now podcast where our guests speak up and out about creating equity, diversity and inclusion from where they are.  Season 2 of the Sickle Cell podcast journey is co-hosted by myself, Nikki Akparewa and Karim Assalaam.  In season two of the Sickle Cell Podcast Journey, we will continue to explore the lived experiences of our guests as they share moments that they will never forget that have resonated with them in their journey.    We will continue to highlight their stories to expose racial bias in the U.S. healthcare system to create stronger advocacy and alliance with people with SCD.  Please subscribe to the podcast @ www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com  as well as www.mssctf.org to keep listening as our guests share their perspective, pain points and journey.  We also want to thank our sponsors, the Rotary Clubs of Ballard, Magnolia, Seattle, Mercer Island and Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.  And last but definitely not least we thank the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force, a non-profit community based organization in the Seattle area determined to help support those living with sickle cell through education, support and advocacy. Social Entrepreneurship  is about creating social responsibility so that our collective actions benefit the whole of society by acknowledging how our individual stories and actions can create more equity and inclusion.  This podcast is designed to expand your mind and stimulate reflection on ways that you can become more conscious of your social impact/thumbprint and think about ways you can be more inclusive from wherever you are.  

Welcome to Season 2 of our Sickle Cell Podcast, the only podcast dedicated to understanding and appreciating the voices of patients, caregivers, healthcare workers and community-based organizations perceptions of racial bias in the healthcare system for people living with sickle cell.   This podcast is a collaborative work between the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force and the Social Entrepreneurship Now podcast where our guests speak up and out about creating equity, diversity and inclusion from where they are.  Season 2 of the Sickle Cell podcast journey is co-hosted by myself, Nikki Akparewa and Karim Assalaam.  In season two of the Sickle Cell Podcast Journey, we will continue to explore the lived experiences of our guests as they share moments that they will never forget that have resonated with them in their journey.    We will continue to highlight their stories to expose racial bias in the U.S. healthcare system to create stronger advocacy and alliance with people with SCD.  Please subscribe to the podcast @ www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com  as well as www.mssctf.org to keep listening as our guests share their perspective, pain points and journey.  We also want to thank our sponsors, the Rotary Clubs of Ballard, Magnolia, Seattle, Mercer Island and Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.  And last but definitely not least we thank the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force, a non-profit community based organization in the Seattle area determined to help support those living with sickle cell through education, support and advocacy. Social Entrepreneurship  is about creating social responsibility so that our collective actions benefit the whole of society by acknowledging how our individual stories and actions can create more equity and inclusion.  This podcast is designed to expand your mind and stimulate reflection on ways that you can become more conscious of your social impact/thumbprint and think about ways you can be more inclusive from wherever you are.  

  Welcome to Season 2 of our Sickle Cell Podcast, the only podcast dedicated to understanding and appreciating the voices of patients, caregivers, healthcare workers and community-based organizations perceptions of racial bias in the healthcare system for people living with sickle cell.   This podcast is a collaborative work between the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force and the Social Entrepreneurship Now podcast where our guests speak up and out about creating equity, diversity and inclusion from where they are.  Season 2 of the Sickle Cell podcast journey is co-hosted by myself, Nikki Akparewa and Karim Assalaam.  In season two of the Sickle Cell Podcast Journey, we will continue to explore the lived experiences of our guests as they share moments that they will never forget that have resonated with them in their journey.    We will continue to highlight their stories to expose racial bias in the U.S. healthcare system to create stronger advocacy and alliance with people with SCD.  Please subscribe to the podcast @ www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com  as well as www.mssctf.org to keep listening as our guests share their perspective, pain points and journey.  We also want to thank our sponsors, the Rotary Clubs of Ballard, Magnolia, Seattle, Mercer Island and Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.  And last but definitely not least we thank the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force, a non-profit community based organization in the Seattle area determined to help support those living with sickle cell through education, support and advocacy. Social Entrepreneurship  is about creating social responsibility so that our collective actions benefit the whole of society by acknowledging how our individual stories and actions can create more equity and inclusion.  This podcast is designed to expand your mind and stimulate reflection on ways that you can become more conscious of your social impact/thumbprint and think about ways you can be more inclusive from wherever you are.  

Welcome to Season 2 of our Sickle Cell Podcast, the only podcast dedicated to understanding and appreciating the voices of patients, caregivers, healthcare workers and community-based organizations perceptions of racial bias in the healthcare system for people living with sickle cell.   This podcast is a collaborative work between the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force and the Social Entrepreneurship Now podcast where our guests speak up and out about creating equity, diversity and inclusion from where they are.  Season 2 of the Sickle Cell podcast journey is co-hosted by myself, Nikki Akparewa and Karim Assalaam.  In season two of the Sickle Cell Podcast Journey, we will continue to explore the lived experiences of our guests as they share moments that they will never forget that have resonated with them in their journey.    We will continue to highlight their stories to expose racial bias in the U.S. healthcare system to create stronger advocacy and alliance with people with SCD.  Please subscribe to the podcast @ www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com  as well as www.mssctf.org to keep listening as our guests share their perspective, pain points and journey.  We also want to thank our sponsors, the Rotary Clubs of Ballard, Magnolia, Seattle, Mercer Island and Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.  And last but definitely not least we thank the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force, a non-profit community based organization in the Seattle area determined to help support those living with sickle cell through education, support and advocacy. Social Entrepreneurship  is about creating social responsibility so that our collective actions benefit the whole of society by acknowledging how our individual stories and actions can create more equity and inclusion.  This podcast is designed to expand your mind and stimulate reflection on ways that you can become more conscious of your social impact/thumbprint and think about ways you can be more inclusive from wherever you are.  

Meet Mehak Vohra, female Founder and Entrepreneur of Skillbank a dynamic entry level marketing organization whose mission is to empower people and unlock potential through education.  In our podcast together, Mehak speaks to her experience around:  Why she dropped out of college Why marketing is a great skill to learn for entry level people Why she started SkillBank Mehak shares how to get off the ground so that people give you that initial job that you may be looking for.  She also discusses how she worked through some initial failures until she worked into where she wanted to be.   To connect with or learn more about Mehak check out her social media: Website: https://www.joinskillbank.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehakvohra/

Meet Nike Anani, an entrepreneur and a business consultant.  With over a decade of family business expertise in Nigeria, Nike helps owners lead their family organizations to long-term impact and legacy.  Learn about social capital and the way it has contributed between disparity between the Black community and other groups as well as opening certain doors.  Nike draws on the similar impact of colonialism on African communities and the mirror impact on African-American communities in the ways that colonialism was and has been used as economic and political exploitation since its insemination.  Other show highlights include: -The need to be motivated to learn about generational wealth & business -How to close the racial wealth gap  -The role business owners play in closing the racial wealth gap -The role business owners play as part of social change -How to empower women and younger members to be more active in wealth & business decision making You can reach Nike Anani at her website: nikeanani.com and her email: na@nikeanani.com.  She is also on social media. You can subscribe to the podcast at www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com.    

Nancy’s spent her career saying what others are afraid to – and learning to say it in ways that others will listen.  She’s the founder and president of CSR Communications and creator of Intrapreneurs Influence Lab. Her passion is helping leaders of change within established organizations (intrapreneurs) influence and persuade others so that they can realize their vision for change faster, with less frustration and resistance. From challenging stereotypes of girls in her Catholic school more than 40 years ago, to her first job after college convincing nonprofits to engage youth volunteers, or her role as board chair of a global nonprofit transforming the way we do international development. She’s experienced the challenges of leading big change within established organizations.  And she’s willing to share all the mistakes she made – and all the solutions she discovered – so that you don’t have to learn them the hard way. Nancy’s worked in philanthropy for Steve and Jean Case’s family foundation, as a federal government program officer with the Corporation for National & Community Service, and as a global consultant for APCO Worldwide, where she designed and implemented sustainability, community engagement and philanthropic strategies for companies such as UPS and Johnson Controls, and nonprofit organizations including W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Annie E. Casey Foundation. Nancy mentors and advises executives from local governments, federal agencies, global nonprofits, foundations and Fortune 100 companies. In this podcast, Nancy speaks candidly about: becoming a credible leader of change the types of resistance to change and how to overcome them how businesses are getting it wrong when changing DEI in their spaces For more information about Nancy you can reach her at her website: www.csrcommunications.com.or her email: nancy@csrcommunications.com.  You can take the Intrapreneur Quiz at her website as well.  You can reach me at my website at: www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com.

This series on sickle cell was a vision that was shared between two businesswomen who wanted to do something greater to highlight sickle cell.  It began with Foxy Davison wondering how providers and patients might journey deeper into a thriving partnership if their was mutual understanding of the experiences that race and bias have on people of color.   In this episode we recount how the process unfolded, how our central figures John Masembe and Alix Dassler, continued to hold those with sickle cell in the light so that they could shine.  And, we discuss some high notes from the show, the learning that took place and so much more. For more information about sickle cell please visit: www.mssctf.org and for more information about diversity and inclusion coaching, reach out to Nikki at www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com  

For all of our listeners who have listened throughout the series you will have learned about perspectives on race, gender, culture bias, pain, transitions and so much more.  In the nooks and crannies of our stories is the heartbeat of change, and that is what you will witness in this season finale.  Our guests speak candidly about how uncomfortable and yet transformative it is to be your true and authentic self as a patient and as a provider.   Show highlights include: how important it is to be able to discuss stressors, such as mental health how white providers can learn to discuss race with patients of color how cultural brokers can help alleviate miscommunication and help patients open up Thank you to all of our dedicated listeners and to those just joining, please share your thoughts and comments with us at www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com as well as www.mssctf.org. 

Welcome back to our series on sickle cell disease and relationships between patients and providers.  In this episode a patient and provider discuss the delicate process of making that transition in care from pediatric to adult; the riskiest time healthwise for patients with sickle.  Hear our guests discuss what should patients do if they don't receive effective communication, to how to approach overbearing caregivers, to providers need to do to help their patients transition well.   Show highlights include: how early providers need to have these conversations with families how to respond when caregivers "can't let go" how to find your voice and speak up to providers when you don't understand what your next step should be Continue to listen to this riveting and heart felt series at www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com as well as www.mssctf.org. Please share thoughts and comments so that we can continue to strengthen these important conversations. 

Listen to the show with Laelah Ndifon as she shares her story and journey being a young woman living with sickle cell.  Laelah shared perspective on how she initially saw sickle cell disease as a weakness and how that changed when she realized how strong she was, how much she could endure.  Laelah found her way to through many challenges, including depression, to graduating from Washington State University.  She enjoys being creative and is very much into self-discovery.  Show Highlights: Take your journey day by day, don't measure yourself against what others are doing Find your own self-discovery journey Sickle cell does not have to define you

In this episode we discussed how racism in upper management is impacting the care of patients who are living with sickle cell.  This podcast was in response to Dr. Danielson resigning in protest from the Odessa Brown clinic.   Key points for this podcast where: The level of security being called for people of color is 1.5x more likely to have security called on you The Odessa Brown clinic was at the bottom of the priority list for funding Reaching the executives who control the money to ensure a more diverse representation at the executive level Acting on the data that exposes racist behaviors For more information about sickle cell and to connect with our show guests, please go to the Metropolitan Sickle Cell Task Force @  www.mssctf.org  For more information about Nikki, please email: nikki@diversityandinclusioncoach.com

In this episode, Alix and John continue with our conversation around sickle cell patient care and specifically regarding COVID and vaccination.  Questions asked are: What do folks want to know about COVID?  What is COVID-19? What are the benefits and risks of the vaccine?  What we discussed further: Seeking and finding trusted sources of information The toll of social isolation for people with SCD The development of the COVID-19 vaccine and hesitation to get the vaccine For more information about sickle cell and to connect with our show guests, please go to the Metropolitan Sickle Cell Task Force @  www.mssctf.org  For more information about Nikki, please email: nikki@diversityandinclusioncoach.com  

In this episode, our guests discuss the importance of understanding mindfulness and trauma.  The historical trauma of racism is explored as well as the importance of healing as a community.  Listen to the end to participate in the delicious mindful meditation.  Themes from the conversation where: The imprint left on the soul as you navigate the world as a person of color (the trauma scars) Mindfulness creating a space of acceptance and validity in a world difficult to navigate by chronic illness Recovery happens everyday if you allow it How to come home to yourself through mindfulness For more information about sickle cell and to connect with our show guests, please go to the Metropolitan Sickle Cell Task Force @  www.mssctf.org  For more information about Nikki, please email: nikki@diversityandinclusioncoach.com  

In this podcast episode we discussed complex health systems and how to identify members of the health care team.  We also discussed how vitally important it is for people with sickle cell disease to have a primary care provider and the reason and why.  We also discussed the importance of the patient and provider developing a care plan.  We briefly discussed transitioning from pediatric to adult practice and ways that patients can keep track of appointments; MyChart is a helpful tracking tool.  Finally, we also discussed clinical navigators role in assisting with care coordination. 

In this episode Alix Dassler and John Masembe discuss race and pain management as it relates to sickle cell disease.  Discussion centered on the lack of training for providers around pain management juxtaposed against the opioid epidemic.  Implicit bias was also touched on as it relates to race and pain management with themes of white providers believing black people have thicker skin and fewer pain receptors.  Stress as a trigger for pain was also discussed and how it can contribute to pain.  Question explored:  why do patients with sickle cell have to prove that they are in pain? What kinds of strategies do providers teach for patients with SCD to manage pain? Should patients have to be "trained" how to express their pain in a way that does not cause too much attention?  How can we as both providers and patients learn to address race and pain management for patients with SCD? For more information about sickle cell and to connect with our show guests, please go to the Metropolitan Sickle Cell Task Force @  www.mssctf.org  For more information about Nikki, please email: nikki@diversityandinclusioncoach.com

Thanks for listening in to the Social Entrepreneurship Now podcast where our guests speak up and out about creating equity, diversity and inclusion in the systems they are in.  This is a special series with the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force and our sponsors the Rotary Clubs of Ballard, Magnolia Mercer Island and Seattle.  In this special series we will bring together sickle cell patients and healthcare providers and use SC as a lens to explore racial bias in the U.S. healthcare system.  Please subscribe to the podcast @ www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com to keep listening as our guests share their perspective, pain points and journey.  Special Guests are: John Masembe and Alix Dassler Show Highlights: John explains how life rotates between home and school and how life can seem somewhat directionless when you have sickle cell.  John now looks at journey as not a weakness, but as a survivor.  John explores how surviving is about resilience through duress.  He also discusses how sickle cell is a disability.   Alix is a Nurse Practitioner who works with patients with sickle cell at the Odessa Brown Children's Clinic in Seattle, WA.  She identifies as white and female and wanted the audience to understand why it matters to say this up front.   Alix further explores privilege, racial equity and duality of being white and her patients being black and brown.  For more information about sickle cell and to connect with our show guests, please go to the Metropolitan Sickle Cell Task Force @  www.mssctf.org  For more information about Nikki, please email: nikki@diversityandinclusioncoach.com

Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman is the new Health Officer of Anne Arundel County and he joined me on this podcast to discuss how everyday health care professionals can get involved in the civic space.   Have we as healthcare professionals ceded our civic space to to politicians to talk about patient related health issues?  In this conversation with Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman we discuss how civic engagement has the highest fidelity towards how healthcare professionals can become social entrepreneurs. High Points for the show include: Respect in the civic space is earned due to sheer hard work Its the job of local officials to listen to you, it's your job to speak up Using your passion to ignite actions towards civic engagement We have to begin to identify ourselves as thought leaders in the sociopolitical spaces and own it!  Dr. Nilesh walks us through his journey and offers tips and tools on a way forward for you as well.  For more information about him and his work you can reach him at:  Email: nilesh.kalyanaraman@gmail.com Twitter: @nileshkal Thanks for listening!       

Dr. Jack Travis stated in his remarks at the National Wellness Conference in that "connection is the currency of wellness."  In this podcast with Jim Strohecker, CEO of Well People, we will discuss how the human connection and experience will lead us towards greater diversity, equity and inclusion processes.  These are some of the show highlights and key takeaways: Jim Co-created the Wellness Inventory program am, a 12 dimension tool that focuses on dimensions of wellbeing.  Four of the twelve dimensions highlighted were self-responsibility & love, breathing, sensing and eating. In his work with faith-based groups Jim used the Wellness Inventory to stimulate greater cohesion.  Participants began to find ways to support each other using mindful eating and prayer walking.  They began to combine modalities for health.   Given that faith communities have high trust and common spiritual purpose, having good physical,mental and emotional health is a natural next step. Jim shares how he created a program for the Tennessee Department of Health to train wellness ambassadors from various faith communities from minority and underserved populations and the overwhelming response that he got from this program.  Jim also addressed how to get wellness programs to groups especially when underfunded.  He has done a lot of work in academic settings using a strategy that we discussed in the podcast.   We discussed how connection to others with empathy is a part of universal wellness and can improve diversity and inclusion efforts.  In a political climate where walls are being put up and that separation is a good thing, what can we do to increase a sense of cohesion and inclusion?   Jim reminds us that we are all a part of the human condition and when we don't know what else to do we can just breathe. Wellness professionals need to be at the heart of these conversations because it's a whole person approach.  For our healthcare and helping professionals, Jim shared that occupational burnout is now a classification of disease according to the WHO and will help us to get more attention focused on wellness and self-compassion.  If you enjoyed this podcast, excellent!  You can reach me for more information at nikki@diversityandinclusioncoach.com and my website at www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com.   You can reach Jim Strohecker at jim@wellpeople.com or call @310.823.9553.  You can find the Wellness Inventory Training Program at www.wellpeople.com.   

Nyuma Harrison is a Zambian-born, globally raised and educated healthcare practitioner, thought leader, philanthropist, and rising entrepreneur. Her professional experiences include almost 20 years of experience as a direct care practitioner at some of the busiest and most prestigious emergency and trauma centers in the United States. In addition, Nyuma has accumulated over 10 years of experience educating and training nurses for entry into the workforce.  Nyuma is passionate about process improvement and capacity building for new nurses as well as nurses from under-represented groups.  Nyuma is the founder of the Association of Zambian America-based Nurses (AZAN), a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society (STTI), the African Women’s Leadership Organization (AWLO), and Rotary International. She is also a member of LinkedIn’s first official cohort of Nursing Leaders.  Nyuma holds an Executive Master’s in Leadership degree from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Howard University, and numerous certificates from both Johns Hopkins and Harvard University.  In our time together we discussed a lot of great tools and tips.  These are some of the takeaways: Recruit nurses to do leadership work and use them to their fuller capacity We need to eliminate the culture of self-exclusion that nurses often have when it comes to being at key decision tables We need to learn to lead from the center, take risks and refurbish what isn't working  If you would like to reach Nyuma you can find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyumaharrison/ or you can reach her via email at: nyuma.harrison@gmail.com You can reach me, your host, Nikki at transformnursing@gmail.com.  I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to share topics that you would like to hear about in upcoming episodes. 

Millennial nurses are changing the frontier of nursing and here is one way they are doing it: by chasing down other career aspirations.  When I started nursing (I sound old lol), being a nurse was it.  Once you made it to the floor you worked your way up the hierarchical ladder.  But this nurse, Ingred Prince, is proving to us that nursing may be just the tip of the iceberg for those who have other career goals.  If you are a nurse who has thought to yourself: is there something else I want to do?  Do I want to be an entrepreneur but don't know how to get started? Or how do I nurture my passions outside of my profession, then this podcast episode is for you. Ingred's bio: Ingred Prince is a registered nurse and emerging screenwriter based in Baltimore, Maryland. She fell hopelessly in love with storytelling as a member of the African American Arts Alliance (4A) where she contributed to the theatre company as an actress and director. Screenwriting became her catharsis when she started paying “big-girl-bills”. Gales, a web series about black millennial nurses in Baltimore City, is the result of said catharsis. A Baltimore Youth Film Arts Fellow, Ingred is a recipient of the 2019 Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund Award. She holds a B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in Nursing and Global Health. Prepare to have your mind blown as you hear about: The intersection between nursing and entrepreneurship How to overcome the emotional whiplash and engage in self-care as a nurse The challenges and opportunities of being a millenial nurse How being a nurse of color can be a "superpower" If you want to connect further with Ingred you can reach her at: galestheseries@gmail.com Subscribe to my blog, podcasts or trainings at my website: www.transformnursing.com or if you have more questions or want to just think out loud with me about what you want to design or share with the world then let's set up a time to chat.  And remember, I’m always offering you a free 15 minute coaching session to get really clear about your goals, or if you need help processing a difficult work problem.  You can schedule with me at transformnursing.com/consult.  

We know it's true.  We all think thoughts sometimes that we are ashamed of and are happy that no one else knows them.  But we also have those thoughts that we are unaware of that shape and color how we view the world and other people.  These thoughts can be biased based on geographical location, race, religion, gender orientation and so much more. In this very real show with Dr. Kenya Beard I take a moment to share some of my own story about bias in healthcare and how it has made me feel.  Listen until the very end to get the bonus story!! Let me take a moment to share about our guest. Dr. Kenya Beard, EdD, AGACNP-BC, NP-C, CNE, ANEF is a 2012 Macy Faculty Scholar and the Dean of Nursing and Health Sciences at Nassau Community College. Dr. Beard is a Faculty Scholar for the Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions and shares her expertise on creating environments that propel discourse on race and implicit bias. As a former Senior Fellow at the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement at George Washington University School of Nursing, she wrote blogs and co-produced healthcare disparity segments for the Center’s radio program, HealthCetera, on WBAI-FM for an audience of over 400,000 diverse listeners.  Her publications speak to the complexity of diversity and critical ways to advance health equity. She recently helped co-create the Josiah Macy Foundation’s 2018 ground-breaking document Improving the Environment for Learning in the Health Professions. In this episode you will learn: How to recognize your biases and align your actions better with your values and beliefs How to stop shaming and stigmatizing and rather empower and engage your clients/patients on the path of health and well-being What emotional intelligence does to help create diverse and inclusive environments How to model inclusion in teaching and learning spaces so that students can integrate inclusive practices To Reach Dr. Beard: For more information about Dr. Beard you can reach her at Kenya.Beard@ncc.edu To Reach Nikki: You can reach me at my website: www.transformnursing.com or my email transformnursing@gmail.com.  My information is listed in the show notes.   If you’re looking for more direction for health equity in your organization, if you want to have better rapport with patients and be positioned to empower them then please check out my free masterclass "Leadership Practices for Nurses Who Want to Make a Social Impact" at transformnursing.com/masterclass. Listen in on a podcast or download one of my free featured resources all available at my website: transformnursing.com I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show. Thanks for joining!! Nikki

Emotional Intelligence or EQ has been found to be more important than IQ.  People with a high EQ make great leaders and team players because of their ability to understand, empathize, and connect with the people around them.  In this podcast Dr. Kamila Barnes will explore emotional intelligence and how it can she uses it as a clinician in a school based health center in New York.  Find out how you can use it to create greater health equity in practical and easy to do steps.   Dr. Kamila Barnes, DNP, FNP -C is the Founder/Owner of Barnes Health Affiliates, LLC (BHA). She is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) who completed her Masters  and Doctorate degrees (DNP) at the University of Rochester, School of Nursing. She also graduated from Binghamton University with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing and minor in Spanish. She is also an active community volunteer in her nursing organizations as the 2nd VP of Greater New York City- Black Nurses Association, Inc. and VP of Theta Chi Chapter, Inc. of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. In this podcast you will learn: How to factor in emotional intelligence as a part of your work How partnering with the community you serve involves stepping outside of boundaries How you can be a change agent from wherever you're working To reach Dr. Barnes see her website at: https://bhapro.com/ and learn about the Continuing Education she provides.    For more information about our co-produced masterclass click the title "Nurses Representing Diversity and Inclusion" . It will be live on March 4th at 6pm ET.  A recording of the class will be created.     To Reach Nikki: You can reach me at my website: www.transformnursing.com or my email transformnursing@gmail.com.  My information is listed in the show notes.   If you’re looking for more direction for health equity in your organization, if you want to have better rapport with patients and be positioned to empower them then please check out my free masterclass "Leadership Practices for Nurses Who Want to Make a Social Impact" at transformnursing.com/masterclass. Listen in on a podcast or download one of my free featured resources all available at my website: transformnursing.com I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show. Thanks for joining!! Nikki

Speaking with Dr. Amanda Kemp is an amazing experience and you will find out why in this dynamic show.  I love working with social justice giants who understand that the the change agents need to be mindful and lead from the heart-and she definitely knows that.  In this podcast, Dr. Kemp walks us through her journey with racial justice, taking us through the winding turns with burnout and discouragement to self-compassion and learning to talk about racial justice and keep your cool.  She also takes us through a 5-minute guided meditation for Holding the Space for Transformation, a practical tool to use when having difficult conversations. Dr. Amanda Kemp is a racial justice and mindfulness mentor. A proud African American, Dr. Kemp grew up in foster care in the South Bronx, NY and always dreamed of following in Dr. Martin Luther King’s footsteps. Since her first anti-apartheid march in 1983 she has actively stood for racial justice and authentic community. Drawing from her lived experience in an interracial marriage, her study of race at Stanford and Northwestern Universities,as well as over a decade of teaching at the college level, Dr. Kemp created Racial Justice from the H.E.A.R.T. This system builds skill and capacity of compassionate change makers in schools and faith communities.. A Master teacher and performing artist, Dr. Kemp has helped over 25,000 people have open-hearted conversations, consciously use their power to practice compassion and cultivate racial justice and authentic community.   Her TedX Talk: How to Lean in to Difficult Conversations about Race has been used by conflict and resolution, sociology, and psychology classes at both the high school and college levels. In this podcast you will learn: The biggest mistake people make when trying to create racial diversity Why we the instruments for social change, need to do the work of healing The intersectionality of mindfulness and racial justice A practical tool to build our confidence and competence when advocating for racial diversity and justice Dr. Kemp's Contact Information: To contact her: www.dramandkemp.com https://zoom.us/recording/play/zXgUKNIPiyoz0YJ7DKBOvPf1VTTHTl-f13rJj_0CAzJjojrNWeB8-XSND_gbJ8qc Black Girl Magic Album:   https://amandakemp.bandcamp.com/album/black-girl-magic-poems-meditations-and-spells   Preview YouTube video How to Have a Voice and Lean Into Conversations About Race | Amanda Kemp | TEDxWilmington     How to Have a Voice and Lean Into Conversations About Race | Amanda Kemp | TEDxWilmington    To Reach Nikki: You can reach me at my website: www.transformnursing.com or my email transformnursing@gmail.com.  My information is listed in the show notes.   If you’re looking for more direction for health equity in your organization, if you want to have better rapport with patients and be positioned to empower them then please check out my free masterclass "Leadership Practices for Nurses Who Want to Make a Social Impact" at transformnursing.com/masterclass. Listen in on a podcast or download one of my free featured resources all available at my website: transformnursing.com I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show. Thanks for joining!! Nikki

Have you ever had a dream that felt so incredibly real that when you woke up that you pinched yourself to see if you were still dreaming?  Well, our guest today Elaine Harris knows all about how virtual reality can be a transformative experience.  She is going to share with us how impactful virtual reality can be to help us integrate inclusion and equity practices into our behaviors.    Elaine is the Founder of Golden Rule Technology, a firm that utilizes new technologies, design thinking, and innovation to bring fresh solutions to issues of bias and inclusion. Elaine has integrated experience in strategy development, insight generation, multicultural marketing,market research, and process analysis. Prior to Golden Rule, Elaine co-founded Breakthrough Marketing Technology, a business and marketing analytics consultancy. Here are a few show highlights: Virtual reality can track more nuanced behaviors and patterns predicting how people will react and respond in real life situations. Virtual reality can be used as a tool to create empathy Virtual reality is a great tool, and needs to be coupled with self-examination and reflective practices. We can use technical problem solving skills to approach diversity and inclusion, equity and social justice.  For more information about Elaine and her work please email her at: elaine@goldenruletechnoloty.com You can reach me at my website: www.transformnursing.com or my email transformnursing@gmail.com.  My information is listed in the show notes.   If you’re looking for more direction for health equity in your organization, if you want to have better rapport with patients and be positioned to empower them then please check out my free masterclass "Leadership Practices for Nurses Who Want to Make a Social Impact" at transformnursing.com/masterclass. Listen in on a podcast or download one of my free featured resources all available at my website: transformnursing.com I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show. Thanks for joining!! Nikki    

You’ve heard the expression ‘think locally, act globally’. In health, thinking globally encourages a worldwide vision of what is done, not done, and should be done to alleviate equitably the burden of disease and causes of ill health. Acting locally is a call on people to become the active participants, no longer the passive subjects, of what is being done for and by them. In this conversation with Nanyombi Lubimbi, a global health nurse pursuing her PhD at the University of Illinois at Chicago where her program of study is Global Health Nursing Leadership. In this episode, we are discussing the impact nurses can have on social justice from a global health perspective. Nanyombi is Ugandan born and came to the US when she was 13 years old.  She began her nursing practice at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and always had a passion for doing global health.  What gets her ‘fired up’ is knowing that you can make a big impact with small changes. She found an opportunity with the Human Resources for Health consortium that was a capacity building program in Rwanda for nurses to learn more leadership approaches.  In this podcast she elaborates on the programs she initiated, the responses, the challenges to and opportunities for advancing social justice through nurse-led global health initiatives. Listen to what Nanyombi believes is the future of healthcare and how we can create a nursing workforce that is diverse, inclusive and responsive to the needs of our global citizens.   Here are a some show highlights: Leadership training in global health should take into account resources present and maximize opportunities through partnerships in learning Be ready to address a variety of barriers and one of the biggest barriers may be getting people on the same page Social justice views all lives as having value so we as nurses must ‘think locally, and act globally’ to push for the fair allocation of resources Nurses can become more inclusive with a change of mindset through reducing stigma around differences and promotion participation in cross-cultural collaboration by practicing respect Nanyombi can be reached at  nlubimbi@uic.edu and her website is www.nanyombilubimbi.com You can reach me at my website: www.transformnursing.com or my email transformnursing@gmail.com.  My information is listed in the show notes.  If you’re looking for more direction for health equity in your organization, if you want to have better rapport with patients and be positioned to empower them then please check out my training series.  Listen in on a podcast or download one of my free featured resources all available at my website: https://transformnursing.com/trainings/ I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show. Thanks for joining.

Thanks for tuning into the Transform Nursing Podcast! I am Nikki Akparewa, the Creative Director of Transform Nursing and your host. My podcasts focuses on leaders in the community who do work around social justice, health equity and most importantly leadership. In addition to my podcast I do frequent facebook lives discussing important issues to nurses and I have a course, the Nurses Influential Leadership Lab, teaching you in a dynamic way how to engage in deep and honest conversations around the impact of race on health. It also provides you with the tools and support needed for you to enforce inclusive leadership models within your organization. Today, I have the pleasure of sharing the story of a Dorothy Charles, a medical student who is a social justice champion and a rising leader in the White Coats 4 Black Lives movement.  Dorothy Charles is a 4th year medical student at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and an alumna of Princeton University, with a degree in Molecular Biology and a minor in Neuroscience. Since starting medical school, she has been involved in health justice work, from single payer advocacy with Students for a National Health Program to organizing medical students for racial justice with White Coats for Black Lives. She is planning to pursue a career in family medicine, focusing on maternal child health and urban underserved medicine. In her free time, you can find her brunching with friends, attending poetry slams (watching, not performing!), and spending way too much time on Twitter @dn_charles. In this episode, Dorothy gives us several opportunities to ponder how we as clinicians can take more responsibility for creating conversations and provide the structure for inclusive leadership.  Here are a few takeaways for the show: Being afraid and being willing to try create opportunity for marginalized groups to be included in their care Using creative tension to spark conversations around facts is vital to the success of organizational growth Harnessing social motivation around political events is an opportunity to create engagement Making connections between your patients experiences, historical factors, and social determinants of health will provide you with the tools you need to make the best diagnosis You can find more information about Dorothy at www.dncharles.com or email her at heydorothy@dncharles.com If you have any questions from the show please email me at: transformnursing@gmail.com.   My website is: www.transformnursing.com And my course, the Nurses Influential Leadership Lab can be found at: https://transformnursing.com/trainings/ I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show.  If you like something I've said in the show (or don't like it) please let me know.  I am all about engaging in conversation with you.  

Thanks for tuning into the Transform Nursing Podcast! I am Nikki Akparewa, the Creative Director of Transform Nursing and your host. My podcasts focuses on leaders in the community who work towards social justice, health equity and most importantly leadership. In addition to my podcast I do frequent facebook lives discussing important issues to nurses and I have a course, the Nurses Influential Leadership Lab, teaching you in a dynamic way how to engage in deep and honest conversations around the impact of race on health and  gives you all the tools and support needed to bring to your organizational structure and foster inclusive leadership models. In Episode 8 of the Transform Nursing podcast, I have the pleasure of introducing you to an amazing nurse leader who is results driven, and who is an nurse entrepreneur and friend.  We get to learn how to be a nurse boss from Michelle Rhodes, CEO of Nursepreneur Nation.  Rarely do you get the real behind the scenes look at a profitable nursing organization as they walk us through preparation to success.  Michelle is sharing her nuggets of truth and honesty about what it takes to succeed as a nurse entrepreneur.   Michelle Bio: Michelle calls herself the “health, leadership and business coach”.  She is inspired by her passion for mentoring and coaching , she assists Health Professionals who struggle with time management, goal achievement, leadership and entrepreneurship.  She has gone to enjoy a 20+ year career in Nursing, Authored four (4) books, and now enjoys her passion of inspiring others through Leadership Development as well as serving healthcare providers with messages of empowerment. She has received several awards for her accomplishments.   What You will Learn from this Episode:  The entrepreneurial pathway is all about preparation of time, money and vision How to combine your skills with the needs of the market to create a profitable business model The benefit of diversity and inclusion to clients What Michelle would wish for nurses if she could wave a magic wand You can find more information about Michelle at michellerhodesonline.comor email her at michelle@michellerhodesonline.com If you have any questions from the show please email me at: transformnursing@gmail.com.   My website is: www.transformnursing.com And my course, the Nurses Influential Leadership Lab can be found at: https://transformnursing.com/trainings/ I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show.  If you like something I've said in the show (or don't like it) please let me know.  I am all about engaging in conversation with you.  

In episode 7 of the Transform Nursing podcast, we are listening to Jayne Peterson.  Jayne is a board certified  Integrative Nurse Coach with 35 years of nursing experience and is an accredited 5Rhythms teacher.  She specializes in promoting health and healing through embodied movement, imagery, and mindfulness in ways that are gentle and invite a sense of exploration and play. When Jayne found herself triggered and defensive by an African American nurse who had been writing about issues around white privilege she realized she had some "stuff" to unpack. ,She started taking an 8 week course about white privilege taught at her church and began to see the herself in the world very differently.   Takeaways from this episode: Mindfulness enhances self-awareness and you are in relation to the work of social justice and equity Serving our healthcare systems means serving the people who are providing care Make learning about social justice non-negotiable.  You can find more information about Jayne at jaynepeterson@prodigy.net or find her online at www.nursecoachjayne.com If you have any questions from the show please email me at: transformnursing@gmail.com.   My website is: www.transformnursing.com And my course, the Nurses Influential Leadership Lab can be found at: https://transformnursing.com/trainings/ I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show.  If you like something I've said in the show (or don't like it) please let me know.  I am all about engaging in conversation with you.  

In episode 5 of the Transform Nursing Podcast you will learn about Dr. Nicole Warren's work around social justice.  Dr. Nicole Warren is an Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and a Certified Nurse Midwife providing well woman gynecologic care at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Warren has over fifteen years of combined research, clinical practice and teaching experience in women’s gynecological and obstetric health. Much of this work has focused on improving care for women affected by female genital cutting (FGC). She is an award-winning teacher and is increasingly focused on increasing students’ awareness of and desire to address the relationship between socioeconomic disparities and health outcomes, especially as they related to maternal health.  She conducts research in low, middle and high incomes settings with frontline maternal health care workers aimed at improving the quality of care and promoting the Universal Rights of Childbearing Women.   Takeaways from this Episode: There are health inequities that are similar in low resource and high resource settings based on vulnerable groups being disregarded in reproductive health. Focusing on clinical and technical skills obscures clinicians from focusing on the quality and culturally sensitive care. The challenges of teaching about race in nursing schools in deep, honest and authentic ways Methods we can use to move the conversation forward around race and health inequities for nursing schools. You can find more information about Dr. Warren at: nwarren3@jhu.edu If you have any questions from the show please email me at: transformnursing@gmail.com.   My website is: www.transformnursing.com And my course, the Nurses Influential Leadership Lab can be found at: https://transformnursing.com/trainings/ I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show.  If you like something I've said in the show (or don't like it) please let me know.  I am all about engaging in conversation with you.  

In Episode 5 of the Transform Nursing Podcast, I interviewed an amazing change agent Reva Patwardhan, Founder of the Dialogue Lab.  Reva helps leaders and organizations influence and collaborate for social impact by building the clarity and confidence needed to be a strong advocate.  Reva enjoys building resilient relationships around cultures of trust and respect. She seeks and leverages the wisdom of diverse perspectives and listens for hard truths in ways that build -- rather than burn bridges.  Take a journey in this podcast and learn how Dialogue Lab is Making a Difference in Diversity Work. Takeaways from this Episode: We need to coach around what it means to lower our expectations and to listen carefully Need leaders to become chief learning officers instead of chief executive officers There is a difference between microaggression and microinjury For more information on Reva you can subscribe to her podcast Dialogue Lab and visit her website at: www.dialoguelab.org/.  For more information and to subscribe to Transform Nursing please visit my website: www.transformnursing.com and subscribe to my podcast at Transform Nursing

Thanks for tuning into the Transform Nursing Podcast! I am Nikki Akparewa, the Creative Director of Transform Nursing and your host.  In my podcasts real nurses, have real conversations that cause real results. In this episode I am interviewing Diamonté Brown, who is not a nurse, but is a strong social justice advocate. On episode 4 of the Transform Nursing Podcast, we discuss the difference between between activism and advocacy.  Diamonté, a Baltimore native, is an educator and policy reformist. She focuses on campaign finance reform, educational policy reform, and criminal justice reform. She was an integral part of the passage of the ex felon voting rights bill and the Maryland Second Chance Act 2015, which passed here in Maryland. Diamonté shares with us her personal story that led her to fighting for ex-felon voting rights and how she channels her voice through grassroots policy training.   Takeaways from this Episode: Learn how to use engaging teaching strategies to deliver fun, comprehensive, hands- on lobbying training to grassroots organizations that choose to carry out their fight through policy reform.  Gain background knowledge on local and state legislative processes (i.e. how an idea becomes a law).  Learn how nurses can creatively engage in civil disobedience.  If you have any questions from the show please email me at: transformnursing@gmail.com.   My website is: www.transformnursing.com And my course, the Nurses Influential Leadership Lab can be found at: https://transformnursing.com/trainings/ I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show.  If you like something I've said in the show (or don't like it) please let me know.  I am all about engaging in conversation with you.  

  Thanks for tuning into the Transform Nursing Podcast! I am Nikki Akparewa, the Creative Director of Transform Nursing and your host.  In my podcasts real nurses, have real conversations that cause real results.  I would like to introduce you to a trailblazer in the area of social media marketing, Amelia Roberts. Amelia, owner of Solutions by Amelia and Blogger at The Business of Nursing, reminds us that nurses need to see their voice as highly valuable and see themselves as entrepreneurs.  Today’s topic is "Nurse's Don’t Wait be Invited to the Table, Pull up a Chair!!"  Amelia is a uniquely-experienced content strategist, marketing solution provider and business wellness fanatic and nurse.   In this podcast you will learn: Myth’s that keep nurses in the dark on health systems change conversations Three actions you can take right now to overcome the fear of just diving in to marketing yourself How to stay relevant to the dynamic changes of our health care system Takeaways from this Episode: You don't have to be unique or unusual to get started.  You do need to have passion.  You don't need permission, don’t wait! You will die holding your breath if you are waiting for someone to say "You’re a nurse? Come tell us your opinion." You don’t have to be “smart” but you do have to do the work of researching what you are passionate about so you speak about it intelligently and influentially. Connecting and contacting Nikki:  If you have any questions from the show please email me at: transformnursing@gmail.com.   My website is: www.transformnursing.com And my course, the Nurses Influential Leadership Lab can be found at: https://transformnursing.com/trainings/ I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show.  If you like something I've said in the show (or don't like it) please let me know.  I am all about engaging in conversation with you.  

Thanks for listening to the Transform Nursing Podcast! I am Nikki Akparewa, the Creative Director of Transform Nursing and your host.  In my podcasts real nurses, have real conversations that cause real results.  I would like to introduce you to a very creative and uncompromising nurse, Kendall Sharkey, who learned all about advocating for the underprivileged.  Kendall is from outside of Philadelphia.  She went to the University of Delaware for Animal Sciences where she graduated in 2012. She moved down to South Carolina shortly after school for horses and for a pre-med program. Kendall realized she didn't want to be a doctor and so applied to nursing schools and got into Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.  She is one of 5 kids and is Irish Catholic. Kendall is a vegetarian and animal lover. She has a love for horse back riding, teaching and learning, health and fitness.  Strikingly, Kendall love's human behavior and hate's it when vulnerable populations are taken advantage of, abused, or neglected. On episode 2 of the Transform Nursing Podcast, we discuss How a nursing student learned about the importance of social justice How nursing school prepares (or doesn't) for dealing with systemic health inequities How nurses can use privilege to advocate for social justice What nurses need to know about health policy Check out Kendall's story about how she connected a struggling student to resources in the Baltimore City Public School System after learning he was getting little help from his school. http://foxbaltimore.com/news/maryland-moments/heavenly-ham-a-pig-named-haagen-dazs-connects-local-kids-to-tutoring Takeaways from this Episode: Use non-traditional approaches to focus on seeing the opportunity for achievement in all patients. Be informed about the cultural needs of your patients. Know what health policy is and how to get involved.  If you have any questions from the show please email me at: transformnursing@gmail.com.   My website is: www.transformnursing.com And my course, the Nurses Influential Leadership Lab can be found at: https://transformnursing.com/trainings/ I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show.  If you like something I've said in the show (or don't like it) please let me know.  I am all about engaging in conversation with you.  

Welcome to the Transform Nursing Podcast! I am Nikki Akparewa, the Creative Director of Transform Nursing and your host.  In my podcasts real nurses, have real conversations that cause real results.  I would like to introduce you to an amazing and dear friend of mine, Gail Haun, who is a master nurse coach.   On episode 1 of the Transform Nursing Podcast, we discuss the overwhelming importance of nurses learning how to coach patients through active listening and reflective questioning.  In a one on one conversation with master coach Gail Haun, who has fulfilled many leadership roles in nursing along with coaching, we learn about how coaching co-creates the relationship between nurse and patient so that the patient is empowered to own their health and wellness. You will learn that we are in the midst of a wellness revolution and that if nurses want to remain influential and improve patient outcomes they will have to embrace the role of coach in their nursing practice. Takeaways from this Episode: Coaching is a leadership skill and tool Asking patients questions that help them think deeper is at the heart of empowerment Use cue cards or quick coaching cards to integrate motivational interviewing into your conversation with patients Understand the difference between leadership and management practices If you have any questions from the show please email me at: transformnursing@gmail.com.   My website is: www.transformnursing.com And my course, the Nurses Influential Leadership Lab can be found at: https://transformnursing.com/trainings/ I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show.  If you like something I've said in the show (or don't like it) please let me know.  I am all about engaging in conversation with you.