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Feeling left behind or lack the motivation to get started on that advanced nursing degree?  Join Eric, Kellye', Marcela, Maritess, Sydney and special guest co-host AMSN President Kristi Reguin-Hartman as they share their personal journeys, reluctance, struggles, and strategies for approaching advanced nursing degrees. Also, get the inside scoop on the latest AMSN updates.    We'd love to hear from you!  Send your thoughts, reactions, and ideas to amsnpod@amsn.org    Also, be sure to SUBSCRIBE/FOLLOW, RATE, & REVIEW Med-Surg Moments wherever you listen to podcasts.      SPECIAL GUEST CO-HOST   AMSN President Kristi Reguin-Hartman, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC has more than 20 years of experience in acute care nursing, professional development, and advanced practice as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. Her expertise in technology implementation, product management and clinical education drives her focus on streamlining workflows through data-driven approaches. She started her nursing journey with an ADN from Nassau Community College in Long Island, New York and has completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice at the University of North Carolina – Wilmington where she authored the 2022 CTHAT Nursing Workload Tool for Medical-Surgical Nurses. Kristi currently works as a Clinical Transformation Manager for Philips Healthcare in the Hospital Patient Monitoring division and as Clinical Instructor with East Carolina University. She volunteers for the North Carolina Nurses Association and has served as Director for the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses since 2018.   MEET OUR CO-HOSTS Samantha Bayne, MSN, RN, CMSRN, NPD-BC is a nursing professional development practitioner in the inland northwest specializing in medical-surgical nursing. The first four years of her practice were spent bedside on a busy ortho/neuro unit where she found her passion for newly graduated RNs, interdisciplinary collaboration, and professional governance. Sam is an unwavering advocate for medical-surgical nursing as a specialty and enjoys helping nurses prepare for specialty certification.    Kellye' McRae, MSN-Ed, RN is a dedicated Med-Surg Staff Nurse and Unit Based Educator based in South Georgia, with 12 years of invaluable nursing experience. She is passionate about mentoring new nurses, sharing her clinical wisdom to empower the next generation of nurses. Kellye' excels in bedside teaching, blending hands-on training with compassionate patient care to ensure both nurses and patients thrive. Her commitment to education and excellence makes her a cornerstone of her healthcare team.   Marcela Salcedo, RN, BSN is a Floatpool nightshift nurse in the Chicagoland area, specializing in step-down and medical-surgical care. A member of AMSN and the Hektoen Nurses, she combines her passion for nursing with the healing power of the arts and humanities. As a mother of four, Marcela is reigniting her passion for nursing by embracing the chaos of caregiving, fostering personal growth, and building meaningful connections that inspire her work.   Eric Torres, ADN, RN, CMSRN is a California native that has always dreamed of seeing the World, and when that didn't work out, he set his sights on nursing.  Eric is beyond excited to be joining the AMSN podcast and having a chance to share his stories and experiences of being a bedside medical-surgical nurse.   Maritess M. Quinto, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN is a clinical educator currently leading a team of educators who is passionately helping healthcare colleagues, especially newly graduate nurses. She was born and raised in the Philippines and immigrated to the United States with her family in Florida. Her family of seven (three girls and two boys with her husband who is also a Registered Nurse) loves to travel, especially to Disney World. She loves to share her experiences about parenting, travelling, and, of course, nursing!   Sydney Wall, RN, BSN, CMSRN has been a med surg nurse for 5 years. After graduating from the University of Rhode Island in 2019, Sydney commissioned into the Navy and began her nursing career working on a cardiac/telemetry unit in Bethesda, Maryland.  Currently she is stationed overseas, providing care for service members and their families.  During her free time, she enjoys martial arts and traveling. 

“The response was, in my opinion, sort of overwhelmingly positive. I think all of us old-timers who were at ONS Congress® in 1986 remember those 1,600 nurses waiting in line to enter the ballroom to take that inaugural exam. It takes a while to check in 1,600 people. They kind of all filled up the lobby outside of the ballroom, and then they spilled over down into the escalator, and the escalators had to be turned off,” Cyndi Miller-Murphy, MSN, FAAN, CAE, first executive director of the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC), told Clara Beaver, DNP, RN, AOCNS®, ACNS-BC, ONS member and member of the ONS 50th anniversary committee, during a conversation about the evolution of oncology nursing certification. Beaver spoke with Tony Ellis, MSEd, CAE, ICE-CCP, executive director of ONCC, and Miller-Murphy about the history, current landscape, and future of certification in oncology nursing. Music Credit: “Fireflies and Stardust” by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0  Episode Notes  NCPD contact hours are not available for this episode.  ONS Podcast™ episodes: Episode 254: Oncology Nursing Certification Affects the Entire Cancer Care System Episode 186: Certification Can Fuel Your Leadership Skills and Professional Growth ONS Voice articles: Certification Was a Critical Step Along My Oncology Nursing Career Journey OCN® Certification Test-Taking Tips to Ease Your Anxiety ONS books: Advanced Oncology Nursing Certification Review and Resource Manual (third edition) Breast Care Certification Review (second edition) BMTCN® Certification Review Manual (second edition) Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing (seventh edition) Study Guide for the Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing (seventh edition) ONS courses: OCN® Certification Review Bundle ONS AOCNP® Certification Review Bundle™ Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Findings From the 2023 Radiation Oncology Nursing Role Delineation Study to Shape the Future of the Subspecialty Oncology Certification for Nurses: Joint Position Statement From the Oncology Nursing Society and the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation ONCC website Connie Henke Yarbro Oncology Nursing History Center To discuss the information in this episode with other oncology nurses, visit the ONS Communities. To find resources for creating an ONS Podcast Club in your chapter or nursing community, visit the ONS Podcast Library. To provide feedback or otherwise reach ONS about the podcast, email pubONSVoice@ons.org. Highlights From This Episode Miller-Murphy: “Oncology nursing is a highly specialized area with a broad, well-defined body of knowledge, and it's essential for employees and healthcare consumers to be able to identify nurses who have demonstrated that they possess the knowledge that's necessary to practice competently in the specialty. Nurses who become certified take that essential step to publicly demonstrate their knowledge. And I believe this makes them a known commodity, so to speak.” TS 1:49 Ellis: “Oncology nursing is an area of high-stakes patient care, and a core purpose of certification is to safeguard the public. This is certainly an area of health care that benefits from having that role of professional certification being played, from the knowledge requirements to the practice hours that a nurse must have, to the performance on the exam and continued competence required to maintain the certification. Our certifications hold nurses to a higher standard, which helps protect the public in the care that they provide.” TS 2:45 Miller-Murphy: “A group of, I think, 200 nurses got together at an American Cancer Society conference back in 1980 to discuss the desire for certification in ontology. Nurses wanted a way to verify their specialized knowledge and skills. They wanted to raise the level of professionalism, and ONS was the most appropriate organization to develop the certifications. And by 1983, a survey of members revealed strong interest in specialty certification in oncology.” TS 5:29 Ellis: “The pace of change in oncology care is really the challenge for certification programs proper right now. There's so many wonderful advances—oncology treatments and drugs that are coming to the market that are being used in non-oncology settings and other advancements in the practice, that keeping up with that change puts pressure on certification programs because they must validate knowledge and practice that has become standard. It has to have been in the practice long enough that whatever the content, whatever the practice is that you're testing on, that there is one single correct answer. So you can't necessarily test on the very latest of what has come to the market or to the practice. The other flipside of that is that pace of change, the new emerging things in the practice create opportunities for other kinds of credentials.” TS 24:31 Ellis: “What we have found is that there are thousands and thousands of oncology nurses that are practicing at a level and doing specialized work beyond the scope of the OCN® body of knowledge—so at the master's level, PhD, especially with the advent of the DNP, and there is work there. And this really came out of our work to update the advanced oncology nurse competencies. … So the new certification is the Advanced Certified Oncology Nurse, or the ACON. In certification, and it is suited for those nurses that are practicing at that higher level.” TS 32:52

What's the next step in your career as an IP? Join hosts Kelly Holmes and Lerenza Howard as they explore APIC's Career Development and Advancement Guide with experts Chris Zirges and Angel Mueller. This episode is packed with actionable strategies to help you evaluate your skills, build a standout professional portfolio, and navigate every career stage—from paraprofessional to executive. Whether you're looking to grow your influence or take the leap into a new role, this empowering discussion will give you the tools to shape your future as an IP. Tune in and take your career to the next level! Resources: Infection Preventionist Career Development and Advancement Guide  "A framework for defining and documenting infection preventionist competency" Hosted by: Kelly Holmes, MS, CIC, FAPIC and Lerenza Howard, MHA, CIC, LSSGB About our Guests: Angel Mueller, MPH, CIC, FAPIC Angel Mueller is a certified Infection Preventionist and APIC Fellow with over 16 years of progressive infection prevention and control and leadership experience. She is the System Director of Infection Prevention at UnityPoint Health where she provides leadership and strategic direction for multiple hospital, ambulatory and home care settings throughout Iowa, western Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Angel was a member of the APIC Professional Development Committee (PDC) for six years and served as chair of the committee for two of those years. Through her work on the PDC, Angel contributed to the updated APIC IP Competency Model, was a participating author of the article introducing the model and helped develop the Infection Preventionist Career Development and Advancement Guide. Angel is knowledgeable in the infection prevention competency domains, enjoys developing tools and systems to make infection prevention processes more efficient and effective, and is passionate about advancing the profession and supporting the development of IPs throughout the world. Christine (Chris) Zirges, DNP, ACNS-BC, CIC, FAPIC Chris is currently the System Director of Infection Prevention for SSM Health. Professional endeavors include past board member of the Certification Board of Infection Control (CBIC), current Chair of the APIC Professional Development Committee, board member on the Board of Directors for the Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC), and the HAI Advisory Council through the University of Missouri (Sinclair School of Nursing). She is certified in infection prevention (CIC), board-certified as an advanced practice nurse (ACNS-BC), and a Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (FAPIC). Her doctoral focus was on reducing the number of indwelling urinary catheter days. Her experience includes practicing infection prevention in many settings, which made integrating a corporate-wide program a natural next step. Chris's interests include standardization of work and sustainment of clinical interventions. The structure and processes of a high-functioning infection prevention and control program are a key driver of success. She is from Kirkwood Missouri and proud parent of two young men – so now an empty nester!

Elizabeth Hughes, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, Sharon Tymkiw, MSN, MBA, RN, and Karen M. Vuckovic, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC join the podcast to explore biosimilars in patient treatment. Be sure to check out their article in our December 2024 issue, “Biosimilars vs. originators: A comprehensive guide for nurses on efficacy, safety, and patient care.”

“The nurse's role in monitoring the lab values really depends on the clinics you're working at, but really when our patients are receiving treatment, especially in the infusion center, the nurses should be looking at those lab values prior to treatment being started,” Clara Beaver, DNP, RN, AOCNS®, ACNS-BC, clinical nurse specialist at Karmanos Cancer Center in Michigan told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BS, AOCNS®, manager of oncology nursing practice at ONS during a conversation about how to monitor and educate patients with cancer.  Music Credit: “Fireflies and Stardust” by Kevin MacLeod   Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0   Earn [#] contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at courses.ons.org by November 29, 2026. The planners and faculty for this episode have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. ONS is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.   Learning outcome: The learner will report an increase in knowledge related to monitoring labs and educating patients with cancer. Episode Notes   Complete this evaluation for free NCPD.   Oncology Nursing Podcast™ episodes:  Episode 319: Difficult Conversations About Pregnancy Testing in Cancer Care Episode 311: Standardized Pregnancy Testing Processes in Cancer Care Episode 183: How Oncology Nurses Find and Use Credible Patient Education Resources  Episode 179: Learn How to Educate Patients During Immunotherapy  Episode 87: What Are the Biggest Barriers to Patient Education?  Episode 43: Sharing Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Resources  ONS Voice articles:   Patient Education Reduces Barriers and Increases Adherence Rates  Nurses Must Understand Health Disparities to Provide Effective Patient Education  Oncology Nurses Can Improve Oral Medication Management With Patient Education Program  ONS Course: ONS Fundamentals of Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Administration™   Oncology Nursing Forum article: Antineoplastic Therapy Administration Safety Standards for Adult and Pediatric Oncology: ASCO-ONS Standards Clinical Calculations—ANC Huddle Card To discuss the information in this episode with other oncology nurses, visit the ONS Communities.    To find resources for creating an Oncology Nursing Podcast club in your chapter or nursing community, visit the ONS Podcast Library.   To provide feedback or otherwise reach ONS about the podcast, email pubONSVoice@ons.org.   “Your traditional chemotherapy agents are the ones that we see the most lab abnormalities with, and we can predict those a little bit more with the advent of more of the advanced targeted therapies and immunotherapies, we still see lab values that are altered because of the way that the treatment works, but they may differ a little bit than what we traditionally saw with our normal chemotherapy agents.” TS 2:51  “I talked about the lifespan of all the other cells, and Neutrophils are usually what stop treatment, and part of that is, is that the lifespan of a neutrophil is 48 hours. It is proliferated very frequently in the bone marrow. But that is usually what we see. The cells that we see that stop treatment, and as you mentioned earlier, classic chemotherapy really the types of treatment that historically, we've been given and we have given to patients, and we've seen those blood counts really significantly impacted.” TS 6:21  “Kidney function, or renal function tests, are really determined whether the kidneys are functioning the way they should be. We look at an estimated glomerular filtration rate, or GFR, which is really based on the patient's protein level, their age, gender, and race. And the test really looks at how efficiently the kidneys are clearing the waste from the body. So that's really one that we need to look at, especially as we're giving agents that are excreted through the kidneys.” TS 12:23  “I think it's important for nurses to start looking at lab results with their patient very early on, you know, even before treatment starts, so they understand what the normals look like. So when they do get those lab results, because now pretty much everybody has patient portals, right? So the labs are reported in there, and they're seeing the labs before they're talking to their providers.  if we can start early on and talk to them about what the normal lab values are, what they mean, and what we're looking at when we're drawing these labs. I think it's really important for the patient.” TS 27:00 

Guest Lola Coke, PhD, ACNS-BC, FAHA, FPCNA, FAAN, describes the impacts on smoking and peripheral aretry disease, as well as how to help patients with behavior change strategies for tobacco cessation. Resources:Stages of Change Theory: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK556005/ PCNA Behavior Change Mini-Certificate: https://pcna.net/online-course/behavior-change-mini-certificate/PCNA Heart Healthy Toolbox: https://pcna.net/clinical-resources/patient-handouts/heart-healthy-toolbox/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Can passion, communication, and confidence transform an introverted nurse into a leader? In this episode, we are honored to have Dr. Jennifer Manning, President of the National Association for Clinical Nurse Specialists, who recounts her inspiring transition from a background in biology and research to becoming a CNS. Dr. Manning talks about how Hurricane Katrina influenced her career choices and discusses the global outlook for the future of the CNS role, offering invaluable strategies for career advancement.What makes a Clinical Nurse Specialist truly effective? We explore the quintessential qualities that define a successful CNS, emphasizing the importance of continuous self-improvement, resilience, and passion. The growing integration of AI in healthcare and its implications for lifelong learning is also a key topic. Additionally, we shed light on the current job market and salary expectations for CNS positions, providing actionable advice on how to navigate the challenges and seize the opportunities for creating or finding CNS roles post-graduation.The power of Clinical Nurse Specialists to drive systemic change in healthcare is immense. In this episode, we uncover how CNSs can implement innovative projects that enhance patient outcomes and foster interdisciplinary collaboration. Dr. Manning and I discuss the critical role of networking, engaging with professional organizations, and pursuing specific passion projects to make substantial contributions to the field. We also tackle myths surrounding the CNS role, clarifying misconceptions and underscoring the importance of collaboration with Nurse Practitioners. Tune in for a thought-provoking conversation filled with practical advice and insights for both aspiring and current CNSs.Links and Resources:NACNS WebsiteNACNS Upcoming Webinars & EventsLearn more about the NACNS Annual Conference in MarchTune in for an enriching conversation that highlights the power of the CNS role in healthcare, from bedside care to leadership and beyond!Support the showConnect with Me in 3 Ways: Get a special bonus by becoming an Ambitious Nurse Insider and sign up for my weekly newsletter: Click the link here.Join the Career Growth for Experienced Nurses Facebook Group: >>>>> https://bit.ly/careergrowth4exprn Book Career Clarity 1:1 Coaching Call: Click Here

"I am helping Nurses at the bedside and providing them with tools and expertise to change their practice, and make a difference in the things they do every single day. And that's how we should be practicing.  It's all not patient care, some of it's the practice environment. And maybe there's best practices for how to create a better work environment." ~Jill Arzouman DNP, RN, ACNS, BC, CMSRN, NC-BC, RYT-200Ah-Ha MomentsEvidence-Based Practice uses a set to take research and translate into practice at the bedside, as it can take 15-17 years to get knowledge into actual practiceYou should never have to be faced with a case of the Sunday Scaries. You have choices!  And you can make those choices based on what serves you bestThere can be a know-do gap in Nursing.  This is the gap in how we translate what is known to work into the care that patients receive. You can bloom where you are planted, and practice as a Nurse Coach in the role you are doing today!Resources and LinksBloom Where You are Planted, Nurse Coach! BlogBridging the Know Do Gap in Hospital Care Transitions articleGetting Rid of Stupid Stuff (GROSS)Fuld National Institute of Evidence-Based PracticeIntegrative Nurse Coach Certificate Program Integrative Nurse Coaches in ACTION! podcastMaintaining Your Momentum: Moving Evidence Into PracticeStrategies for De-Implementation of Low-Value Care*****Integrative Nurse Coach Academy I Integr Our mission is to provide nurses with a global community for learning, networking, and reconnecting Integrative Nurse Coach Academy I Integr Our mission is to provide nurses with a global community for learning, networking, and reconnecting Thank you for listening. We LOVE Nurses! Please leave us a 5 star rating and a positive comment about an episode you love! Follow Integrative Nurse Coach Academy on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Learn more about our programs at the Integrative Nurse Coach Academy Schedule a free call with one of our awesome admissions specialists here>> and get your questions answered!

Ever wondered what exactly is a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) and how is it different from other advanced practice RN roles?  Join the co-hosts as they welcome special guest NACNS President Dr. Jennifer Manning who shares her unexpected journey and covers everything you need to know about the role of CNS.    Learn more about the National Association of Clinicial Nurse Specialists (NACNS) and the role of Clinical Nurse Specialist at https://nacns.org/   SPECIAL GUEST   Jennifer Manning, DNS, ACNS-BC, CNE, FCNS is a Board-Certified Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist. She completed her Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral Degrees at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing (LSUHSC SON). Dr. Manning began her nursing career as a critical care registered nurse and currently serves as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Nursing Programs at LSUHSC SON. Her teaching responsibilities include educating in both the DNP and Ph.D. programs at LSUHSC SON. Dr. Manning serves as the nurse researcher at East Jefferson General Hospital. She is the current President of the National Association for Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) and a board member of the Louisiana State Board of Nursing (LSBN).   MEET OUR CO-HOSTS Samantha Bayne, MSN, RN, CMSRN, NPD-BC is a nursing professional development practitioner in the inland northwest specializing in medical-surgical nursing. The first four years of her practice were spent bedside on a busy ortho/neuro unit where she found her passion for newly graduated RNs, interdisciplinary collaboration, and professional governance. Sam is an unwavering advocate for medical-surgical nursing as a specialty and enjoys helping nurses prepare for specialty certification.    Laura Johnson, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN has been a nurse since 2008 with a background in Med/Surg and Oncology.  She is a native Texan currently working in the Dallas area.  She has held many positions throughout her career from bedside nurse to management/leadership to education.  Laura obtained her MSN in nursing education in 2018 and is currently pursuing her DNP.  She has worked both as a bedside educator and a nursing professional development practitioner for both new and experienced staff.  She enjoys working with the nurse residency program as a specialist in palliative care/end of life nursing and mentorship.  She is currently an NPD practitioner for oncology and bone marrow transplant units.       Neil H. Johnson, RN, BSN, CMSRN, epitomizes a profound familial commitment to the nursing profession, marking the third generation in his family to tread this esteemed path. Following the footsteps of his father, grandfather, grandmother, aunt, and cousin, all distinguished nurses, Neil transitioned to nursing as a second career after a brief tenure as an elementary school teacher. Currently on the verge of completing his MSN in nurse education, he aspires to seamlessly integrate his dual passions. Apart from his unwavering dedication to nursing, Neil actively seeks serenity in nature alongside his canine companions. In his professional capacity, he fulfills the role of a med-surg nurse at the Moses Cone Health System in North Carolina.   Eric Torres, ADN, RN, CMSRN is a California native that has always dreamed of seeing the World, and when that didn't work out, he set his sights on nursing.  Eric is beyond excited to be joining the AMSN podcast and having a chance to share his stories and experiences of being a bedside medical-surgical nurse.   Maritess M. Quinto, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN is a clinical educator currently leading a team of educators who is passionately helping healthcare colleagues, especially newly graduate nurses. She was born and raised in the Philippines and immigrated to the United States with her family in Florida. Her family of seven (three girls and two boys with her husband who is also a Registered Nurse) loves to travel, especially to Disney World. She loves to share her experiences about parenting, travelling, and, of course, nursing!   Sydney Wall, RN, BSN, CMSRN has been a med surg nurse for 5 years. After graduating from the University of Rhode Island in 2019, Sydney commissioned into the Navy and began her nursing career working on a cardiac/telemetry unit in Bethesda, Maryland.  Currently she is stationed overseas, providing care for service members and their families.  During her free time, she enjoys martial arts and traveling. 

"If you don't feel like enough, if you feel like you need something more, start talking to someone about why you feel that way. And really cultivate a sense of awareness. And you're not going to find the answer outside yourself. You're going to have to go inward and find out, what is leading me to the decisions that I am making right now that seem to bring me to a place that is uncomfortable or that is not aligned with who my true self is?" ~Joanne Turnier DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, HN-BC, HWNC-BCAh-Ha Moments·       You can do anything you want to do, at any point in your life!·       You're never really finished and there's still time to learn and do what you want to do, no matter what age, or stage you're in·       The important things you do are always for the greatest and highest good·       You are enoughLinks and ResourcesBarbara Dossey's Theory of Integral NursingMother Cabrini56: How To Take Nurse Coaching Anywhere!- Deborah McElligott, DNP, ANP-BC, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC, CDE72: Inspiring Nurse Voices At The 2024 INCA Symposium!73: More Inspiring Nurse Voices From The 2024 INCA SymposiumIntegrative Nurse Coach Academy I Integr Our mission is to provide nurses with a global community for learning, networking, and reconnecting Integrative Nurse Coach Academy I Integr Our mission is to provide nurses with a global community for learning, networking, and reconnecting Thank you for listening. We LOVE Nurses! Please leave us a 5 star rating and a positive comment about an episode you love! Follow Integrative Nurse Coach Academy on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn Learn more about our programs at the Integrative Nurse Coach Academy Schedule a free call with one of our awesome admissions specialists here>> and get your questions answered!

On episode 476 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, Keith interviews Alice Benjamin, MSN, ACNS-BC, FNP-C, CCRN, CEN, CV-BC, also known as Nurse Alice. Their wide-ranging conversation about Alice's fascinating life and career is not to be missed. “Nurse Alice” Benjamin, affectionately known as America's favorite nurse, is a board-certified family nurse practitioner; clinical nurse specialist; TV medical correspondent; nurse entrepreneur; host of The Ask Nurse Alice podcast; founder of AskNurseAlice.com, a trusted health, wellness, and medical outlet; and founder of MediaRX, a multimedia training and production company thriving at the intersection of healthcare and media. Nurse Alice has extensive experience specializing in cardiovascular health, critical care, and emergency medicine and has worked at some of the most underserved community hospitals taking care of some of the sickest patients on the planet. Nurse Alice is a medical correspondent for NBC4 Los Angeles and was the nation's most-watched nurse on TV who kept millions of viewers up to date with her meticulous and insightful daily reporting during the COVID crisis. Spanning her career, Nurse Alice has appeared on numerous national shows, networks, and radio shows including GMA3, Dr. Oz, The Doctors, CNN, HLN, FOX News, News Nation, TVOne, BBC, KTLA Morning News, The D.L Hughley Show, and the Ricky Smiley Morning Radio Show. She also hosts the Ask Nurse Alice Podcast, a recent top 10 Apple Podcast in the medical category; this award-winning podcast combines no-nonsense advice with thought-provoking interviews featuring top health experts, celebrity guests, and frontline care workers. Nurse Alice is on a mission to help people live life well. When she talks, people listen. Her no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is approach wrapped with a touch of TLC is why she's been coined "America's favorite nurse". Connect with Nurse Alice: AskNurseAlice.com The Ask Nurse Alice Podcast LinkedIn Instagram YouTube X Facebook ----------- Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, professional podcaster, published author, award-winning blogger, inspiring keynote speaker, and successful nurse entrepreneur. Connect with Nurse Keith at NurseKeith.com, and on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Nurse Keith lives in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico with his lovely wife, Shada McKenzie, a highly gifted traditional astrologer and reader of the tarot. You can find Shada at The Circle and the Dot. The Nurse Keith Show is a proud member of The Health Podcast Network, one of the largest and fastest-growing collections of authoritative, high-quality podcasts taking on the tough topics in health and care with empathy, expertise, and a commitment to excellence. The podcast is adroitly produced by Rob Johnston of 520R Podcasting.

During the 2024 Oncology Nursing Society Congress, CancerNetwork® spoke with multiple registered nurses about research they presented on safely administering treatment options such as CAR T-cell therapy and bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) therapy in patients with multiple myeloma and other malignancies. Ishmael Applewhite, BSN, RN-BC, OCN, a registered nurse at the University of Rochester Medical Center, highlighted the management of adverse effects including peripheral neuropathy in patients with multiple myeloma undergoing treatment with ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel; Carvykti). He discussed these treatment strategies in the context of a presentation he gave on findings from the phase 3 CARDITUDE-4 trial (NCT04181827), in which investigators assessed treatment with cilta-cel in those who were refractory to lenalidomide (Revlimid).1 According to Applewhite, cilta-cel may offer “another path” aside from standard treatment options such as chemotherapy and give “more time” to patients with multiple myeloma. Additionally, Leslie Bennett, MSN, RN, a nurse coordinator at Stanford Healthcare, highlighted the importance of identifying and mitigating cranial nerve palsy (CNP) in patients with multiple myeloma who are treated with cilta-cel. At the conference, Bennett presented data on CNP outcomes across various studies, which included the phase 1/2 CARTITUDE-1 trial (NCT03548207), phase 2 CARTITUDE-2 trial (NCT04133636), and phase 3 CARTITUDE-4 trial (NCT04181827).2 According to findings from this presentation, patients had CNP onset at a median of approximately 3 weeks after beginning treatment with cilta-cel. Most cases of CNP tended to occur in male patients. Kathy Mooney, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, BMTCN®, OCN®,clinical program director at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Health System, spoke about a study designed to evaluate the feasibility and safety of using BiTE therapy to treat those with cancer in an outpatient setting.3 Mooney emphasized multidisciplinary collaboration among nurses, pharmacy providers, and social workers as part of monitoring patients for toxicity as they undergo treatment with BiTE agents. References 1.        Applewhite I, Elfrink G, Esselmann J, Lonardi C, Florendo E, Sidiqi MH. Efficacy and adverse events after ciltacabtagene autoleucel treatment in the CARTITUDE-4 as-treated population consisting of patients with lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma who received 1-3 prior lines of therapy. Presented at: 2024 Oncology Nursing Society Congress; April 24-28, 2024; Washington, DC. 2.        Bennett L, Kruyswijk S, Sidana S, et al. Incidence and management of cranial nerve impairments in patients with multiple myeloma treated with ciltacabtagene autoleucel in CARTITUDE studies. Presented at: 2024 Oncology Nursing Society Congress; April 24-28, 2024; Washington, DC. 3.        Mooney K, Allen N, Anderson K, Zukas A. Taking a BiTE out of hospital admission days using a team approach to managing patients at risk for treatment related toxicities. Presented at: 2024 Oncology Nursing Society Congress; April 24-28, 2024; Washington, DC.   

Click here to view Vickee's WOCN® Member Spotlight blog.About the Speaker:Victoria (Vickee) Ramik, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, CWOCN, has been a nurse for four decades, predominately as a bedside nurse and clinical nurse specialist in critical care. In 2010, she became tri-specialty certified in wound, ostomy, and continence care. Vickee retired from nursing in 2023 and does not have formal plan yet, but she will miss taking care of her patients.

Maybe you've heard the term "clinical nurse specialist" or "CNS" before but are not exactly sure how that differs from a nurse practitioner or nurse educator. In this episode, Kati interviews Dr. Mitzi Saunders, PhD, APRN, ACNS-BC, the President of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists, and they discuss: The definition of a CNS and how the CNS supports the bedside nurse CNS vs. NP A typical day in the life of a CNS The educational pathway to CNS Tips and encouragement from Mitzi For the complete guide on how to become a CNS, click here: https://www.freshrn.com/how-to-become-a-cns Sign-up for the FreshRN newsletter: https://www.freshrn.com/email-sign-up/  Watch the video interview on Kati's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/katikleber 

Episode Resources:Click here to learn more about the WOCN Fellow ProgramClick here to apply for the 2024 WOCN Fellow Class until March 4, 2024, at 11:59 PM ETClick here to access the WOCN members-only online CommunitiesClick here to read Dr. Buscemi's WOCN member spotlight blogClick here to read Dr. Pieper's WOCN member spotlight blog About the Speaker:Dr. Pieper, PhD, RN, CWOCN, ACNS-BC, FAAN, WOCNF, completed her WOC education at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in 1989. She held a joint academic-clinical position, Wayne State University, College of Nursing, Detroit, MI, and the Detroit Medical Center. In 1991, her clinical career and her research became focused on wound care especially in persons who injected street drugs. She received NIH funding, gave many presentations, and published many papers in refereed journals. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Trinidad and Tobago, 2020. She is a Professor Emerita.Dr. Buscemi, PhD, APRN, CWCN, WOCNF, is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the ANCC and board certified as a Wound Care Nurse with the WOCNCB. He has over 34 years of experience as a Nurse and more than 20 years as an APRN. He is a current member of the WOCN and has published in their journal. He is also an editorial reviewer for the JWOCN. He is a member of the AANP and sits on the editorial board for the JAANP. He also in on the editorial board for Wound Management. He has presented at regional, national, and international wound care conferences. He participates in interdisciplinary research with the Biomedical Engineering Dept. at FIU. He is a Fellow of the WOCN where he was inducted into their inaugural class.

In this episode of The AJN Podcast, Kathleen Russell-Babin, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, ACNS-BC, vice president of professional practice at Inova Health System in Falls Church, VA, discusses implementation science (IS). Russell-Babin is the lead author of the first article in a new series for AJN, Applying Implementation Science. The article describes how a multisite health care organization developed a systemwide nurse-led IS Specialist program within a shared governance model. Russell-Babin shared, “The series will take each of our first five projects across our health care system and show concretely how we used our 10-step process or toolkit. It will help readers to visualize the realities of the methods.” In a discussion after the episode was recorded, she added, “This process is not a quick fix. It is systematic and takes time. Depending on the topic, sometimes the barriers are more than you expect. But as Weiner and colleagues wrote, partial implementation gets partial results and so staying with the process and using mapped strategies is worth the effort.”The article is open access and can be found here: https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/fulltext/2023/12000/a_nurse_led_implementation_science_specialist.22.aspx. Follow us through the series and learn how your organization can use implementation science to promote evidence-based practice and improve patient care.

In this episode of The AJN Podcast, Kathleen Russell-Babin, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, ACNS-BC, vice president of professional practice at Inova Health System in Falls Church, VA, discusses implementation science (IS). Russell-Babin is the lead author of the first article in a new series for AJN, Applying Implementation Science. The article describes how a multisite health care organization developed a systemwide nurse-led IS Specialist program within a shared governance model. Russell-Babin shared, “The series will take each of our first five projects across our health care system and show concretely how we used our 10-step process or toolkit. It will help readers to visualize the realities of the methods.” In a discussion after the episode was recorded, she added, “This process is not a quick fix. It is systematic and takes time. Depending on the topic, sometimes the barriers are more than you expect. But as Weiner and colleagues wrote, partial implementation gets partial results and so staying with the process and using mapped strategies is worth the effort.”The article is open access and can be found here: https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/fulltext/2023/12000/a_nurse_led_implementation_science_specialist.22.aspx. Follow us through the series and learn how your organization can use implementation science to promote evidence-based practice and improve patient care.

An estimated 8.5 million adults over the age of 40 have PAD, yet up to half have no symptoms. Guest Lola Coke, PhD, ACNS-BC, FAHA, FPCNA, FAAN, describes how the disease disproportionately impacts individuals who are Black, Latinx, and Native American, and how clinician awareness can make a positive difference in effective diagnosis and management.PAD Patient education tools (PCNA): https://pcna.net/clinical-resources/patient-handouts/peripheral-artery-disease-tools-and-handouts/PAD Screening Toolkit, Activity Program: https://pcna.net/clinical-resources/provider-tools/peripheral-artery-disease-provider-tools/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Listen in to this live podcast from the 2023 Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Congress with Natalie McAndrew, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN-K!

Recognizing the signs of stroke, and helping patients reduce their risk, can significantly improve patient outcomes. Guest Chloe Villavaso, MN, APRN, ACNS-BC, FPCNA, AACC, discusses types of stroke, and how to help our patients reduce their risks.PCNA Stroke Prevention Guide: https://pcna.net/clinical-resources/provider-tools/stroke-prevention-guide/PCNA Legislative Series: Race and Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in America: https://pcna.net/legislative-series-race-and-cardiovascular-disease-and-stroke-in-america/PCNA Webinar: Stroke Prevention in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: https://pcna.net/event/webinar-stroke-prevention-in-patients-with-atrial-fibrillation-putting-guidelines-into-practice/American Stroke Association: https://www.stroke.org/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Norton Healthcare's Plugged in to Nursing is the podcast that celebrates and informs the profession of nursing.     This Episode: Lightening the Load of Nursing Documentation   Summary: Nursing documentation is integral to positive patient outcomes and interdisciplinary teamwork, but documentation does take time. In this month's episode of Plugged In to Nursing, listen to Kristen McCoy Dietrich, nurse at Norton Healthcare, and Danette Culver, director of Clinical Effectiveness, discuss what Norton Healthcare is doing to help nurses improve efficiency of patient care by Lightening the Load of Nursing Documentation.   Speakers Kirsten McCoy Dietrich, RN Norton Audubon Hospital   Danette Culver MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CCRN-K, RN-BC Director, Clinical Effectiveness   Show Notes: American Nursing Informatics Association- The Six Domains of Burden: A Conceptual Framework to Address the Burden of Documentation in the Electronic Health Record ehrBurdenPosition.pdf (ania.org)     About Norton Healthcare's Center for Nursing Practice Norton Healthcare's Center for Nursing Practice is responsible for readying student nurses for practice and transitioning new graduate nurses into practice.  Our team is committed to serving the profession of nursing, meeting people where they are and taking them to where they want to be.   Contact Information:  PluggedInToNursing@nortonhealthcare.org  

“Work culture is really how people work together. But in my opinion, there are three major components: it's the employer, it's the leadership, and it's the staff—all staff, we're not only talking nurses. We know that it takes a village to really make clinical care happen. All three of those components are critical in creating a healthy work environment. The staff component, including the clinical nurses, is key to that,” Linda Laskowski-Jones, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC, CEN, NEA-BC, FAWM, FAAN, editor-in-chief of Nursing 2022: The Peer-Reviewed Journal of Clinical Excellence, told Jaime Weimer, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, AOCNS®, oncology clinical specialist at ONS. Laskowski-Jones led a panel discussion on the topic at the ONS Bridge™ virtual conference in September 2022. You can earn free NCPD contact hours after listening to this episode by completing the evaluation linked below. Music Credit: “Fireflies and Stardust” by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 Earn 0.75 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at myoutcomes.ons.org by October 28, 2024. The planners and faculty for this episode have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. ONS is accredited as a provider of NCPD by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Episode Notes Complete this evaluation for free NCPD. ONS Voice articles: Leaders Shape You, and as a Leader, You Influence Others, Too Strong Social Relationships Strengthen and Sustain You Lessons From Our Olympians Apply to Nurses, Too We Are Four Million Nurses, Hear Us Roar Listening to Nurses Is a Start, but Hearing Them Leads to Solutions Cornell University certificate program on conflict resolution Books on conflict management and conversations: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict Can We Talk? Seven Principles for Managing Difficult Conversations at Work Additional books about conflict resolution Journal of Nursing Administration article: Nurses' Intent to Leave Their Position and the Profession During the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Pediatric Nursing article: Recognition: Is It Just a Bunch of Fluff, or Is It the Right Stuff? SAGE Open article: Job Satisfaction in Relation to Communication in Health Care Among Nurses: A Narrative Review and Practical Recommendations To discuss the information in this episode with other oncology nurses, visit the ONS Communities. To provide feedback or otherwise reach ONS about the podcast, email pubONSVoice@ons.org. Highlights From Today's Episode “Work culture is really how people work together. But in my opinion, there are three major components: it's the employer, it's the leadership, and it's the staff—all staff, we're not only talking nurses. We know that it takes a village to really make clinical care happen. All three of those components are critical in creating a healthy work environment. The staff component, including the clinical nurses, is key to that. When you look at how the nurses work together and the environment that they are working in, their teamwork, camaraderie, and connections to each other can actually help those staff make it through when perhaps there may be some challenges with employers or leaders as they work through whatever changes they need to make.” Timestamp (TS) 04:12 “It's important to recognize that when you motivate and influence people, whether it's positively or negatively, you're behaving as a leader. There may be people who have some personal need to feel like they can be the judge of others and that they have a very tight group, and unless you're looked at favorably by that group, then you don't have value. So, in this particular type of case, you can have a nursing leader show all the value in the world to that staff, but if you have these cliques where people come in and they feel like, ‘Oh my gosh, I'm working with so-and-so on this particular shift.' Or ‘I've been assigned to this shift permanently. How will I survive?,' that is a big driver of turnover.” TS 10:40 “Watching someone working with a family or a patient, and when the person comes out when they least expect it, saying something like, ‘That was really an amazing interaction, and a very tough situation, and you handled that beautifully.' That can go a long way, and it's all part of value and recognition. . . . Let's show value where value needs to be shown.” TS 21:24 “That value is a 360-degree type of value where really everyone that you're working with in the physician-nurse relationship is critical. Recognizing the role that nurses play and looking at the nurses as colleagues is absolutely critical.” TS 22:56 “Right now, in many places still across the country, nurses feel that they don't have the tools they need to do their job. That of course leads to this negative culture where nurses are very upset, they're coming in extremely unhappy, and they're communicating that unhappiness to everybody, and they have very real concerns. And management has taken different approaches to that, in health or not health as the case may be, and now we have to focus on: How do we fix it? And I think those are the factors that led to where we are. We have a lot of work to do, but at the same time, organizations have to also make fundamental changes.” TS 26:45 “Ultimately, I don't think people on the front line realize how much power they actually have. And the power is in creating effective working relationships, and that includes the nurse-patient interaction, but it also includes working with people.” TS 39:15

In this episode of Words on Wounds, Dr. Kevin Woo and Catherine Milne MSN, APRN, ANP/ACNS-BC, CWOCN-AP discuss the benefits of mentorship and offer advice for those seeking a mentor relationship. When it comes to treating persistent, hard-to-heal, or complex wounds, you need a solution you can trust. Dakin's Wound Cleanser is an FDA-approved device for wound cleansing and management. It's powerful, cost effective, and easy to order. Studies have shown this formulation to be effective in killing 99.99999% of MRSA, VRE, and biofilm-forming bacteria within 30 seconds! (Barsoumian et al) Visit www.GetDakins.com/ASWC to request a sample today! Transcript

Between Season 4 and 5, we're going to be throwing back to some of our exciting episodes of Season 1! What is a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)? What value can they add to surgical services? On today's episode of First Case, we explore everything that a CNS does in the OR with Brenda G. Larkin, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, CNS-CP, CSSM, CNOR. We'll learn more about this advanced nursing practice degree, what the CNS role looks like in the OR, and discuss the many different ways the CNS serves as an invaluable resource for the operating room. Ready to learn more? Let's get going! Love our show? Download the First Case mobile app on:

Hygiene, including daily bathing and oral care, is critical in the hospitalized patient. In this episode, MEDSURG Nursing Journal Editorial Board Member Dr. Kristi Campoe talks with Dr. Staci Reynolds, an Associate Professor at Duke University School of Nursing, and an Infection Prevention Clinical Nurse Specialist at Duke University Hospital, about her 2020 study focusing on patients' perspectives of missed hygiene care. In this discussion, Dr. Reynolds provides a deeper dive into her study findings, which will be published in the July/August 2022 issue of MEDSURG Nursing.Staci Reynolds, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, is an Associate Professor at Duke University School of Nursing, and an Infection Prevention Clinical Nurse Specialist at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina. This episode provides expanded information from Dr. Reynolds' article, “Patients' Perspectives of Missed Hygiene Care: A Focus Group Study,” published in the July/August 2022 issue of MEDSURG Nursing. Kristi R. Campoe, PhD, RN, CMSRN®, CPHQ, is a Professor of Nursing, Pasco-Hernando State College, Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch, in Wesley Chapel, FL, and a member of the MEDSURG Nursing Journal Editorial Board.For archived episodes of this podcast and to learn more about MEDSURG Nursing, the official journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses, visit the journal's website at http://www.medsurgnursing.net/Music selections by Scott Holmeshttp://www.scottholmesmusic.com

Alice Benjamin, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, FNP-C, CCRN, CEN, CV-BC, also known as 'Nurse Alice', is a cardiac clinical nurse specialist and family nurse practitioner with over 23 years of healthcare experience. Alice is Nurse.org's Chief Nursing Officer and Correspondent and is a regular contributor to NBC Los Angeles. She hosts the popular 'Ask Nurse Alice' podcast that reached #9 in the Apple Podcasts medical category. Nurse Alice is passionate about empowering nurses to use their voices on a grander scale. She has spoken on the subject of Nurses Using Media as a Form of Advocacy at several nursing schools and organizations including UCLA, Howard University, and UC Davis.  John Marchica, CEO, Darwin Research GroupJohn Marchica is a veteran health care strategist and CEO of Darwin Research Group. He is leading ongoing, in-depth research initiatives on integrated health systems, accountable care organizations, and value-based care models. He is a faculty associate in the W.P. Carey School of Business and the Graduate College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University.John did his undergraduate work in economics at Knox College, has an MBA and M.A. in public policy from the University of Chicago, and completed his Ph.D. coursework at The Dartmouth Institute. He is an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and is pursuing certification as a Fellow.About Darwin Research GroupDarwin Research Group Inc. provides advanced market intelligence and in-depth customer insights to health care executives, with a strategic focus on health care delivery systems and the global shift toward value-based care. Darwin's client list includes forward-thinking biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, as well as health care providers, private equity, and venture capital firms. The company was founded in 2010 as Darwin Advisory Partners, LLC and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. with a satellite office in Princeton, N.J.

On this episode of WOCTalk, we sit down with Elizabeth Savage, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, IIWCC-NYU, Wound & Ostomy Program Manager at NYU Langone, and Wound & Ostomy Program participants Jessica Lieder, A-GNP, ANP-BC, CWON, and Sarah Lebovits, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, CWOCN, DAPWCA. Elizabeth, Sarah, and Jessica share their experiences of how they work together to successfully onboard and orient non-WOC certified nurses onto their team at NYU Langone.  

This episode, Dr. Quigley speaks with guest Maureen Musto, , MS, RN, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CRRN, FARN, a Rehabilitation Clinical Nurse Specialist for Ohio State Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital, and Board Member for Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN).  Maureen also was one of two nurses appointed to take part of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Package of Interventions for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Rehabilitation Development Group.For more information about:Curbell Medical and our Innovative Products, please visit: www.curbellmedical.comDodd Rehabilitation Hospital | Ohio State Medical Center (osu.edu) https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/locations/dodd-rehabilitation-hospitalAssociation of Rehabilitation Nurses (rehabnurse.org) https://rehabnurse.org/World Health Organization (WHO) https://www.who.int/Credits:Voice Introduction and Closing by Kimberly SaltIntroduction and Closing Music by Flavio Concini  www.youtube.com/c/FlavioConciniDisclaimer: The statements and opinions expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on this podcast does not imply an endorsement of such guest or any entity they represent. Furthermore, statements and opinions expressed by Curbell Medical employees or its representatives are those of such employees or representatives and do not necessarily reflect the views of Curbell Medical. All content herein should not be taken as medical advice and is for informational purposes only. © 2022, Curbell Medical Products, Inc. 

In this episode, Kevin visits with Ron Kraus, MSN, RN, EMT, CEN, ACNS-BC, TCRN.  Ron is the Immediate Past President of the National Emergency Nurses Association.  They talk about leading the organization during a pandemic and the lessons he learned from patients he will never forget.   Follow us on Social: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Art-of-Emergency-Nursing-276898616569046/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJTnz4phtCTjojTIDJo2afA?view_as=subscriber Twitter @AoenPodcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/artofemergencynursing/ To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help the show and I read each one. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google, and elsewhere.   This link will take you to the latest episode and give you links to the most popular podcast players. https://pod.link/1460741717 Thanks for joining me this week. Until next time!

In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Vonnes, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with GAPNA Past President Dr. Deborah Dunn, EdD, MSN, GNP-BC, ACNS-BC, GS-C, Dean of the Graduate School and a Professor of Nursing at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan.Dr. Dunn discusses her inspiration to become a gerontological nurse, GAPNA's partnership with United Health Group Foundation, findings from the United Health Group's Senior Report, and how staying curious, appreciative, and eager to take on new challenges helped propel her in her career as a nurse. Dr. Deborah Dunn, EdD, MSN, GNP-BC, ACNS-BC, GS-C, is Dean of the Graduate School and a Professor of Nursing at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan. Prior to her appointment as Dean in 2013, Dr. Dunn served in the College of Nursing and Health as Director of the Nurse Practitioner Program and has been a Madonna University nursing faculty member for more than 20 years. Dr. Dunn is a Past-President of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association.Dr. Cassandra Vonnes, DNP, GNP-BC, APRN, AOCNP, CPHQ, FAHA, is the Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) Coordinator, Geriatric Oncology, at the Moffitt Cancer Center, in Tampa, FL. She is a member of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association Communication Team and is a host of the GAPNA Chat podcast series.© Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association.All rights reserved. No portion of this podcast may be used without written permission.Discover GAPNA: https://www.gapna.org/Production management by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., for the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association.Opening Music by:Optimistic / Inspirational by Mixaund | https://mixaund.bandcamp.com
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comClosing Music by:Scott Holmes.http://www.scottholmesmusic.com

The nursing workforce has faced a staffing shortage since the early 2000s, with nurses leaving the profession due to retirement, burnout, or pay. This staffing shortage has been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a staffing crisis. In this episode, MEDSURG Nursing Journal Editorial Board Member Dr. Terry Jones, PhD, RN, leads a dynamic roundtable discussion with her colleagues from Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, who are creating a new care delivery model for their medical-surgical nursing units. Through their efforts, they aim to ease the burden of nurses through incentives and alternative staffing options during this unprecedented time in health care.Participants in today's call are part of an innovative team of nurse leaders at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Jeniece Roane, MA, NCC, is the Interim Vice President and Patient Care Services and Interim Chief Nursing Officer. Dr. Brett Neville, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, is the interim associate Vice president of Patient Care services and interim associate Chief Nursing Officer. Dale Wright, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, PCCN, is a Clinical Nurse Specialist and a Nurse Clinician for Professional Practice. Veronica Nolden the is Professional Practice Manager and the Magnet® Program Director. Rachel Weller is the Nurse Clinician of Acute Care MedicineLaura Pulliam Reitmeier, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, is the Nurse Manager of Acute Care Medicine. Dr. Heather Fudala, PhD, is the Program Director for Nursing Research and Innovation.Dr. Alison Montpetit, PhD, is the Nursing Director of the university's Clinical Excellence Probe. Dr. Terry L. Jones, PhD, RN, is an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond, Virginia, and is a member of the MEDSURG Nursing Journal's Editorial Board.© Jannetti Publications, Inc.All rights reserved. No portion of this podcast may be used without written permission.For archived episodes of this podcast and to learn more about MEDSURG Nursing, the official journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses, visit the journal's website at http://www.medsurgnursing.net/Music selections by Scott Holmeshttp://www.scottholmesmusic.com

Trained as a nurse in cancer care and pain management, Mr. Coyne has been in palliative care in its evolution. He was one of the few PDIA nurse scholars and has been at the forefront of policy and has served as core faculty for ELNEC – National and International. He has edited several books related to palliative care.

On this episode of WOCTalk, we sit down with three NYU Langone Health Nurses, Elizabeth Savage, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, IIWCC-NYU, Oksana Nekoz, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, CWOCN, and Diana Kmita, BSN, RN, CRRN, CWOCN as they discuss their poster from WOCNext® 2021:A Virtual WOW Experience with the WOCN® Society and Relias titled Wound Consult Telehealth Validation. Interested in submitting an Abstract for WOCNext® 2022:A Global Education Event from WOCN® And WCET®? Visit wocn.org/abstract to learn more and to submit your Abstract. Episode Resources:Click here to view their poster Wound Consult Telehealth Validation.Click here to view the WOCNext 2021 accepted Abstracts. 

As a follow up to the episode concerning this pandemic that took place on last year, this episode consists of questions sent to me from my followers and listeners who are still having concerns, some warranted and some that stem from misinformation and misnomers, regarding the vaccine, its effectiveness, the possible side affects, what's in the vaccine, and everything in between. My return guest, Kenya Hester, BSN, MSN, CCNS, ACNS-BC, one of the top clinical nurse specialists in the state of Georgia, who is in the trenches of this virus along with countless others who are continuing their efforts to containing this virus and preventing any further loss of life from it. Special thanks to each of you who sent me questions to ask her regarding the vaccine, I made it clear that I would not disclose anyone's names for any reason, just their concerned questions. So much misinformation has been given out that needs to be addressed so a huge thanks to Kenya for providing such helpful insight as it pertains to mandates that have come down, especially in the medical and health field, people who are out to get medical and spiritual exemptions from getting vaccinated, the idea that has been discussed across the country of unvaccinated patients being possibly turned away from hospitals due to being a threat to spreading the virus. Kenya mentioned that over 95% of people who are hospitalized to this very day are unvaccinated. The concerns that this vaccine was rushed out too soon were addressed and Kenya spoke on how all medical experts and scientists were told to put all other research aside and focus all their attention and resources to developing this vaccine due to the number of lives that have been taken. Hospitals are experiencing a huge shortage in beds, PPEs, even medical staff and other medical resources due to the exponential amount of people being hospitalized from COVID19. This episode is to bridge the gap between understanding and ignorance. All information that was discussed are facts but by all means, I insist that you fact check the information that was given. As the black community, we are disproportionately affected by this virus in so many ways that we can't afford to make the wrong mistake when it comes at the cost of our lives. I hope I was able to get to everyone's questions, I will have another episode on this matter with additional medical experts to give us an update on where we are as oppose to where we are going with the addition to the other variants of this virus.

Lorenzo Falchi, MD and Leah Szumita, MS, RN, CCRN, ACNS-BC Recorded on August 5, 2021 Clinical trials are the foundation of advancing treatment options. Understanding their importance, dispelling myths and fears about enrollment, and acknowledging disparities in access can help providers educate their patients and discuss treatment in a clinical trial as an option at any point in the patient's cancer journey. In this episode, we welcome special guest host Leah Szumita, MS, RN, CCRN, ACNS-BC, Director of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Clinical Trial Support Center as she speaks with Lorenzo Falchi, MD, Assistant Attending, Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, about the importance of clinical trials, understanding patient concerns, barriers to participation and strategies to overcome these barriers, and how clinical trials have been impacted by COVID-19.

The Trufants get real with Nurse Alice about conspiracy theories, misinformation, fear-mongering, and Black health in general. Nurse Alice works in the ICU in Los Angeles where she has treated COVID patients on the frontlines throughout the pandemic. She answers questions like, "Are you seeing more vaccinated or unvaccinated patients in the ICU with severe COVID?" "What would you say to Black people who are wary of the vaccine due to historical racism and mistreatment of our people?"“We see memes and social media posts all the time making all sorts of crazy claims about the vaccines and the pandemic. What advice do you have for people who see these posts and freak out? What would you say to the people who post such things and spread misinformation?”“Should pregnant women getting vaccinated?”“Should we vaccinate children even though they are the age group least affected by Covid? Would you vaccinate your young child? Why?”“How long are you immune after recovering from Covid? Do Covid survivors need the vaccine since they have natural immunity?”"When it comes to the black experience - what factors have contributed to the mistrust between the black community and the United States healthcare system?"About Nurse Alice: Alice Benjamin, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, FNP-C, CCRN, CEN, CV-BC, also known as 'Nurse Alice' ("America's Favorite Nurse"), is a cardiac clinical nurse specialist and family nurse practitioner with over 23 years of healthcare experience. When she's not busy saving lives, Alice works as a TV/media health expert. She is a regular contributor on NBC Los Angeles and has been featured on Dr. Oz, The Doctors, Dr. Drew, CNN, HLN, TVOne, and BBC, and in December 2020, she interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci for Nurse.org.  Alice is Nurse.org's Chief Nursing Officer and Correspondent and hosts the popular 'Ask Nurse Alice' podcast that reached #9 on Apple Podcasts medical category. 

In this episode, Nursing2021 sits down with editor-in-chief Linda Laskowski-Jones, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC, CEN, NEA-BC, FAWM, FAAN, to discuss how nurses can get involved to advocate for the nursing profession and make their voices heard both within their organizations and at the policy level. We talk about what “using your voice” and “having a seat at the table” really mean in this context, the role of the COVID-19 pandemic in exposing some problems within nursing, how nurses can start to elevate their voices, the role of professional nursing organizations in all of this, and more.

Guest Kelly Berishaj, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, SANE-A Forensic Nurse Special Instructor Forensic Nursing Director Oakland University Dr. Kelly Berishaj started her career as a critical and acute care nurse prior to transitioning into practice as a Forensic Nurse and clinical nurse specialist for the past seven years. Dr. Berishaj earned her BSN from Madonna University, her MSN in Nursing Education and Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Certificate from the University of Michigan, and her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Oakland University in 2013. She has been a faculty member at Oakland University since 2007, where she currently serves as the director of the Forensic Nursing program, which is the first of its kind in the state of Michigan. Dr. Berishaj describes her role and share her experiences during this interview, as well as offering insight into the value of caring for yourself when caring for so many others. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wsu-nightintales/message

In this episode of WOCTalk we sit down with Dr. Joyce Pittman, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, CWOCN, FAAN, and Terrie Beeson, MSN, RN, CCRN, ACNS-BC, two authors for the article “Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries and Acute Skin Failure in Critical Care: A Case-Control Study” published in the Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing (JWOCN), the official journal of the WOCN® Society. Pittman and Beeson discuss their comparative study of characteristics and risk factors of avoidable and unavoidable hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) and acute skin failure (ASF). They also discuss the Pressure Ulcer/Injury Prevention Inventory (PUPI) tool that was developed and tested to help identify unavoidable pressure injuries. Episode Resources:Click here to read the article Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries and Acute Skin Failure in Critical Care: A Case-Control StudyClick here to learn more about the Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing (JWOCN)

ONS member Clara Beaver, MSN, RN, AOCNS®, ACNS-BC, oncology clinical nurse specialist at the Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, MI, and member of the Metro Detroit ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss issues in care coordination experienced in patients with advanced and metastatic urothelial cancer.  Seagen Inc. provided support for this podcast episode through an educational grant.  Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod  Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0  Earn 0.5 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) by listening to the full recording and completing an evaluation at myoutcomes.ons.org by February 5, 2023. The planners and faculty for this episode have no conflicts to disclose, and the episode has no commercial support. ONS is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.  Episode Notes  Check out these resources from today's episode:  Complete this evaluation for free NCPD.  Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 133: Treatment Advancements for Advanced or Metastatic Urothelial Cancer  ONS Voice article: A Primer on Urothelial Cancer  Oncology Nursing Forum article: Gender Differences in Bladder Cancer Treatment Decision Making  Oncology Nursing Forum article: Improving Self-Efficacy and Self-Care in Adult Patients With a Urinary Diversion: A Pilot Study  American Cancer Society information on urothelial cancer  Clinicaltrials.gov studies on urothelial cancer  Chemocare.com  National Cancer Institute resources on urothelial cancer for patients and providers 

Today we discussed evidenced based birth with none other than Dr. Rebecca Decker. Rebecca L. Dekker, PhD, RN, LCCE, is the founder and CEO of Evidence Based Birth®, and author of the bestselling book, “Babies Are Not Pizzas: They're Born, Not Delivered.” Dr. Dekker received her Master of Science in Nursing and her Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing from the University of Kentucky.  She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.Dr. Dekker has built a strong reputation in maternal and infant health circles for her pioneering work as the founder of Evidence Based Birth.® The mission of EBB is to raise the quality of childbirth care globally, by putting accurate, evidence based research into the hands of families and communities, so they can make informed, empowered choices.Dr. Dekker serves as a peer reviewer for maternal health research journals, volunteers on the advisory boards for Improving Birth and DONA International, and has presented to a number of leading organizations in the childbirth field, including the American College of Nurse Midwives, the March of Dimes, the American Association of Birth Centers, Lamaze, and DONA International. Dr. Dekker is also a board-certified adult clinical nurse specialist (ACNS-BC), an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN), and a Lamaze-Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE).You can learn more by visiting: https://evidencebasedbirth.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fuelingher/support

ONS member Marcia Beck, ACNS-BC, CLT-LANA, clinical nurse coordinator of lymphedema at the University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City and member of the ONS Greater Kansas City Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss the ONS Guideline™ for the Management of Cancer Treatment-Related Lymphedema. Marcia  was a member of the panel that developed the guidelines, which published in September 2020.  Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod  Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0  Episode Notes  Check out these resources from today's episode:  Complete this evaluation for free nursing continuing professional development.  ONS Guideline™ for the Management of Cancer Treatment-Related Lymphedema  Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Lymphedema: Improving Screening and Treatment Among At-Risk Breast Cancer Survivors  Oncology Nursing Forum article: Conservative Intervention Strategies for Adult Cancer-Related Lymphedema: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis  Oncology Nursing Forum article: Prospective Surveillance and Risk Reduction of Cancer Treatment–Related Lymphedema: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis  American Cancer Society resources on lymphedema  International Lymphoedema Framework  Lymphatic Education and Research Network (LEARN)  Lymphedema Treatment Act  Lymphology Association of North America  Susan G. Komen Foundation information on lymphedema 

Host: Dawn Berndt, DNP, RN, CRNI® – INS Clinical Education & Publications Manager Guests: Sean M Reed, PhD, APN, ACNS-BC, ACHPN Sarah Knudsvig, RN Judy Smith, MSN, RN, CRNI®, VA-BC Linda Grinnell Merrick, MS, NP-C Denise Harper, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CRNI® Ann Plohal, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CRNI®, VA-BC Julie DeLisle, BSN, MSN, RN Marlene Steinheiser, PhD, RN, CRNI® Meghan Trupiano, CMP Join us, as we highlight the many things to look forward to at INS 2020 Virtual! We will chat with Meaghan Trupiano, CMP, INS Meetings Manager, who will tell us what we need to know about this unique and engaging event. INS Director of Clinical Education, Marlene Steinheiser, PhD, RN, CRNI®, will get us ready for a fun and poignant presentation by the founder of our profession, Florence Nightingale, who will be channeled by Candy Campbell, DNP, RN, CNL, CEP, FNAP. We will also talk with several of our featured speakers, who will preview their upcoming sessions. Resources: Infusion Nurses Society: www.ins1.org INS 2020 Conference Agenda: https://fontevacustomer-1614e2ff498.force.com/s/lt-event?site=a0d3m00000INxmkAAD&id=a1U3m00000NTdgt#/Agenda   Register for INS 2020: https://fontevacustomer-1614e2ff498.force.com/s/lt-event?site=a0d3m00000INxmkAAD&id=a1U3m00000NTdgt#/loginReg   INS 2020 Speakers: https://fontevacustomer-1614e2ff498.force.com/s/lt-event?site=a0d3m00000INxmkAAD&id=a1U3m00000NTdgt#/Speakers

ONS member Clara Beaver, MSN, RN, AOCNS®, ACNS-BC, clinical nurse specialist at Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, MI, member of the ONS Metro Detroit Chapter, and secretary/treasurer for the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC) Board of Directors, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss intravesicular chemotherapy, how it differs from other chemotherapy treatments, and safe handling recommendations that oncology nurses should be aware of. Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod  Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0  Episode Notes Check out these resources from today's episode: Complete this evaluation for free nursing continuing professional development. ONS Communities discussion on intravesicular chemotherapy Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Minimizing Staff Exposure to Antineoplastic Agents During Intravesical Therapy ONS book: Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Guidelines and Recommendations for Practice ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate Course ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate Renewal Course ONS Fundamentals of Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Administration Course ONS Voice article: How Oncology Nurses Support Non-Oncology Units Administering Chemotherapy ONS Voice article: What Are ONS's Recommendations for Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs?

In this episode, Nursing2020 Editor-in-Chief Linda Laskowski Jones, MS, APRN, ACNS-BC, CEN, NEA-BC, FAWM, FAAN, discusses how to best navigate the sea of information coming out about COVID-19, how to recognize potentially inaccurate information or disinformation on the virus that is being widely shared on social media, and where nurses can get trustworthy, up-to-date information and resources as they treat patients with COVID-19. Also, we chat with Linda about her upcoming May and June editorials and the role of Nursing2020 in sharing helpful information with nurses during the COVID-19 crisis.