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In this episode 11 of Season Three of the Nursing Strategies for Success Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jeanette Zocco MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS, who is leveraging her decades of experience to transform Nursing teams and workplace culture through advocacy and empowerment of other Nurses. She has recently authored a book with a two-fold intention: 1. To educate perinatal nurses on quality and safety concepts and various quality improvement tools to bring evidence-based care to the bedside and create safer systems of care (which I personally think can be utilized by all specialties).2. To serve as a study guide for nurses interested in sitting for the Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety Certification exam (developed by the National Certification Corporation). Key concepts discussed include: strategies to advocate for patient safety, human factors and cognitive biases as contributing factors to medical errors and sentinel events, and how teamwork and quality improvement can help. (Again - I think all specialties can benefit from this book despite the desire or lack thereof with obtaining ONQS certification.) YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS EPISODE!
#002 Have you ever been HIGHLY engaged in new employee orientation? (We know the answer so no need to raise your hands LOL). How many power points do you think you have had to sit through in your career? (We also know the answer to this!). Its time to flip the script with the way we educate our nurses in academia and practice.Renee Davis,MSN, RN-BC, and CEO of ProDevo Design and Consulting Group is here to share her nearly 2 decades of experience with you on innovative ways to transform the learner experience while increasing the ROI on education. Whether you are a nurse leader in academia or in practice, you won't want to miss this episode!Join all the education chatter and hit subscribe!
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.
Our guest this week is Nikki Akpawera. Nikki is the founder of Transform Nursing which works to give nurses the tools they need to confidently address health policy, patient advocacy, and patient engagement in both clinical and non-clinical settings. Transformative nursing means that every nurse in every country has the knowledge, the training and ability to be effective leaders who will combat health disparities through empowerment, awareness, and education. Thanks for listening! And if you'd like to be part of a dynamic social impact entrepreneur community, check out the Awarepreneurs Community.
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, 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.