Best Honored Guests with host Eric Miller Podcasts (2025)

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134 - Christina Peterson Pt 2: My Soul Was the Color of Overcast Sky 42:15

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4d ago42:15

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Continue with nurse and Puyallup and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Christina Peterson as she eloquently describes navigating the traumatic grief surrounding her unexpected divorce, the importance of taking advantage of counseling, “going to the moon” for 12-plus hours, how acute care almost cut her career short, her many incredible exper…

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133 - Christina Peterson Pt 1: The 1% Rule 55:12

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Join nurse and Puyallup and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Christina Peterson as she eloquently describes her round-the-world trip from one side of the state to the other, being okay with being weird (and accepting being weird to feel good), the importance of having matching underwear, her passion for health and nutrition and tying that i…

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132 - Ani Posner Pt 2: A Beautiful Mess 59:54

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Continue with nursing student and Portland, Oregon native Honored Guest Ani Posner as she discusses the role the VA has played in her education, the Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP), advice for working with inappropriate patients (especially as a young lady), the importance of leaning into your faculty, setting definitive boundaries, …

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131 - Ani Posner Pt 1: It Doesn’t Feel Like Studying 39:09

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Join nursing student and Portland, Oregon native Honored Guest Ani Posner as she discusses her special ability to fly by the seat of her pants, addressing the rumor she’s bummed that school is done for the summer, starting out wanting to do pediatric hospice, the influence of her nurse aunt, the many factors that helped her chose what university sh…

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130 - Chris Sloan (Last Name) Pt 2: We Can Be Warm and Still Hold the Line 54:56

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Continue with Gonzaga University’s Director of Undergraduate Programming and Development and San Diego, California native Honored Guest Chris Sloan as she waxes eloquent about her passion for nursing students and educators, once upon a time having a lot of responsibility without a lot of power, mentoring faculty, her advice for those students who s…

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129 - Chris Sloan (First Name) Pt 1: Never in a Million Years 59:01

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Join Gonzaga University’s Director of Undergraduate Programming and Development and San Diego, California native Honored Guest Chris Sloan as she waxes eloquent about how she entered the nursing field, not being a bad or stellar student, her unimaginable and challenging nursing career path (including being on the forefront of bone marrow transplant…

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127 - Hannah Warnecke Pt 1: I Like to be Around People Who Care About Other People 44:23

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Join nurse, nurse anesthetist student, and Conifer, Colorado native Honored Guest Hannah Warnecke as she discusses detesting night shift, graduating in December of 2019 and starting in the ICU at the same time as the global pandemic, being “dually” oriented, how her public health degree helped her, having zero clue how to help a patient using a cal…

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128 - Hannah Warnecke Pt 2: I Did Some Learning Against My Will Today 50:57

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Continue with nurse, nurse anesthetist student, and Conifer, Colorado native Honored Guest Hannah Warnecke as she discusses her boyfriend’s distaste for poop stories, how she came about adopting her fur baby, her passion for legislative advocacy, building bridges with coworkers, having a life-long learning attitude, what she wishes she knew when tr…

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126 - Callie Allen Pt 2: I Was Told I Wasn’t Smart Enough 55:58

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Continue with tenured nurse and Salt Lake City, Utah native Honored Guest Callie Allen as she talks about having a sister who understands, not quitting your daydreams, chasing dreams in her late 30s, living a long life of buts, her special tattoo, not being fine where she was at, starting over after being a nurse for 11 years, doing it scared, and …

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125 - Callie Allen Pt 1: This is Callie 2.0 41:07

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Join tenured nurse and Salt Lake City, Utah native Honored Guest Callie Allen as she talks about her convoluted nursing degree journey, waddling into the worst interview of her life, never being “just a nurse,” finally doing the big scary thing, her incredible victory, and more! Contact us: [email protected] to be featured on a future epi…

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124 - Krista Chambers: Don’t Shy Away From Challenging Things 53:35

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Join tenured nurse and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Krista Chambers as she chats about having a child follow in her footsteps, being a non-traditional wife, her heroes, seeing her first delivery pregnant, making her own practicum, navigating a transitional time in her life, taking your practicum seriously, clinical advice, doing impossi…

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123 - Sophie Chambers: It’s Okay to Take a Break 50:35

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Join relatively recent graduate nurse and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Sophie Chambers as she talks about jobs she had prior to becoming a nurse (including being a Disney character handler at Disney World), watching NRP videos as a child, when she knew she wanted to be a CRNA, her 10 year plan, NCLEX advice, her unique transition into p…

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122 - Kylyn Westerman: Nursing Chose Me 56:51

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Join nurse and Naches, Washington native Honored Guest Kylyn Westerman as she describes being a collector of hobbies, being aggressively average, the question she likes asking her coworkers, how nursing chose her, how she deals with things she sees in the cardiac ICU, censoring herself around non-healthcare friends, navigating the death of her mom,…

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121 - Tracey Zehm (Sheppard) Pt 2: …And Other Times Know Your Limits 43:01

2M ago43:01

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Continue with tenured nurse, host Eric’s nursing school classmate, and Nine Mile Falls, Washington native Honored Guest Tracey Zehm as she reminisces about memories from nursing school (both fond and difficult), her NCLEX experience, her nursing career path, one of the first times she called a doctor in the middle of the night, not having to work i…

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120 - Tracey Sheppard (Zehm) Pt 1: You Sometimes Just Do It… 35:13

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Join tenured nurse, host Eric’s nursing school classmate, and Nine Mile Falls, Washington native Honored Guest Tracey Zehm as she reminisces about her love of travel, Space Force, how nursing wasn’t always her path, attempting to go down prereq memory lane, working through nursing school as a mother of a young child and with a shocking diagnosis, a…

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119 - Ashley Collins Pt 2: Just Keep Chipping Away 39:16

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Continue with recent graduate and Boston, Massachusetts, and Chandler, Arizona native Honored Guest Ashley Collins as she discusses her infertility journey, the comfort of nursing school, the gravity of caring for another human being, always learning and growing in healthcare, taking a break post graduation/NCLEX, being proactive in people’s health…

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118 - Ashley Collins Pt 1: The Train Keeps Moving, So Just Get On 53:46

2M ago53:46

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Join recent graduate and Boston, Massachusetts, and Chandler, Arizona native Honored Guest Ashley Collins as she discusses passing her most dreaded subject - math, her life-changing event at four years old, her life-altering diagnoses received after having her first baby, finding happiness working as a CNA, working in the ICU during COVID, how a cl…

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117 - Allie Henderson Pt 2: Keeping Your Eyes Open For the Moment 41:42

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Continue with nurse practitioner, entrepreneur, and Brazil, Las Vegas, Nevada, and O’ahu, Hawai’i native Honored Guest Allie Henderson as she articulates her first experiences with the “eating our young” phenomenon, being unable to “turn off” her nursing mind, why she became an NP, forming friendships in nursing school, her misconception about havi…

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116 - Allie Henderson Pt 1: Nursing School is Harder than NP School 34:59

3M ago34:59

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Join nurse practitioner, entrepreneur, and Brazil, Las Vegas, Nevada, and O’ahu, Hawai’i native Honored Guest Allie Henderson as she articulates her incredible journey into nursing (involving a casino?!), her real-life superpower, the importance of her family visiting Brazil, and more! Contact us: [email protected] to be featured on a fut…

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115 - Deanna Robertson: Holding Others’ Hands, Even When Mine Are Weak 43:40

3M ago43:40

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Join nursing student and Greensburg, Kentucky native Honored Guest Deanna Robertson as she chats about the importance of family, her heroes, experiencing the “eating our young” phenomenon, dealing with challenging personal diagnoses, how pain is temporary, why nursing, what it’s like going through nursing school over 40 years old, driving two hours…

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114 - Maddie Depner: A Flair for the Dramatic 1:02:13

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Join nursing student and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Maddie Depner as she discusses how being a theater kid helps her in nursing, the difficult transition from prereq student to nursing student, confidence, making the switch from learning mode to practicing mode, being a part of a brand new nursing program, the importance of asserting …

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113 - Maliah Haroldson Pt 2: However Much You Want Out of It 45:10

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Continue with nurse and Sacramento, California native Honored Guest Maliah Haroldson as she talks about the power of gratitude, building confidence, mentorship’s impact on career development, seeking her NP, lifelong learning, putting in the work, work-life balance, and more! Contact us: [email protected] to be featured on a future episod…

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112 - Maliah Haroldson Pt 1: Presenting a Unified Front 46:40

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Join nurse and Sacramento, California native Honored Guest Maliah Haroldson as she talks about the art of storytelling in nursing, vent sessions, the importance of diverse friend groups, The Pitt, how she got into nursing, her convoluted attempts at getting into nursing school, the HPSP Scholarship, working at the VA, and more! Contact us: mystory@…

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111 - Stella Reid Pt 2: That’s How My Little Chickens Were Born 46:06

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Continue with tenured nurse and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Stella Reid as she chats about the most powerfully traumatic last days in the history of practicum experiences, memory making, making the entire family feel seen, taking new nurses under our wings, us “older nurses” taking a good look in the mirror, and more! Contact us: mysto…

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110 - Stella Reid Pt 1: I Saw My First Birth at 12 Years Old 37:54

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Join tenured nurse and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Stella Reid as she chats about the two-day NCLEX “back in the day,” her extensive family, memory making, the interesting way she decided to become a nurse, and more! Contact us: [email protected] to be featured on a future episode [email protected] to send a question for …

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109 - Alex Giffin: Go Get a B! 57:43

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Join BSN undergraduate academic advisor and “Farmy Brat/Everywhere” native Honored Guest Alex Giffin as she discusses her passion for supporting nursing students, why she’s chasing a terminal degree, how circumstances never actually get easier (but are achievable), navigating professional and personal challenges, being honest and transparent with p…

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108 - Lisamarie Pietragallo Pt 2: Embrace the Suck 47:36

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Continue with nurse practitioner, entrepreneur, and Pittsburgh, Ohio native Honored Guest Lisamarie Pietragallo Moreschii as she waxes eloquent about her only regret, starting to live her life in her 40s, navigating cancer and a rough marriage, not getting stuck in nursing, integrative medicine, her passion for functional medicine and optimal healt…

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107 - Lisamarie Pietragallo Pt 1: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 48:58

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Join nurse practitioner, entrepreneur, and Pittsburgh, Ohio native Honored Guest Lisamarie Pietragallo Moreschii as she waxes eloquent about her nursing career and education path, the need for hobbies, how nurses “get” one another, coming full circle in life and in nursing, God winks, overcoming cancer, collaboration in healthcare, and more! Contac…

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106 - Cade Riddle: Doing the Thing(s) 30:57

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Join nursing student and Parrish, Alabama native Honored Guest Cade Riddle as he chats about being in a joint enrollment program, simultaneously obtaining his ADN and BSN, managing stress, why he chose nursing, and more! Contact us: [email protected] to be featured on a future episode [email protected] to send a question for possible …

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105 - Jenn Boyer: Ride the Wave 56:50

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Join nurse and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Jenn Boyer as she chats about having a superpower by not having a superpower, being a non-traditional student, being smart but undisciplined growing up, how Y2K helped her get in to nursing school, failing out of second quarter, developing self-confidence, the true meaning of having a “calling…

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104 - Katie Barbera Pt 2: My Heart Was Tired 48:40

5M ago48:40

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Continue with nurse educator, nurse, and Colorado, Arizona, and North Idaho native Honored Guest Katie Barbera as she talks about who inspires her most, knowing she wanted to be in healthcare since she was five years old, survival mechanisms in nursing, self care, boundaries, burnout, being refreshed by jail nursing, and more! Contact us: mystory@f…

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103 - Katie Barbera Pt 1: Pick Your Role Models Carefully 1:02:32

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Join nurse educator, nurse, and Colorado, Arizona, and North Idaho native Honored Guest Katie Barbera as she talks about wanting to be an instructor since graduating from nursing school, facing tragedy and challenges in life, surrogacy, a time she experienced the “eating our young” phenomenon, her future career goals, and more! Contact us: mystory@…

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102 - Sydney Chambers: Every Difficult Moment is Temporary 44:46

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Join nursing student and Addison, Alabama native Honored Guest Sydney Chambers as she discusses the day in life she’d like to relive, the importance of family, her inspiration for nursing, her jarring entrance into adulthood, minor inconveniences, raising kids in nursing school, keeping the motor running, advice for single parents in nursing school…

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100 - Shea Mollahan Pt 1: It's Year One and I'm Still Here! 39:55

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Join relatively recent graduate and Northern California and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Shea Mollahan as she describes transitioning to a new grad nurse, the importance of asking questions, using SBAR with a doctor for the first time, finding people you can trust, dealing with agism, starting as a brand new NICU nurse, and more! Contac…

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101 - Shea Mollahan Pt 2: Well-Grounded, Milking Life for All It’s Worth 44:26

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Continue with relatively recent graduate and Northern California and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Shea Mollahan as she describes fun facts about cows, her incredible answer to “why nursing?”, how she chose her university, navigating challenges in nursing school, crybaby kidneys, her disdain for ATI, not getting the practicum you want, a…

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99 - Behind Her Back 21:49

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Wrapping up the last of the special episodes, Izzie Wilkes and Eric Miller talk about Jennifer Evans behind her back after she leaves to go to her hair appointment, discussing why they want to be just like her when they grow up, emphasizing the importance of answering for yourself one question: what kind of reputation do you want to have? Contact u…

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98 - T.I.D. 37:40

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In this special episode, continue with nurse educators Jennifer Evans, Izzie Wilkes, and Eric Miller as they answer students’ questions including a-ha moments of wanting to become nurses, dealing with the anxiety of being an independent nurse for the first time, the things we would tell our younger nursing selves, if we believe in aliens, healthcar…

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97 - Alert and Oriented x3 41:23

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In this special episode, nurse educators Izzie Wilkes and Jennifer Evans hijack the podcast and join host Eric Miller to answer students’ questions including advice for nurses starting out in OB/NICU nursing, how to ensure effective communication with family members of patients, how to manage the emotional toll of difficult cases, tips for working …

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96 - Yasmeen Lutchendorf: Friends or Not, Let's Go Save a Life 53:45

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Join nurse and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Yasmeen (Yaz) Lutchendorf as she discusses when she knew she was going to be a nurse, her career progression (including going from postpartum to PICU), the call of the code alarm, getting married during nursing school, the challenging story she hasn’t shared with many people, the importance of…

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94 - Brittany Slegers Pt 1: Expect the Unexpected 47:02

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Join “sort-of” nurse educator and Boise, Idaho native Honored Guest Brittany Slegers as she talks about her roundabout method to becoming “just” a nurse, her incredibly supportive parents, her advice for those without supportive parents, mean nurses, what she has done with her nursing license, her first interaction with a neurosurgeon as a brand ne…

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95 - Brittany Slegers Pt 2: That's Not Your Only Identity 34:36

5M ago34:36

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Continue with nurse educator and Boise, Idaho native Honored Guest Brittany Slegers as she talks about why she loved Nancy Drew, her low point in her career, the ups and downs that landed her in her current role, being nervous for her first lecture, her stressful NCLEX experience, her passion for students knowing they are more than a nurse, and mor…

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93 - Kylee Trotter: Trading in Bats for Bedpans 45:45

6M ago45:45

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Join nursing student and Jasper, Alabama native Honored Guest Kylee Trotter as she chats about her inspirational family, “I’m not gonna be a nurse,” choosing nursing over her passion for softball, how being a collegiate athlete helped her in nursing school, where she wants to practice after graduation, the advantages of going to community college, …

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92 - Hallie Butler: I Don’t Ever Want to Stop Getting Better 57:35

6M ago57:35

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Join nurse, nurse educator, nurse practitioner, and San Diego, California, Austin, Texas, and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Hallie Butler as she discusses chasing education, the adventure she didn’t chose for herself, God’s role in her life, instilling confidence in her students, having instructors that were “out to fail” her, still havi…

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91 - Cassandra Firemark: Second Doesn’t Mean It’s the Worse Option 57:28

6M ago57:28

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Join Dallas, Texas, Winchester, Virginia, and Los Angeles, California native Honored Guest Cassandra Firemark as she waxes eloquent about about her family, her many careers in life, the extremely frightening moment that made her want to enter nursing, what she loved most in nursing school, her life-altering diagnosis, how she is navigating the chan…

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90 - David Butters: It’s Like Putting Five Bucks in the Tank 49:06

6M ago49:06

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Join nurse and Delaware and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest David Butters as he talks about moving around a lot (and visiting 46 countries and counting), being open-minded, going to college with his “head screwed on right,” inspirational Navy nurses, getting turned around after getting kicked out of his house, the PICU being the Navy SEALs…

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89 - Jasmine Cultum: Mindset's Everything 47:22

6M ago47:22

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Join nursing student and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Jasmine Cultum as she describes the role her dad played in choosing nursing, being a nurse tech, practicum, nursing being “a lot of little different things,” how to protect your nursing heart, being cheerleaders for our patients, and more! Contact us: [email protected] to b…

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88 - Lynzee Hewett: Brains and Beauty(cian) 58:00

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Join nurse and Lewiston, Idaho native Honored Guest Lynzee Hewett as she chats about quickly getting off a pre-med path, writing things down, her advice on establishing friendships in nursing school, HESIs, more “appropriate” competition, her NCLEX adventure, her career progression, advice for those interested in travel nursing, her experience as a…

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87 - Jordi De La Mora: Delusionally Optimistic 58:39

6M ago58:39

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Join nursing student and Portland, Oregon native Honored Guest Jordi De La Mora as he follows the dice’s lead and talks about who inspired him to become a nurse, his family dynamics and parents’ sacrifices, contemplating different areas of nursing to practice in post graduation, what he loves most about nursing school, his thoughts on being a male …

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85 - Kate Joy Pt 1: Still Finding the Joy in Everyday Life 1:01:42

6M ago1:01:42

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Join nurse, nurse educator, and Wisconsin native Honored Guest Kate Joy as she joy-fully chats about how she balances bedside nursing with student education, being a nurse volunteer at Burning Man (and what collaborative care looked like there), her love of audio books, her two unique first times in hospitals, alternate universes, her continued abi…

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86 - Kate Joy Pt 2: Host for a Day 55:31

6M ago55:31

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Join spur-of-the-moment and alternate universe host-for-a-day Kate Joy and her honored guest Eric Miller as they compare and contrast peds oncology and postpartum nursing, and discuss topics such as end of life care from the perspectives of a nurse and patient family member, what grief does to people, working in the place where your loved one died,…

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