Episode 49

Hey Listeners! Sorry to have disappeared for a bit there. Some exciting life decisions and changes have popped up and Still a Nurse has had to take a back seat for a while till things normalize again. This is the caboose episode for season 4! I assure you that Still a Nurse will be back, but it may take some time. So please be patient with me! 

You all probably know by now that I have a special place in my heart for Hospice. As such, I am very excited to share some absolutely wonderful nursing stories from the hospice world today! Meet Nurse Hadley, she is a super fun and stellar hospice nurse out in the state of Louisiana and she has so much to teach YOU about hospice care. In her opinion (and mine), hospice nursing is how ALL nursing should be. If you are wanting more interaction time with your patient and their caregivers, then do yourself a favor and listen to this episode! And if you want to know more about Nurse Hadley and learn what hospice is really like, follow her on social media where she gives fun and interesting insights into what her job is like! See the notes below for mor info!

Show Notes:

•  https://www.tiktok.com/@nursehadley?source=h5_m To follow Nurse Hadley on Tiktok click the link above.
• https://www.instagram.com/nurse.hadley/?hl=en To follow her on Instagram click this link
• https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/709707/the-in-between-by-hadley-vlahos-rn/ To learn more about Hadley's book The In-Between, Click this link
• To be a guest on the show and share YOUR nursing story, reach out to me at soelberg90@gmail.com

Episode 48

Welcome SaN listeners to the year 2023! 
Our guest this week is here to encourage any out there who long to be a nurse, but are not sure if they have missed that train. Mindy is a wonderful woman who knew from a young age that nursing would one day be her thing. Life sometimes has a way of sending our plans off course however, and her time for nursing was pushed back. Working first as a dental assistant, then enjoying time as a stay at home mother, she did not begin Nursing school until her kids were all in school and she was 45. Achieving your goals can sometimes take longer than anticipated, and that is not necessarily a bad thing. Mindy's experiences as a dental assistant, and mom all helped her become a more excellent nurse. Her advice to others? Try! Don't give up on your nursing dreams even if they are late in coming! It is better to try nursing than to live with regret for letting the opportunity slip by. Take a listen and be inspired!

Episode 47

• My guest this week is an incredible woman who started in obstetrics and discovered a passion for nurse leadership and desire to learn more. After earning her MBA she found she had a unique skill set to fix a problem she found while working as a nurse director. The financial reports continuously showed the need for fewer nurses in her units, when her experience working in those areas, and the nurses she was over, told her the exact opposite. Tune in to hear how Heidi is using her natural grit to disrupt hospital reporting to show the actual nurse staffing needs in the obstetrical realm. Join along as Heidi shares with us her fascinating journey into and through the nursing world, and how she is using her experiences to create solutions to a big problem.

Show Notes:

• Website - Parity Healthcare Analytics - Company website
• LinkedIn - Parity Healthcare Analytics - Company LinkedIn Page
• Heidi E. Morin, RN, MSN, MBA, FABC | LinkedIn - Heidi's LinkedIn Page
• PARITY DEMO - Link to request Parity Product Demo for Perinatal Nurse Leaders
• Challenging the Status Quo to Innovate the Future of Nurse Productivity and Benchmarking - Heidi E. Morin - AWHONN Convention Podium Presentation Publication in JOGNN (2020)
• Development of a Staffing Activity Tool That Works - Heidi E. Morin - AWHONN Convention Poster Publication in JOGNN (2017)