Nurse to Nurse Chronicles - The Podcast

S2E6: Nursing Questions and Answers

Welcome back everyone to another episode of The Nurse to Nurse podcast- Straight talk with two skilled nurses Kevin and Starshema!
Today is our very first LIVE podcast and we are answering some of your questions so stay tuned! 
Some of the questions we answered: 
4:28 I'd like some advice on an ongoing issue at my facility. We have worked at a speciality unit since COVID. We are expected to float to all three facilities to whatever they choose. I'm an ICU Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) since COVID program changed in a majority way.
10:51 What’s the best way to file taxes when you are on travel nursing?
17:59 Patient-to-nurse ratio
40:19 How often are nurses or medical surgical supposed to check on a patient
49:13 How to reignite the fire or the passion while navigating a system that money changes
55:40 How do you learn evidence-based medicine
 
 
Other links and resources mentioned:
Indexed universal life insurance policy (IUL)
 
 
_________Stay in touch with the hosts
Connect with Kevin: Website: https://morethancpr.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-stansbury-40b66427/
Connect with me:IG: @nursecoachstarshemaRNFB: Starshema RNWebsite: iamstarshema.com
If you're feeling inspired and ready to build your personal brand and create a premium coaching practice in 90 days, visit www.iamstarshema.com/buildmybrand to start your journey today!
 
 

S2E5: How to cope in a toxic work environment

Welcome back everyone to another episode of The Nurse to Nurse podcast- Straight talk with two skilled nurses Kevin and Starshema!
 
 “A toxic environment keeps people in a fight or flight mindset—the constant pump of cortisol, testosterone, and norepinephrine generates physical, emotional, and mental stress,” -Cheri Torres
 
Patient safety should be the number one goal of nurses and all healthcare professionals in the world. 
 
But with the toxic environment that we live in, how can you do your responsibility as a healthcare professional when your health and well-being are also at risk?
 
In this episode, we talked about working or navigating a toxic environment 
More of the topics we discussed: 
6:00 Women in the workplace
11:53 Is bottling up your emotion contributes to a toxic environment
14:34 Green vs. red zone
17:49 What happens when you work in a toxic environment
19:37 Mentors Need to Watch Out For Toxic Work Environments
24:07 Bringing effective communication where everybody feels like they can speak up
31:17 Kevin’s experience of working in a toxic workplace.
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Stay in touch with the hosts
 
Connect with Kevin: 
Website: https://morethancpr.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-stansbury-40b66427/
 
Connect with me:
IG: @nursecoachstarshemaRN
FB: Starshema RN
Website: iamstarshema.com
If you're feeling inspired and ready to build your personal brand and create a premium coaching practice in 90 days, visit www.iamstarshema.com/buildmybrand to start your journey today!

S2E4: Staffing Ratio in acute care and long term care facilities

Welcome back everyone to another episode of The Nurse to Nurse podcast- Straight talk with two skilled nurses Kevin and Starshema! 
 
Thank you all for tuning in to The Nurse to Nurse podcast! We received a lot of love and a lot of feedback from our last episodes and this one young girl wrote to us about her concern about staffing ratios within facilities, particularly long-term care facilities, and thinking about the same delivery and care around it.
 
So in today’s episode, we are going to be talking about that. We are going to highlight some information and look at what are some of the things California says. We will also be helping you be informed and aware of what those things are in operating in these capacities.
 
Stay tuned as it’s gonna be a very informative episode. 
More of the topics we discussed: 
2:21 Kevin highlighted information about AB 394 Assembly bill in California in 1999
12:41 Staffing ratio in long-term facilities
17:39 What can you do if you are working on a 1:38 patient ratio
27:00 The importance of being informed
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Stay in touch with the hosts
 
Connect with Kevin: 
Website: https://morethancpr.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-stansbury-40b66427/
 
Connect with me:
IG: @nursecoachstarshemaRN
FB: Starshema RN
Website: iamstarshema.com
If you're feeling inspired and ready to build your personal brand and create a premium coaching practice in 90 days, visit www.iamstarshema.com/buildmybrand to start your journey today!

S2E3: Is Nurse Burnout A Real Thing

Welcome back everyone to another episode of The Nurse to Nurse podcast- Straight talk with two skilled nurses Kevin and Starshema! 
 
So in today’s episode, we are going to be talking about burnout, specifically, nurse burnout. Is nurse burnout a real thing? What factors do you think contribute to nursing burnout? Is it COVID, the nursing shortage, or our own organization perhaps?
 
Stay tuned as we talk exactly about that and more. 
 
More of the topics we discussed: 
01:41 Nursing statistics according to numbers
3:28 Factors that lead to nurse burnout
9:40 The reason why you’re burnout
27:22 Why nurses leave their job
37:11 It’s important to understand your level of burnout capacity
46:48 Ways you can do now to prevent burnout
 
 
Other links and resources mentioned: 
Lawsuit settlements investigations- https://topclassactions.com/category/lawsuit-settlements/investigations/
‘Highly allergic’ patient dies after hospital serves peanut butter sandwich, suit says
Read more at: https://www.fresnobee.com/news/california/article
Sounding the Alarm on IUL Investment- https://www.forbes.com/advisor/life-insurance/indexed-universal-life-insurance-problems/
Nurse.com- https://www.nurse.com/
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Stay in touch with the hosts
 
Connect with Kevin: 
Website: https://morethancpr.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-stansbury-40b66427/
 
Connect with Starshema:
IG: @nursecoachstarshemaRN
FB: Starshema RN
Website: iamstarshema.com
If you're feeling inspired and ready to build your personal brand and create a premium coaching practice in 90 days, visit www.iamstarshema.com/buildmybrand to start your journey today!

S2E2: How To Protect Yourself as a Nurse When The Organization Fails You | Nurse To Nurse Podcast

Welcome back everyone to another episode of The Nurse to Nurse podcast- Straight talk with two skilled nurses Kevin and Starshema.
 
As young nurses, some of you are probably thinking that you don’t need any type of insurance, that the organizations will always have your back and they will be there to protect you in the event that you did something wrong but is that really true? Would they really protect you? 
 
In this episode, we are going to be talking exactly about that and how you can protect yourself as a nurse in case the organization fails you.
 
More of the topics we discussed: 
 
2:25 It’s not only nurses that need protection and the case of two EMS who was charged with second-degree murder
5:18 How not knowing what exactly the policy is can put you into litigation 
6:47 The importance of liability insurance
12:11 We can’t change people who don’t give a sh**t
31:14 How do you protect yourself when the organization fails you
Other links and resources mentioned: 
NSO Insurance- https://www.nso.com/
CM&F Group- https://www.cmfgroup.com/
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Stay in touch with the hosts
 
Connect with Kevin: 
Website: https://morethancpr.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-stansbury-40b66427/
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/Kevin.Stansbury.RN
 
Connect with Starshema:
IG: @nursecoachstarshemaRN
FB: Starshema RN
Website: iamstarshema.com
If you're feeling inspired and ready to build your personal brand and create a premium coaching practice in 90 days, visit www.iamstarshema.com/buildmybrand to start your journey today!