CE Podcasts for Nurses
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Episodes
172 episodes
Your Nursing Career Doesn't Have to Follow a Straight Line
Your Nursing Career Doesn't Have to Follow a Straight LineSUMMARY: What if your nursing career didn’t have to follow the traditional bedside path to be meaningful—or impactful? In this episode, host MacKenzie Butler sit...
Precision Medicine in Mental Health: A Game-Changer for Nurses
Precision Medicine in Mental Health: A Game-Changer for NursesSUMMARY: Mental healthcare is undergoing a revolutionary transformation as precision medicine moves from bench to bedside. For decades, psychiatric treatment has reli...
Episode 8: The Heparin that Clotted
Episode 8: The Heparin that ClottedSUMMARY: This course presents a complex postoperative case involving Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT), a rare but potentially life-threatening immune-mediated reaction to heparin. Though ...
Episode 7: The Case of Sudden Paralysis
Episode 7: The Case of Sudden ParalysisSUMMARY: This course presents a clinical case of acute flaccid paralysis in a postoperative patient, ultimately diagnosed as Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). The episode emphasizes the diagno...
Episode 6: The Red Man That Collapsed
Episode 6: The Red Man That CollapsedSUMMARY: This course examines a high-acuity infusion reaction, Red Man Syndrome (RMS), as it unfolds during vancomycin administration in an ICU setting. Through narrative reenactment and clin...
Episode 5: The Phantom Fever
Episode 5: The Phantom FeverSUMMARY: This accredited continuing nursing education activity explores the clinical complexities of diagnosing central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in the presence of negative cul...
Episode 4: The Woman Who Turned Blue
Episode 4: The Woman Who Turned BlueSUMMARY: This course explores a complex case of methemoglobinemia, a rare but potentially fatal condition in which hemoglobin is unable to carry oxygen effectively despite normal respiratory s...
Episode 3: The Woman Who Couldn’t Wake Up
Episode 3: The Woman Who Couldn’t Wake UpSUMMARY: This course presents a complex case of progressive hypersomnia and neuropsychiatric decline initially misdiagnosed as a psychiatric disorder. Learners will explore the diagnostic...
Episode 2: The Itch That Wouldn’t Stop
Episode 2: The Itch That Wouldn’t StopSUMMARY: This continuing education activity explores a diagnostically challenging case of persistent pruritus that ultimately revealed an underlying malignancy. Through the narrative of a pa...
Episode 1: The Case of Suspicious Swelling
Medical Mysteries Episode 1: The Case of Suspicious SwellingSUMMARY: This continuing education podcast episode unpacks a perplexing clinical case of steroid toxicity caused by an imported supplement, initially masked as classic ...
Reversing Type 2 Diabetes: What Nurses Need to Know
Reversing Type 2 Diabetes: What Nurses Need to KnowSUMMARY: Headlines flood our patients' social media feeds daily, promising quick fixes to a complex chronic disease. But what does the science actually say about Type 2 diabetes...
Cultural Competence in Hospice Nursing
Cultural Competence in Hospice NursingSUMMARY: In hospice, small cultural missteps can become big barriers to trust, comfort, and dignified end-of-life care. This 60-minute episode explores practical, team-based strategies for p...
The Full Scope of Nurses' Work at the Bedside
The Full Scope of Nurses' Work at the BedsideSUMMARY: This episode unpacks what bedside nurses actually do—and why so much of that high‑stakes, outcomes‑driving work is invisible in traditional hospital metrics. Using Carr and V...
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and Psychiatric Nursing
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and Psychiatric NursingSUMMARY: Psychedelic therapies are moving from headlines to care pathways. Ketamine and esketamine already have defined clinical footprints, and psilocybin is advancing in late...
Nursing Salaries: Is Negotiation Possible?
Nursing Salaries: Is Negotiation Possible?SUMMARY: This episode explores how compensation structures in nursing actually work and examines whether meaningful salary negotiation is possible in both RN and APRN roles. Listeners wi...
Unraveling Lupus
Unraveling LupusSUMMARY: Lupus isn’t just a butterfly rash—it’s an autoimmune overdrive that can touch almost every organ system. In this foundations episode, we cover the essentials that are asked most: what lupus is, who gets ...
Missed Maternal Red Flags: Critical Postpartum Emergencies in the First Year
Missed Maternal Red Flags: Critical Postpartum Emergencies in the First YearSUMMARY: The postpartum year is one of the most vulnerable periods in maternal health, yet many life-threatening complications emerge only after the pat...
Reclassifying Healthcare Degrees: Understanding the DOE's Proposed Policy Change
Reclassifying Healthcare Degrees: Understanding the DOE's Proposed Policy ChangeSUMMARY: This episode examines the U.S. Department of Education's November 2025 proposal to redefine "professional degree" programs for federal stud...
The Evolution of Nursing Education
The Evolution of Nursing EducationSUMMARY: This podcast is intended for nursing educators, administrators, and healthcare professionals interested in the transformation of nursing education. The course discusses the evolution fr...
Nurse Innovators: Solving Problems at the Bedside
Nurse Innovators: Solving Problems at the BedsideSUMMARY: Nurses are at the forefront of patient care, uniquely positioned to identify challenges and create innovative solutions that improve outcomes and workflows. From developi...
Scrubs and Subpoenas: Nursing Scope of Practice - A $150 Million Mistake Part 2
Scrubs and Subpoenas: Nursing Scope of Practice - A $150 Million Mistake Part 2 SUMMARY: Scrubs and Subpoenas: Nursing Scope of Practice is a podcast series that explores the critical role of nursing scope of practice in e...
Scrubs and Subpoenas: Nursing Scope of Practice - A $150 Million Mistake Part 1
Scrubs and Subpoenas: Nursing Scope of Practice - A $150 Million Mistake Part 1 SUMMARY: Scrubs and Subpoenas: Nursing Scope of Practice is a podcast series that explores the critical role of nursing scope of practice in en...
Scrubs and Subpoenas: Nursing Scope of Practice - A Fatal Fib
Scrubs and Subpoenas: Nursing Scope of Practice - A Fatal Fib SUMMARY: Scrubs and Subpoenas: Nursing Scope of Practice is a podcast series that explores the critical role of nursing scope of practice in ensuring patient saf...
Scrubs and Subpoenas: Nursing Scope of Practice - Competence or Compromise
Scrubs and Subpoenas: Nursing Scope of Practice - Competence or Compromise SUMMARY: Scrubs and Subpoenas: Nursing Scope of Practice is a podcast series that explores the critical role of nursing scope of practice in ensurin...
Scrubs and Subpoenas: Nursing Scope of Practice - The 5th Vital Sign
Scrubs and Subpoenas: Nursing Scope of Practice - The 5th Vital Sign SUMMARY: Scrubs and Subpoenas: Nursing Scope of Practice is a podcast series that explores the critical role of nursing scope of practice in ensuring pati...