Nurse Essentials: A podcast focused on caring for you
Nurse Essentials is a podcast about all things nursing — from tips for making your next shift easier to advice on how to handle the big challenges you face. Whether you’re just starting your practice or have years of experience, we’ve got you covered.
Episodes
68 episodes
Leading Through Change: Inspiring Teams with a Shared Vision and Purpose
Leading through change can be challenging, but it’s inevitable. “Change is ongoing, it’s continuous, and we have to be constantly reevaluating, measuring and understanding its impact so that we can make sure we are moving in the right direction...
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Nurse Retention: Creating a Culture of Committed Caregivers
Nursing retention begins before caregivers even accept an offer to join your team. It starts with how the organization presents itself in the community and on social media and continues through the interview process, into the first year of empl...
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29:25
Identifying and Managing Patients’ Allergies
Reviewing a patient’s allergies is a cornerstone of providing effective care across the healthcare continuum. Allergies can affect everything from the food and medications patients receive while in the hospital to the devices and implants used ...
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Planning for Safe Patient Discharges
Care management is a vital nursing specialty. “Our objectives are always to assess patients immediately when they come into the door, and then try to align what their discharge might look like,” says Mark Torok, MBA, BSN, RN, CCMC, Senior Nursi...
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Helping Children Cope with a Family Member’s Hospitalization
Nurses don’t just care for patients. They also care for families, which may include patients’ children, grandchildren and siblings. Nurses need to be mindful of the needs of those children. In the latest episode of Nurse Essentials, Molly Gleyd...
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Revolutionizing Care: The Hospital at Home Model
In this compelling episode of Nurse Essentials, Cleveland Clinic's Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Carol Pehotsky, sits down with Danielle Crow, Nurse Manager of the Hospital Care at Home program, to explore a groundbreaking model of healthcar...
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The Howley ASPIRE Program: Creating a Pipeline for the Next Generation of Nurses
An innovative immersion program at Cleveland Clinic introduces high school students to the nursing profession. As the Howley ASPIRE Program nears its 10th anniversary, its director and a program graduate share what makes it so successful.
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From RN to MD: A Leader Shares Their Journey
Rita Pappas, MD, FAAP, FHM, was a clinical nurse for 10 years before becoming a pediatric physician. “I really believe being a nurse makes me a better physician,” says Dr. Pappas. In the latest episode of Nurse Essentials, she discusses the tra...
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Simulation Education in Nursing
Simulation extends beyond working with manikins. Cleveland Clinic has used simulation-based learning to train caregivers on the sepsis response process, hone procedural skills, perform mock operations using virtual reality and more. In th...
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Advice and Resources for Night Shift Nurses
Working the night shift can be challenging, particularly when it comes to getting enough quality sleep. But it offers unique advantages for clinical nurses, including the opportunity to truly work to the top of license and build bonds with othe...
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Care Collaborations: RNs and LPNs Partner on Med-Surg Unit
Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) often work in long-term care facilities, but they can be valuable team members in hospitals, too. Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital partners RNs with LPNs on a medical-surgical unit to provide quality care ...
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Sparking Interest in the Nursing Profession
With ongoing demand for nurses, attracting people to the profession is important. In the latest episode of Nurse Essentials, Linda Gardner, DNP, MEd, RN, CNOR, shares how Cleveland Clinic Center for Nursing Career Exploration provides programmi...
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Caring for Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
More than 6.7 million Americans over the age of 20 have heart failure, and that number is expected to rise to 8.7 million by 2030, according to the Heart Failure Society of America. Maureen Schaupp, MSN, APRN-CNP, Executive Director, Associate ...
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CNO Roundtable Allows Nurses to Speak Up and Be Heard
Shannon Pengel, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer for Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, meets representatives from every hospital unit at a monthly meeting to hear their concerns and ideas. It’s led to improvements in areas rang...
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Successfully Transitioning from Nursing Peer to Leader
Nursing is all about relationships. But how do you manage the transition and maintain appropriate relationships with peers when you accept a leadership role? In this episode of Nurse Essentials, Kristen Vargo, DNP, RN, NE-BC, Director of Nursin...
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Connecting with Health Organizations Around the World
Healthcare and nursing look quite different around the globe. In this episode of Health Essentials, Margee Pagnucco, MSN, RN, CPHQ, discusses how the Cleveland Clinic Connected global affiliation program shares expertise to enhance patient care...
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Specialty Spotlight: Caring for Patients in a Neurological ICU
The journey back to health is often long for patients in the neurological ICU being treated for a variety of conditions, ranging from stroke and seizures to rare disorders, such as myasthenia gravis and Guillain-Barré syndrome. A nurse in the n...
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Nursing Specialty Spotlight: A Look at Endoscopy Nursing
Endoscopy procedures include much more than colorectal cancer screenings, and nurses are key members of teams that provide advanced endoscopies. In the latest episode of Nurse Essentials, Teresita Foliacci, MSN-Ed, RN, CGRN, Endoscopy Nurse Man...
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26:51
Hand Hygiene: The Foundation of Infection Prevention
Handwashing is a simple task, yet the hands remain the most common source of transmission in healthcare. Two infection preventionists at Cleveland Clinic discuss why hand hygiene is important and how to improve compliance.
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30:24
Maintaining a Healthy Bottom Line: How Nurses Can Impact Healthcare Finances
Nurses may not be experts in financial spreadsheets or accounting principles, but they can contribute to the fiscal stability of their organizations. In the latest episode of Nurse Essentials, Matt Slife, Executive Director of Nursing Operation...
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The Science of Ergonomics: Keeping Caregivers and Patients Safe
Back injuries are among the most common reported by healthcare workers. But they also suffer from shoulder injury and pain, nerve entrapment, carpal tunnel syndrome and other conditions caused by lifting patients and equipment, as well as other...
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29:43
Nursing Innovation: A CNS Shares Her Path to Inventions
A 44-year nursing veteran at Cleveland Clinic has developed processes and products to improve practice. She shares her innovation journey and advice for other nurses on how to turn ideas into solutions.
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28:22
Empowering Nurses to Handle Ethical Dilemmas
As a new nurse on a recently established trauma ward in London, Georgina Morley, PhD, RN, NEC-C, experienced her share of ethical dilemmas. Today, she shares her passion and knowledge to help caregivers navigate ethical challenges as director o...
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Emergency Management: Being Prepared During a Crisis
With 23 years of experience as a paramedic fireman, Scott Hantz, MSN, MBA, RN, EMT-P, has seen his share of emergencies. In this issue of Nurse Essentials, Hantz, who serves as director of Surgical Services Nursing at Cleveland Clinic, shares h...
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