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
54 episodes
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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27:09
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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22:58
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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27:48
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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30:47
Geriatric Nursing: Caring for Older Adults
Two clinical nurse specialists at Cleveland Clinic who specialize in geriatric nursing shed light on misconceptions about older patients and share insight on providing supportive, age-sensitive care.
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25:24
Differences, Not Deficits: Embracing Neurodiversity
At least 20% of the U.S. population is neurodivergent. In this episode of Nurse Essentials, two Cleveland Clinic experts discuss how to provide world-class, individualized care to patients who are neurodivergent.
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29:46
Medical-Surgical Nursing: A Specialty, Not a Stepping Stone
Medical-surgical nursing is the backbone of nursing. In the latest episode of the Nurse Essentials podcast, a clinical nurse and CNS in medical-surgical nursing at Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital share their passion for the specialty and adv...
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Program Helps Patients with Substance Use Disorder
The Recovery’s in Reach program at Cleveland Clinic Akron General helped place nearly 700 people with substance use disorder in inpatient and outpatient recovery centers last summer. In the latest Nurse Essentials podcast, Jonathan Sanchez, MBA...
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A Close Look at the Clinical Nurse Specialist Role
Clinical nurse specialists practice withing three spheres of influence – patients, nursing and healthcare systems. In the latest episode of Nurse Essentials, two clinical nurse specialists at Cleveland Clinic provide an inside look at what it m...
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26:08
Turning Ideas into Innovations
Karen Schaedlich, MSN, RN, innovation coordinator in the Office of Nursing Research & Innovation, believes nurses are natural problem-solvers. In the latest episode of Nurse Essentials, she discusses how they can embrace innovation to creat...
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27:31
Supporting Nurses Who Experience Second Victim Phenomenon
Dianna Copley, DNP, APRN-CNS, ACCNS-AG, CCRN, Clinical Nurse Specialist at Cleveland Clinic and Associate Director of the Nursing Ethics Program, discusses second victim phenomenon and the Emerge Stronger peer support program the healthcare sys...
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24:16
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Healthcare and Nursing
In the most recent episode of Nursing Essentials, Myra King, DNP, APRN-CNS, ACNS-BC, CCRN-CSC, delves into the importance of the DEI movement. “As long as we have healthcare disparities – as long as we are struggling to move the needle at it re...
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37:24
Caring for Patients as a Hospice Nurse
Ashley Clifford, RN, a nurse case manager for Cleveland Clinic Hospice Care, shares what drew her to the specialty and provides insight into a day in the life of a hospice nurse.
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22:11
Exploring the Pediatric Oncology Specialty
Before Cleveland Clinic Executive Chief Nursing Officer Meredith Foxx, MSN, MBA, APRN, NEA-BC, became a nurse leader, she cared for children with cancer. In this episode of Nurse Essentials, Foxx shares her experiences in pediatric oncology, as...
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Setting the Foundation for a Positive Patient Experience
Nurses help shape the patient experience. Kelli Saucerman-Howard, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer of Cleveland Clinic Akron General, shares insight on how new nurses, experienced nurses and nursing leaders can positively impact the patient exper...
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How to Prevent Workplace Violence
In 2022, the Joint Commission initiated Workplace Violence Prevention Standards to help curb the rise in workplace violence in healthcare. In the latest Nurse Essentials podcast, Erica Shields, MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, associate chief nursing offic...
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Patient Skin Care: Protecting the Body’s Largest Organ
Skin health, assessment and protection are foundational to what all nurses do, no matter what specialty or setting they work in. In the latest episode of Nurses Essentials, Mary Montague-McCown, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN, program manager of the...
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24:34
What’s It Like to Practice Nursing in Another Country?
Sheila Miller, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, has learned a lot about international nursing during her tenure as CNO of Cleveland Clinic London. In the latest episode of Nursing Essentials, she shares her insight and advice on practicing nursing abroad.
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26:28
Career Path: From ED Transporter to Nurse Manager
A determined nurse shares her journey from working as a transporter in the emergency department to landing the nurse manager position in Cleveland Clinic’s newly opened Mentor Hospital.
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25:05
A Nurse’s Journey from Air Force Medic to Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
With so many avenues to pursue, each nurse’s journey is different. Andrew Warburton, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, a 20-year nursing veteran, shares insight from his varied professional roles, including stints in emergency medicine, critical care...
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25:50
Embracing Evidence-Based Practice as the Standard of Care
The term “evidence-based practice” may be daunting to some nurses, who envision dense journal articles loaded with data and statistics. Nurse Scientist Lorraine Novosel, PhD, RN, APRN-CNP, AGPCNP-BC, NEA-BC, sheds light on EBP and offers input ...
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