Feeding Our Young®
Encouragement for today's student nurse... and life lessons for the rest of us!
Have you ever heard the phrase “nurses eat their young?” Feeding Our Young® is more than a podcast – it’s a movement. It’s a desire to see new nurses of all ages be supported and uplifted by their peers.
Join the movement! COME and hear host Eric Miller's vision for a radical culture change - in nursing, healthcare, and elsewhere; then STAY for a stable of all-star nursing students, nurses, and nurse educators!
They might make you LAUGH...
they might make you CRY...
but they will all definitely make you THINK...
and be ENCOURAGED!
Episodes
175 episodes
172 - Kendall Martin Pt 2: Being Hungry and Willing to Learn Goes a Long Way
Continue with nurse and Eureka, Nevada native Honored Guest Kendall Martin as he chats about his path from nursing school to the CICU, working as a nurse born with club feet, the benefits of faith and family, his advice for talking with family ...
171 - Kendall Martin Pt 1: Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
Join nurse and Eureka, Nevada native Honored Guest Kendall Martin as he chats about growing up in a small hometown, who inspires him most in life, the importance of bing comfortable with being uncomfortable, his recent “work project” trip to Me...
170 - Ainsley Nelson and Vanessa Lester: BFFs Through the Rewarding and Absurd
Join current students - Whidbey Island, Washington native Honored Guest Ainsley Nelson and Spokane Valley, Washington native Honored Guest Vanessa Lester - as they talk about their families, how they became best friends, what inspired them to c...
169 - Karli Petruso Pt 2: Autopsy of an NCLEX Failure (You Will Be A Nurse)
Continue with recent grad and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Karli Petruso as she walks us through failing her first NCLEX attempt and subsequent passing of her second attempt. She describes how she prepared for her first attempt, the...
168 - Mandy Nigg: There's Always So Many Layers to Everything
Join nurse and Spokane Valley, Washington native Honored Guest Mandy Nigg as she describes enjoying her time working in a nursing home in her teens, why she chose nursing as a career, her advice on balancing work and nursing school, not having ...
167 - Allie Rader: Nursing is the Sweetest Profession
Join nurse and Wenatchee, Washington native Honored Guest Allie Rader as she talks all about finding positivity in hard situations, growing up with medical jargon, why she works postpartum nursing, the learning curve involved in working float p...
166 - Ally Tracy: You Make it Safe to Tell You
Join nurse educator and Hermon, Maine native Honored Guest Ally Tracy as she describes being a staunch opponent of the “eating our young” phenomenon, navigating an unnecessarily challenging nursing school situation, encouraging students to prof...
165 - Runar Camp Pt 2: Always Check Your Own Pulse Before You Check Your Patient’s
Continue with recent graduate and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Runar Camp as he chats about what it felt like to walk across stage and obtain his diploma, how he prepared for and overcame failing the NCLEX, celebrating milestones, h...
164 - Runar Camp Pt 1: The Little Moments Can Make a World of Difference
Join recent graduate and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Runar Camp as he chats about April Fools jokes, the impact of his family on his life, how a broken arm landed him in his nursing career, how the little moments can make a world o...
163 - Katie Kunda Pt 2: You’ve Got to Get the Buy-In
Continue with nurse, nurse educator, and Snohomish, Washington native Honored Guest Katie Kunda as she waxes eloquent about a couple of non-traditional nursing jobs, how her pre- and post-Africa trip prepared her for nursing education, her pass...
162 - Katie Kunda Pt 1: A Jacqueline of All Trades
Join nurse, nurse educator, and Snohomish, Washington native Honored Guest Katie Kunda as she waxes eloquent about her unconventional nursing journey, why she decided to become a nurse, using her voice during COVID, her intro into education, he...
161 - Karli Petruso Pt 1: Even Your Struggles Become Part of Your Growth
Join recent grad and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Karli Petruso as she talks about perceived flaws being actual strengths, how previous jobs helped her in nursing school, her “ridiculously boring” reason why she chose nursing, getti...
160 - Eliana Lefkowitz: Big Heart, Big Smile
Join nursing student and Portland, Oregon native Honored Guest Eliana Lefkowitz as she describes jobs she had in high school, who inspires her most in life, challenges she has faced in nursing school including challenging classes that made her ...
159 - Becky Love-Kerley Pt 3: People Want One of the Three Hs
Continue with operating theatre nurse, embedded learning facilitator, and Birmingham and Somerset, United Kingdom native Honoured Guest Becky Love-Kerley as she chats about her superpower, helping others transition from handholding to stretchin...
158 - Becky Love-Kerley Pt 2: Every Single Day is a School Day
Continue with operating theatre nurse, embedded learning facilitator, and Birmingham and Somerset, United Kingdom native Honoured Guest Becky Love-Kerley as she chats about how board gaming fosters and hones real life skills, how a surgery she ...
157 - Becky Love-Kerley Pt 1: I'm an E.L.F.
Join operating theatre nurse, embedded learning facilitator, and Birmingham and Somerset, United Kingdom native Honoured Guest Becky Love-Kerley as she chats about degrees vs diplomas, how bereavement feels for her, being utterly powerless faci...
156 - Crystal Gower: There’s Still Rainbows Through the Storms
Join tenured nurse, entrepreneur, and Arizona native Honored Guest Crystal Gower as she talks about her love of learning, the importance of grit, how she ended up in healthcare (being a respiratory therapist before nursing), the importance of p...
155 - Jenn Moon: Taking the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly With Me
Join current student and Kent, Washington native Honored Guest Jenn Moon as she discusses her heroes in life, how a car accident drew her to nursing, what she loves most about nursing school, adjusting to being in a new city, the challenges of ...
LX - Three Takeaways from Today! (Bonus Episode)
Join host Eric Miller in this bonus episode as he briefly shares three takeaways applicable to nursing and life in general that he was inspired to share from whatever the "big event" is that is happening later today! (Episode recorded seven hou...
154 - Jayde Sagun and Maya Zilberstein: Strength in Numbers
Join current students - Kahului, Maui, Hawai’i native Honored Guest Jayde Sagun and Thousand Oaks, California native Honored Guest Maya Zilberstein - as they describe their favorite parts of nursing school, celebrating with peers, why they chos...
153 - Kim Wiest Pt 2: Consider That Whole Soul That is in Front of You
Continue with nurse practitioner and Grafton, West Virginia, and North Carolina native Honored Guest Kim Wiest as she waxes eloquent about her superpower, how her mother’s journey informed her passion in functional medicine, some of the differe...
152 - Kim Wiest Pt 1: I Became a Nurse By Accident
Join nurse practitioner and Grafton, West Virginia, and North Carolina native Honored Guest Kim Wiest as she waxes eloquent about her hero, how she accidentally became a nurse, her “messy twin,” her incredible career progression (and funny stor...
151 - Jae McKinney: You Have Your Own Worth
Join nurse educator, nurse practitioner, and Spokane Valley, Washington native Honored Guest Jae McKinney as she discusses how a television show helped get her into nursing, how a life event side railed her into her chosen specialty, the huge t...
150 - Jamie Clark Pt 2: The Diverse Universe that is Nursing
Continue with nurse, farmer, and Yakima, Washington native Honored Guest Jamie Clark as she chats about the importance of grit and character in nursing, using tact and kindness while rocking the boat, moral injury/secondary trauma in healthcare...
149 - Jamie Clark Pt 1: The Horse is the Gateway Drug
Join nurse, farmer, and Yakima, Washington native Honored Guest Jamie Clark as she chats about why going to work is a stress relief sometimes, the intersection of nursing and farming in her life, her myriad influences leading her to nursing, be...
