Love n' Leary Nursing Podcast

Why should nurses care about policy?  Nurse anesthetist and policy expert Angela DiDonato, DNP, CRNA, FAANA, joins Marion and Rebecca to answer that question with stories from the front lines of nursing advocacy. She shares how frustration with Pennsylvania legislators inspired the Amplify Nursing podcast, how CRNAs won formal recognition in Pennsylvania after more than a decade of advocacy, and w...

Why are health equity voices getting quieter online?  Dr. Oni Blackstock, founder and executive director of Health Justice and a primary care and HIV physician, joins Marion Leary and Rebecca Love to talk about the engagement drop advocates are seeing on LinkedIn, why she left Twitter to protect her mental health, and how she balances speaking out with staying well.  She shares the family lineage...

Bullying and incivility in healthcare are getting worse, not better. In this episode of the Love n' Leary Nursing Podcast, hosts Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN, and Rebecca Love, RN, MSN, FIEL, talk with Renee Thompson, DNP, RN, FAONL, FAAN, CSP, CEO and founder of the Healthy Workforce Institute, about why toxic behavior persists in nursing and what actually stops it. Renee shares the research b...

Stand Up for Science founder Colette Delawalla, PhD, joins Marion Leary and Rebecca Love to talk about what's happening to federal research funding — and why nurses belong in the conversation. Delawalla shares how a banned words list days before her grant deadline led her to organize a protest that drew tens of thousands, why she believes institutions won't lead this fight, and her pract...

The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode belong solely to the hosts and do not necessarily reflect the official policy, beliefs, or position of Nurse.org. Lulette Infante arrived in New York City from Manila at 18 with two suitcases and three younger siblings to help raise. Thirty years later, she's a nurse informatics leader, and she's sounding an alarm about what imm...

Nursing has never had its own CPT billing codes — but AI is about to get 288 of them. In this episode of the Love n' Leary Nursing Podcast, hosts Marion Leary and Rebecca Love sit down with Stephanie Witwer, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, a leading ambulatory care nurse expert and strategic advisor to AAACN, to unpack the AMA's proposed AI CPT codes and what they mean for the future of nursing....

Hosts Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN and Rebecca Love, RN, MSN, FIEL kick off the first Nurse Spotlight episode of the Love n' Leary Nursing Podcast with someone who has quietly reshaped how nursing sees itself: Paul Coyne. Jump Ahead 00:58 — Welcome and introducing Paul Coyne, Love n' Leary's first Nurse Spotlight guest 01:55 — Paul's early years: heart disease, hospitalization, a...

Hosts Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN and Rebecca Love, RN, MSN, FIEL welcome Shannon Vieira, RN and Kara Wilson, OT of MGB Home Care for an urgent conversation about one of the largest healthcare strikes in Massachusetts history. On July 8th, home care nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social workers, dietitians, and speech-language pathologists will walk off the job for seven days...

Hosts Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN and Rebecca Love, RN, MSN, FIEL welcome Danae Petit, a rising senior nursing student at the University of Pittsburgh and senior columnist at The Pitt News, for a powerful conversation about nursing school, identity, and the power of telling your own story. Danae shares the rude awakening of her freshman year, the moment a small interaction at a campus food spot ins...

Hosts Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN and Rebecca Love, RN, MSN, FIEL welcome Sandy Summers, RN, MSN, MPH, founder and executive director of The Truth About Nursing, for a powerful conversation about how the media shapes the way the public sees nurses — and why it matters far beyond entertainment. For 25 years, Sandy has been pushing back against the way nurses are portrayed on TV, in advertising, and...

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode belong solely to the hosts and do not necessarily reflect the official policy, beliefs, or position of Nurse.org. Hosts Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN, and Rebecca Love, RN, MSN, FIEL, are joined by Dr. Lorena Grundy (AAUP Vice President and Practice Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Penn) and Dr. Logan Spector (pedia...

In this episode of the Love n' Leary podcast, host Rebecca Love sits down with nurse leaders Dr. Lendra James and Dr. Danielle McCamey, co-founders of Nurses Shift Change, to talk about why nurses must “report for duty” in Washington, D.C. this Nurses Week. They break down the urgent threats facing healthcare—hospital closures, cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, loss of coverage for vulnerable co...

In this episode of the Love n' Leary Podcast, hosts Marion Leary and Rebecca Love speak with nurses Dena Bushman and Rebekah Stewart about their difficult decision to resign from the United States Public Health Service. After years of leadership in public health and infectious disease response, both nurses share the ethical and moral conflicts they faced when deployments shifted toward immigr...

In this episode of the Love n' Leary Podcast, we sit down with emergency nurse and congressional candidate Nancy Mannion (PA-11). Nancy shares how bedside experiences, seeing the impact of lack of access to care and crushing medical debt, propelled her to run for Congress. She breaks down the nursing skills—communication, negotiation, and teamwork—that translate directly to policymaking, and...

Space tourists, floating vomit, CPR in microgravity—this episode goes exactly where you think it won’t. Marion and Rebecca sit down with Christine Rincon , founder of The Space Nurse™, to explore why the future of space travel urgently needs nurses. From decoding NASA job postings to unpacking “human in the loop” processes, Christine reveals how everyday bedside nursing skills directly translate t...

In this episode of the Love and Leary Podcast, Rebecca Love and Marion Leary sit down with public health nurse and former USAID leader Jerilyn Hoover to discuss the sweeping impact of recent federal health funding cuts. Jerilyn shares a firsthand account of how the abrupt closure of global health programs disrupted HIV, maternal-child health, and workforce initiatives worldwide—contributing to dev...

On this episode of the Love n’ Leary Nursing Podcast, hosts Marion Leary and Rebecca Love welcome Katie Boston-Leary, Senior Vice President at the American Nurses Association, for a powerful conversation on advocacy, leadership, and the future of nursing. Katie shares why political and social advocacy are core to nursing’s identity and how the ANA is taking bold action in response to national even...

Disclaimer: This episode discusses violence and the death of a healthcare worker. Listener discretion is advised. In this critical episode of Love n’ Leary , Marion Leary and Rebecca Love address the killing of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse in Minnesota, and what this moment demands of the nursing profession. Joined by Dr. Teddie Potter, clinical professor at the University of Minnesota and founding d...

In this episode of the Love n’ Leary Nursing Podcast, Marion Leary and Rebecca Love announce the podcast’s new partnership with Nurse.org and reflect on how this milestone represents the power of saying yes to opportunity. They revisit the early conversations that sparked the show, including imposter syndrome and career uncertainty, and connect those experiences to the broader responsibility of nu...

Marion & Rebecca are back with season two of the Love n' Leary podcast, discussing school gun violence with Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN, a Nationally Certified School Nurse (NCSN). 🎙️ About The Love & Leary Podcast Thank you for tuning in to The Love n' Leary Podcast ! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and share it with a colleague....

Marion & Rebecca give an update on the Nursing is STEM coalition. In August, the Nursing is STEM board submitted an application to the Department of Homeland Security to designate nursing as a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) profession. 🎙️ About The Love & Leary Podcast Thank you for tuning in to The Love n' Leary Podcast ! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscri...

We are back! On this new episode of the Love n' Leary podcast, we discuss the new administration and the tangible ways you can use your voice and power to stand up for the future of the nation. 🎙️ About The Love & Leary Podcast Thank you for tuning in to The Love n' Leary Podcast ! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and share it with a colleague. 🌐...

In our first live podcast recording from the AONL Nurse Hack 4 Health Innovation Sprint, we talk with colleagues from Johnson & Johnson and SONSIEL as well as nurse leaders from around the country about the importance of supporting nurses as innovators. 🎙️ About The Love & Leary Podcast Thank you for tuning in to The Love n' Leary Podcast ! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscrib...

In our first live, roaming podcast, we talk with nurse entrepreneurs and innovators at the AONL (https://www.aonl.org/) Nurse Innovation Showcase. Building on the theme, we showcase their companies and discuss why they felt compelled to take the leap (and risk) to fill a gap and create a healthcare start-up company. 🎙️ About The Love & Leary Podcast Thank you for tuning in to The Love n'...

Today, on the Love n' Leary podcast, we are raising awareness among nurses and other providers about the risks of DEHP in IV bags and other medical devices. **This episode is sponsored by B. Braun, a pioneer of safe medical equipment. They are a leader in smart infusion therapy and safe and effective pharmacy products, patient and provider safety, and sustainable health solutions.** 🎙️ About...