Coffee Before Clinicals

🎙️ Got questions or a topic you're dying to hear? Text us and let’s make it happen—we’re all ears and ready to roll! We dig into the uncomfortable math behind 93,000 qualified nursing applicants being turned away while the country keeps repeating that we desperately need nurses. We lay out why “just admit more students” ignores the real capacity limits of nursing education, especially clinical...

🎙️ Got questions or a topic you're dying to hear? Text us and let’s make it happen—we’re all ears and ready to roll! Nurses are more optimistic about AI than any other clinical profession, and the numbers are not subtle. Yet trust is still fragile, and the biggest reason isn’t that nurses “don’t get technology” it’s that too many of the decisions about AI in nursing happen without nursing at t...

🎙️ Got questions or a topic you're dying to hear? Text us and let’s make it happen—we’re all ears and ready to roll! The NCLEX pass rate drop is real, but the internet’s favorite explanation is not. I start with the numbers that have everyone spiraling and then we slow down long enough to separate two stories that landed in the same news cycle: shifting first-time pass rates and the 2026 NCLEX...

🎙️ Got questions or a topic you're dying to hear? Text us and let’s make it happen—we’re all ears and ready to roll! AI is rapidly changing healthcare — but what does that actually mean for nurses? In this episode, Jennifer breaks down how artificial intelligence is being used in hospitals, where it can help, the risks nurses are worried about, and why critical thinking and human connection st...

🎙️ Got questions or a topic you're dying to hear? Text us and let’s make it happen—we’re all ears and ready to roll! What if the fastest way to safer care is changing a single assumption? We sit down with educator and recovery advocate Shane Watson to examine how stigma around addiction silently shapes assessments, pain decisions, and patient trust—and how simple shifts in language and presenc...

🎙️ Got questions or a topic you're dying to hear? Text us and let’s make it happen—we’re all ears and ready to roll! Nursing has been the most trusted profession for 23 years running, but academic dishonesty threatens both education integrity and patient safety. Dr. Suzanne McWilliams, Director of Nursing at Northern Arizona University, unpacks why integrity matters in nursing and how AI is ch...

🎙️ Got questions or a topic you're dying to hear? Text us and let’s make it happen—we’re all ears and ready to roll! Beta blockers are essential cardiovascular medications that act as the "brake pedal" of the heart, helping to manage conditions like hypertension, angina, arrhythmias, heart failure, and sometimes migraines or anxiety. Despite their complex names that resemble Wi-Fi pa...

🎙️ Got questions or a topic you're dying to hear? Text us and let’s make it happen—we’re all ears and ready to roll! Remember struggling with pathophysiology, staring at pages of scientific terms wondering how anyone could possibly remember it all? You're not alone—and it's not your fault. The problem isn't your brain; it's the approach. Pathophysiology transforms from an o...

🎙️ Got questions or a topic you're dying to hear? Text us and let’s make it happen—we’re all ears and ready to roll! Pharmacology doesn't have to be about memorizing hundreds of drug names in a week. We can make this challenging subject manageable by focusing on patterns, categories, and building confidence over time. • Break drugs down into categories - medication class, mechanism of act...

🎙️ Got questions or a topic you're dying to hear? Text us and let’s make it happen—we’re all ears and ready to roll! Nursing school is intense, and you don’t have to go through it alone. Coffee Before Clinicals is the podcast for students who need real talk, smart strategies, and support from nurses who teach it every day. Hosted by real professors. Coming soon. Music by Smallrose Productions