Newly Meds

In This episode we talk about navigating the time in between realizing a goal that you have for your career in healthcare and actually achieving it. Quinn and I understand that becoming a doctor, a nurse, a Physician assistant etc does not happen overnight. We share our own experience with continuing to show up, step-by-step and work towards our goals. Got questions you want us to answer?: email u...

We're so happy you're here and we're ecstatic to be back with season 2 of newly meds! Quinn talks about the pathway to becoming a doctor and how his intern year is going. Heather talks about applying to NP school and her passion for women's health. We both discuss our self-growth journey. Got questions you want us to answer: email us at newlymedsthepod@gmail.com instagram: @naturally_heather tikto...

Welcome to Newly Med's first Solo podcast episode (Quinn sits this one out!) AND our first ep. after relocating to North Carolina for Quinn's Medical Residency! Heather gets emotional and shares her struggles navigating content creator burnout while doing inner child work/healing. resources: Zone of Genius book "The Big Leap" What is tapping? devotional: Lysa Terkeurst You're Going To Make It What...

Top tips for acing the interview and landing the job or program. Heather and Quinn discuss the 2 questions they've been asked in every single interview and how they answer them. They describe how they prep for interviews and how important body language and dressing professionally are. Heather and Quinn share the importance of asking the right questions to the interviewer at the end of the intervie...

In this episode, Heather and Quinn share deets about their upcoming move to North Carolina for Quinn to start his medical residency. Heather discusses the direction she's taking with her time, energy, and career. They dip into the broad discussion of energy healing and divine feminine/masculine energy as well as limiting beliefs that keep us stuck in jobs we hate! The focus of this episode is enge...

In this episode we cover Quinn's match day experience and how he made his decision for his top choice. We review the residency application timeline. We also touched on our trip to Mexico and some travel hacks! links: my amazon storefront Quinn's match day reaction tiktok My favorite travel credit card pay rent and earn travel points follow Heather on IG (@naturally_heather) and tiktok (@thatnurseh...

In this episode, we focus in on the pros and cons of inpatient vs outpatient nursing (including remote nursing and travel nursing). Heather shares her personal experience with working various schedules like 3/12s, 4/10s, and 5/8s. Quinn shares his experience being the partner of someone working tough hours. Heather gives advice on how to figure out whether outpatient nursing would be a good fit fo...

2:50 - finalizing Quinn's medical residency rank list 6:00 - factors we considered when making Quinn's rank list for residency 9:15- New York City rant 11:40- What Heather would like to do for work when we move 12:20- Nursing niches and how they can level up your career opportunities 13:00- Heathers big project: pdf IV Guide for beginners [to be released in March (?)] 17:20 - more considerations f...

In this episode, we discuss a phenomenon referred to as "Toxic Productivity Culture" or "Hustle Culture" that plagues so many of us. We aim to raise awareness, share our experience, and offer some insightful tools to overcome it. The flow of this episode is as follows Defining Toxic Productivity Culture (TPC) Lies were told in TPC Psychological origins of TPC Trademark lifestyle habits/patterns of...

Happy 2023! In this episode we unpack: highlights of 2022 Biggest struggle/setback of 2022 What we're most excited for in 2023 Self growth goals for 2023 Celebrating our first wedding anniversary Our thoughts on getting married in medical school Our current marriage role dynamic Is marriage hard? Episode resources: You Need a Budget the food tracking app we use for weight loss Follow Heather on In...

It's the most wonderful time of the year (to be working..?). In this episode, Heather and Quinn discuss ways to make working in healthcare during the holidays as positive of an experience as possible. Heather discusses her first year working during the holidays and how to strategically plan your holiday scheduling while working the bedside. Heather and Quinn discuss choosing a field in healthcare...

Heather discusses how and why she became interested in integrative medicine and how she got her current job as an integrative medicine intravenous and injection RN in NYC. She discusses her own personal health journey and how it lead her to discovering functional medicine. She opens up about her experience at the bedside and how she made her way to integrative nursing. Mentioned in the pod: ~luxur...

Quinn and Heather do a casual Q+A with each other. When did Quinn know he wanted to marry Heather What are people surprised to find out about Heather Quinn gives dating advice Heather’s favorite podcasts at the moment Quinn and Heather answer whether they have any regrets or not If Heather could be remembered for one thing, what would it be? Quinn answers the most challenging and rewarding thing a...

Mental Health in Healthcare: therapy in medical school, social media, pre-shift anxiety, integrative/holistic approach to anxiety Episode 5 Dealing with mental health concerns in medical school Quinn answers: Would it be weird to ask med schools in interviews how they support mental health? Do you think there’s a place in medicine for people with pre-existing anxiety/depression - Do medical school...

episode 4 | different medical school clerkship schedules medical school "clerkships" vs nursing school "clinicals" working different schedules as a nurse from bedside to outpatient why I left endoscopy (4/10 hr shifts) for IV nursing (5/8 hour shifts-- "9-5") how we go on dates with our budget in mind When we fit our meals and workouts in, joining a gym, tips for working out after work! Heather's...

Episode 3 | How Heather made it inadvertently seem like she “had it all figured out” as a micro-influencer but actually did not, in fact, have it “all figured out” Quinn discusses transitioning from undergrad to medical school Heather shares her transition from nursing school to working as a new grad nurse Applying to nursing jobs after school Asking for help and meeting new people How our move to...

Episode 2 | Quinn and Heather discuss how they chose their careers in healthcare as well as the beginning of their love story. Quinn reveals which specialty he’s chosen to pursue and why. Heather speaks on how spirituality intersected with her decision to pursue nursing and the job changes she’s had within the field. She discusses how she found integrative medicine and what nursing in the field en...

We introduce our intentions and mission behind this podcast. Our mini intro into ourselves and our goals. We speak on our individual passions and what we want to bring to you. Thanks for listening!