CE Podcasts for Nurses

Before You Post: Professional Standards and Social Media in Healthcare SUMMARY:  Social media has become a powerful influence on how the public perceives healthcare and nursing practice. Viral videos often present brief, emotionally engaging snapshots of clinical situations, yet they frequently omit critical context related to patient safety, ethical decision making, and standards of care. This po...

Nursing Scandals Unmasked: What Social Media Isn’t Telling You SUMMARY:  This episode examines the rise of healthcare content on social media platforms, analyzing viral nursing videos through the lens of professional standards, patient privacy regulations, legal consequences, and public perception. Participants will explore documented cases, regulatory responses, platform policies, and the gap bet...

A Nurse’s Guide to Hormones and Mental Health: Menstrual Tracking Insights SUMMARY:  Hormonal fluctuations across the menstrual cycle don't just affect physical health—they have measurable, clinically significant mental health implications that are still widely misunderstood, underdiagnosed, and often dismissed in practice. This episode breaks down the hormone-mood connection, explains the ph...

Crisis Mode Activated: How Nurses Navigate Medication Shortages SUMMARY:  Medication shortages have become a persistent and escalating challenge across healthcare settings, affecting inpatient and outpatient populations alike. With more than 300 active drug shortages nationally and documented associations with increased medication errors and adverse outcomes, nurses must be prepared to respond saf...

Your Nursing Career Doesn't Have to Follow a Straight Line SUMMARY:  What if your nursing career didn’t have to follow the traditional bedside path to be meaningful—or impactful?  In this episode, host MacKenzie Butler sits down with Donna Cardillo, a nurse whose career journey defies convention. From psychiatric hospitals and emergency departments to healthcare reimbursement, education, writ...

Precision Medicine in Mental Health: A Game-Changer for Nurses SUMMARY:  Mental healthcare is undergoing a revolutionary transformation as precision medicine moves from bench to bedside. For decades, psychiatric treatment has relied on trial-and-error approaches, leaving patients cycling through multiple medications before finding one that works—if they find one at all. But emerging biomarker tech...

Episode 4: The Woman Who Turned Blue SUMMARY:  This course explores a complex case of methemoglobinemia, a rare but potentially fatal condition in which hemoglobin is unable to carry oxygen effectively despite normal respiratory status and pulse oximetry readings. Through narrative storytelling and expert debrief, learners are introduced to the diagnostic challenges of cyanosis with normal oxygen...

Episode 5: The Phantom Fever SUMMARY:  This accredited continuing nursing education activity explores the clinical complexities of diagnosing central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in the presence of negative cultures and nonspecific systemic signs. Through a compelling case narrative, learners will follow the journey of a patient whose persistent fever and subtle hemodynamic cha...

Episode 6: The Red Man That Collapsed SUMMARY:  This course examines a high-acuity infusion reaction, Red Man Syndrome (RMS), as it unfolds during vancomycin administration in an ICU setting. Through narrative reenactment and clinical analysis, the course helps nurses differentiate RMS from anaphylaxis, understand the underlying pathophysiology of histamine-mediated reactions, and explore the crit...

Episode 7: The Case of Sudden Paralysis SUMMARY:  This course presents a clinical case of acute flaccid paralysis in a postoperative patient, ultimately diagnosed as Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS). The episode emphasizes the diagnostic complexities of neurologic deterioration following surgery, particularly when symptoms mimic more common conditions such as stroke, medication reaction, or critical...

Episode 8: The Heparin that Clotted SUMMARY:  This course presents a complex postoperative case involving Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT), a rare but potentially life-threatening immune-mediated reaction to heparin. Though widely used for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis, heparin can, in susceptible individuals, paradoxically trigger thrombosis through platelet activation and antibody for...

Medical Mysteries Episode 1: The Case of Suspicious Swelling SUMMARY:  This continuing education podcast episode unpacks a perplexing clinical case of steroid toxicity caused by an imported supplement, initially masked as classic Cushing’s syndrome. Learners will follow a real-world diagnostic journey that highlights the dangers of unlabeled medications, and the challenges clinicians face in ident...

Episode 2: The Itch That Wouldn’t Stop SUMMARY:  This continuing education activity explores a diagnostically challenging case of persistent pruritus that ultimately revealed an underlying malignancy. Through the narrative of a patient whose symptoms defied dermatologic explanation, learners will examine the clinical presentation and pathophysiology of paraneoplastic pruritus. The course emphasize...

Episode 3: The Woman Who Couldn’t Wake Up SUMMARY:  This course presents a complex case of progressive hypersomnia and neuropsychiatric decline initially misdiagnosed as a psychiatric disorder. Learners will explore the diagnostic process that led to the identification of paraneoplastic hypothalamic dysfunction, a rare syndrome in which an occult tumor triggers an autoimmune response against the b...

Reversing Type 2 Diabetes: What Nurses Need to Know SUMMARY:  Headlines flood our patients' social media feeds daily, promising quick fixes to a complex chronic disease. But what does the science actually say about Type 2 diabetes reversal or remission? This episode cuts through the hype and examines the evidence behind low-carb diets, intermittent fasting, bariatric surgery, and intensive li...

Cultural Competence in Hospice Nursing SUMMARY:  In hospice, small cultural missteps can become big barriers to trust, comfort, and dignified end-of-life care. This 60-minute episode explores practical, team-based strategies for providing culturally responsive hospice care—such as recognizing patient cues, asking the right questions about beliefs and decision-making, customizing care plans, and en...

The Full Scope of Nurses' Work at the Bedside SUMMARY:  This episode unpacks what bedside nurses actually do—and why so much of that high‑stakes, outcomes‑driving work is invisible in traditional hospital metrics. Using Carr and Vollman’s “The Full Scope of Nurses’ Work in Hospitals” as our springboard, we explore nurse surveillance, anticipatory prevention, care coordination, and the cogniti...

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and Psychiatric Nursing SUMMARY:  Psychedelic therapies are moving from headlines to care pathways. Ketamine and esketamine already have defined clinical footprints, and psilocybin is advancing in late-phase trials. This episode equips nurses with a pragmatic playbook: how to screen, prep, administer, and monitor patients safely; what to watch for physiologically and p...

Nursing Salaries: Is Negotiation Possible? SUMMARY:  This episode explores how compensation structures in nursing actually work and examines whether meaningful salary negotiation is possible in both RN and APRN roles. Listeners will learn how salary bands, market rates, and internal equity rules shape base pay, and which additional pay levers can be negotiated to maximize earnings. The discussion...

Unraveling Lupus SUMMARY:  Lupus isn’t just a butterfly rash—it’s an autoimmune overdrive that can touch almost every organ system. In this foundations episode, we cover the essentials that are asked most: what lupus is, who gets it, why it’s tricky to diagnose, how it’s classified and worked up, what “typical treatment” looks like today, and what recent guidelines emphasize (think: steroid minimi...

Missed Maternal Red Flags: Critical Postpartum Emergencies in the First Year SUMMARY:  The postpartum year is one of the most vulnerable periods in maternal health, yet many life-threatening complications emerge only after the patient has left the hospital. This episode explores the subtle and overt red flags of postpartum emergencies including delayed preeclampsia, cardiomyopathy, venous thromboe...

Reclassifying Healthcare Degrees: Understanding the DOE's Proposed Policy Change SUMMARY:  This episode examines the U.S. Department of Education's November 2025 proposal to redefine "professional degree" programs for federal student loan purposes, which would exclude nursing and several other healthcare degrees from higher borrowing limits. Participants will explore the policy...

The Evolution of Nursing Education SUMMARY:  This podcast is intended for nursing educators, administrators, and healthcare professionals interested in the transformation of nursing education. The course discusses the evolution from hospital-based apprenticeships to degree programs and competency-based education models. Current trends including the AACN Essentials, Next Generation NCLEX, simulatio...

Nurse Innovators: Solving Problems at the Bedside SUMMARY:  Nurses are at the forefront of patient care, uniquely positioned to identify challenges and create innovative solutions that improve outcomes and workflows. From developing new tools to streamlining processes, nurse innovators are transforming healthcare one idea at a time. Our goal is to highlight the critical role of nurse innovators an...

Scrubs and Subpoenas: Documentation Dilemmas - Every Minute Matters SUMMARY:  Scrubs and Subpoenas: Documentation Dilemmas is a podcast bundle that explores the critical role of documentation in healthcare and its impact on patient safety and malpractice claims. Through real-life stories of medical errors and malpractice cases, this series provides insights into the consequences of inadequate docu...