Feeding Our Young®

Join soon-to-be nursing student and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Maia Siemers as she chats about her family, her activities and hobbies, how her sports background will help her in nursing school, other jobs she has had, how her little sister is her hero, how her mom and grandma inspire her both in life and her future career, being open to all areas of nursing, her 12-hour shift shadow...

Continue with nurse and Puyallup and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Christina Peterson as she eloquently describes navigating the traumatic grief surrounding her unexpected divorce, the importance of taking advantage of counseling, “going to the moon” for 12-plus hours, how acute care almost cut her career short, her many incredible experiences working in Papua New Guinea with a medical...

Join nurse and Puyallup and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Christina Peterson as she eloquently describes her round-the-world trip from one side of the state to the other, being okay with being weird (and accepting being weird to feel good), the importance of having matching underwear, her passion for health and nutrition and tying that into nursing, the importance of what you use for sn...

Continue with nursing student and Portland, Oregon native Honored Guest Ani Posner as she discusses the role the VA has played in her education, the Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP), advice for working with inappropriate patients (especially as a young lady), the importance of leaning into your faculty, setting definitive boundaries, doing chest compressions on a patient for the firs...

Join nursing student and Portland, Oregon native Honored Guest Ani Posner as she discusses her special ability to fly by the seat of her pants, addressing the rumor she’s bummed that school is done for the summer, starting out wanting to do pediatric hospice, the influence of her nurse aunt, the many factors that helped her chose what university she went to, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingour...

Continue with Gonzaga University’s Director of Undergraduate Programming and Development and San Diego, California native Honored Guest Chris Sloan as she waxes eloquent about her passion for nursing students and educators, once upon a time having a lot of responsibility without a lot of power, mentoring faculty, her advice for those students who say “I’m just a number,” her thoughts on “weeding o...

Join Gonzaga University’s Director of Undergraduate Programming and Development and San Diego, California native Honored Guest Chris Sloan as she waxes eloquent about how she entered the nursing field, not being a bad or stellar student, her unimaginable and challenging nursing career path (including being on the forefront of bone marrow transplant), taking a little break from nursing to be an off...

Join nurse, nurse anesthetist student, and Conifer, Colorado native Honored Guest Hannah Warnecke as she discusses detesting night shift, graduating in December of 2019 and starting in the ICU at the same time as the global pandemic, being “dually” oriented, how her public health degree helped her, having zero clue how to help a patient using a call light, why nursing (followed by public health fo...

Continue with nurse, nurse anesthetist student, and Conifer, Colorado native Honored Guest Hannah Warnecke as she discusses her boyfriend’s distaste for poop stories, how she came about adopting her fur baby, her passion for legislative advocacy, building bridges with coworkers, having a life-long learning attitude, what she wishes she knew when transitioning from being a nursing student into nurs...

Continue with tenured nurse and Salt Lake City, Utah native Honored Guest Callie Allen as she talks about having a sister who understands, not quitting your daydreams, chasing dreams in her late 30s, living a long life of buts, her special tattoo, not being fine where she was at, starting over after being a nurse for 11 years, doing it scared, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to se...

Join tenured nurse and Salt Lake City, Utah native Honored Guest Callie Allen as she talks about her convoluted nursing degree journey, waddling into the worst interview of her life, never being “just a nurse,” finally doing the big scary thing, her incredible victory, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a note of appreciation to any of our honored guests - let them know how t...

Join tenured nurse and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Krista Chambers as she chats about having a child follow in her footsteps, being a non-traditional wife, her heroes, seeing her first delivery pregnant, making her own practicum, navigating a transitional time in her life, taking your practicum seriously, clinical advice, doing impossible things, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingou...

Join relatively recent graduate nurse and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Sophie Chambers as she talks about jobs she had prior to becoming a nurse (including being a Disney character handler at Disney World), watching NRP videos as a child, when she knew she wanted to be a CRNA, her 10 year plan, NCLEX advice, her unique transition into practice, residency, and more! Contact us: thanks@f...

Join nurse and Naches, Washington native Honored Guest Kylyn Westerman as she describes being a collector of hobbies, being aggressively average, the question she likes asking her coworkers, how nursing chose her, how she deals with things she sees in the cardiac ICU, censoring herself around non-healthcare friends, navigating the death of her mom, burnout, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingoury...

Continue with tenured nurse, host Eric’s nursing school classmate, and Nine Mile Falls, Washington native Honored Guest Tracey Zehm as she reminisces about memories from nursing school (both fond and difficult), her NCLEX experience, her nursing career path, one of the first times she called a doctor in the middle of the night, not having to work in the hospital, applying for an FNP program, and m...

Join tenured nurse, host Eric’s nursing school classmate, and Nine Mile Falls, Washington native Honored Guest Tracey Zehm as she reminisces about her love of travel, Space Force, how nursing wasn’t always her path, attempting to go down prereq memory lane, working through nursing school as a mother of a young child and with a shocking diagnosis, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to...

Continue with recent graduate and Boston, Massachusetts, and Chandler, Arizona native Honored Guest Ashley Collins as she discusses her infertility journey, the comfort of nursing school, the gravity of caring for another human being, always learning and growing in healthcare, taking a break post graduation/NCLEX, being proactive in people’s health, where she’s going with her degree, and more! Con...

Join recent graduate and Boston, Massachusetts, and Chandler, Arizona native Honored Guest Ashley Collins as she discusses passing her most dreaded subject - math, her life-changing event at four years old, her life-altering diagnoses received after having her first baby, finding happiness working as a CNA, working in the ICU during COVID, how a close death redoubled her goal to become a nurse, ov...

Continue with nurse practitioner, entrepreneur, and Brazil, Las Vegas, Nevada, and O’ahu, Hawai’i native Honored Guest Allie Henderson as she articulates her first experiences with the “eating our young” phenomenon, being unable to “turn off” her nursing mind, why she became an NP, forming friendships in nursing school, her misconception about having to work in a hospital, “eating our young” still...

Join nurse practitioner, entrepreneur, and Brazil, Las Vegas, Nevada, and O’ahu, Hawai’i native Honored Guest Allie Henderson as she articulates her incredible journey into nursing (involving a casino?!), her real-life superpower, the importance of her family visiting Brazil, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a note of appreciation to any of our honored guests - let them kno...

Join nursing student and Greensburg, Kentucky native Honored Guest Deanna Robertson as she chats about the importance of family, her heroes, experiencing the “eating our young” phenomenon, dealing with challenging personal diagnoses, how pain is temporary, why nursing, what it’s like going through nursing school over 40 years old, driving two hours to class every day, her future goals, and more! C...

Join nursing student and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Maddie Depner as she discusses how being a theater kid helps her in nursing, the difficult transition from prereq student to nursing student, confidence, making the switch from learning mode to practicing mode, being a part of a brand new nursing program, the importance of asserting yourself, thriving using internal reflection, havi...

Continue with nurse and Sacramento, California native Honored Guest Maliah Haroldson as she talks about the power of gratitude, building confidence, mentorship’s impact on career development, seeking her NP, lifelong learning, putting in the work, work-life balance, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a note of appreciation to any of our honored guests - let them know how they...

Join nurse and Sacramento, California native Honored Guest Maliah Haroldson as she talks about the art of storytelling in nursing, vent sessions, the importance of diverse friend groups, The Pitt, how she got into nursing, her convoluted attempts at getting into nursing school, the HPSP Scholarship, working at the VA, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a note of appreciation...

Continue with tenured nurse and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Stella Reid as she chats about the most powerfully traumatic last days in the history of practicum experiences, memory making, making the entire family feel seen, taking new nurses under our wings, us “older nurses” taking a good look in the mirror, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a note of appreciati...