Feeding Our Young®

Join spur-of-the-moment and alternate universe host-for-a-day Kate Joy and her honored guest Eric Miller as they compare and contrast peds oncology and postpartum nursing, and discuss topics such as end of life care from the perspectives of a nurse and patient family member, what grief does to people, working in the place where your loved one died, walking down nursing school memory lane, the adva...

Join nursing student and Seattle, Washington native Honored Guest Sierra Martinsen as she explains the weird passage of time in nursing school, having two nuclear families, why she chose nursing, giving and receiving support in nursing school, who inspires her most in life, her love of travel (30 countries and counting), her incredible studying abroad experiences (Zambian nursing!), and more! Cont...

Join nurse, nurse educator, and Sacramento, California native Honored Guest Shawna McMillan as she discusses her love of academia, a funny patient NFL story, crazy hair, using her tattoos to connect with her patients, how she got into peds oncology and why she loves it there, having long-term professional relationships with patients, her gift box, navigating the waters of healthcare grief, and mor...

Continue with nurse, nurse educator, and Sacramento, California native Honored Guest Shawna McMillan as she discusses working in reproductive health and family planning, caring for the LGBTQ community, helping others make decisions for themselves without judgment, investigating and not ignoring biases (the unrealistic expectation of leaving biases at the door), her love of teaching, paying attenti...

Join nurse manager and Vancouver, Washington native Honored Guest Kara Buller as she chats about being one of the first cohorts at her university, originally wanting to go into teaching, how a diagnosis led her to nursing, how she chose amongst many potential nursing programs, not looking cute during clinicals, prepping for the NCLEX, her career progression, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingour...

Continue with nurse manager and Vancouver, Washington native Honored Guest Kara Buller as she chats about how she transitioned from bedside to management, her time in the unique role of administrative fellow, having difficult conversations, her practical points for students coming out of school (the DOs and DON’Ts of interviewing), showcasing your hard work, making personal connections with your p...

Join nurse educator and Alabama native Elizabeth Jenkins as she talks about never having planned on being a nurse, the importance of reading your textbook, teaching students how to take notes, having a lack of family support, having an overcoming mindset, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a note of appreciation to any of our honored guests - let them know how they touched yo...

Join nurse, nurse educator, and Indianapolis, Indiana native Honored Guest Aly Willard as she describes her Haiti mission trip, not having a “light bulb moment,” having “300 other things” you can do as a nurse, enjoying the balance of working concurrently as bedside nurse and educator, burnout resources, taking care of yourself, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a note of ap...

Join nurse and Omak, Washington native Honored Guest Amanda Shafer as she chats about sourdough, being pregnant with twins during nursing school, her super-unique NCLEX prep, lessons learned from raising an autistic child, being the ultimate advocate, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a note of appreciation to any of our honored guests - let them know how they touched you -...

Continue with nurse and Omak, Washington native Honored Guest Amanda Shafer as she chats about changes in nursing, her career progression, your safe crying space, making mistakes, the utmost importance of informed consent, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a note of appreciation to any of our honored guests - let them know how they touched you - I'll make sure they read...

Join nursing student and Salt Lake City, Utah native Honored Guest Samantha Lengerich as she talks about having lived in Australia not once, but twice, dealing with debilitating panic attacks, her journey through extremely challenging mental health issues during nursing school, how medication turned mountains into hills, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a note of appreciati...

Continue with nursing student and Salt Lake City, Utah native Honored Guest Samantha Lengerich as she talks about unconditional love in nursing, healthcare trauma, the most beautiful part of nursing, “getting it” in nursing school, supporting peers, the importance of the way you speak to yourself, dealing with chronic migraines in nursing school, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to...

Join nurse educator, bedside nurse, and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest “Niffer” Evans as she discusses the event that made her know she wanted to be a nurse, how her students made her overcome her lack of desire to go back to school, her words that describe nursing school that all start with the letter C, being in the same place for a long time, having a tight-knit work family, the role...

Continue with nurse educator, bedside nurse, and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest “Jen” Evans as she discusses cellphone bias, being the new girl, “snapdragon,” adapting to the role of full-time educator, character assassinations, committing med errors, connections in nursing school, impactful learning (and teaching), stopping “shouldering” on yourself, and more! Contact us: thanks@feeding...

Join nurse educator and Twisp, Washington native Honored Guest Izzie Wilkes as she describes how she got her name, never being born, working research that was simultaneously fascinating and heart wrenching, finding the strength within yourself to persevere, her best friend in nursing school, getting the full allotment of NCLEX questions, almost being banished to North Dakota, using anxiety amidst...

Continue with nurse educator and Twisp, Washington native Honored Guest Izzie Wilkes as she describes teen moms being her favorite patients, the transformative power of nursing school, her first year in nursing, practical education for her students, applying for your dream job, med surg nursing, appropriate timing of questions, nursing stories, and more! Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to s...

Join prospective nursing student and Lisbon, Illinois native Honored Guest Lauren Avery as she emotionally describes her faith-challenging life circumstances that have so far prevented dreams from coming to fruition, the fight she and her family bring to those challenges on a daily basis, her on-and-off again relationship with nursing, the crucial need for a support system, attempting to discern w...

Join nurse and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Sarah Byers as she chats about going back for her FNP, getting active, her family influence, making the difficult decision to change jobs from her dream job and how that set her on her new path, using food as a crutch, feeling more comfortable being uncomfortable, working through online education during the COVID pandemic, her night shift tip...

Join tenured nurse and Selah and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Nikki Hyche as she talks about being the host’s “mom,” her time in Texas, wanting to save manatees, struggling during nursing school, how she graduated with no debt, what means more to her than getting her BSN, her position on unicorns vs. narwhals, how her nursing career has helped in her personal life, “putting up a wall”...

Join nurse educator and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Tera Tveit as she waxes eloquent about how to pronounce her name, the song she shares with all of her nursing students, her rough start as a nurse, why she left bedside nursing, how she got into education, her break from nursing entirely, multiplying herself, how she got into nursing in the first place, nursing as a hobby, and more!...

Continue with nurse educator and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Tera Tveit as she vulnerably opens a window into a very dark time in her career and how she (mis)handled it, how the COVID pandemic compounded that, her incredible story of recovery, and her resulting advice to fellow nurses and nursing students!  Contact us: thanks@feedingouryoung.org to send a note of appreciation to any o...

Join nurse and Curlew, Washington native Honored Guest Lindsey Gibson as she discusses her transition from bedside nursing to leadership and management, being a nurse twin, her big family, being indecisive, ending up in a field of nursing she didn't like in school, chasing flexibility, sharing her passion for nursing with students, having a job during nursing school, having to grow up earlier...

Join recent grad and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Jamie Felchin as she talks about her family, being a "nurse" twin, the skeleton in the classroom, the uniqueness of nursing education, remembering your why, NCLEX advice, her tragic personal story that helped propel her into nursing and healthcare, the role faith plays in her life, prioritizing relationship, and more! Contact...

For Part 3 : Join recent grad and Northern California and Boone Street Zoo native Honored Guest Kenna Penelope Smith-Perkins as she talks about being a double major in psychology, how to advocate for yourself and others, academic boundaries, the intensity of nursing school, finding your safe spot, finding your community, “B” is for boundaries, and more! For Parts 1 and 2 : (explicit for content) F...

For Part 3 : Join recent grad and Northern California and Boone Street Zoo native Honored Guest Kenna Penelope Smith-Perkins as she talks about being a double major in psychology, how to advocate for yourself and others, academic boundaries, the intensity of nursing school, finding your safe spot, finding your community, “B” is for boundaries, and more! For Parts 1 and 2 : (explicit for content) F...