Love n' Leary Nursing Podcast

Hosts Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN and Rebecca Love, RN, MSN, FIEL welcome Shannon Vieira, RN and Kara Wilson, OT of MGB Home Care for an urgent conversation about one of the largest healthcare strikes in Massachusetts history. On July 8th, home care nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social workers, dietitians, and speech-language pathologists will walk off the job for seven days...

Hosts Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN and Rebecca Love, RN, MSN, FIEL welcome Danae Petit, a rising senior nursing student at the University of Pittsburgh and senior columnist at The Pitt News, for a powerful conversation about nursing school, identity, and the power of telling your own story. Danae shares the rude awakening of her freshman year, the moment a small interaction at a campus food spot ins...

Hosts Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN and Rebecca Love, RN, MSN, FIEL welcome Sandy Summers, RN, MSN, MPH, founder and executive director of The Truth About Nursing, for a powerful conversation about how the media shapes the way the public sees nurses — and why it matters far beyond entertainment. For 25 years, Sandy has been pushing back against the way nurses are portrayed on TV, in advertising, and...

Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this episode belong solely to the hosts and do not necessarily reflect the official policy, beliefs, or position of Nurse.org. Hosts Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN, and Rebecca Love, RN, MSN, FIEL, are joined by Dr. Lorena Grundy (AAUP Vice President and Practice Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Penn) and Dr. Logan Spector (pedia...

In this episode of the Love n' Leary podcast, host Rebecca Love sits down with nurse leaders Dr. Lendra James and Dr. Danielle McCamey, co-founders of Nurses Shift Change, to talk about why nurses must “report for duty” in Washington, D.C. this Nurses Week. They break down the urgent threats facing healthcare—hospital closures, cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, loss of coverage for vulnerable co...

In this episode of the Love n' Leary Podcast, hosts Marion Leary and Rebecca Love speak with nurses Dena Bushman and Rebekah Stewart about their difficult decision to resign from the United States Public Health Service. After years of leadership in public health and infectious disease response, both nurses share the ethical and moral conflicts they faced when deployments shifted toward immigr...

In this episode of the Love n' Leary Podcast, we sit down with emergency nurse and congressional candidate Nancy Mannion (PA-11). Nancy shares how bedside experiences, seeing the impact of lack of access to care and crushing medical debt, propelled her to run for Congress. She breaks down the nursing skills—communication, negotiation, and teamwork—that translate directly to policymaking, and...

Space tourists, floating vomit, CPR in microgravity—this episode goes exactly where you think it won’t. Marion and Rebecca sit down with Christine Rincon , founder of The Space Nurse™, to explore why the future of space travel urgently needs nurses. From decoding NASA job postings to unpacking “human in the loop” processes, Christine reveals how everyday bedside nursing skills directly translate t...

In this episode of the Love and Leary Podcast, Rebecca Love and Marion Leary sit down with public health nurse and former USAID leader Jerilyn Hoover to discuss the sweeping impact of recent federal health funding cuts. Jerilyn shares a firsthand account of how the abrupt closure of global health programs disrupted HIV, maternal-child health, and workforce initiatives worldwide—contributing to dev...

On this episode of the Love n’ Leary Nursing Podcast, hosts Marion Leary and Rebecca Love welcome Katie Boston-Leary, Senior Vice President at the American Nurses Association, for a powerful conversation on advocacy, leadership, and the future of nursing. Katie shares why political and social advocacy are core to nursing’s identity and how the ANA is taking bold action in response to national even...

Disclaimer: This episode discusses violence and the death of a healthcare worker. Listener discretion is advised. In this critical episode of Love n’ Leary , Marion Leary and Rebecca Love address the killing of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse in Minnesota, and what this moment demands of the nursing profession. Joined by Dr. Teddie Potter, clinical professor at the University of Minnesota and founding d...

In this episode of the Love n’ Leary Nursing Podcast, Marion Leary and Rebecca Love announce the podcast’s new partnership with Nurse.org and reflect on how this milestone represents the power of saying yes to opportunity. They revisit the early conversations that sparked the show, including imposter syndrome and career uncertainty, and connect those experiences to the broader responsibility of nu...

Marion & Rebecca are back with season two of the Love n' Leary podcast, discussing school gun violence with Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN, a Nationally Certified School Nurse (NCSN). 🎙️ About The Love & Leary Podcast Thank you for tuning in to The Love n' Leary Podcast ! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and share it with a colleague....

Marion & Rebecca give an update on the Nursing is STEM coalition. In August, the Nursing is STEM board submitted an application to the Department of Homeland Security to designate nursing as a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) profession. 🎙️ About The Love & Leary Podcast Thank you for tuning in to The Love n' Leary Podcast ! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscri...

We are back! On this new episode of the Love n' Leary podcast, we discuss the new administration and the tangible ways you can use your voice and power to stand up for the future of the nation. 🎙️ About The Love & Leary Podcast Thank you for tuning in to The Love n' Leary Podcast ! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and share it with a colleague. 🌐...

In our first live podcast recording from the AONL Nurse Hack 4 Health Innovation Sprint, we talk with colleagues from Johnson & Johnson and SONSIEL as well as nurse leaders from around the country about the importance of supporting nurses as innovators. 🎙️ About The Love & Leary Podcast Thank you for tuning in to The Love n' Leary Podcast ! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscrib...

In our first live, roaming podcast, we talk with nurse entrepreneurs and innovators at the AONL (https://www.aonl.org/) Nurse Innovation Showcase. Building on the theme, we showcase their companies and discuss why they felt compelled to take the leap (and risk) to fill a gap and create a healthcare start-up company. 🎙️ About The Love & Leary Podcast Thank you for tuning in to The Love n'...

Today, on the Love n' Leary podcast, we are raising awareness among nurses and other providers about the risks of DEHP in IV bags and other medical devices. **This episode is sponsored by B. Braun, a pioneer of safe medical equipment. They are a leader in smart infusion therapy and safe and effective pharmacy products, patient and provider safety, and sustainable health solutions.** 🎙️ About...

In part one of the Love n' Leary podcast, Dr. Marion Leary comes to you live from the 2025 Healing Politics Campaign School at Duke University. Healing Politics (https://healing-politics.org) is an educational, non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to inspire, motivate, recruit, & train nurses & midwives to run for elected office up & down the ballot while...

Nurses have the skills and knowledge to run for office and just by virtue of our education and experience, we are ready to govern. In this episode of the Love n' Leary podcast, we invited our colleague Dr. Danielle McCamey to join in the conversation, discussing our respective experiences going through the Healing Politics Campaign School for Nurses and Midwives. Healing Politics is an educat...

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has proposed new rules that would narrow the definition of a "professional degree" for the purposes of federal student loans, potentially excluding graduate nursing, physician assistant (PA), and public health programs from specific higher loan limits (Google AI). There are many misconceptions around the educational requirements for various nursing...

Marion and Rebecca discuss the personas that we create and use on social media platforms, the power, privilege, and pressure that comes with using one's voice on these outlets, and the imposter syndrome that creeps in. 🎙️ About The Love & Leary Podcast Thank you for tuning in to The Love n' Leary Podcast ! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and shar...

Marion and Rebecca discuss their origin story in nurse-led innovation and shoutout those who led the way for innovation to take hold in nursing. 🎙️ About The Love & Leary Podcast Thank you for tuning in to The Love n' Leary Podcast ! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and share it with a colleague. 🌐 Connect With Us Official Website: Visit nurse.org/lov...

Marion and Rebecca discuss how Gen Z faces more pressure at work than previous generations because technology has eliminated work-life boundaries, and how it directly is affecting the nursing workforce. 🎙️ About The Love & Leary Podcast Thank you for tuning in to The Love n' Leary Podcast ! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and share it with a colleague...

Marion & Rebecca talk about why it is vitally important for nurses to vote and be civically engaged. 🎙️ About The Love & Leary Podcast Thank you for tuning in to The Love n' Leary Podcast ! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a 5-star review, and share it with a colleague. 🌐 Connect With Us Official Website: Visit nurse.org/lovenleary for episodes, articles, and excl...