SEE YOU NOW

Recorded live at the 2023 DNPs of Color conference , hear from five extraordinary nurse leaders who are shifting entrenched power dynamics and blazing new trails of opportunity for nurses of color and the profession as a whole. Featuring Danielle McCamey , founder of DNPs of Color , Meedie Clark Bardonille , founder Black Nurse Collaborative , Wallena Gould , founder of Diversity in Nurse Anesthes...

From our first episode, SEE YOU NOW has been focused on trailblazers, changemakers and pioneers, and our 100th episode features a nurse who embodies these values. Virginia Allen, LPN is the last known living Black Angel , part of a group of Black nurses recruited from the Jim Crow South whose tireless efforts led to a cure for tuberculosis, a disease responsible for nearly 18% of New York City dea...

A choir for nurses , art tours for clinicians, on-demand meditation for all healthcare workers. In this episode, we're sharing a panel discussion recorded live at Aspen Ideas: Health , hosted by Jon LaPook, MD and featuring Winnie Mele, RN , David Ko , and Eric Wei, MD , to learn how clinical settings are testing support and wellness interventions to boost emotional health and tame the widespread...

Our stories are incredibly powerful. Stories are part of who we are as nurses -- it's how we gather evidence, unravel medical mysteries, distract people from unpleasant procedures, how we build trust and rapport, and humanize individual and collective experiences. Research indicates that whether the story is a happy one or a hard one -- just knowing the stories of pivotal life experiences helps ma...

Homelessness across the U.S. is on the rise. The National Alliance to End Homelessness reports the number of unsheltered and chronically homeless individuals and families has climbed ~6% annually since 2017, and an estimated 582,462 people experienced homelessness across America in 2022. Advocacy groups and researchers say a big driving force is the decline of affordable housing , a problem decade...

Can your zip code determine your future? Data shows that where you grow up significantly influences your health, employment and financial opportunities, dramatically shaping your earning potential and quality of life . In our Meeting of Minds series, we invite you to listen in on conversations between leaders driving innovation in and outside of healthcare. In this episode, Audria Denker DNP, RN,...

A key component of sound mental health that may help protect against depression and anxiety is resilience, and key to building it is knowing that you're connected to a greater purpose – to a story larger than your own. For Native and Indigenous peoples, the stories of origin, history, and identity are central in building resilience and experiencing optimal health. In this episode, we meet Indigeno...

The link between nursing, voting, and health equity and outcomes might not seem obvious, but for the health professionals who have campaigned, served and ushered in meaningful legislation, the relationship is a natural one. When individuals and communities vote, they influence policy decisions that have a big effect on their health .  Celebrated every September since 2012, National Voter Registrat...

We're swapping episodes with our friends at Radio Advisory to hear what they're learning that can help address pressing workforce issues in healthcare, while Radio Advisory listeners are checking out an episode of SEE YOU NOW.   Recent research shows that health workforce vacancies – particularly among registered nurses – is the top issue for healthcare CEOs. While nursing vacancies are challengin...

High vacancy and turnover rates in our healthcare workforce are today's well-documented reality putting safe, affordable, quality healthcare at risk for everyone . In this episode, recorded live at Aspen Ideas: Health , an expert panel led by nurse economist Shawna Butler , RN, MBA, vividly describes how many of our health workplaces and practices are exhausting, overly burdensome, and causing mor...

It's broadly accepted that only 20% of health outcomes are determined by medical care . The other 80% are determined by the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, learn, work and age; circumstances shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels -- what is better understood as the political determinants of health -- voting, government, and po...

As the temperatures rise and vacations are afoot, there's no better time to indulge in uninterrupted hours of podcast listening. And to make your listening easy, enjoyable, and thoughtful we've created a Summer SEE YOU NOW Playlist !   Given that the US and much of the world are experiencing scorching temperatures with roughly one in three Americans living under an extreme heat advisory -- we've i...

Around the world, cancer is on the rise in people under the age of 50 – an upward march that has been underway for decades. Even with stunning new advances in research, early detection, and treatment, many clinicians are worried about the prevalence of certain cancers, including breast, colon, kidney, liver, esophageal, and pancreatic cancers, in younger people. What's more, practitioners and publ...

Racism in America remains pervasive . It's led to sicker, shorter lives for people of color; a healthcare workforce that hasn't reflected the communities it cares for ; and caused harm to nursing and nurses , particularly nurses of color. Aware of its own role in perpetuating systemic racism, the American Nurses Association (ANA) is on a journey of racial reckoning along with many partners inside...

Racism in America remains pervasive . It's led to sicker, shorter lives for people of color; a healthcare workforce that hasn't reflected the communities it cares for ; and caused harm to nursing and nurses , particularly nurses of color. Aware of its own role in perpetuating systemic racism, the American Nurses Association (ANA) is on a journey of racial reckoning along with many partners inside...

People of all gender and sexual identities need and deserve respectful, affirming healthcare free of barriers, stigma or discrimination. As we celebrate, support, and proudly show our colors during #PrideMonth , we're reconnecting with nurse Dallas Ducar , founder and CEO of Transhealth to discuss the ever-increasing health disparities facing the LGBTQIA+ community, especially with the dramatic ri...

Around the world, people of all ages and communities report increasing rates of mental and behavioral health illnesses . For those experiencing chronic homelessness, those mental illnesses are often compounded by chronic medical conditions and substance use disorders . Without safe, permanent housing and access to primary care, those experiencing homelessness – and often hopelessness – miss needed...

A common stereotype of aging is an era of decline and shrinking horizons, but the process of aging is far more nuanced. Many find their health and functional trajectories actually widen as they get older. In fact some, like President Joe Biden or pioneering nurse-midwife Ruth Lubic , won't make their greatest contributions until their later years. Key to staying healthy as we age is maintaining or...

International Nurses Day is an important opportunity to check the pulse of nurses around the world, especially in 2023. Nurses have given their all in the response to pandemics, natural disasters, in war zones, global vaccination efforts, and in completely redesigning how and where care is delivered. The value of nurses has never been more clear. Nor could it be any clearer that not enough is bein...

Celebrate National Nurses Month with this powerful, inspiring conversation with journalist and critically acclaimed author Sarah DiGregorio . In her new book, Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and Its Power to Change Our World , DiGregorio chronicles the history and power of nursing to create a healthier, more just world and make an urgent call for change in how we value and harness nursing expert...

According to the United Nations, climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity . We see it every day in headlines, research, and outside of our windows. As public health leaders and climate first responders, nurses are often the first to witness the impact of climate change on people's health and livelihoods, as well as its disruption to the ability of our healthcare systems t...

What if nursing's professional origin story represented the contribution and stories of all nurses? Like many origin stories, nursing's has overlooked, omitted or forgotten the contributions of many, but particularly nurses of color who have shaped the nursing profession and society in significant and enduring ways. How might having an inclusive, expansive history and nursing narrative impact the...

Despite decades of growing interest in improving Black men's health and the health disparities affecting them, the health of Black men consistently ranks lowest across nearly all groups in the United States. As part of a Stories from Heart of Health event held in New York City in the middle of the U.N. General Assembly ,  Julius Johnson, DNP, RN, FNP-BC , a Nurse Practitioner, educator, and footba...

The existence of racial disparities in health care in the United States is heavily documented . And what becomes crystal clear from boundary-breaking clinicians addressing health disparities is that representation matters! When the person who cares for you, looks like you, trust and quality of care improve. Cultivating a diverse workforce that looks and lives like the communities they care for req...

There is no shortage of headlines about healthcare's challenges. A we begin a new year, we're encouraged by the beacons, the health organizations listening, taking action and evolving to create workplace environments where people thrive. So, what's working in healthcare? Across our three episodes focused on redesigning work, we'll hear how change is in the air as new models and mindsets are embrac...