The Nurse Keith Show

On episode 301 of The Nurse Keith Show, Keith interviews Frank Huyler, MD, a seasoned emergency physician, professor of medicine, and author based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, just down the highway from Keith's home in Santa Fe. Dr. Huyler's latest book, "White Hot Light: 25 Years in Emergency Medicine," is an insightful, heartbreaking, inspiring, lyrical, and poetic ode to the heartfelt practice o...

On episode 300 (woot!) of The Nurse Keith Show, Keith interviews the stellar Dr. Renee Thompson, the CEO and Founder of The Healthy Workforce Institute, regarding the zeitgeist of the nursing profession as 2020 comes to a close amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published author, inspiring speaker, and succe...

On episode 299 of The Nurse Keith Show career and healthcare podcast, Keith interviews nurse and Life and Recovery Coach Tiffany Swedeen of RecoverandRise.com. The conversation centers on why it's so very important for the work we do as healthcare professionals to remain fully aligned with our personal values and well-being.  Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professi...

On this special bonus COVID-19 update, Nurse Keith discusses the state of the coronavirus pandemic as of the last week of November 2020. Issues covered include the latest in vaccine development; Regeneron; record-breaking rates of infection and death; the folly of Thanksgiving travel; the politics of the pandemic, and much more.  Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a prof...

On episode 298 of The Nurse Keith Show career and healthcare podcast, Keith interviews nurse recruitment expert Tanya Freedman of Connetics USA regarding the process by which international nurses can be brought to the United States in order to bolster our healthcare system and relieve acute shortages of nurses when we need it most.  Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a p...

On episode 297 of The Nurse Keith Show career and healthcare podcast, Keith interviews Janet Lombardo and Susan Jung of Horse and Harp, a fascinating and heartfelt Atlanta-area non-profit offering equine-assisted psychotherapy and healing workshops for individuals and groups, including frontline healthcare providers. Their tagline says it all: "Using horse and harp to heal hearts and lives."   Nur...

On episode 296 of The Nurse Keith Show career and healthcare podcast, Keith discusses how you can make your career happen rather than just letting it happen to you. No matter where you are in the evolution of your career, you always have the ability to make choices in your best interest.  Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published author, insp...

On episode 295 of The Nurse Keith Show career and healthcare podcast, Keith interviews Jamie Katuna, a 4th-year medical student and medical social media influencer, and her mother, Dr. Patty Fahy, MD, a physician leader, podcaster, and leadership consultant. What is it like to have two dynamic women and physicians in the same family? This brilliant duo will inspire you to think critically, challen...

On this special bonus COVID-19 update, Nurse Keith discusses the state of the coronavirus pandemic as of the last week of October, 2020. Issues covered include shattered single-day records of new cases; the third U.S. surge; Europe's dire situation; promising gene variant discoveries; the remdesivir controversy; and other salient COVID news of the day.  Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for n...

On episode 294 of The Nurse Keith Show career and healthcare podcast, Keith interviews pioneering surgeon Dr. Marci Bowers, the first successful woman worldwide to hold a personal transgender history while performing transgender surgery. She is also the first US surgeon to learn the technique of functional clitoral restoration after Female Genital Mutilation/cutting (FGM/c). This is an interview n...

On episode 293 of The Nurse Keith Show career and healthcare podcast, Keith interviews nurse author Kanika Raja, BSN, RN, CCRN. Kanika's greatest passion is ensuring that the next generation of nurses is stronger, wiser, and kinder to themselves than she was as a new grad. Her joyful message is that any nurse who feels lost can indeed go "from lost nurse to boss nurse." Nurse Keith is a holistic c...

On episode 292 of The Nurse Keith Show career and healthcare podcast, Keith discusses how organizations can have an often unrecognized shadow aspect that runs counter to organizational values and undermines a sense of collective mission and vision. Can the shadow be overcome? Let's find out.  Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published author,...

On episode 291 of The Nurse Keith Show career and healthcare podcast, Keith interviews Dr. Jonathan Fisher, aka The Happy Heart MD, regarding the relationship between the physical heart and the emotional heart. Dr. Fisher is a Harvard-trained clinical cardiologist, certified mindfulness meditation teacher, corporate well-being consultant, and global keynote speaker. Nurse Keith is a holistic caree...

On episode 290 of The Nurse Keith Show career and healthcare podcast, Keith interviews John Silver, RN, Ph. D., and Fellow at the Institute of Nursing Leadership, regarding whether redesigning this labyrinthine behemoth of a healthcare system of ours is even possible. Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published author, inspiring speaker, and su...

On episode 289 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career and healthcare podcast, Keith interviews Star Dang, a self-identified Millennial, registered nurse, nurse podcaster, and author from Australia who believes that young nurses can indeed become the new healthcare leaders of the 21st century by making the jump from the bedside to the boardroom. Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as...

On this special bonus COVID-19 update, Nurse Keith provides information on the coronavirus pandemic as of the last week of September 2020. He also shares personal reactions regarding the United States' overall poor marks in terms of pandemic response; total U.S. and global deaths; CDC backtracking; air travel; the ongoing N95 shortage; and much more.  Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nur...

On episode 288 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career and healthcare podcast, Keith interviews Marion Leary, MSN, MPH, PhD, the Director of Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing, regarding innovative design thinking, science communication, STEM, and much more.  Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published author, inspi...

On episode 287 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career and healthcare podcast, Keith once again interviews Travis Hornsby, the founder of Student Loan Planner, a service helping those with student loans create workable plans for loan repayment. Keith and Travis discuss the CARES Act, loan forbearance, loan forgiveness, savings and repayment strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic, the potential cha...

On episode 285 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career and healthcare podcast, Keith discusses the power and opportunity presented by all types of change. In the course of this raw and off-the-cuff episode, Keith opens up about major changes in his personal life and takes a deep dive into how change is the only constant in the universe that we all must face, whether in relationships, love, career,...

On episode 286 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career and healthcare podcast, Keith interviews Theresa Brown, PhD (English), BSN, RN, FAAN, a New York Times nurse columnist and best-selling author, regarding the state of 21st-century nursing, being a nurse writer, COVID-19, and a variety of compelling topics of interest to nurses and healthcare professionals alike. Nurse Keith is a holistic career...

On this special bonus episode of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career and healthcare podcast, Keith interviews Dr. Pamela Karagory, DNP, MBA, MSB, RN, CNE, ANEF, and Shannon McPeek, BSN, RN regarding Operation Happy Nurse, your new go-to resource for coping with the pressure that comes with being a real-life superhero. Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional pod...

On episode 283 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career and healthcare podcast, Keith discusses the power that nurses hold in their brilliant minds, deeply feeling hearts, and highly skilled hands to produce creative work that can move the needle of healthcare, and inform, educate, inspire, and entertain others. If you want to be a nurse journalist or creative and contribute your thoughts and feelin...

On this special bonus COVID-19 update, Keith interviews Smith F. Heavner-Sullivan, MS, BSN, RN, PCCN, and Ann Blair Kennedy, LMT, BCTMB, DrPH regarding Project COPE, a mixed-methods ethnography research initiative exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare providers. Project COPE's interdisciplinary team crosses three universities, two healthcare systems, and five disciplines: nur...

On episode 284 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing career and healthcare podcast, Keith interviews Lucy Camarena, RN, DNP, CCRN, CNL, CPN, and Diana Cantu-Reyna, RN, BSN, CCRN of Cultivating Self, a burgeoning community of nurses who are leaning deep into self-care and wellness through a plethora of healing arts modalities. If you're a nurse seeking rejuvenation and a reconnection with your authentic...

On this special bonus COVID-19 update, Keith discusses the reopening of schools; the state of coronavirus testing in the United States; the intersection of hurricane season and the pandemic; and recent news about vaccine development and related clinical trials. Nurse Keith is a holistic career coach for nurses, as well as a professional podcaster, published author, inspiring speaker, and successfu...