Head-to-Toe: Recent Episodes
Marie MacMillan
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It Turns Out Working Mothers Can’t Have It All This popular ‘myth’ of motherhood is stretching women and families too thin at the cost of our health and happiness. By Shannon Hennig. Read it here.
Coronavirus Is Killing the Working Mother It was hard enough to “have it all” before — but the pandemic could force out a generation of moms out of the workforce. By EJ Dickson. Read it here.
Thank you for listening the last four years!
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Marie MacMillan
Author / Writer / Podcast Host Email: macmillanpages@gmail.com Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com Website: mariemacmillan.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/macmillanpages LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmillanpages/ Twitter & Instagram @macmillanpages
Hackathons. Going to remote learning literally overnight. Supporting new moms in a quarantine world postpartum. Building community and on how we should educate nurses in pandemic 2020 and beyond.
- Find her on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-wallace-msn-rn-fiel-28a57b38/
- More about SONSIEL here: https://www.sonsiel.org/
Exhaustion. Being called a hero. Calling in the National Guard for angry visitors at hospital entrances. Just another day in the bougiest part of Atlanta.
- Find Ashley on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @ablackmonaprn
- Follow #getthemppe
No family visitors. Low census and furloughs. Not enough PPE. Feeling the effects of COVID in a variety of ways.
- Find Kurt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurt-schroeder-msn-rn-rfc%C2%AE-75220728/
Proning. Masking intubated patients. Pride, joy, fear and frustration. Welcome to the “new normal.”
- Ventilator Management Tip Sheet for non-ICU clinicians: https://quickicutraining.com/_files/200000269-23ebb23ebe/Ventilator%20Tip%20Sheet.pdf
- Quick Ventilation Management Video https://www.aarc.org/resources/clinical-resources/pandemic-ventilation-video-series-covid-19/
- Previous Head-to-Toe episode featuring Jon: https://headtotoe.podbean.com/e/trending-topics-speaking-tidal-volumes-about-rts/
- Find Jon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-c-inkrott-rrt-rrt-accs-7765bb1a0/
Best Stories 2019 A Labor and Delivery nurse sheds cynicism and rediscovers positivity. An ICU nurse endures being a patient for the first time. A new graduate nurse finishes his first year in the profession and earns advanced credentials. Two nurses celebrate their innovation born out of bedside work and enjoy the benefits of their self-invented success.
Thank you to the show guests KP, Tracee, Taofiki and Joey!
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Trending Topics: Sports Medicine, with Dr. Jonathan Gelber Magic Johnson and HIV. Len Bias and drug laws. Tommy John surgery and high school baseball today. Learn about the Cobra effects of these athletes’ stories and more from a conversation with sports medicine physician and author Dr. Jonathan Gelber.
Show Notes
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Find Dr. Gelber’s book, Tiger Woods's Back and Tommy John's Elbow: Injuries and Tragedies That Transformed Careers, Sports, and Society, on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Tommy-Johns-Elbow-Tiger-Woodss/dp/1683582586/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=jonathan+gelber&qid=1574456076&sr=8-1
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For more on sports and athletes mentioned in the show…
- There’s an ESPN documentary about Magic Johnson’s announcement about his HIV diagnosis – stream it on Amazon Prime, more info here> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3107982/
- And yet another ESPN 30-for-30 documentary about Len Bias and the drugs laws created after his tragic death, more info here> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205503/
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Regarding women’s sports issues, I had to include just a few links…
- An overview of the Larry Nassar abuse scandal at University of Michigan and U.S. Gymnastics > https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Larry-Nassar-Fallout-Michigan-State-US-Olympic-Committee-USA-Gymnastics-470969223.html
- For those not aware of the current momentum surrounding the legal challenge U.S. Soccer faces from their women’s national team players regarding equal pay. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/sports/soccer/us-soccer-equal-pay.html
- A good article about pregnancy and the effects of it on female athlete’s careers and endorsements from CNN Money https://money.cnn.com/2018/02/26/news/companies/female-athletes-pregnancy/index.html
- A first-person opinion piece by Serena Williams about her experience reentering top-tier tennis after giving birth > https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/20/opinions/protect-mother-pregnancy-williams-opinion/index.html
Thanks to the Podcast Sponsor, Luxe Pillow! https://luxepillow.com/ – get your best sleep today at luxepillow.com – use the coupon code “headtotoe” in your checkout to get 10% off your luxury pillow!
Trending Topics: Matrescence – with Sarah Suhrstedt, Certified Birth Educator & Doula
Birthing babies. Teaching new parents. Just how scientifically real “mom brain” is and the physiological transition into motherhood. Listen now to the neonatal nerdout with certified birth educator and doula, Sarah Suhrstedt.
Last podcast episode until late fall! #vaginasareslinkies #illbeback
Sarah Suhrstedt, B.S., M.A.T., CCCE, SBD, Owner of SMART Birth Services
Website: https://sarahsuhrstedt.wixsite.com/smartbirthservices
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SMARTbirthservices/
Email: smartbirthservices@gmail.com
- NYT article on Matrescence: “The Birth of a Mother” by Alexandra Sacks, MD https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/well/family/the-birth-of-a-mother.html
- Dr. Sacks’ TEDTalk on matrescence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOsX_HnJtHU
- And one more article from Dr. Sacks here at Medium https://medium.com/@alexandrasacks/matrescence-what-is-it-bea6aa0450d0
- Scientific American® article on the gray matter loss that occurs with becoming a mother, by Catherine Caruso: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pregnancy-causes-lasting-changes-in-a-womans-brain/ … “New mothers showed evidence of neural remodeling up to two years after giving birth”
Sarah’s Recommended Resources for Expectant Parents:
- Find yourself a doula! https://doulamatch.net/
- The Wonder Weeks book https://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Weeks-Stimulate-Development-Predictable/dp/9491882007 and App https://www.thewonderweeks.com/
- Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn by Penny Simkin https://www.amazon.com/Pregnancy-Childbirth-Newborn-4th-Complete/dp/143917511X
Music by: Wesley Price – LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/
Editing by: Tara Voshell at Spooked Girl Productions - Instagram @spookedgirlproductions https://www.instagram.com/spookedgirlproductions/
Thank you to the Podcast Sponsor Saplacor’s “AEGIS” medical neonate wrap! Head to www.saplacor.com to get the wrap that helps facilitate skin-to-skin contact for the new moms and babies in your life. Use the discount code HEADTOTOE35 to get 35% off at checkout.
Show Notes
Read/listen to Dr. Zahir Basrai’s
Physician Grind Blog and Podcast here > www.physiciangrind.com
Music: Wesley Price – LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/
Editing: Spooked Girl Productions - Instagram @spookedgirlproductions https://www.instagram.com/spookedgirlproductions/
Thanks to the Episode Sponsor Luxe Pillow! – luxepillow.com – use the coupon code “headtotoe” in your checkout for 10% off!
Nurses Week 2019 Listen to President Barack Obama’s full address to the ANA from 2010 here: https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/barackobama/barackobamanursesassociation.htm
*Correction: In the episode I state this speech occurred on July 16th, 2010 - which is an error, it actually occurred JUNE 16th, 2010. (...July 16th is my baby's due date, ah!)
Thanks for listening to this special episode of Head-to-Toe! I’d like to thank everyone who has made monetary contributions for the podcast’s 3rd birthday which we celebrated in April. Whether it was $10 or $100, thanks so much guys for supporting the show and keeping this healthcare storytelling project going.
- Rudy Garcia
- Ashley Blackmon
- Caryl Schiavon
- Joyce Auxier
- Blythe Harrison-Sayre
- Engel Jones
- Matt Potter
- Sam Koubba
- And everyone else who contributed at the $3 level as well, thank you.
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“You are what your baby needs, not your breast milk,”
“Before I only had anxiety and now, I have confidence,”
“What your patients need is you. It’s YOU.”
“But here’s the thing about medicine. Anything you choose is going to become routine, eventually, and so you have to look for the thing where you get something more.”
—and other quotes about the absolute insanity of raising healthy children by today’s standards. Please enjoy my conversation with pediatrician and writer Alison Escalante, MD about the genesis of her career from history major to med school to TEDx speaker, with advice for new parents and new pediatrics practitioners alike.
Alison Escalante, MD is a Pediatrician, TEDx Speaker, Writer and Woman on a Mission to ease the epidemic of anxiety that has convinced us we are always failing and is stealing our joy. She has developed a 3-step method to help parents raised their kids skillfully AND enjoy doing it. She writes for Psychology Today and her website is alisonescalante.com. She has degrees from Princeton in the history of ideas and Rutgers in medicine, and did her pediatric training at Duke and University of Chicago.
Alison’s TEDx talk: https://youtu.be/mYT7EDi_nOs
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alisonescalantemd/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-escalante-md-5bb44b40/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/alisonescalantemd/
Special thanks to:
Wesley Price for the intro/outro music! – LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/
Tara Voshell for help with editing! - Instagram @spookedhttps://www.instagram.com/spookedgirlproductions/
And the Episode Sponsor Luxe Pillow! – luxepillow.com – use the coupon code “headtotoe” in your checkout for 10% off!
Show Notes:
Download your state’s Advance Directive information > http://www.caringinfo.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3289
Portland, Oregon Death Café’s > http://deathtalkproject.com/pdx-death-cafe/
Find a labyrinth near you by typing in your zip code here > https://labyrinthlocator.com/
Anne Richardson’s website and contact info:
anne@nurtureyourjourney.net
nurtureyourjourney.net
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nurtureyourjourney.net
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nurtureyourjourney/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaplainanne/
Anne’s England journey blog: http://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2019/3/5/sojourning-with-grief-the-call-to-go-home
Anne’s Poetry: http://nurtureyourjourney.net/poetry-anne-richardson
Special thanks to:
Wesley Price for the intro/outro music! – LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/
Tara Voshell for help with editing! - Instagram @tvosh_edits https://www.instagram.com/tvosh_edits/
And the Episode Sponsor Luxe Pillow! luxepillow.com – use the coupon code “headtotoe” in your checkout for 10% off!
Hearing Myself Talk, Vol. 3 Lost seals, anti-vaxxers, and measles, oh my! Guestless, Marie discusses the current buzz in healthcare news, reads listener thoughts on patients leaving AMA, and shares her current suggestions on things you should read / listen to / watch / and donate to.
Show Notes
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Information on measles from the CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/measles/vaccination.html
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For the pro-vaccination healthcare professional in need of a good laugh at the expense of an anti-vaxxer’s ego, check out the litany of HILARIOUS responses to this post here: https://percolately.com/jessie/anti-vaxxer-asks-for-measles-protection-advice/?utm_content=inf_10_4134_2&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=GTAK&tse_id=INF_b136e9a0257811e9b433ab68d22425b2 …full disclosure, I did not participate in the poop-flinging but I did laugh pretty loud.
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“Stranded seal makes its way to Newfoundland hospital” - https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20190126/NEWS/190129978
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“Young patient delivers award-winning hospital gown design” - https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20190126/NEWS/190129977
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Pitchfest suggestions:
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- To listen to: Dr. Death Podcast on Wonderly - https://wondery.com/shows/dr-death/
- To watch: SEX EDUCATION on Netflix
- To read: Polio: An American Story by David Oshinsky
- To donate to: Henry’s Fifth Annual Red Tricycle Toy Drive – Purchase a toy from his wishlist on Amazon! Click here >>> https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/ls/ref=?ie=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0&lid=Z5IPICRPR6BZ&ty=wishlist
- To learn more about Henry’s Red Tricycle Brigade visit the website: https://theredtricyclebrigade.com/
Thanks to the Podcast Sponsor, Luxe Pillow! https://luxepillow.com/ – get your best sleep today at luxepillow.com – use the coupon code “headtotoe” in your checkout to get 10% off your luxury pillow!
Show Notes
BEST STORIES 2018: Changing the status quo
- LEON CHEN, ACNP in New York
- Pioneering the use of point of are ultrasound by NPs and PAs in the Intensive Care Unit
- Learn more here: https://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Citation/2018/01001/361___POINT_OF_CARE_ULTRASOUND_TRAINING_PROGRAM.327.aspx
- AMELIA ROBERTS, RN Care Coordinator with Pediatric Rheumatology
- Learning how to say things to get people to listen, preparing families to advocate for themselves, and the effect of “Story Brand” a book by Donald Miller
- Learn more here: https://www.amazon.com/Building-StoryBrand-Clarify-Message-Customers-ebook/dp/B06XFJ2JGR
- ELIS SALAMONE, WHNP
- Finding a new job and new opportunities with providing women’s health for the Puyallup Tribe in Washington state
- Learn more here: http://www.ncai.org/policy-issues/education-health-human-services/women-s-issues
- MARY CHIESA, CEO & FOUNDER OF SALPACOR, INVENTOR OF AEGIS
- Creating a baby safety device after an infant fall in the OR, promoting skin-to-skin postpartum, and watching her invention blow up on the health market
- Learn more here: https://saplacor.com/
- PATRICE LITTLE, FNP
- Saying yes to her dream after recognizing a gap, and founding NP Student Magazine
- Learn more here: http://www.npstudentmagazine.com/
- ANDREW CRAIG, RN, TRAVEL NURSE BLOGGER
- Putting ego aside for patient care and safety, and finding the silver linings of conflict
- Learn more here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TravelerTalk/
Show Notes
Best Stories 2018: "Pride and Joy"
- DENETRA HAMPTON, BSN, MHA, Virginia
- Going back to the beginning with her passion for education, watching a student face the NCLEX 10 times and succeeding after life’s challenges
- The importance of your name in telling your story
- Learn more here: http://www.denetrahampton.com/
- JONATHAN LLAMAS, BSN, PMHNP-DNP candidate in Los Angeles
- Having birthday cake with a crayon candle in a psychiatric center, and helping change the status quo about mental health care
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BOBBY MANSOURI, Dermatologist in Austin, Texas
- Eleven years in the making, the end of a journey and beginning of a new one
- Finding out that you passed your boards via email while driving
- Follow him on Instagram! @doctorbobbymd
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AMANDA JONES, RN, AUTHOR AND POET, Trinidad
- Healthcare work that inspired a career in poetry – fighting diabetes with rhymes!
- Learn more here: https://www.poemsbyaj.com/
- EMILY LETRAN, DDS, HIGH-PERFORMANCE COACH, ENTREPRENEUR, AUTHOR, California
- A story about legacy, from immigrant to dentist to best mom in the world
Trending Topics: Legal Issues in Nursing
Spotlight on Jeff Powers, of The NP Dude podcast. An ANP, lawyer, and former civil engineer, Jeff sheds light on some of the legal challenges facing advanced practice nurses and RNs everywhere.
Show Notes
Listen to "The NP Dude Podcast" – http://www.thenpdude.com
Get in touch with Jeff via email at jeff@thenpdude.com Check out his Facebook NP Community at https://www.facebook.com/TheNPDude/
Intro Outro Music by Wesley Price * https://soundcloud.com/wesleypricemusic * https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/
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Marie MacMillan
Writer / Podcast Host Email: macmillanpages@gmail.com Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com Website: mariemacmillan.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/macmillanpages LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmillanpages/
Dean Hall is swimming in miracles
Dean Hall swam the 184-mile Willamette River with active leukemia—and then, his cancer was gone. No chemo. Just the power of purpose. Listen to our discussion about his astounding recovery, overcoming trauma, patient experience, and making the extraordinary possible.
Show Notes
“The extraordinary becomes possible when you make it impossible to remain ordinary.”
Learn more about Dean's story at swimminginmiracles.com
and follow him on Instagram! @swimminginmiracles
I enjoyed discussing the hard science behind mind-body healing theories with Dean. Here are some references he suggested for more on the subject.
- Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do Jul 21, 2015, by Wallace J. Nichols
- The Relaxation Response 1st (first) Avon Books Print Edition by Benson, Herbert, Klipper, Miriam Z. [1976]
- The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age Apr 24, 2012, by Richard Louv
- Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness Sep 24, 2013, by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Other Episode-related links
- Overview of CLL - https://www.cancercenter.com/leukemia/types/tab/chronic-lymphocytic-leukemia/
- Therapeutic hypothermia NEJM article - https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1310519
- Wim Hof “The Iceman” from the Netherlands - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaMjhwFE1Zw
- Episode theme: Little Lily Swing, by Tri-Tachyon found on the Free Music Archive
Episode Theme: Little Lily Swing, by Tri-Tachyon found on the Free Music Archive
Episode Sponsor: Luxe Pillow luxepillow.com – use the coupon code “headtotoe” in your checkout for 10% off!
Marie MacMillan
Writer / Podcast Host
Email: macmillanpages@gmail.com
Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com
Website: mariemacmillan.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/macmillanpages
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Podcast Feedback Line: 503-512-0185
Career Profiles: Dr. Dan’s Top 5 Survival Tips for Thriving in Emergency Medicine Spotlight on Dr. Dan Magdziarz (aka Dr. Majors or Dr. Dan) and his top five pearls of wisdom from twenty years inside the E.R. oyster. This is a do-not-miss episode--t
Show Notes
- A Top 5 summary: More tests, not lest tests when things are busy. Trust the toolbelt, call the maintenance guy when in doubt. Get on eye level with the patient and let them have the first 30 seconds. Lousiana Doctor Rule: assume the position of Square One. And, learn in a way that works for you.
- Dan Magdziarz’s reimbursement tool for physicians: Chart Optima chartoptima.com
Thanks to the Podcast Sponsor Luxe Pillow! Head to luxepillow.com and use the coupon code headtotoe in your checkout to receive 10% off!
Music by Wesley Price
- https://soundcloud.com/wesleypricemusic
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/
Marie MacMillan
Writer / Podcast Host
Email: macmillanpages@gmail.com
Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com
Website: mariemacmillan.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/macmillanpages
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmillanpages/
Trending Topics: Speaking Tidal Volumes about RTs From tank jockeys to ECMO pumps, Marie attempts to give RTs the spotlight they deserve. Special guests Chris Webb, RRT and Jon Inkrott, RRT, RRT-AACS, flight respiratory therapist.
“We are your best friend on your worst day.”
Show Notes
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American Association for Respiratory Care’s Virtual Museum http://museum.aarc.org/
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David Oshinsky’s book on the history of the polio vaccine – Polio: An American Story found on Amazon here https://www.amazon.com/Polio-American-David-M-Oshinsky/dp/0195307143
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What is ECMO? – Extra Corporeal Membranous Oxygenation. Basically, it is a machine that can replace heart and/or lungs in those that are so sick the kitchen sink isn’t working. Learn more here: https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1818617-overview
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The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande – book we discussed about patient safety from the exalted surgeon/author… https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/books/review/Jauhar-t.html
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Why Hospitals Should Fly by Jon J. Nance– the book about patient safety that I couldn’t remember the name of… http://www.jhconline.com/hard-lessons-why-hospitals-shoudl-fly.html
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Mallampati score – a score clinicians use to relay how difficult your airway will be to put a breathing tube down it
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To contact Jon Inkrott….Jon’s email: srqguy72@gmail.com Jon is also on LinkedIn! Contact him there and take a look at his professional articles which I couldn’t attach here.
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To hear EXTENDED interviews of Head-to-Toe podcast guests, visit patreon.com/mariemacmillan
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Podcast Episode Music brought to you by:
- Wesley Price
- https://soundcloud.com/wesleypricemusic
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/
- Podington Bear
- http://www.podingtonbear.com/
- Wesley Price
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Marie MacMillan
Writer / Podcast Host
Email: macmillanpages@gmail.com
Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com
Website: mariemacmillan.com
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Show Notes
You can hear the FULL INTERVIEWS of all five graduates on my Patreon page by clicking here>>> www.patreon.com/mariemacmillan
- Sam Kouba suggests reading House of God by Samuel Shem– which you can find on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/House-God-Samuel-Shem/dp/0425238091
- Xiao-Yue Han is starting his surgical residency at Oregon Health Sciences University. For more on that programs visit >>> https://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/schools/school-of-medicine/departments/clinical-departments/surgery/residency-and-fellowships/general-surgery-programs/
- Kate Sborov suggests checking out Student Doctor Network if you are interested in medical school - https://www.studentdoctor.net/
- KP Mendoza joins the ranks of over 3 million nurses working in the United States. To see cool statistics on how many nurses different countries churn out every year, check out https://data.oecd.org/healthres/nursing-graduates.htm Korea is killing it!
- Makayla Cordoza is starting her post-doc fellowship with the University of Pennsylvania Center for Sleep and Chronobiology. For more visit http://www.med.upenn.edu/chronobiology/ and http://www.med.upenn.edu/sleepctr/
Intro Outro Music by DJ Rhombus Rare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b841a7zh9aU&t=739s
Marie MacMillan Writer / Podcast Host Email: macmillanpages@gmail.com Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com Website: mariemacmillan.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/macmillanpages LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmillanpages/
Mixing Medicine and Art: A career profile with Jorge Muniz, PA-C and medical comic artist Spotlight on Jorge Muniz and how his comic art provides medical education to the masses Jorge gives us the low down on how he got in drawing comics and how that translated to mixing medicine and art. We discuss the smashing together of seemingly unrelated fields, and how big our professional crushes on ZDoggMD are.
“Don’t be afraid to be judged by your peers just because you’re presenting information in a different way.”
Show Notes * Jorge’s books can be purchased on amazon: https://medcomic.com/shop/ * He offers bulk discounts to universities/organizations for Sparkson's Illustrated Guide to ECG Interpretation and Medcomic: Third Edition, to inquire email: jorge@medcomic.com * Visit Jorge’s website to see, admire, and utilize his artwork for education - medcomic.com * That actor I couldn’t remember is Ken Jeong, and you can watch his American Heart Association “Hands-Only CPR” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5hP4DIBCEE * Everything ZDoggMD > http://zdoggmd.com/ and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ZDoggMD/
Intro Outro Music by Rhombus Rare – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b841a7zh9aU&t=739s
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Spotlight on Mike and Pat Cyll, retired couple with combined ~90 years of experience in echocardiography and nursing. They’ve been married over 40 years.
From smoking in hospital breakrooms, to echocardiograms on neonates, to robots and holograms, to a coffee date in a hospital cafeteria that lead to over 40 years of marriage. Warning: Swooning may occur. Listen to the latest Head-to-Toe episode for Mike & Pat’s story.
Show Notes
Anything from the episode or guest that the listener might want to look up later – i.e. links to the guest’s website/blog, links to related organizations or websites
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What the heck is a “rotating tournicate” for pulmonary edema?
- Here is the 1974 article published in Circulation claiming it’s usefulness http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/circulationaha/50/2/366.full.pdf
- The purpose of them: “The application of blood pressure cuffs to three extremities; formerly used in certain types of medical emergencies, such as acute pulmonary edema, to reduce the return of blood to the heart. The patient is placed in a head-high position (Fowler's). The pressure is kept midway between systolic and diastolic. Every 10 min, the cuffs are deflated and when inflated, the previously free extremity is now used. This allows each extremity to be free of a tourniquet for 10 min out of each 40-min cycle. Note: A cuff would not be applied to an extremity into which an intravenous infusion is running.” https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/rotating+tourniquet
- And here’s the 1987 article contesting its use https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3592330
- Photos of rotating tournicate setup: https://thoracickey.com/medical-treatment-of-heart-failure-2/
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Example of 3D echocardiography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlAwQ9E0u6o
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Career Profile: Carmen Buck, Nurse Practitioner and Photographer Spotlight on Carmen Buck, nurse practitioner, photographer, and author. Her new book “Just See Me: Sacred Stories from the Other Side of Dementia” highlights thirteen families caring for loved ones with dementia.
“In truth they’re just beautiful stories of inspiration…thirteen really unique messages.”
Carmen Buck Photography www.CarmenBuckPhotography.com You can purchase Carmen’s new book on Amazon!
Click here: https://www.amazon.com/Just-See-Me-Stories-Dementia-ebook/dp/B07C8NV9YB/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1525318146&sr=8-4&keywords=Carmen+buck
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Extraordinary Stories: Wellness in war zones Nina Ng, RN nurse administrator and wellness consultant for volunteers, enlightens us on what managing trauma is like in war-torn Middle Eastern cities. * “What was most touching to me was this profound sense of appreciation from these civilians we took care of…”
Feel free to get in touch with Nina at ng.nina@gmail.com Show Notes Donate $2 for Head-to-Toe’s 2nd birthday!
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Extraordinary Stories: Finding the Zebras Spotlight on Jonathan Tan, PA Chief complaint: refractory hiccups. Praise for preceptors. Finding the medical zebras. And choosing life over all your limbs. This RN turned PA shares stories from the provider side of ICU, ER, and the urgent care world.
“The nurses on the floor, the nurses in the ICU, the nurses in the ER…they are truly amazing people and they don’t get the recognition they deserve.”
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Extraordinary Stories: Baptized in blood, and here's another chart. Welcome to the E.R. Dr. Zahir Basrai, an emergency room physician, shares a story from his residency days and how he was baptized by blood, then handed another chart. Wash, rinse, repeat. Welcome to the E.R. Find Zahir's podcast/blog "The Physician Grind" - it is really cool! Great reads, great listening.There you can find the sister episode The Other Side featuring yours truly.
Find it on the Home Page: Http://www.blog.numose.com
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-physician-grind-podcast/id1206740792 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/physician-grind/the-physician-grind-podcast?refid=stpr
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Career Profile: Eileen Anderson, RN, CCRN, Reiki Practitioner “It gave me a good career. It gave me a good life.” 39 years of nursing later, Eileen reflects on decades of hospital work, performing Reiki, and her new retirement chasing Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Eileen’s Reiki website: www.reikiwitheileenanderson.com
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Writer / Podcast Host Email: macmillanpages@gmail.com Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com Website: mariemacmillan.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/macmillanpages LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmillanpages/
“I can really harness this energy and use it for good.” Spotlight on Angela Simpson, national director and founder of the Silent No More Foundation, and the origin story of #silentnomore
Show Notes
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Join the conversation on the Facebook group: Healthcare Workers Protection Act https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/
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Visit the foundation website for more information: https://silentnomorefoundation.com/
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Donate to the SNMF account on PayPal – hwpa2017@comcast.net
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News story about Delnor lawsuit: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-nurses-added-delnor-hostage-lawsuit-st-0601-20170601-story.html
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Show Me Your Stethoscope Foundation: http://smysofficial.com/
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Nurses Take DC April 25-26th 2018 www.nursestakedc.com
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SHOW NOTES
Best Stories 2017 – “Making a difference” version
Opening an innovative hospital unit. Speaking at the Smithsonian. Finding restitution for cancer victims. Supporting medical students in the Third World. Launching a national foundation. Publishing a book. Starting a podcast. Seven professionals discuss highlights from their healthcare work in 2017.
Dr. Tiffany Kelley, Nurse Entrepreneur – Nightingale Apps
- Website: https://www.nightingaleapps.com/
- Email: tiffany.kelley@nightingaleapps.com
Dr. Carrie Sue Halsey, CNS Center for Nursing Excellence, St. Luke’s Health
- Website: https://www.stlukesonline.org/
- Email: carriehalsey@gmail.com
Kim Visintine, Cold Water Creek Just the Facts
- Website: http://www.coldwatercreekfacts.com/
- Twitter: @CWCreekFacts
- Facebook: Cold Water Creek Facts https://www.facebook.com/groups/217215444963933/
- National Priorities List online: https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-national-priorities-list-npl
Yun Cee Dirsa, RESUS Nurse Podcast
- Yun Cee Dirsa, RN, CEN is an Emergency Nurse who works in New York City. She is also the podcast host of the Resus Nurse Podcast and Blog. Her interests include critical care in the ED, multi-disciplinary treatment plans, and empowering nurses. Non-clinical interests include practicing Iyengar Yoga, surfing, and traveling.
- Twitter: @resusnurse
- Website: resusnurse.com
- iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/resus-nurse-podcast/id1240890161?mt=2
Angela Simpson, Silent No More Foundation
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SilentNoMoreFoundationInc/
- Website: https://silentnomorefoundation.com/
Dr. Ken Waxman – Doctors Without Borders and Future Doctors for South Sudan
- Website: https://www.futuredoctors.org/
- Email: ken@futuredoctors.org
Dr. Jim Rickards – Moda Health
- Book link: https://www.amazon.com/Our-Health-Plan-Community-Healthcare/dp/1683502981
*Episode Music by Rhom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b841a7zh9aU - debut album found on YouTube, sophomore album coming out 2018
Marie MacMillan
Writer / Podcast Host Email: macmillanpages@gmail.com Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com Website: mariemacmillan.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/macmillanpages LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmillanpages/ Podcast Feedback line: 503-512-0185
SHOW NOTES
Best Stories 2017 – “All the feels” version
Life altering chocolate. Busking at the bedside. Facing racism over coffee. Dying with dignity. Tiny victories when the system works against you. And using the Force. Get ready to experience a range of emotions from 7 professionals’ BEST STORIES of the year.
Dustin, RN – Guiding young Padowans to psychiatric safety (lightsaber optional)
Ashley, NP – Finding success in heart failure
Jesse, DO – Rediscovering moments of humanity as a new attending physician in a post-residency world
Christy Turner, Dementia Care Manager and founder of Dementiasherpa.com – Appreciating cosmic taps on the shoulder
Jay, Nurse Manager – Socks, really? Facing racism, drawing the line, and protecting staff as an immigrant and nurse leader
Gabbie, RN – Unchanged Melodies in the ICU
Joan, Social Worker – Leaving no stone unturned for a disabled, homeless, transgender addict
*Episode Music by Rhom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b841a7zh9aU - debut album on YouTube - sophomore album coming out 2018
Marie MacMillan
Writer / Podcast Host Email: macmillanpages@gmail.com Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com Website: mariemacmillan.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/macmillanpages LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmillanpages/
Episode 12 - Violence in the Workplace: "I'm sorry, we don't do brain transplants." Wanting the impossible, balancing customer service with safe patient care, and worrying about how you'll clock out unscathed. Special episode with MOAB President and CEO Mike O'Malley, veteran nurse Sharona, and host Marie MacMillan. Thanks so much for listening! Please please please SHARE this episode. Like and subscribe to the show on Podbean, iTunes, and follow me on Facebook. Email me at macmillanpages@gmail.com for feedback or if you are interested in contributing to future episodes! I'm always recruiting! Leave a voicemail at the podcast feedback line about this episode at 503-512-0185. Thanks for supporting Head-to-Toe! ~Marie Watch Alex Wubbels nurse arrested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihQ1-LQOkns List of References:
- Philips, James, P. MD. "Workplace Violence against Health Care Workers in the United States" NEJM 2016; 374: 1661-1669. April 28, 2016. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1501998
- https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/12/violence-against-nurses/509309/
- http://www.hhnmag.com/articles/8306-violence-in-the-hospital-preventing-assaults-using-a-clinical-approach
- http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1501998?rss=searchAndBrowse
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5198359/
- http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Volume92004/No3Sept04/ViolenceinHealthCare.html
- http://www.jenonline.org/article/S0099-1767%2813%2900561-8/abstract
- http://nursingworld.org/workplaceviolence
- https://health.usnews.com/wellness/articles/2017-01-18/nurses-face-more-violence-from-hospital-patients
- http://www.nursinglicensure.org/articles/workplace-violence.html
- http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20170311/MAGAZINE/303119990
- http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/05/548601099/calling-nurse-a-hero-utah-hospital-bars-police-from-patient-care-areas
- http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/07/18/elise-wilson-nurse-stabbed-elises-law-southbridge-harrington-hospital/
- https://www.moabtraining.com/about-us
- https://www.osha.gov/dsg/hospitals/workplace_violence.html
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Episode 11: "There are no boundaries to the human condition." A personal history in nursing - Linda Sorensen, RN
Patient names have been "bleeped" in order to protect patient privacy in accordance with HIPPA.
Show Notes (helpful to non-clinical listeners!)
- LVN – Licensed Vocational Nurse, a different type of nursing license still offered by many states, also called LPN in some parts of the country. This type of license is not as liberal as RN licenses, i.e. LVNs cannot perform some skills like blood product administration (varies by state)
- “step up program” – once RN licensure became the norm many educational programs were created to allow LVNs and LPNs bridge to RN licensure
- CNA – Certified Nursing Assistant, or a “nurse’s aide” – many nurses have practiced as CNAs and aides prior to becoming fully licensed nurses
- “Float” nurse – nurses that work typically in different hospital units rather than just the same one all the time
- “CCRN” – Critical Care Certified Registered Nurse – a national certification offered by the AACN to recognize expertise in critical care. Not many nurses around have had this distinction for as long as Linda has. Hospital administrations are just now starting to offer bonuses and pay differential to nurses with this certification.
- “Swan” – a piece of medical equipment inserted through a large vein and threaded into the heart’s pulmonary artery. Also called a pulmonary artery catheter, it allows clinicians to measure advanced hemodynamics and diagnose heart failure. First used in 1970 and we still use Swan-Ganz catheters today.
- “ICP drain” – intracranial pressure drain; much like the Swan-Ganz, it is a diagnostic as well as a therapeutic tool inserted into the skull to relieve cerebral swelling and measure pressures
- “precepted” – “Precepting” is a term used by nurses to identify the training of new nurses and newly hired nurses
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National Healthcare Decision Day website: http://www.nhdd.org/
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Drugs, FDA, and “Viagra the Musical” – rare diseases and Googling, Big Pharma, FDA, and much more. I learned so very much from Jean Masonek. If you give drugs, take drugs, prepare or prescribe drugs, are interested in pharmaceuticals at all - this whole episode is definitely worth a listen.
Show Notes: For your information the Viagra movie mentioned was entitled “Love and Other Drugs,” with Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway – and according to the FDA a general drug patent life is twenty years from the time of initial application.
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Interview with 86-year-old Pat Petersen, lifelong Oregonian and retired registered nurse. She talks to me about her schooling, working while having a family, leading support groups for caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients, and volunteering with hospice by providing respite care in the home. She is a wonderful woman who loves to talk and I’m so honored she shared her life story with me.
Check out my Facebook page to see photos of the "Treasures" shop that Pat volunteers at in her retirement facility!
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Beth Reid has more than 40 years of nursing history to speak from. Graduating from school in 1954 and retiring from the profession in 1995 - she gives us a glimpse into decades of change and personal memories from the frontline of modern healthcare. She reflects on what she would change and what is changing. "God is here; give him your chair" is only a taste! Listen to the whole episode for more.
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Peanut butter sandwiches, hospital pillows, baseball, and knowing it’s worth it. Best stories from 2016 from four exceptional healthcare workers.
Fun times at the OHCA Convention & Trade Show at the Portland Convention Center on Monday September 20th, 2016! I interviewed two willing individuals - Kurt, an enthusiastic attendee, and Christy Turner, an Alzheimer's expert - and spoke with Melodie King, the event coordinator, about OHCA's mission.
Visit ohca.org for more about the Oregon Healthcare Association. Visit dementiasherpa.com for more of Christy Turner's work on dementia care.
Guest-less, Marie divulges some of her own memorable workplace stories and discuss recent healthcare news in the fourth installment episode of "Head-to-Toe." Check out Marie MacMillan on Facebook and mariemacmillan.com for more.
Links! Oregon Center for Nursing American Nurses Association Code of Ethics National League for Nursing’s recommendations University of Portland School of Nursing To email Dr. Krautscheid krautsch@up.edu
Spoiler alert: I am NOT an expert audio technician. There's some bumps, but this episode is so worth listening to: “Nursing is such an all pervasive thing when you’re there, you’re just—you’re doing everything you can to take care of these people and it’s like being a waitress, and a mom, and a dad, and a technical person, and CNA, and all different things like that rolled into one.”
Just under 40 years of healthcare experience, Cathy regales us with her experiences from vulnerable to profound to lighthearted. She also showed me her spectacular St. Helen's garden! Always recruiting new guests! Email me macmillanpages@gmail.com
Episode 1 – “Camp nursing is awesome” I interview Marianne Rudd, registered nurse with 36 years of experience. We discuss her broad experience in home health and camp nursing, changes in nursing practice over time, the difficulties of technology and patient documentation, and the greater rewards of working in healthcare.
- · “I liked the community that I could see of nurses and physicians and people working together. That is still vital with healthcare, healthcare that’s working well.”
- · “I did wonder, do I have what it takes? The answer is, most of the time.”
- · “It has made me realize that I’ve been blessed to have learned from so many people.”
- · “It’s satisfying to be in peoples’ homes, be part of their lives.”
- · “I’ve seen the pioneers of the West Coast and Oregon change national trends.”
Episode Glossary: TPN = total parenteral nutrition, nutrition delivered intravenously; PICC = peripherally inserted central catheters, intravenous access devices used for long-term infusion use, Association of Camp Nurses www.acn.org
A series of interviews with experienced medical professionals--illuminating healthcare's history while projecting a light on its future. A project by Marie MacMillan (a registered nurse with a writing problem).