The Insightful Nurse Leader with Myles Parilla: Recent Episodes
Myles Parilla
This podcast is focused on assisting nurse leaders become effective managers and change facilitators. We share insights, lessons learned, and practical advice by nurse leaders for nurse leaders. In this show, I interview current and past leaders where we learn from their experiences in how they've effectively navigated the challenges in the healthcare industry. So, whether you're a seasoned front line leader, a budding charge nurse, an experienced manager or executive - you don't want to miss this!
Tune in to my conversation with Tina Tappouni, a nurse and a black belt in jiu jitsu. We chat about how she found nursing through jiu jitsu. She also shares how jiu jitsu can help nurses and those in the frontline defend themselves from violence at work.
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https://mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep30
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Here's my conversation with Rhonda Thompson, Sr. VP of Patient Care Services & Chief Nursing Officer at Phoenix Children's Hospital, named among the “Best Children’s Hospitals” in the U.S. and received high remarks amongst 10 different clinical specialties. In this episode, I chat with Rhonda on how Phoenix Children's Hospital is embracing the tremendous amount of growth in their service areas. Rhonda also discusses how the health system through her leadership is supporting nurses, improving nurse retention, clinical competency, and optimizing clinical outcomes.
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https://mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep29
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Tune in to my conversation with Maricon Dans, Assistant Director, Pathway to Excellence Operations and Patience Harris, Sr. RN Pathway Program Specialist at the ANCC. In this episode, we discuss the:
- Current state of nursing
- What the other "PPE" is
- Misconceptions on Pathway to Excellence® designation
- Difference between Pathway to Excellence® vs. Magnet Designation
- And How the Pathway to Excellence® Framework can help with improving nurse retention.
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https://mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep28
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Here’s my conversation with Dr. Eric Shipley. He recounts the key events in the early onset of the COVID outbreak as the Medical Director of Overlake Hospital Medical Center, one of the two hospitals who received the first non-travel related patients in the U.S. back in February 2020. He shares the important lessons learned as he reflects back from the initial onset of the pandemic three years ago.
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https://mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep27
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This episode is an introduction to NurseBee, featuring Edward Navales, Co-founder and CEO of the company. Tune in as I chat with Edward about how NurseBee uses A.I. and blockchain technology geared towards offering nurses with an ecosystem of service providers to better support nurses in improving their careers.
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https://mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep26
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In this episode, I chat with Cameron and Emily regarding their outlook for travel nursing in the US for 2023. They share key points about travel nursing such as pay transparency, building the relationship with your recruiter, auto offers and other relevant experiences in helping travel nurses prepare for their next assignment.
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https://mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep25
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In this episode, I chat with Erin about her passion in Rural Healthcare.
She shares about Klickitat Valley Health's strategic plan in continuing to provide high quality health care to the community and how they maintain solvency in the midst of a number of challenges in rural health. Also, Erin talks about why Goldendale, WA is a great place to live for those seeking to live away from the big city with access to a lot of outdoor activities.
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https://mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep24
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In this episode, I speak with Catie Harris of NursePreneurs on why there are more and more nurses who are starting their own business.
She explains how your nursing experience prepares you well in being an entrepreneur.
Catie also talks about the important things to consider before starting your business.
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https://mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep23
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In this episode, I chat with Jennifer J. Stephenson, a nurse leader who is passionate about pediatric patients. She shares the particular challenges of providing healthcare services to the pediatric population particularly in the midst of a spike in RSV and Influenza cases in the U.S.
Jennifer also talks about:
- Her perspective on navigating the vaccine conversation amongst patients and their caregivers and family members.
- Her motivation in taking on a leadership role to help make a bigger impact in public health.
- Supporting her nursing team in dealing with compassion fatigue.
- Her take on population health and addressing social determinants of health
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https://mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep22
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Here’s my conversation with Chor regarding her focus on the importance of building and reinforcing safe patient handling programs in the midst of the current challenges in healthcare organizations. She talks about how supporting the nursing staff through SPH programs can reduce costs, risks and promote staff retention.
Additionally, as a clinical instructor, she also shares the value of having role models for nursing students and those newer to the field as they carve their path in the nursing profession.
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https://mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep21
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They say people at the frontline are in much better position to make decisions directly impacting their work. There is an increasing trend across industries integrating this model but healthcare seems to lag in terms of adopting this concept. While more organizations are seeing the value of clinical nurses as subject matters experts for companies doing business with hospitals, it has given rise to a non-traditional niche in the nursing field.
Listen to my conversation with Lexi Jay, Founder of The Corporate Nurse, as we talk about:
- Why there is an increasing demand in corporate nursing and how bedside nurses can transition to this career.
- Falling back in love with Nursing
- How you can transition to Corporate Nursing
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https://mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep20
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Here's my conversation withZach Smith, a bedside nurse turned entrepreneur in a tech start up aimed to provide more autonomy back to nurses in managing their schedules.
Tune in to this episode as I speak with Zach on:
- How the NurseGrid App started and his role as a founding member.
- Lessons from his challenges in integrating their App in hospital scheduling systems.
- His perspective on the current climate of the nursing workforce.
Zach's passion for advocating for fellow nurses is quite tangible in this raw and unfiltered conversation.
Listen to the FULL EPISODE and see the complete show notes:
https://mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep19
Connect with Zach:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-smith-bsn-rn-a781bb30/
Instagram: @wazzuzach
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So you’re thinking of leaving your job? Perhaps you’re just done with the toxic work culture - whether a bad boss or an unsupportive environment. Or maybe your work simply does not fill your cup anymore.
The question is: How do you move from your current job to something with purpose and meaning?
In this episode, I chat with Erin Andersen, Founder of Your Brand Networker. We talk about the process of transitioning careers and how to navigate the challenges of leaving your current job. Erin also discusses some examples of how she has helped her clients successfully get to their ideal careers.
Key Points:
- Role of a Career Transition Coach
- How to you engage with HR when you have an issue
- Value of the LinkedIn platform for networking and creating meaningful connection
- Erin’s signature approach to helping her clients with career transitions
For the FULL EPISODE and Show notes: https://mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep18
Connect with Erin:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yourbrandnetworker/ AND https://www.instagram.com/yourbrandnetworker/
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Nurses and other allied health professionals, including physicians, have been front and center of the tug-of-war between hospitals and travel/staffing agencies. Nurses, particularly have been lured with different types of offerings from premium pay, school loan reimbursement, sign-on bonus and other types of benefits. To some healthcare systems, this has brought some relief, but what happens after those sign on contracts expire?
While there are on going debates and discussions on how we can stabilize the nursing workforce, it’s imperative to ask every forum where this topic is being discussed:
How are we actually addressing the very reason why nurses left to begin with?
In this episode, I chat with Beth Kutscher, Senior Managing Editor of LinkedIn News, regarding why clinicians hate the word '“Burnout” and how this is an understatement of what clinicians are truly experiencing.
Key Points:
- The disconnect between administrators and nurses/doctors
- Health-care role that saw the most exits the past couple years (*Hint: it’s not nurses)
- Importance of integrating front line clinicians in any innovative ventures
- LinkedIn as a platform to create meaningful discussions and engagement on current issues
- Path to Recovery Newsletter
For Complete Show Notes: mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep17
Connect with Beth:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bkutscher/
Newsletter: Path to Recovery
References:
Why doctors and nurses hate the word 'burnout'
Could leadership training for doctors and nurses fight burnout? This new venture is betting on it
Health care isn’t working for clinicians anymore. Here’s where they’re going
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Fernando speaks about his journey of jumping out from a leadership role where most consider to be very stable with great retirement benefits. He shares his story of how his professional network outside his immediate circle catalyzed his realization to pursue more and develop his own brand. This gave him an opportunity to reflect back on what he has placed on the back burner throughout his career and developed the skill set and the courage to explore outside his comfort zone.
Key Points:
- Value of continuing education
- Positive dynamic culture
- Importance of a leadership coach
Links:
Fernando’s LinkedIn Profile
Myles' LinkedIn Profile
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How effectively are you managing the appropriate amount of workforce to deliver care at your facility?
How do you effectively anticipate when to flex up or down on staffing and not end up overstaffed or under?
How are you supporting your nurses’ need for better flexibility in scheduling and promote better retention and engagement while aligning with the organization’s operational requirements?
In this episode, I speak with Dani Bowie, Vice President of Clinical Strategy at Trusted Health about the different strategies we can do to build back the nursing workforce with a new lens. Tune in as we discuss these key points and other important insights in today’s nursing workforce.
Key Points:
- Pivotal moments in Dani’s career when as she embarks on her journey to have a better scheduling platform and tools for nurses and nurse leaders.
- Dani shares her recommendations on providing a more flexible staffing and scheduling process that is also engaging for the front line nurses.
- Value of utilizing a predictive model and technology for optimizing staffing and scheduling.
- Different strategies to rebuild the nursing workforce.
Ways to connect with Dani:
LinkedIn: Danielle Bowie
Other links and references:
Trusted Health
The Handoff Podcast
Myles Parilla via LinkedIn
Check out the full show notes here: https://mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep15
Chris is a Partner with Hotchkiss Insurance in Texas, where he leads the Employee Benefits practice within the firm. His focus is helping clients fix systemic issues to both health insurance structuring and healthcare purchasing plaguing their companies; evidenced by runaway healthcare and insurance expenses year over year. Solving these issues results in improving profitability for these companies, lower costs for employees and improving employee health outcomes.
Key Points:
- Chris shares his perspective on the US healthcare industry from the buyer (member) & payer (insurance) side.
- He also shares how his clients become the insurance company in their Self-funded model so his firm actually represent both buyers and payers.
- Insight on the unique shifts in health insurance (payer side)
- Cutting out the “insurance middle man”
- Direct Primary Care (DPC)
- Direct contracting with facilities
- Alternative sourcing of medications and procedures to lower payer & patient costs, improving access to care
- Health insurance options available to folks leaving the big corporate world to start their own businesses
- Chris provides valuable insight on his outlook for the healthcare in America.
Ways to connect with Chris:
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/chamilton
TikTok: @chris.hamilton.68
For complete show notes, visit: https://mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep14
Ann has over 20 years of experience in healthcare administration. She specializes in systems transformation and healthcare operations. She is a passionate, hands-on Strategic Partner and Health Care Operations Transformation Consultant with extensive hospital – academic, community, and for-profit along with multi-specialty medical group practices. She also has a vast experience in operational and financial leadership and a track record of successful physician practice management and advocacy. She progressed through rigorous nursing courses to hospital administration program aiming to affect change on behalf of physicians, care teams, patients, and families. Ann is often referred to as the “Doctor Whisperer”.
In this episode, she recounts her experience in a large academic center. She emphasizes the value of setting boundaries and speaking up for safety and quality. She also talks about the importance of being clinically savvy in navigating the “untouchables” at work.
Key Points:
- Speaking up for quality and safety
- Ann’s approach with physicians on collaboration and gaining their trust.
- Importance of being clinically savvy as a non-clinician leader in a hospital setting
- Ann’s journey in healthcare administration and the pivotal moments in her career when she stepped away from her role.
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Ways to connect with Ann:
Email: ann@leadwellhealthcareconsultants.com
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardsonam
Molly Angel is a change management expert with extensive experience in operations and change management, specializing in implementation of healthcare, technology and for other complex environments. She holds an MBA from Xavier University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Miami University.
In this episode, Molly talks more about methodologies that facilitate change – and why everyone is capable of evolving. Tune in as we also explore what makes a successful change strategy, understanding that people don’t leave their jobs – they leave managers, how to scope new projects, and why we shouldn’t focus solely on retention rates as measures of success.
For complete show notes, please visit mylesparillaconsulting.com/podcast/ep12
Today’s guest, Dr Bonnie Wilson, is a true expert when it comes to being objective while maintaining great relationships with your colleagues. As an emergency department nurse and nursing administrator now turned executive coach, Dr. Bonnie coaches women of color to make conscious choices without treating everything in life as an emergency.
I had a fascinating conversation with Bonnie to learn more about being authentic whilst taking on new leadership roles. Tune in to this episode as we talk about having a work/life blend, why your boss can’t be your mentor, figuring out what is an ‘emergency’ or not, and some powerful questions she asks when she comes in as an interim leader.
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Hey Nurse Leaders, listen in to my conversation with an exceptional nurse executive who is leading innovative solutions to address the staffing challenges at their facility to prevent burnout and promote retention. I was impressed with how she and her team got creative in deploying strategies to retain the nurses who have a wealth of experience and the value they add to the intellectual capital of the organization. She also shares some pearls of wisdom to those who aspire to become nurse leaders and senior nurse executives to be successful during this time. Additionally, we discuss other relevant challenges we are currently facing in the nursing industry. Stay tuned to learn more.
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Millennial nurses are generally regarded to have more job hopping tendencies than their colleagues. But as more and more nurses reevaluate their purpose and career path, this presents an opportunity for healthcare organizations to reexamine how they’re supporting and valuing their workforce. Whether it’s career advancement, better work-life balance, higher compensation or seeking a bigger challenge - it behooves us to have a deeper understanding on what motivates our nurses to leave their current roles. Our guest today talks about her journey in seeking a meaningful career in nursing and how she created a sense of purpose through nurse entrepreneurship. Tune right in.
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Hey Nurse leaders in previous episodes, we talked about lateral violence and bullying amongst nurses. But what would you do if the aggressor is your own boss? When is the right time to move on to a different role, even if it means letting go of your dream job. Our guest today talks about how she has navigated these challenges in her leadership journey.
She also discusses how she found the strength and courage to transmute her unpleasant experience to launch her very own business, supporting professional development in nursing. So let's jump right in.
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We all know the benefits of clinical simulations where we set up life-like scenarios, and often use hi-fidelity manikins to help nurses build the confidence and focus on honing their clinical skills. But what about situations involving high stress/high stakes communication and team dynamics?
Our guest today talks about developing effective communication skills using Improvisational exercises and principles to help improve collaboration and patient safety.
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Hey nurse leaders, how are you retaining your new nurses? How do you make sure that support systems you have in place will retain new nurses within the next 6 to 12 months? In this episode, our guest shares innovative practices they've implemented in redesigning the nurse residency program to optimize engagement and increase retention of new nurses, which has led to over 90% of retention rates in their organization.
He also shares the vital role of critical reflection in assisting new nurses and developing resilience through peer support in addressing moral distress that has greatly contributed to their high retention rates. Stay tuned to learn more!
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You’ve probably heard about the term “nurses eating their young”. This refers to situations where there is hostility amongst nurses or other nursing staff at work, particularly involving newer nurses. Sadly, bullying has been historically accepted as a form of initiation whether consciously or without intent. With hospitals around the country onboarding a lot of new nurses, it is of great importance to refocus on this area to retain our nurses and build a healthy work environment. Our guest today talks about how to address lateral violence using the tools of Crucial Conversations. Stay tuned.
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Hey nurse leaders, when was the last time you reached out to your organization’s Risk Management? How does your team perceive getting a call from Risk? Or being invited for a meeting with them? Many nurse leaders connect with Risk Management because something had happened but there are actually a lot of benefits to you and your team in partnering with your org’s Risk Management. Our guest today talks about the importance of proactively collaborating with your risk manager or specialist. He also shares ways how you can engage risk management to better support your team. Tune in to learn more.
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Hey Nurse leaders, what would you say are the key ingredients for facilitating improvement efforts with your team during these times? How do you connect and build trust? And how do you handle any pushback for change? Our guest today talks about the value of continuing performance improvement work even during a challenging period. He also shares a few practical strategies you can utilize today to engage our teams and facilitate a meaningful transformation at work. Let’s jump right in!
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Learn how an Emergency Department Manager where the first community outbreak of Covid in the US started led her team from the initial preparations to a current look of how they are adopting with the new challenges of working in the ED during this time.
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Hey fellow nurse leaders, do you feel stuck at work? Burned out and contemplating switching careers? Perhaps something less demanding like working from home or doing a travel assignment? Or maybe you’ve been wondering how to support your team in dealing with all the challenges and ambiguity when you yourself need support.
In this inaugural episode, you’ll learn:
- Why I created this podcast and how this aligns with my mission to assist fellow nurse leaders and those aspiring to take on a formal leadership role.
- I’ll also talk about my story and the value of sharing insights amongst fellow nurse leaders during this unprecedented time in the nursing profession.
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