EP 217: Blood Transfusions and Cell Technology with Carly Newton & Lori Harada

EP 217: Blood Transfusions and Cell Technology with Carly Newton & Lori Harada

by | May 26, 2023 | Podcast

Blood Transfusion and Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies

In this episode, we would like to introduce you to Carly Newton & Lori Harada, who are both registered nurses working as managers at Terumo Blood & Cell Technologies. Carly uses that experience to educate Health Care Professionals on the most effective ways to prescribe Red Blood Cell Exchange. Lori leads a team of 12 Specialists who train and support their customers on the company’s medical devices. Lori is also a leader in the industry with more than 35 years of apheresis experience. We discuss blood transfusions, donations, the blood shortage, and current technology.

Questions and Topics

  • Can you give us a background about yourselves and how you got involved with Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies?
  • What is Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies?
    • What do they do?
    • What is the company goal?
    • Does Terumo do any R&D? What are they currently working on?
  • What is RBC and Plasma exchange?
    • What is apheresis?
  • Where does the blood go?
    • What is the full scope of components you can donate?
    • What patients or illnesses do the blood and its components help with?
  • What are some common misconceptions about donating blood, or where is the lack of education regarding donations or treatment?
  • Why do you think medical sales and pharmaceutical sales get a bad rep?
  • During the pandemic, how did things change for you?
    • Was there a greater influx of donations?
  • What do you enjoy doing on your off time?

Watch full episode: https://youtu.be/uWS0r2d1Qsk

GUEST SPEAKER LINKS:
Website: https://www.terumobct.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carly-newton-a98286144/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-harada-6221a815/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/terumobct/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/terumobct

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EP 209: Being a Clinical Instructor and Healthcare Couples With Lindsey Mcniff

EP 209: Being a Clinical Instructor and Healthcare Couples With Lindsey Mcniff

by | Apr 1, 2023 | Podcast

EP 209: Being a Clinical Instructor and Healthcare Couples With Lindsey Mcniff

Being a clinical instructor in nursing school is rewarding. We’ve all had our favorite clinical instructors while we are in nursing school. Most of them are nurses who became teachers helping student nurses become the best future nurses.

But how different is being a teacher of nurses from being a nurse? And how can nurses become clinical instructors? If you are a nurse and considering the role of an educator, this episode is for you. 

In this episode, we would like to introduce you to Lindsey Mcniff. Lindsey is an ex-travel nurse now working in nursing education. Her background includes telemetry, medical-surgical, stepdown, and cardiac cath lab.

She is currently a clinical nurse educator, professor, and clinical instructor.

We talk about dating in healthcare, transitioning from bedside to education, and we offer some advice every nurse should hear. 

Questions for Our Guest

The questions below are some we’d like to tackle. We often go off-topic, so we don’t expect to hit them all. If you have any ideas, please let us know.

Looking forward to our conversation!

These are the questions you had in Calendly. We’ll go off your questions, and wherever else our conversation goes.

  1. Please give us a brief background about yourself and your nursing experience. 
        • What made you decide to get into travel nursing?
  2. What’s the role like of a clinical instructor? How is it different from regular bedside? 
        • What are some common themes nursing students struggle with?
        • What advice can you give nursing students struggling in clinical or just finding it difficult? 
        • What education do you need to become an instructor?
        • Calendly – “In my experience with nursing students, the ages can range from 18 to 50 years old as nursing is an extremely popular career. The younger students typically need more conservations around maturity and professionalism whereas older students may come with enhanced wisdom and forget to proceed new challenges with caution that some younger learners possess.”
  3. What are some of your favorite aspects of being a clinical educator?
  4. How is it working as a healthcare couple?
        • What are some benefits of you and your fiance having a healthcare background?  
  5. What are some outdated nursing traditions that we need to break free from?
  6. Have you considered nursing as a second career? 
  7. What advice do you have for anyone trying to advance their nursing career?
  8. What is your current obsession? 

ENDING QUESTIONS

Before we end the show, we have one last question we like to ask all our guests. If you had the opportunity to have a Cup of coffee with anybody one last time, who would it be & why? 

Links: IG: Lostwithlindsey

Be inspired and become a clinical instructor in this episode here 👇👇👇

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Introduction
01:26 About Lindsey Mcniff
07:33 Travel Nursing as a couple
09:26 Tips For Dating In Healthcare
11:21 Preparing to Become a Travel Nurse with One Year of Experience
13:30 Transitioning from Bedside Nursing to Education
17:14 The Impact Of Compassion Fatigue
23:44 Mental Health and Self-Care for Bedside Nurses
27:59 Building Confidence And Friendships On The Unit
31:30 The Cohesive Diversity In Teaching New Grads
33:23 The Changes in Nursing Practices Over Time
35:54 The Outdated Nursing Traditions
40:49 Funny Moments During Nursing Orientation
44:22 Exploring Nursing as a Second Career
47:51 Advice For Nurses Considering Advancing Their Career
50:19 Wrapping up the show

6 Good Reasons to Become a Nurse Today

6 Good Reasons to Become a Nurse Today

by | Feb 11, 2023 | Nursing Student

6 Good Reasons to Become a Nurse Today

There are many reasons why one should become a nurse. Besides answering the demand of nursing shortage, you also get to experience many things that other jobs don’t have.

If you are working your way up to earning your degree in nursing, these top # good reasons to become a nurse will encourage you more to get that degree! Here’s what you need to know. 

 

Good Reasons to Become a Nurse

 

Nursing jobs have a steady growth

Registered nurses are among the most sought-after occupation in many states all over the country. It belongs to the top 50 in-demand jobs and answers the country’s nursing shortage.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that there would be a growth in nursing jobs and will continue to do so until 2030. As the number of aging and retiring nurses increases, nursing jobs will always be in demand. 

Solid earning potential

Nurses are one of the top-paying professions in the world. You indeed handle many responsibilities but are also well-compensated for the job. A registered nurse has a median salary of $48,000 to $75,000 and is as high as $145,000 annually.

If you have an MSN and other nursing degrees, expect to earn more in this field. It’s not so bad, either. 

Expanding career

Your job as a nurse is not limited to bedside care. You can also be an administrator, entrepreneur, doctor, or policymaker. Take Cup of Nurses, for example; they’re bloggers and nurses; now that’s something exciting! 

You can be anyone you want to be, even as a nurse. As long as you take classes to take classes that pertain to more than just patient care, you can achieve anything. 

As nurses become more available throughout healthcare, politics, and business, their jobs will expand to more areas. You will always have a choice to choose a career path without leaving the nursing field entirely.

Pick a specialty you like

When it comes to career versatility, nursing is one of the best. You can choose any specialty that interests you. If you love psychology, you can try psychiatric nursing.

If being in action is your thing, emergency room nurses will suit your taste. Be a forensic nurse if you are passionate about working with victims and helping them with their cases. You can even become a nurse anesthetist if you wish to join the operating room team. 

With a nursing degree, you’re qualified with just about any specialty in nursing. Plus, you can constantly shift careers until you find one that you want to pursue. 

The nursing community is vibrant

Nurses may work a lot, but they have a community that helps and supports each other. There are organizations, boards, bloggers, and interactive blogs where nurses can talk about anything and socialize.

More significant associations like American Nursing Association is also a big part of the nursing community that supports nurses. 

Be part of a respected profession.

Nurses are among the most respected professionals in the country. It is a career that cares for the sick and dying, so you must be proud to be part of it.

People have high respect for nurses, and while this is not the first job that people look into in the medical field, it is the first one they think about when it comes to honest and ethical work.

You are also working and making a difference in people’s lives. It is something to be proud of. 

 

Your takeaway

If you are a student nurse having thoughts about being a nurse, it’s time you stay put. Don’t quit yet! Nursing is a rewarding career that touches people’s lives and creates a good path for yourself. There is financial stability and career growth for you that not many jobs can give. 

We understand how tough nursing school is; we’ve been there ourselves. But if you keep pushing towards your goals, you’ll see it’s all worth it.

Trust the process, and trust us when we say you can do it. We need more frontline warriors, and we believe you are called to be one. We are rooting for you; good luck!

Looking for more student resources? Check out these helpful links!

EP 194: Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation with Aurika Savickaite

EP 194: Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation with Aurika Savickaite

by | Dec 16, 2022 | Podcast

EP 194: Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation with Aurika Savickaite

Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation is a recognized alternative in managing selected cases of acute respiratory failure.

It is a form of mechanical support where positive pressure delivers a mixture of oxygen and air through the respiratory tree using a noninvasive interface. It could be through standard ICU ventilators or portable devices.

Now, if this is something new to you and you want to learn about NPPV, this episode is for you. 

For this episode, we would like to introduce you to Aurika Savickaite. Aurika has worked as a registered nurse and patient care manager at the University of Chicago Medical Center’s Medical Intensive Care Unit.

She was also involved in successfully testing the helmet ventilator in the ICU at the University of Chicago during a three-year trial study.

In the episode, we focus on the benefits of helmet-based noninvasive positive pressure ventilation on patient outcomes. 

QUESTIONS FOR GUESTS

The questions below are some we’d like to tackle. We often go off-topic, so we don’t expect to hit them all. If you have any ideas, please let us know.

Looking forward to our conversation!

These are the questions you had in Calendly. We’ll go off your questions and wherever else our conversation goes.

  1. Can you give us a little background about yourself?
  2. What is Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV), and what are some typical examples of this you see at the hospital?
  3. What made you decide to be involved in creating helmet-based ventilation?
    • What exactly is it? 
    • Can you explain the product and how it works?
  4. How does helmet-based ventilation compare to our current noninvasive positive pressure ventilation? 
    •  What is the cost difference?
    • Can it lead to fewer intubations? 
  5. How have the helmets been working out in New Zealand? 
  6. You’re a problem solver at heart. Are there any other things you are working to improve? Inside or outside of the healthcare setting? 

ENDING QUESTIONS

Before we end the show, we have one last question we like to ask all our guests. If you had the opportunity to have a Cup of coffee with anybody one last time, who would it be & why? 

Links: 

Website:
https://www.helmetbasedventilation.com/ 

YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8Tfe2OXZuRdNIblSZIZyQ/videos 

Infographics: https://www.helmetbasedventilation.com/post/infographic-comparison-bubble-helmet-hood-niv-face-mask-invasive-mechanical-ventilation 

Online training course:
https://www.helmetbasedventilation.com/online-course 

Links to two articles mentioned in the podcast:
https://annalsofintensivecare.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13613-022-01069-7
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0964339722001380

Learn more about Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in this full episode 👇👇👇

TIME STAMPS:

00:00 Introduction
02:15 About Aurika Savickaite
04:35 How does a ventilation helmet look like
08:28 The cons of using the facemask
12:07 Why does a patient needs positive pressure ventilation
17:55 The advantage of using the helmet interface over the facemask
25:39 Helmet interface has lesser chances of intubation
30:14 Is there a noise issue with the helmet?
33:50 How has the helmet helped the world
38:38 Embracing Innovations to improving patient care
43:31 To much technology is not always better
48:16 Improving patient care should start with nurses
55:25 Other things that interest Aurika
01:01:12 Wrapping up the show

EP 193: The View From The Abortion Clinic With Patrice D’Amato

EP 193: The View From The Abortion Clinic With Patrice D’Amato

by | Dec 9, 2022 | Podcast

The View From The Abortion Clinic With Patrice D’Amato

The view from the abortion clinic paints a different story. It’s where decisions are made, often for a good cause. But can women have an abortion without being judged? That is the real question.

What is Abortion? 

Abortion is defined as a procedure to end a pregnancy. It is also known as the termination of pregnancy through medications or surgical procedures. All around the world, 73 million induced abortions take place each year.

Among 6 out of 10 or 61% of these abortions, are unintended pregnancies, while the remaining 21% ended as induced abortions. All abortions are 45% unsafe, and 97% occur in developing countries. 

Unsafe abortion is one of the leading but preventable causes of maternal morbidities and deaths. It also affects the physical and mental health and financial and social burdens of many women in many communities. 

As nurses, what can we do to help women who want to go through an abortion? Do we have the right to refuse to take care of patients who went through an abortion based on moral objection? And when will abortion be normalized in our society?

These are the questions we must answer. 

Our Guest for Today’s Episode

In this episode, we would like to introduce you to Patrice D’Amato. Patrice is a nurse, educator, and author of a new book, The View from the Clinic: One Nurse’s Journey in Abortion Care.

She has practiced nursing in various settings in her 38-year nursing career, including med/Surg, critical care, nursing education, and women’s health.

After earning her Master’s degree in Adult Health, she worked as an NP in several abortion clinics and 20 years later returned to the field while writing her book about her experiences.

QUESTIONS FOR OUR GUEST

The questions below are some we’d like to tackle. We often go off-topic, so we don’t expect to hit them all. If you have any ideas, please let us know.

We are looking forward to our conversation!

These are the questions you had in Calendly. We’ll go off your questions and wherever else our conversation goes.

  1. Can you give us a little background about yourself? 
  2. Working in healthcare for over 30 years, what have you seen over time? 
    • How has nursing evolved or changed?
    • Have you seen a more significant connection to the mind/body/spirit approach vs. just medical treatment?
  3. How was it working in an abortion clinic?
    • How has it changed over time?
  4. Did your perspective or opinion change on abortions while working with them?
  5. Was it hard for you to work in that setting? What made you gravitate toward it? 
  6. One of the counterarguments for legalizing abortion has been its potential intent to be used as a contraceptive. Were there any “frequent fliers”?
  7. Did you get the opportunity to find out why women are getting abortions? If so, what was the most common reason?
  8. You wrote a book titled; The View from the Clinic: One Nurse’s Journey in Abortion Care. What made you decide to write it?
    • What do you outline or focus on in the book?

ENDING QUESTIONS

Before we end the show, we have one last question we like to ask all our guests.

If you had the opportunity to have a Cup of coffee with anybody one last time, who would it be & why? 

Links: 

Book: www.theviewfromtheclinic.com 

To watch and learn more about abortion, click here for the entire episode 👇👇👇

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Introduction
01:58 About Patrice D’Amato
04:28 How has nursing evolved or changed?
06:50 How was it working in an abortion clinic?
11:03 Thoughts on abortion
11:47 What is a medical abortion
13:04 How a surgical abortion procedure looks
15:52 Perspective on abortion
18:02 Spirituality and abortion
21:20 How Patrice deals with guilt
24:16 Relief after an abortion
26:41 abortion and the patient’s mental health
29:16 Cases of abuse and unwanted pregnancy
31:21 The future of abortion
34:48 The fetus worship
40:37 Probirth v.s Pro-life
42:12 Generational traumas
46:11 Rewiring your system
48:58 Wrapping up the episode