Head-to-Toe

Read the blog post (written version) of this podcast here. 

*The written version is slightly different, it's not a transcription. I encourage you to read it and check out my other writings at mariemacmillan.com*

It Turns Out Working Mothers Can’t Have It All

Coronavirus Is Killing the Working Mother

Thank you for listening the last four years!

Please feel free to keep in touch!

Marie MacMillan

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/

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

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

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!

To check out Frontier LLC’s products including the Safe Seizure pads head to https://frontierhealthresources.com/

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

• 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

• 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/

• 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

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!

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

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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: [email protected]

• 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

 Sarah’s Recommended Resources for Expectant Parents:

1. Find yourself a doula! https://doulamatch.net/

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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!

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

Thank you to the podcast sponsor Luxe Pillow – need a late Mother’s Day gift? Head to luxepillow.com and use the checkout code “headtotoe” to get 10% off a wondrous, luxurious, sleep-inducing pillow. Moms need sleep. For real. Seriously the whole sleep thing gets completely upended from your life, as I am learning even before my son arrives. T-minus 2.5 months and counting! Okay that’s all for now, email me your thoughts and show suggestions at [email protected] – also it’s not too late to donate! Go to mariemacmillan.com to find the links to donate.