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On today’s episode we’re going to talk about artificial intelligence, the thing coming to take all of our jobs, decimate our environment, but also make some really, really funny pictures. Does AI have a role in the future of healthcare? Let’s find out.

References:

Guardian article about New York Nurses replaced by AI

AI article written by some industry bros

A more recent article about BCMA scanning

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On today’s episode we’re going to talk about criticism, specifically when it comes from a peer. How do we know when it’s constructive versus destructive, when it’s something we really need to take on board versus something that’s gonna plunge us into an existential crisis for no good goddamn reason because it has nothing to do with us?

References:

WSNA Constructive Criticism vs Destructive Criticism

ANA Code of Ethics Provision 5

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Medication abortion is still legal in all 50 states:

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On today’s episode we’re going to talk about voting. Not the big sexy times every four years, but those small elections where you’re asked to choose which person you feel is best suited for the ever important position of county assessor. Because you and I both definitely know what that is. For sure.

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Medication abortion is still legal in all 50 states:

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Feed the World, End Genocide 🍉

Protect Trans Kids 🏳️‍⚧️

Protect Immigrant Families

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I have an Etsy shop. It’s spreadsheets.

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On today’s episode we’re going to talk about my recent trip to Washington DC to petition lawmakers alongside the Emergency Nurses Association as part of my role as their Government Relations Committee Chair.

Link to the bills' one-pagers

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Medication abortion is still legal in all 50 states:

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Feed the World, End Genocide 🍉

Protect Trans Kids 🏳️‍⚧️

Protect Immigrant Families

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I have an Etsy shop. It’s spreadsheets.

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On today’s episode we’re going to talk about being a good person; what does this mean? How do we know when someone is or is not a good person and why is the binary between good and evil bullshit anyway?

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Medication abortion is still legal in all 50 states:

Mayday.health

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Feed the World, End Genocide 🍉

Protect Trans Kids 🏳️‍⚧️

Protect Immigrant Families

Register to Vote  

I have an Etsy shop. It’s spreadsheets.

Thank you for listening and have a safe shift

On today’s episode we’re going to talk about the Department of Education degree designations, particularly its assertion that graduate Nursing degrees are not considered Professional. What does this mean for us as nurses, what do our nursing associations have to say about it, and why can’t I get one goddamn moment of peace in this world fml.

Action Items:

Call congress. (202) 224-3121 for the U.S. House switchboard operator or go to congress.gov

• Send email, letters, or comment directly:
  • https://www.merkley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/Final-Letter-to-Under-Secretary-Kent-on-Nursing-Loans.pdf 
  • Or Comment directly: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/ED-2025-OPE-0944-0001 
  • Remember not to sweat what this admin thinks because they literally stole food from children (and honestly, it's the least terrible thing they've done to children): https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/politics/justice-jackson-snap-fight

Sources:

Old-timey law they're basing this on: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/subtitle-B/chapter-VI/part-668/subpart-A/section-668.2

New-timey law they're trying to push: https://www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-professional-degree-trump-admin-11079650

What the ANA thinks about it: https://www.nursingworld.org/news/news-releases/2025/statement-from-the-american-nurses-association-on-proposed-federal-loan-policy-changes/

What the AACN thinks about it: https://www.aacnnursing.org/news-data/all-news/article/aacn-alarmed-over-department-of-educations-proposed-limitation-of-student-loan-access-for-nursing

What the AANP thinks about it: https://www.aanp.org/news-feed/national-nurse-practitioner-organizations-express-concern-over-department-of-education-negotiated-rulemaking

Even some MDs get it, like these: https://www.careproviders.org/CPM/CPM/ACTION/Vol40/Ed46/ZP05.aspx and https://nyam.org/article/response-to-stripping-professional-status-as-proposed-by-the-department-of-education/

Even though most MD orgs are busy trying to limit ARNP scope: https://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=65853

And here's some MDs in the comment section getting absolutely schooled by NPs: https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HB3794/2025

Latest demographics on the nursing workforce that I could find: https://bhw.hrsa.gov/data-research/access-data-tools/national-sample-survey-registered-nurses

Also, never forget, male nurses make more than female nurses simply because they are male: https://data.hrsa.gov/topics/health-workforce/nchwa/nursing-workforce-dashboard

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Medication abortion is still legal in all 50 states:

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On today’s episode we’re going to talk about ICE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement, specifically within the context of you as a healthcare worker and especially considering what we owe to the public as licensed Registered Nurses.

Sources:

National Nurses United is against ICE presence in hospitals and clinics

Washington State Nurses Association is against ICE presence most places

New York State Nurses Association and Healthcare Workers East put out a joint statement against ICE presence in hospitals and clinics

This article looks at the ANA code of ethics in the context of immigration enforcement

Op Ed by Kimberly Galindo, an experienced RN in California who was confronted by ICE

National Nurses United Guidance if ICE shows up at your hospital (from their IG)

Immigrant Legal Resource Center Know Your Rights

Trump’s administrative order to open “sensitive areas” to CBP and ICE

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Medication abortion is still legal in all 50 states:

Mayday.health

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Support families in need 🍉

Protect Trans Kids 🏳️‍⚧️

Protect Immigrant Families

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I have an Etsy shop. It’s spreadsheets.

Thank you for listening and have a safe shift

On today’s episode we’re going to talk about your career, because once you’re a nurse you can do so much. And you should do so much. You contain multitudes and you have choices, so let’s talk about it.

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Medication abortion is still legal in all 50 states:

Mayday.health

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Support families in need 🍉

Protect Trans Kids 🏳️‍⚧️

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I have an Etsy shop. It’s spreadsheets.

Thank you for listening and have a safe shift!

On today’s episode we’re going to talk about abortion access (good), genocide (bad), protecting trans youth (good) and my own white evangelical upbringing (very bad). All this in response to a one star review about my podcast.

Evidence:

• Abortion
  • AMA
  • ACOG
  • Here’s a lit article 
  • ANA
  • Limiting access kills women (especially black and brown women);
    • Lit article;
    • Lit article;
  • To say nothing of the criminalization
    • Texas woman jailed after miscarriage 
    • Georgia woman jailed after miscarriage
    • Ohio woman jailed after miscarriage
  • And keeping dead bodies alive as incubators;
• Trans folks exist, are loved
  • AMA 
  • AAP  
  • NAPNAP  
  • ANA  
  • ANA directive 
  • UpToDate
• G'cide
  • Amnesty International
  • Human Rights Watch
  • ICJ
  • world Central kitchen workers unalived 
• my website
  
  Medication abortion is still legal in all 50 states:
  Mayday.health
  plancpills.org
  
  Support families in need 🍉
  
  Protect Trans Kids 🏳️‍⚧️
  
  Register to Vote 
  
  Etsy shop.
  
  Thank you for listening and have a safe shift
  
  

On today’s (very long, so we'll call it Deluxe!) episode we’re going to talk about two research articles, one of which is very good, and one of which is very...not. More generally, we discuss how to tell the difference. 

The articles from today's episode (which you should verify for yourselves):

NEJM Kadcyla study

Retracted ASRM study looking at hotness and endometriosis (no joke) 

Enjoy.