Nurse Coffee Talk

Join the party as Jamie and Sarah feature their FIRST guest speaker, Dr. Phyllis Whitehead, President of the NACNS, as they discuss unstoppable advocacy (among other things, as per usual....).

Dr. Phyllis Whitehead Bio:
Dr. Phyllis Whitehead is a clinical ethicist and clinical nurse specialist with the Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital (CRMH) Palliative Care Service and Associate Professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. She initiated the Palliative Medicine and Moral Distress Consult Services at CRMH. She is certified in pain management and as an advanced practice hospice and palliative care nurse. Dr. Whitehead has done numerous presentations on pain and symptom management, opioid induced sedation, moral distress, and patients’ end of life preferences locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Her research interests include moral distress and improving communication with seriously ill patients and has been funded for numerous grants for her research. She was a Board of Director member of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist and is now President-Elect of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists and President of the Virginia Foundation of Nurses. She was a member of the ANA Moral Resilience Advisory Committee. She is a founding member and Board of Director member of the Virginia Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists. She was selected for Governor Ralph Northam’s Policy Council on Opioid and Substance Abuse this year. In 2020 she was elected as a Distinguished Practitioner Fellow in the National Academy of Practice in Nursing. She is a graduate of Radford University where she earned her BSN and MSN and earned her doctorate degree at Virginia Tech.

NACNS.org

Celebrate your day with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss at-will employment, Vanderbilt nurses, and much, much more!

Hop on  board with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss some entitled (and sometimes funny) patients - You KNOW you've had some of these patients!!

Please join Jamie and Sarah as they commiserate over the Radonda Vaught verdict and how this affects the future of nursing and healthcare.

Hang out with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss some follow-up on the Vanderbilt case, as well some fun combing through BIZARRE patient requests!

Join the fun as Jamie and Sarah discuss patient throughput and change management (I know...compelling stuff...but it's important!!)

Sound the alarm!! Race around with Jamie and Sarah as they battle corporate healthcare...and also...we are SO SO SORRY for the intermittent smoke alarms!!  Please bear with us and "grant us grace."  We LOVE YOUUUUUU!!

Come join the discussion with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss some concerning recent events about nursing being fired for speaking up about safety concerns.  What would you do? Check into the National Nurses March in DC on  May 12, 2022.

Come along with Jamie and Sarah as they share YOUR feedback about What you WISH you had know before going into nursing.

Dive in with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss the physical and emotional fatigue of twelves.  Should we switch to eights??? You be the judge!