Podcast Episode Summary

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Timothy Hamn reflects on his career in nursing and on nursing scholarship. Beginning in medical-surgical nursing and later transitioning to home health, Timothy developed a passion for wound care that led him to become a nurse practitioner, completing his advanced training in an accelerated 16-month program while working full-time. He emphasizes bridging research and practice through evidence-based, patient-centered care, encouraging nurses to question existing practices, stay curious, and advocate boldly for their patients. Timothy also discusses the challenges and rewards of starting a private practice, highlighting lessons in ethical leadership and the business of healthcare. Overall, his story underscores nursing’s transformative impact through critical thinking, empathy, and continuous professional growth.

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Timothy Scott Hamn, NP, FNP-BC, FNP-C, CWS, is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Certified Wound Specialist specializing in mobile primary care and advanced wound management across Oregon and Washington. His clinical focus includes complex chronic wounds and optimization of systemic contributors in medically complex, homebound populations. His transition into advanced practice was accelerated during the early COVID-19 pandemic in response to provider shortages in home health, leading to completion of his training at age 34. He maintains a strong commitment to evidence-based practice through daily review of current medical literature and clinical guidelines.

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Adelaide Durkin reflects on her journey from Brazil to a more than 30‑year career in nursing and nursing education. She discusses how her diverse clinical background informs her teaching and scholarship, addresses common barriers nurses face when engaging in research, and emphasizes collaboration, persistence, and integrity. Dr. Durkin also shares thoughtful perspectives on using emerging tools—such as generative AI—to support, rather than replace, the human elements of nursing scholarship. Episode resources include the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (https://lifestylemedicine.org/) and Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation (https://www.healthynursehealthynation.org/).

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Adelaide Durkin, DNP, MS, RN, CNE, DipACLM, is a professor of nursing at Kettering College, where she chairs and teaches in the RN‑to‑BSN program, and has served as a nurse educator for over 20 years. Passionate about distance education and lifestyle‑based self‑care, she recently participated in a multidisciplinary pilot study on fecal and vaginal environments in healthy reproductive‑age women, presented at the 2025 American College of Lifestyle Medicine conference. She is the primary author of a scholarly work titled Sleep Quality and the Intention to Modify Sleep Behaviors Among Night-shift Nurses. You can read more about it here: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.nurse.0001006268.77409.dc

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Dr. Lyndsay Wright shares her journey from working as a CNA to becoming a bedside neurology nurse and ultimately an assistant professor of nursing with a focus on lifestyle medicine. She reflects on how her passion for teaching, prevention, and chronic disease management shaped her academic and clinical path. Dr. Wright highlights the critical role of scholarship and evidence-based practice in strengthening patient outcomes and nursing education, offering encouragement for nurses at all stages of their careers to stay curious, ask questions, and pursue their passions to advance the profession.

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Dr. Kimberly Dunker shares her journey from bedside nurse to nationally respected nursing educator and scholar. She reflects on how her family’s legacy in nursing inspired her early career, her deep passion for acute and critical care practice, and the pivotal moments that drew her into education and research. Dr. Dunker highlights the role of mentorship, collaboration, and perseverance in building a scholarly career, offering practical encouragement for nurses at every stage to embrace evidence-based practice and remain engaged, empowered leaders in the profession.

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Dr. Ronald Vance reflects on more than three decades of nursing practice and education, tracing his journey from a high school nursing assistant to a leader in undergraduate and graduate nursing education. He shares how embracing AI-enabled teaching strategies and experiential, interprofessional learning has transformed student engagement, professional identity, and clinical judgment. Dr. Vance also offers thoughtful guidance for emerging nurses, encouraging intellectual curiosity, evidence-based practice, and a passion-driven approach to shaping the future of the profession.

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Dr. Christopher Smith shares his deeply personal journey into nursing, reflecting on a challenging upbringing, early academic struggles, and the moments that ultimately led him to discover a passion for science and patient care. Drawing from a wide range of clinical experiences—including acute care, private practice, and perioperative nursing—Dr. Smith highlights how scholarship became central to his professional identity. He discusses overcoming self-doubt, reframing scholarship as a mindset of curiosity and resilience, and offers practical advice for nurses to start small, integrate scholarship into everyday practice, and use their lived experiences to create meaningful change for patients and communities.

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Dr. Carolyn J. Godfrey is a professor of nursing at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park (MO), where she has spent the past 21 years teaching maternal–newborn nursing. With a career that began in labor and delivery, she went on to earn her PhD in Nursing Education and has since been recognized with awards such as Teacher of the Year, the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award, and the March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Heroes Award. Dr. Godfrey is passionate about the art of scholarship in nursing education, mentoring both students and new faculty. She is also the founder of OB Clarity with Dr. Godfrey, where she shares her expertise and encouragement through teaching, mentoring, and a podcast created to support nursing student success.

Joseph Wright, MSN, RN, CMSRN, is a nurse educator at Tulsa Community College. He helped establish the first official American Association for Men in Nursing chapter in Oklahoma and encourages his students to engage in scholarship and advocacy.