In this episode, Dr. Cynda Rushton is joined by Dr. Olga Yakusheva, an economist and a Professor of Nursing at JHSON, to examine the economic value of nurses and the need for a shift in how we view nurses as part of the health care workforce.

In this episode, Dr. Cynda Rushton and guest, Dr. Sharon Pappas, Chief Nurse Executive, Emory Healthcare, discuss how nurse leaders can use the Magnet Model to enhance the care that nurses are providing and identify gaps in their respective systems.

The Magnet Model is a list of standards that experts use to evaluate facilities where nurses work and determine whether they qualify for Magnet status. Magnet status is a credential that identifies an organization as providing excellent nursing care of the highest quality. If you work in the medical field, it can be beneficial to learn how the Magnet model works to assess the level of quality a certain facility might offer.

In this episode, Dr. Allison Kelliher, the first and only physician trained as a Traditional Healer in a Tribal Health setting, discusses her research and what it is to be a traditional healer in and out of Indigenous communities. 

Earlier this week, Bunmi Ogungbe, PhD, MPH, RN, held the "Food as Medicine in the Black Community" summit at the Institute for Policy Solutions at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. The summit convened over 150 thought leaders and changemakers to catalyze conversations around integrating the cultural diets of African diaspora foods and promoting Black-owned businesses within the growing “Food as Medicine” movement. In this episode, Dr. Ogungbe discusses some of the key outcomes from the summit, her involvement in the movement, and future goals.

Dr. Ogungbe is a cardiovascular epidemiologist dedicated to using her clinical, research, and public health expertise to improve cardiometabolic outcomes among populations experiencing social marginalization. She collaborates on several community-engaged multi-level interventions leveraging digital technologies to improve hypertension control and management of chronic conditions. She is an emerging leader in community-engaged research seeking to advance cardiovascular health equity, both locally in the US and globally. 

In this episode, Dr. Cynda Rushton talks with Karen Doyle, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at the University of Maryland Medical Center, and Robin Price, MSN, RN, Manager of the New Nurse Residency Program at the University of Maryland Medical Center, about how nurses of different generations find balance working with one another and build relationships off of each others experience. 

Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Executive Director of The Institute for Policy Solutions at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, details some of the findings, key points, and what nurses need to know from the recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine "Ending Unequal Treatment Revisited: The Current State of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare" report.

Access the full report here: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27820/ending-unequal-treatment-strategies-to-achieve-equitable-health-care-and

The Resilient Nurse Podcast returns with a conversation between host, Cynda Rushton, and Rosanne Raso, DNP, RN, CENP, NEA-BC, FAAN, FAONL, on the role nurse leaders have in building and maintaining positive and meaningful relationships with the nurses under their management. This episode looks at key takeaways from the Slow Talk platform in which nurses are encouraged to speak freely about their feelings towards their respective nursing environments.

Dr. Raso is the Editor-in-Chief of "Nursing Management," an adjunct professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, and the At Large Director of the American Organization for Nurse Leadership.

Cynda Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN discusses her new book, "Moral Resilience: Transforming Moral Suffering in Healthcare." It promotes moral resilience as a pathway to transform the effects of moral suffering among nurses.

Order a copy of the book: https://www.amazon.com/Moral-Resilience-Second-Transforming-Healthcare/dp/0197667147

The Rushton Moral Resilience Scale: https://nursing.jhu.edu/faculty-research/research/projects/rushton-moral-resilience-scale/

R3 Website: https://nursing.jhu.edu/faculty-research/research/centers/r3/

Dr. Angela Chang Chiu is an instructor and leads service-based learning trips with the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Center for Global Initiatives. These trips are designed to give students real-world experience and provide valuable lessons about what nursing looks like from a global perspective.