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This week on the podcast is Andrew Yu, RN, BSN, MPH. Andrew started his nursing career Washington, DC. He then moved back to New York to work in an HIV/AIDS outpatient clinic. After working there for 8 years he took a position as the National Clinical Coordinator for the HIV, Hep C, and STI program serving the American Indian position through Indian Health Services (IHS).

Andrew takes us through his nursing journey and really highlights his passion for the HIV patient community. He shares with us what his current job entails and how you can get involved with this patient population if that is your passion as well.

I am so excited for you all to hear his story!

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This week on the podcast is Fatima Gatela, RN, BSN, MBA. Fatima started her nursing career in the Phillipines then came over to the US. She first worked in Florida and then made her way to California where she started her journey into nursing informatics.

Fatima takes us through her nursing journey and how she got into nursing informatics and why she chose that specialty in her nursing career. She gives us a good overview of the available jobs within the nursing informatics specialty and some tips for getting started. She also shares her journey as a nurse entrepreneur, tells us how she started her own website, and how that grew to helping others interested in the nursing informatics field.

I am so excited for you all to hear her story!

If you want to learn more about Fatima and her nursing informatics courses, link here:

The Informatics Nurse

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This week on the podcast is Ryan Johnson, RN, BSN. Ryan started his nursing career by obtaining his Bachelor's in Nursing degree from The University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, 2nd degree accelerated program. He and his family then moved back to San Diego, CA, where he started his career. He started in the ER and then transitioned to an educator.

Ryan takes us through his nursing journey and how he came to start his own Home IV infusion company, Float. Not only did he start his own company with 2 co-founders, but they participated in start-up training program in Silicon Valley that very few entrepeneurs are chosen for - which is tremendous! He tells us about that experience, about starting your own company, and how you can get in touch with him if you would like to be a home infusion nurse and work for Float!

I am so excited for you all to hear his story!

If you want to learn more about Ryan & his company (and maybe apply), link here:

Float Health

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This week on the podcast is Stephen Cheng, RN, BSN. Stephen started his nursing career by obtaining his Bachelor's degree from Georgetown University, 2nd degree accelerated program. He began by working on a cardiac floor and then transitioned over to the Emergency Room. He made his way back to California and wanted to combine his love of nursing and baseball - he did that by getting on with the Padres and Petco Park! I wanted to interview Stephen, because I know there are many nurses out there who love sports and baseball and I wanted to highlight this opportunity that exists for nurses.

I am excited for you all to hear his story!

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This week on the podcast is Kendra Moats, RN, BSN, MSN. Kendra has held many jobs as a nurse, but this week she tells us about her amazing experience working as a case coordinator for a healthcare system on an Indian reservation. She tells us how she found the job and how health care works for the American Native American population. I learned so much! I am excited for you all to hear her story.

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Welcome back everyone! This week on the podcast is Cristen Kuhn, RN, BSN. She is currently working as an addiction medicine nurse for a drug rehab clinic in Alaska. Cristen takes us through her nursing journey - she actually started in the OR and by happenstance, ended up in the drug rehab clinic. She tells us what capacity she is working in now, and what is needed in case you are interested in helping that patient population.

I am excited for you all to hear her story!

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Welcome back everyone! This week on the podcast is Gena Gibling, RN, BSN. She is currently working as a pediatric flight nurse for a children's hospital in the LA area. Gena takes us through her nursing journey - even up to Alaska and back, working as a nurse. She tells us what capacity she is working in now, and what is needed in case you are interested in flight nursing.

I am excited for you all to hear her story!

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This week I am interviewing Todd Costa, RN, BSN, MSN. He is currently working as a nurse educator for a large Southern California fire department. Todd tells us his nursing journey, what he is doing now, and what is needed in case you are interested in taking the same nursing path.

I am excited for you all to hear his story. And if you have ever thought of working for a fire department as a nurse, this is some good information for you.

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This week I am interviewing Kate Hester, RN, BSN. She is currently working as an Emergency Room Nurse in Germany! Kate and I used to work together in a large ER in Washington, DC. We tell some funny ER stories as well as her journey to nursing in Germany. She tells us what she had to do in order to get her license recognized and continue her nursing career in Germany.

I am excited for you all to hear her story. And if you have ever thought of traveling abroad (to Germany in this case) and working as a nurse, here is some good information for you.

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This week I am interviewing Bobbi Jo O'Neal. She is currently serving as the elected coroner in Charleston County, Charleston, South Carolina. As an experienced emergency room nurse who received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Belmont University in Nashville, TN, she became actively involved in the specialty of forensic nursing first in the area of sexual assault then as a death investigator. Coroner O'Neal has been a death investigator since 1998 and is currently the President of the International Association of Coroners & Medical Examiners (IACME) and the President of the South Carolina Coroner's Association (SCCA). She is the author of the book "Investigating Infant Deaths" and has had the unfortunate distinction of working two mass fatalities in the Charleston area to include the massacre at the Mother Emanual Church.

I am so excited for you all to hear her nursing story and learn more about this unexpected (at least for me) specialty within the nursing profession.

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