Revolution RN

Welcome back everyone. May 24th, 2020 I recorded with the ever inspirational Lynda Pond. Lynda is the current Oregon Nurses Association President and shares her story of advocating for nurses in our state and beyond. She tells us the early experiences that guided her to do the work she does and her hopes for nurses advocating in their communities which gets into a timely conversation on healthcare disparities in race. 

Please feel to reach out to Lynda if you're a nurse looking for ways to advocate for your community

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Poem in closing by Daniel Beaty

https://www.danielbeaty.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA4idvETJCQ&feature=youtu.be

Meet Kendra Northam Cardio-Pulmonary RN  and Eugene Weekly's reigning healthcare worker of the year(2019). Kendra has been an inspiration for me and many of the nurses out here in Lane county. Kendra talks with us about her work addressing bullying in the workplace as a member of the Professional Nurse Care Committee. She also discusses talking on a role as chair in her Unit Based Council. We get into how getting involved inspires us to get more involved and how important it is to take opportunities to stand up and advocate for our profession and community. 

I sit down with nurse practice consultant Matt Calzia of Oregon Nurses Association to talk about how nurses can change their workplace staffing to meet standards of patient care. We talk about our hopes for nursing and why we need nurse leaders to advocate for the healthcare our communities deserve. 

Please contact Matt if you have questions about the nurse staffing law in Oregon and how nurses can create staffing for safe quality patient care.

https://www.oregonrn.org/page/35

This is the inaugural episode of Revolution RN. I sit down with my friend Lace Velk BSN, RN, PCCN. Lace is a good friend who has been growing up with me as we aspire to be in the discussion of what good healthcare is from a nurses perspective and what we do and you can do to make this a productive effort.

We discuss what led Lace to decide it was time to take action and become a leader in nursing. We eventually lead to this experience as a front line caregiver in the Covid 19 pandemic. We share are hopes and fears of what we are told is a new reality in healthcare. Lace is kind enough to share her experience how the pandemic has affected her family life personally.

This is the first of many conversations I plan to have with the great, caring, wonderful, and inspiring people you meet along the way when you decide to walk the path of change.

Lace is a Cardiology Nurse and chairs her unit based council

She serves on the Cabinet on Nursing Practice and Research of Oregon Nurses Association 

https://www.oregonrn.org/page/10

Here is the link for our nurse leadership toolkit. Fee free to message the podcast!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xN48pb7YmG6pfC_nfd0khVqAbAJVLFEiaiVYoFVe5IA/edit?usp=sharing

A brief synopsis of the intention of Revolution RN Podcast