In this episode Alix Dassler and John Masembe discuss race and pain management as it relates to sickle cell disease.  Discussion centered on the lack of training for providers around pain management juxtaposed against the opioid epidemic.  Implicit bias was also touched on as it relates to race and pain management with themes of white providers believing black people have thicker skin and fewer pain receptors.  Stress as a trigger for pain was also discussed and how it can contribute to pain. 

Question explored:  why do patients with sickle cell have to prove that they are in pain? What kinds of strategies do providers teach for patients with SCD to manage pain? Should patients have to be "trained" how to express their pain in a way that does not cause too much attention?  How can we as both providers and patients learn to address race and pain management for patients with SCD?

For more information about sickle cell and to connect with our show guests, please go to the Metropolitan Sickle Cell Task Force @  www.mssctf.org 

For more information about Nikki, please email: [email protected]

Thanks for listening in to the Social Entrepreneurship Now podcast where our guests speak up and out about creating equity, diversity and inclusion in the systems they are in.  This is a special series with the Metropolitan Seattle Sickle Cell Task Force and our sponsors the Rotary Clubs of Ballard, Magnolia Mercer Island and Seattle. 

In this special series we will bring together sickle cell patients and healthcare providers and use SC as a lens to explore racial bias in the U.S. healthcare system.  Please subscribe to the podcast @ www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com to keep listening as our guests share their perspective, pain points and journey. 

Special Guests are: John Masembe and Alix Dassler

Show Highlights:

• John explains how life rotates between home and school and how life can seem somewhat directionless when you have sickle cell. 
• John now looks at journey as not a weakness, but as a survivor.  John explores how surviving is about resilience through duress.  He also discusses how sickle cell is a disability.  
• Alix is a Nurse Practitioner who works with patients with sickle cell at the Odessa Brown Children's Clinic in Seattle, WA.  She identifies as white and female and wanted the audience to understand why it matters to say this up front.  
• Alix further explores privilege, racial equity and duality of being white and her patients being black and brown. 

For more information about sickle cell and to connect with our show guests, please go to the Metropolitan Sickle Cell Task Force @  www.mssctf.org 

For more information about Nikki, please email: [email protected]

Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman is the new Health Officer of Anne Arundel County and he joined me on this podcast to discuss how everyday health care professionals can get involved in the civic space.  

Have we as healthcare professionals ceded our civic space to to politicians to talk about patient related health issues?  In this conversation with Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman we discuss how civic engagement has the highest fidelity towards how healthcare professionals can become social entrepreneurs.

High Points for the show include:

• Respect in the civic space is earned due to sheer hard work
• Its the job of local officials to listen to you, it's your job to speak up
• Using your passion to ignite actions towards civic engagement

We have to begin to identify ourselves as thought leaders in the sociopolitical spaces and own it!  Dr. Nilesh walks us through his journey and offers tips and tools on a way forward for you as well.  For more information about him and his work you can reach him at: 

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: @nileshkal

Thanks for listening! 

 

 

 

Dr. Jack Travis stated in his remarks at the National Wellness Conference in that "connection is the currency of wellness."  In this podcast with Jim Strohecker, CEO of Well People, we will discuss how the human connection and experience will lead us towards greater diversity, equity and inclusion processes.  These are some of the show highlights and key takeaways:

Jim Co-created the Wellness Inventory program am, a 12 dimension tool that focuses on dimensions of wellbeing.  Four of the twelve dimensions highlighted were self-responsibility & love, breathing, sensing and eating. In his work with faith-based groups Jim used the Wellness Inventory to stimulate greater cohesion.  Participants began to find ways to support each other using mindful eating and prayer walking.  They began to combine modalities for health.  

Given that faith communities have high trust and common spiritual purpose, having good physical,mental and emotional health is a natural next step. Jim shares how he created a program for the Tennessee Department of Health to train wellness ambassadors from various faith communities from minority and underserved populations and the overwhelming response that he got from this program. 

Jim also addressed how to get wellness programs to groups especially when underfunded.  He has done a lot of work in academic settings using a strategy that we discussed in the podcast.  

We discussed how connection to others with empathy is a part of universal wellness and can improve diversity and inclusion efforts.  In a political climate where walls are being put up and that separation is a good thing, what can we do to increase a sense of cohesion and inclusion?  

Jim reminds us that we are all a part of the human condition and when we don't know what else to do we can just breathe. Wellness professionals need to be at the heart of these conversations because it's a whole person approach. 

For our healthcare and helping professionals, Jim shared that occupational burnout is now a classification of disease according to the WHO and will help us to get more attention focused on wellness and self-compassion. 

If you enjoyed this podcast, excellent!  You can reach me for more information at [email protected] and my website at www.diversityandinclusioncoach.com.  

You can reach Jim Strohecker at [email protected] or call @310.823.9553.  You can find the Wellness Inventory Training Program at www.wellpeople.com. 

 

Nyuma Harrison is a Zambian-born, globally raised and educated healthcare practitioner, thought leader, philanthropist, and rising entrepreneur. Her professional experiences include almost 20 years of experience as a direct care practitioner at some of the busiest and most prestigious emergency and trauma centers in the United States. In addition, Nyuma has accumulated over 10 years of experience educating and training nurses for entry into the workforce. 

Nyuma is passionate about process improvement and capacity building for new nurses as well as nurses from under-represented groups.  Nyuma is the founder of the Association of Zambian America-based Nurses (AZAN), a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society (STTI), the African Women’s Leadership Organization (AWLO), and Rotary International. She is also a member of LinkedIn’s first official cohort of Nursing Leaders.  Nyuma holds an Executive Master’s in Leadership degree from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Howard University, and numerous certificates from both Johns Hopkins and Harvard University. 

In our time together we discussed a lot of great tools and tips.  These are some of the takeaways:

• Recruit nurses to do leadership work and use them to their fuller capacity
• We need to eliminate the culture of self-exclusion that nurses often have when it comes to being at key decision tables
• We need to learn to lead from the center, take risks and refurbish what isn't working 

If you would like to reach Nyuma you can find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nyumaharrison/ or you can reach her via email at: [email protected]

You can reach me, your host, Nikki at [email protected].  I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to share topics that you would like to hear about in upcoming episodes. 

Millennial nurses are changing the frontier of nursing and here is one way they are doing it: by chasing down other career aspirations.  When I started nursing (I sound old lol), being a nurse was it.  Once you made it to the floor you worked your way up the hierarchical ladder.  But this nurse, Ingred Prince, is proving to us that nursing may be just the tip of the iceberg for those who have other career goals.  If you are a nurse who has thought to yourself: is there something else I want to do?  Do I want to be an entrepreneur but don't know how to get started? Or how do I nurture my passions outside of my profession, then this podcast episode is for you.

Ingred's bio: Ingred Prince is a registered nurse and emerging screenwriter based in Baltimore, Maryland. She fell hopelessly in love with storytelling as a member of the African American Arts Alliance (4A) where she contributed to the theatre company as an actress and director. Screenwriting became her catharsis when she started paying “big-girl-bills”. Gales, a web series about black millennial nurses in Baltimore City, is the result of said catharsis. A Baltimore Youth Film Arts Fellow, Ingred is a recipient of the 2019 Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund Award. She holds a B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in Nursing and Global Health.

Prepare to have your mind blown as you hear about:

• The intersection between nursing and entrepreneurship
• How to overcome the emotional whiplash and engage in self-care as a nurse
• The challenges and opportunities of being a millenial nurse
• How being a nurse of color can be a "superpower"

If you want to connect further with Ingred you can reach her at: [email protected]

Subscribe to my blog, podcasts or trainings at my website: www.transformnursing.com or if you have more questions or want to just think out loud with me about what you want to design or share with the world then let's set up a time to chat.  And remember, I’m always offering you a free 15 minute coaching session to get really clear about your goals, or if you need help processing a difficult work problem.  You can schedule with me at transformnursing.com/consult.

 

We know it's true.  We all think thoughts sometimes that we are ashamed of and are happy that no one else knows them.  But we also have those thoughts that we are unaware of that shape and color how we view the world and other people.  These thoughts can be biased based on geographical location, race, religion, gender orientation and so much more. In this very real show with Dr. Kenya Beard I take a moment to share some of my own story about bias in healthcare and how it has made me feel.  Listen until the very end to get the bonus story!!

Let me take a moment to share about our guest. Dr. Kenya Beard, EdD, AGACNP-BC, NP-C, CNE, ANEF is a 2012 Macy Faculty Scholar and the Dean of Nursing and Health Sciences at Nassau Community College. Dr. Beard is a Faculty Scholar for the Harvard Macy Institute Program for Educators in Health Professions and shares her expertise on creating environments that propel discourse on race and implicit bias. As a former Senior Fellow at the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement at George Washington University School of Nursing, she wrote blogs and co-produced healthcare disparity segments for the Center’s radio program, HealthCetera, on WBAI-FM for an audience of over 400,000 diverse listeners.  Her publications speak to the complexity of diversity and critical ways to advance health equity. She recently helped co-create the Josiah Macy Foundation’s 2018 ground-breaking document Improving the Environment for Learning in the Health Professions.

In this episode you will learn:

• How to recognize your biases and align your actions better with your values and beliefs
• How to stop shaming and stigmatizing and rather empower and engage your clients/patients on the path of health and well-being
• What emotional intelligence does to help create diverse and inclusive environments
• How to model inclusion in teaching and learning spaces so that students can integrate inclusive practices

To Reach Dr. Beard:

For more information about Dr. Beard you can reach her at [email protected]

To Reach Nikki:

You can reach me at my website: www.transformnursing.com or my email [email protected].  My information is listed in the show notes.  

If you’re looking for more direction for health equity in your organization, if you want to have better rapport with patients and be positioned to empower them then please check out my free masterclass "Leadership Practices for Nurses Who Want to Make a Social Impact" at transformnursing.com/masterclass. Listen in on a podcast or download one of my free featured resources all available at my website: transformnursing.com

I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show.

Thanks for joining!!

Nikki

Emotional Intelligence or EQ has been found to be more important than IQ.  People with a high EQ make great leaders and team players because of their ability to understand, empathize, and connect with the people around them.  In this podcast Dr. Kamila Barnes will explore emotional intelligence and how it can she uses it as a clinician in a school based health center in New York.  Find out how you can use it to create greater health equity in practical and easy to do steps.  

Dr. Kamila Barnes, DNP, FNP -C is the Founder/Owner of Barnes Health Affiliates, LLC (BHA). She is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) who completed her Masters  and Doctorate degrees (DNP) at the University of Rochester, School of Nursing. She also graduated from Binghamton University with a Bachelors of Science in Nursing and minor in Spanish. She is also an active community volunteer in her nursing organizations as the 2nd VP of Greater New York City- Black Nurses Association, Inc. and VP of Theta Chi Chapter, Inc. of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.

In this podcast you will learn:

• How to factor in emotional intelligence as a part of your work
• How partnering with the community you serve involves stepping outside of boundaries
• How you can be a change agent from wherever you're working

To reach Dr. Barnes see her website at: https://bhapro.com/ and learn about the Continuing Education she provides.    For more information about our co-produced masterclass click the title "Nurses Representing Diversity and Inclusion" . It will be live on March 4th at 6pm ET.  A recording of the class will be created.     To Reach Nikki:

You can reach me at my website: www.transformnursing.com or my email [email protected].  My information is listed in the show notes.   If you’re looking for more direction for health equity in your organization, if you want to have better rapport with patients and be positioned to empower them then please check out my free masterclass "Leadership Practices for Nurses Who Want to Make a Social Impact" at transformnursing.com/masterclass. Listen in on a podcast or download one of my free featured resources all available at my website: transformnursing.com I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show.

Thanks for joining!!

Nikki

Speaking with Dr. Amanda Kemp is an amazing experience and you will find out why in this dynamic show.  I love working with social justice giants who understand that the the change agents need to be mindful and lead from the heart-and she definitely knows that.  In this podcast, Dr. Kemp walks us through her journey with racial justice, taking us through the winding turns with burnout and discouragement to self-compassion and learning to talk about racial justice and keep your cool.  She also takes us through a 5-minute guided meditation for Holding the Space for Transformation, a practical tool to use when having difficult conversations.

Dr. Amanda Kemp is a racial justice and mindfulness mentor. A proud African American, Dr. Kemp grew up in foster care in the South Bronx, NY and always dreamed of following in Dr. Martin Luther King’s footsteps. Since her first anti-apartheid march in 1983 she has actively stood for racial justice and authentic community.

Drawing from her lived experience in an interracial marriage, her study of race at Stanford and Northwestern Universities,as well as over a decade of teaching at the college level, Dr. Kemp created Racial Justice from the H.E.A.R.T. This system builds skill and capacity of compassionate change makers in schools and faith communities..

A Master teacher and performing artist, Dr. Kemp has helped over 25,000 people have open-hearted conversations, consciously use their power to practice compassion and cultivate racial justice and authentic community.  

Her TedX Talk: How to Lean in to Difficult Conversations about Race has been used by conflict and resolution, sociology, and psychology classes at both the high school and college levels.

In this podcast you will learn:

• The biggest mistake people make when trying to create racial diversity
• Why we the instruments for social change, need to do the work of healing
• The intersectionality of mindfulness and racial justice
• A practical tool to build our confidence and competence when advocating for racial diversity and justice

Dr. Kemp's Contact Information:

To contact her: www.dramandkemp.com

https://zoom.us/recording/play/zXgUKNIPiyoz0YJ7DKBOvPf1VTTHTl-f13rJj_0CAzJjojrNWeB8-XSND_gbJ8qc Black Girl Magic Album:   https://amandakemp.bandcamp.com/album/black-girl-magic-poems-meditations-and-spells   Preview YouTube video How to Have a Voice and Lean Into Conversations About Race | Amanda Kemp | TEDxWilmington     How to Have a Voice and Lean Into Conversations About Race | Amanda Kemp | TEDxWilmington    To Reach Nikki:

You can reach me at my website: www.transformnursing.com or my email [email protected].  My information is listed in the show notes.   If you’re looking for more direction for health equity in your organization, if you want to have better rapport with patients and be positioned to empower them then please check out my free masterclass "Leadership Practices for Nurses Who Want to Make a Social Impact" at transformnursing.com/masterclass. Listen in on a podcast or download one of my free featured resources all available at my website: transformnursing.com I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show.

Thanks for joining!!

Nikki

Have you ever had a dream that felt so incredibly real that when you woke up that you pinched yourself to see if you were still dreaming?  Well, our guest today Elaine Harris knows all about how virtual reality can be a transformative experience.  She is going to share with us how impactful virtual reality can be to help us integrate inclusion and equity practices into our behaviors.   

Elaine is the Founder of Golden Rule Technology, a firm that utilizes new technologies, design thinking, and innovation to bring fresh solutions to issues of bias and inclusion. Elaine has integrated experience in strategy development, insight generation, multicultural marketing,market research, and process analysis. Prior to Golden Rule, Elaine co-founded Breakthrough Marketing Technology, a business and marketing analytics consultancy.

Here are a few show highlights:

• Virtual reality can track more nuanced behaviors and patterns predicting how people will react and respond in real life situations.
• Virtual reality can be used as a tool to create empathy
• Virtual reality is a great tool, and needs to be coupled with self-examination and reflective practices.
• We can use technical problem solving skills to approach diversity and inclusion, equity and social justice. 

For more information about Elaine and her work please email her at: [email protected]

You can reach me at my website: www.transformnursing.com or my email [email protected].  My information is listed in the show notes.   If you’re looking for more direction for health equity in your organization, if you want to have better rapport with patients and be positioned to empower them then please check out my free masterclass "Leadership Practices for Nurses Who Want to Make a Social Impact" at transformnursing.com/masterclass. Listen in on a podcast or download one of my free featured resources all available at my website: transformnursing.com I absolutely love learning about fresh topics so please share those with me and if you email me your testimonial or response I will share it on the next show.

Thanks for joining!!

Nikki