Lacey is breaking down one of her most asked questions as of recently - how did she get a role working as a nurse with the Rutgers football team?! She is sharing how networking helped her achieve this position and ways you can network as a nurse, her personal experience within the role, her thoughts on nurses within sports medicine, and why you may want to reconsider nursing if working in sports is of high priority to you.

In this episode, Lacey shares tangible tools, tips, and coping mechanisms to deal with the top anxiety triggers for nurses. After polling a large audience of new nurses she found that 78% of new nurses (less than two years of experience) and even some more veteran nurses experience anxiety before heading to work. She goes over the top three anxieties, why they’re there, and how to dispel them.

This week Lacey is joined by fellow nurse friends and entrepreneurs Eva and Laura to discuss social media holistically. The pros, cons, and the necessity of being intentional with just about everything in your life (including social media)! They also chat about their shared passion in supporting nurses outside of their day to day job roles, how over consuming online can play a role in your own personal experiences offline, creating, consuming, and using your time wisely, and so much more!

Lacey is joined by Certified Student Loan Professional Meagan Landress to discuss options available to nurses when it comes to student loans and forgiveness! Often, nurses let their loan dictate many of their decisions including the roles that they choose but she believes in order to achieve success and happiness beyond a financial means, it should really be the other way around. Meagan helps student loan borrowers better understand their loans and the options available for repayment, forgiveness, and more.

This week Lacey is chatting in person with two Empowered Nurse mentors and her Mentorship Director as they all meet in person to retreat, connect, and discuss future goals for The Empowered Nurse Mentorship Program. Lacey, Rachele, Molly, and Sam each share their personal experiences through learning the ENM method as well as the impact they are making. 

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This week, Lacey is sitting down with Diana Page, ACNP-BC. She has worked as a nurse practitioner for 12 years in both inpatient and outpatient neurology. Diana is burnout survivor turned burnout educator as well as a nurse and NP Mentor and clinician wellbeing advocate. She started Selfcare Catalyst to help those around her avoid burnout and find the spark in their day-to-day life. Her signature mentorship program supports nurses in warding off burnout and finding better work life integration.

In this episode, Lacey is sitting down for a coffee chat with her fellow nursing school grad and friend, Angela. Angela is an Emergency Nurse at one of the busiest hospitals in the nation and she has a lot of experience beyond the bedside - from dealing with a mass exodus of employees (pre-pandemic) and then stepping up from the challenges that arose from that. She also talks about her personal journey why she left a career in the music industry to become a nurse.

Welcome back to the Empowered Nurse Podcast! In this episode Lacey is going over what you can expect from this season of the podcast and sharing her current takes on nursing. She talks about the biggest struggles and challenges she’s seeing with new nurses right now, why we need to be okay with some on the job learning, and seeking connection and community all while keeping it realistic. Get ready for some realistic optimism, motivation, and new mindset hacks for your empowered nurse journey.

This bonus episode was originally shared on the Thriving Joy Podcast with Katie Carroll. Katie interviews Lacey who shares her story and journey to becoming a nurse and nurse mentor, the beauty and uniqueness of being a nurse, building confidence, and more. Katie and Lacey also discuss how nursing has changed in the last 20+ years, networking and community building, why having a life, priorities and focuses outside of your career is important, and much more!

Lacey recently took a social media detox consisting of a week off of all social platforms and was able to gain some great insights. In this episode she shares those insights, what she learned about herself, and why you may want to try a social media detox yourself!