The Nurse Voice

RN Pamela Jane Nye is passionate with a capital “P.” This lifelong nursepreneur, scientist, philanthropist, and educator speaks to the importance of schooling nurses in entrepreneurship. Her message to nurses is: “if you aren't aware that healthcare is changing, then you haven't been paying attention.” She’s all about empowering nurses to be the one’s to bring the solutions - because they definitely know best. This interview will inspire you to get after that idea you’ve got in the back of your mind - you got this!

We’ve all heard it before: “Nurses eat their young.” But this week’s featured nurse, Renee Thompson, is teaching us how to resolve the workplace incidents that bring this phrase to mind. Using helpful conversation starters and a tactic called “scripting,” we can learn how to address uncomfortable topics in the workplace to make for a more effective nursing team. And where does healthcare incivility come from, anyway? Why is it so prevalent in this industry? Renee’s got all the answers and more in this super enlightening episode!

Bry Reilly is an RN and a Board Certified Nurse Coach. She spent the first five years of her career dodging burnout and, knowing she couldn't sustain this personally or professionally, she recommitted to herself. She got to the root of her self-sacrifice, took action on realistic self-care, and created relationships that were of equal give and take. In this warm, personal, and inspiring interview, Bry shares how she supports nurses to shift the healthcare system.

Diane Cannon is a nursing chameleon, with experience in oncology, labor and delivery, case management, and consulting. Using her ample experience, she was able to find the opportunities that allowed her to reach her full potential. Now, she’s using her expertise to create virtual learning experiences for student nurses. This nurse is leading the way in technical innovation – listen up for how healthcare can use technology to optimize nurse care.

Dr. Lori Armstrong told ALL in this indelible interview about what leadership looks like. She stands for the best of nursing leadership, and is out there sharing her knowledge! She inspires, provokes, and invites every nurse into the work of reshaping healthcare through connected, down-to-earth leadership. We can’t say enough about this awesome nurse leader! This interview will get you psyched to step into those leadership shoes.

This week, we sat down with Dr. Sylvain Brousseau, the current president of the Canadian Nurses Association. He’s a nurse researcher with a specialty in studying nurse managers, and clued us in to some useful information for how nurse managers can take care of their staff and themselves. His Ph.D. research concerned the effect of a quality work-life balance on nursing managers, so he can definitely teach us a thing or two.

Dr. Taura Barr - what a human! Her compassion and deep love for her work shine through as she speaks about her coaching business and incredible company she founded! Taura is an internationally recognized scientist for her work in stroke and the immune system. In 2015, she left academia to launch Valtari Bio and Deep Roots Healing LLC, working since as a nurse entrepreneur and business coach. In a deeply personal interview with NurseDeck Ambassador and host RN Breanna Kinney-Orr, Taura shares her insights on healing, wellbeing, innovation, and the fight for the future of nursing.

Andrea is a nurse, innovator, researcher, and forest therapy guide (!!!) among many other things, and we can't get enough. Her endless wisdom, insight, and kindness shine through in this candid, inspiring interview with NurseDeck Ambassador and host RN Breanna Kinney-Orr. She is a deeply experienced nurse, and is working as a hospice nurse on the multicultural team with Good Shepherd Community Care in the Boston area. Oh, she’s also a clinical research nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital AND earned a certificate of Nursing Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership from Drexel University. Andrea is exactly who we need leading nursing into the future.

Ashley Wynn-Grimes is, frankly, the coolest. She has worked HARD as an entrepreneur and educator in a less-accepted and underappreciated area of medicine: the endocannabinoid system, and its impact on patient wellness. In this fascinating interview with NurseDeck ambassador and host NP Jamie Smith, Ashley brings passion, motivation, and a wealth of knowledge on this less-widely-known area of wellness. Her goal? “By 2025, The Endocannabinoid Specialty™ will be well known and accepted as a specialty in nursing.” We’re honored to lend her a microphone - so listen up!

This is just…the interview that keeps on giving? Speaking with host RN Breanna Kinney-Orr, Dr. Daihnia Dunkley - affectionately, Dr. D - shared her "why’s" for what keeps her motivated as a nurse leader and educator. From years as an RN to nursing faculty at Yale, she has so much nursing knowledge to pass on. She gets into burnout, diversity, entrepreneurship, and more in this compelling interview. We’re honored - and so excited - to amplify this enduring voice in nursing.