The Texas Nurses Podcast

#COVID19 Ep. 8 hosted by Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN. 

Hear from nurse leaders and frontline staff responding to COVID-19

Perspectives on Caring was a virtual panel interview with chief nursing officers and direct care nurses caring for COVID-19 patients. They discussed the good, the bad and the possibilities for the future and examined the successes, challenges and where to go from here after assessing the current impact of the pandemic on health care and preparing for a potential surge in the fall and winter. 

District 1

Linda Lawson, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nurse Officer, The Hospitals of Providence and Clinical Assistant Professor, Gayle Greve Hunt School of   Nursing, El Paso

Enid LeBlanc, MBA, BSN, RN, Director, Infection Prevention and Control, The Hospitals of Providence, El Paso

District 5

Sheila Fata, BSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nurse Executive, St.   David’s Healthcare, Austin

Shelly Mouser, Staff RN, St. David's Medical Center, Austin

District 8

Adam Sahyouni, BSN, RN, Manager COVID-19 ICU, Methodist Healthcare System, San Antonio

Gretta Gast, BSN, RN, COVID-19 ECMO ICU RN, Methodist Healthcare System, San Antonio

District   9

Josette Armendariz-Batiste, DNP, RN, CCRN, CENP, Chief Nurse Executive, University of Texas Medical Branch Health System,   Galveston

District 21

Brandon "Kit" Bredimus, DNP, RN, CEN, CPEN, CNML, NE-BC, QMHP-CS, Vice President of Nursing / Chief Nursing Officer, Midland Memorial   Hospital, Midland

Heather Hale, Staff RN, Midland Memorial

#NurseLife Ep. 1 hosted by Amy McCarthy, MSN, RNC-MNN, NE-BC, and Danika Meyer, MSN, RN-BC, CPN

Amy and Danika sit down with Vinh Nguyen. Vinh currently serves as the Assistant Dean at the UT School of Nursing. A transplant from the school of business, Vinh has taken this background and utilized it to help students understand the importance of skills such as marketing and advocacy. Vinh discusses the importance of storytelling in nursing and how it’s essential that nurses learn to advocate for themselves from the beginning of their careers.

#NurseLife Ep. 0 hosted by Amy McCarthy, MSN, RNC-MNN, NE-BC, and Danika Meyer, MSN, RN-BC, CPN

Amy McCarthy and Danika Meyer have a combined 15 years of experience in both leadership and nursing professional development, speaking experience at the local, state and national levels and are millennial nurse leaders. Amy currently serves as Secretary of the Texas Nurses Association and represents District 4. Danika is a member of the Texas Nurses Association and represents District 3. 

Danika and Amy are both writers and authors of their lived experience with Masters Degrees in Nursing Education and Executive Leadership, respectively, in addition to related specialty certifications. Danika and Amy both have direct experience in equipping clinical nurses with the tools to propose and manage the changes they want to see.

#COVID19 Ep. 7 hosted by Cindy Zolnierek, PhD, RN, CAE, Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, and Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH

"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." - Winston Churchill 

Nurse Chats, self-care, resources for sharing nurse stories, updates from the Texas Health Care Industry COVID-19 Strike Force, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), updates from the Texas Governor, modeling, nurses in the media, nurse hackathon. 

Originally aired on Facebook Live May 15.

#COVID19 Ep. 6 hosted by Cindy Zolnierek, PhD, RN, CAE, Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, and Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH

What does back to normal look like? Reopening Texas, testing and contact tracing expansion in Texas, return to work plans, concerns with long-term care settings, Texas Public Health Coalition discussion on pandemic response, nursing furloughs, telehealth successes.

Originally aired on Facebook Live May 1.

#COVID19 Ep. 5 hosted by Cindy Zolnierek, PhD, RN, CAE, Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, and Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH

As cases plateau, we discuss what is happening statewide and in different practice environments. Hear what nurses are experiencing throughout the state and in different countries.

Includes: PPE decontamination, PPE advocacy, legislators’ response to nurse action alert, Nurses Week and Nurses Month, blood clot related symptoms in patients with COVID-19, kidney function, loosening business restrictions, testing inconsistency.

Originally aired on Facebook Live April 24.

#COVID19 Ep. 4 hosted by Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, and Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH

We review the Governor’s announcement on reopening the state, TNA’s survey results, legislators’ response to nurse action alert, working with nurse leaders on communications, nurse rights and PPE shortages, crisis planning, how COVID-19 will change practices, when to follow aerosol precautions vs droplet precautions, retaliation protections in Texas, free benefits and funds for nurses.

Originally aired on Facebook Live April 24.

#COVID19 Ep. 3 hosted by Cindy Zolnierek, PhD, RN, CAE, Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, and Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH

An overview of developments this week: TNA’s paid time off statement, Health Care Industry Strike Force updates, transitioning from work to home, wearing masks in public, N95 vs surgical masks, innovative solutions for staying safe, students and residencies, and nurse rights with PPE shortages in crisis situations.

Originally aired on Facebook Live April 9.

#COVID19 Ep. 2 hosted by Cindy Zolnierek, PhD, RN, CAE, Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN, and Kanaka Sathasivan, MPH

TNA’s survey responses, nurses’ ethical responsibilities to patients, wearing masks in public, predictions for Texas’s response, advocacy work, nurses’ ability to refuse assignments, collaboration with the Board of Nursing, waivers in Texas.

Originally aired on Facebook Live April 3.

#COVID19 Ep. 1 hosted by Serena Bumpus, DNP, RN

We apologize for the audio issues in this episode. COVID-19 has changed everyone’s lives. How can nurses get involved, help with COVID-19 patients, protect themselves, and prepare for the future? Students, residencies and clinical concerns, simulation for clinicals, decontamination of PPE, stay at home orders, testing, PPE in crisis situations.

Originally aired on Facebook Live March 27.