The WoMed

Trust the WoMed to provide you with your weekly dose of healthcare knowledge! This week’s guest is Susan Dentzer, highly regarded health policy expert and Senior Policy Fellow at the Robert J. Margolis Center for Health Policy at Duke University whose experience reporting on healthcare spans decades. She is also the soon to be host of Optum’s podcast, Until It’s Fixed. In this episode, Susan drops some major knowledge bombs as she and host D discuss the major disconnect between what clinicians and patients experience on the ground versus the decisions made by policy makers.

Check out the Kaiser Family Foundation’s website at kff.org for a trusted and accessible source of news on health policy issues and tune in as Susan Dentzer hosts Optum’s new podcast Until It’s Fixed coming out October 6! Be sure to subscribe, rate and review, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @TheWoMed! Remember to submit your weekly Nurse D Energy moments to D on Instagram - we love reading and sharing them!

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This week continues our two-part NICU nurse special with Nurse Tori. Nurse Tori is using her blog Tips From Tori, Instagram, and her Cellfie Podcast to “make healthcare hip, one tip at a time,” sharing stories of healthcare providers and providing her followers with useful tidbits from the NICU. She and host D talk reasons behind nurse burnout, how important is it for expecting parents to do their research, welcoming others into the nurse community on social media and of course, more on their favorite parts of working in the NICU. Plus, Nurse Tori and D dish their advice for those interested in working in the specialization. If you haven’t already listened to part one of this interview with Nurse Tori, be sure to check it out!

Follow Nurse Tori on Instagram @nurse.tori_. Get more of Nurse Tori on her blog Tips From Tori or listen to her host the Cellfie Podcast. Be sure to subscribe, rate and review, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @TheWoMed! Remember to submit your weekly Nurse D Energy moments to D on Instagram - we love reading and sharing them!

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Joining host D on The WoMed is NICU nurse, blogger and fellow podcaster Nurse Tori. Nurse Tori is using social media to “make healthcare hip, one tip at a time” through her blog Tips From Tori, as the host of the Cellfie Podcast, and on Instagram. D and Nurse Tori bond over their experiences working in the NICU from finding a sense of purpose in emotionally charged environments to their feelings about doulas and homebirths. Nurse Tori shares with D and listeners the interesting story of how she ended up as a NICU nurse and her advice for expecting mothers who are starting to think about their birth plans. D and Nurse Tori had so much to talk about that this episode has a part two – be sure to tune in next week!

Get more of Nurse Tori on her blog Tips From Tori or listen to her host the Cellfie Podcast. Follow Nurse Tori on Instagram @nurse.tori_ . Be sure to subscribe, rate and review, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @TheWoMed! Remember to submit your weekly Nurse D Energy moments to D on Instagram - we love reading and sharing them!

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Katie Vigos is a nurse who knew she wanted to be in the healthcare profession even before entering university. In this episode, host D and Katie discuss her current career as a per diem nurse specializing in critical care and her past work creating the Empowered Birth Project which started as a way of personal storytelling and blossomed into an online source of information and empowerment for mothers. Katie and D also chat about how COVID has changed per diem nursing and nursing at large, how Katie avoids nurse burnout, and send their thoughts out to expecting mothers at a time where COVID has added more uncertainties to one’s birthing journey.

Follow Katie on Instagram @katievigos and learn more about the Empowered Birth Project @empoweredbirthproject. Be sure to subscribe, rate and review, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @TheWoMed! Remember to submit your weekly Nurse D Energy moments to D on Instagram - we love reading and sharing them!

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In today’s episode, D is joined by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Pamela Mehta (@dr.pamelamehta). Dr. Pam shares how she knew orthopedic surgery was the perfect fit for her as well as her experiences with sexism and racism in the medical field. They chat doubts about proper representation of women and woman of color in surgery and why this was part of the reason Dr. Pam founded her practice, Resilience Orthopedics. Later, they discuss the importance of woman supporting woman and D applauds Dr. Pam on her social media skills.  

To get more of Dr. Pam, follow her on Instagram and Tik Tok at @dr.pamelamehta. Learn more about her Resilience Orthopedics on their website resilienceorthopedics.com. Be sure to subscribe, rate and review, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @TheWoMed! Remember to submit your weekly Nurse D Energy moments to D on Instagram - we love reading and sharing them!

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In this episode of the WoMed, we take a bit of a detour into the world of veterinary medicine with guest Dr Stevie Aitken. She tells us about the many overlaps between human medicine and veterinary medicine as well as what training it takes to become a vet – did you know you can specialize in oncology or cardiology within the field? Dr. Stevie also drops some valuable knowledge on what you should be feeding your furry family members and discusses the large increase of women in the field. Plus, Dr. Stevie and host D laugh about D’s hesitance towards rabbits and why in the world owl’s legs are so long.

 For more useful information about pet care and to learn more about Dr. Stevie you can follow her on Instagram @doctorstevie and Facebook @doctorstevieaitken. Be sure to subscribe, rate and review, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @TheWoMed! Remember to submit your weekly Nurse D Energy moments to D on Instagram - we love reading and sharing them!

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In this episode we go deep – deep into the subconscious that is. Host D calls up Juliet C Obodo, hypnotherapist and neurolinguistic master practitioner a who took a major career pivot after working in a lucrative corporate job to find her passion. Juliet answers questions about the practice of hypnosis including how she recognizes thinking patterns, healing ancestral trauma, addressing our inner child and how she helps her clients find their “rich bitch selves”.  They go into the differences between therapy and hypnosis as well as chat about how hypnosis can help those in the healthcare profession specifically.  

You can find Juliet on Instagram and Youtube @julietcobodo. Find out more about her programs at fwrdinstitute.com. Be sure to subscribe, rate and review, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @TheWoMed! Remember to submit your weekly Nurse D Energy moments to D on Instagram - we love reading and sharing them!

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This week, our host D is in the guest seat answering your questions for her first ever solo Q&A! D shares her experiences juggling mental health in the nursing profession, her study survival tips, and what to expect when starting nurse night shifts. Plus, she shares how she transitioned from being a NICU nurse to entering the aesthetic field and what she has learned along the way. 

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On today’s episode, D gets real, open, and honest with the two incredible women behind the West Chester Therapy Group and hosts of the ShrinkChicks podcast, Jennifer Chaiken, LMFT & Emmalee Bierly, LMFT. Through their podcast and work, Jennifer and Emmalee strive to make therapy more available and relatable to those who might not have access to traditional therapy and those who are seeking answers to a huge variety of life’s biggest questions. They share how having horrible therapy experiences in the past led them to take their down-to-earth approach with clients and listeners. Plus, they answer why you actually don’t need to listen to your therapists, why it’s important to set boundaries, and why more people should view therapy as preventative versus a last-minute solution.

Find Jennifer and Emmalee by visiting wctherapygroup.com and @wctherapygroup, listening to their podcast ShrinkChicks, or following @ShrinkChicks on Instagram! Be sure to subscribe, rate and review, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @TheWoMed! Remember to submit your weekly Nurse D Energy moments to D on Instagram - we love reading and sharing them!

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The WoMed is here for you this week with a dose of inspiring news in these crazy times! On today’s episode, host D speaks to super gal team Dr. Nana Afoh-Manin, MD and tech founder Stacy Kirk who collaborated to create the web application myCovidMD which helps under-resourced communities get free testing and access to telehealth services during the Coronavirus Public Health crisis. Dr. Nana and Stacy discuss with D the need for human connectivity in the medical and tech world as well as ways to care for under-resourced communities, keeping in mind both race and class. They also talk about the importance of not only collecting medical data, but also keeping it secure in this COVID era.  

Learn more about myCovidMD on their website at covidmd.org or on Instagram @mycovidmd . Check out Shared Harvest Fund on their website sharedharvestfund.org or on LinkedIn. 

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