In this episode, Adrianne welcomes back Dr. Iman Abuzeid to talk about how innovative staffing company Incredible Health is adapting to meet the needs of nurses. Listen to them talk about the consequences the pandemic has had on the mental health of nurses and their new free resources for nurses.

In this episode, Adrianne welcomes returning guest, community mental health nurse Renee DuShane. You may remember her from the episode Fired From My First Nursing Job. Well, Renee is back to share more about how she bounces back - this time as a community-based health professional in the middle of a pandemic.

Adrianne welcomes nurse and mentor, Emily Mazurak to discuss how we can fill our own proverbial cups when the work we do has drained them empty. Emily is the founder of the Fill Up Your Cup Project which helps nurses to “reignite their purpose and power so they can energetically live a life they love on and off their shift.”

In this episode, Adrianne and Shannon talk about the unspoken truth about mental health among nurses and how she and her team are creating resources and a community of support, inspiration, and health free for all nurses. Operation Happy Nurse lists their mission as “to help all nurses struggling with stress, anxiety and/or depression by offering a community focused on improving overall mental health and physical wellbeing.”

Today Adrianne talks with Chelsea, a woman generous enough to talk openly and candidly about her experiences as a nurse living with bipolar disorder. Chelsea talks about her nursing journey and gives her insights on the challenges she’s faced and ways to maximize health with this diagnosis.

This emotionally charged episode was originally recorded in early 2017 regarding the death of a patient Adrianne had known for years.

This is a monologue about coping with death as a nurse. It is emotional, so be warned that this will pull at your heartstrings.

Renee is a substance abuse and psychiatric nurse who works for her state’s mental health department overseeing individuals in the community. She has an interesting story, as you can gather from the title of this episode.

This week we are joined by Molly Hillig Rodriguez, RN, BSN, MPH, CEO of Empower Yourself Coaching. She reached out to Adrianne to discuss the very sensitive, yet important topic of suicide among nurses.

Nurses are four times more likely to commit suicide than individuals not working in healthcare (Yazdi, 2017). The combination of physical, emotional, mental and financial stressors is a real threat to the well-being of our front line healthcare providers. We are opening up the discussion.