On today's episode of RN Huddle, our host Heidi Keeler talks with Doug Dekker and Kelsey Miller both members of the SIM-NE (Simulation in Motion-Nebraska) team. The group discusses what SIM-NE is and why it's such an essential program to not only nurses but also the interprofessional team. Check out the episode to learn more! Read More.
Join us for this spooky edition of RN Huddle! We are joined by Amy Mead (Associate Nurse Manager) and Kalen Knight (Nurse Professional Development Specialist) from our won Nebraska Medicine Emergency Department. Amy and Kalen are familiar with all the creepy crawlies that come into the ER and discuss their most memorable experiences with lice, maggots, rabies, and intestines where they don’t belong! Take a listen…if you dare… Read More.
Join us for this special episode of RN Huddle where we talk about an upcoming conference put on by the Olson Center for Women’s Health with our help! We are always so excited to help host this program that’s available for both nurses and every day women in our community! Our co-host Renee Paulin is joined by conference opening speaker Lauren Edwards, MD, a psychiatrist with Nebraska Med. She gives our listeners an exclusive sneak peek at what her and her colleague Emaan Lehardy, PhD, a psychologist with Nebraska Med, will be discussing as they open the conference with “Making Peace with Your Enemies: Understanding Your Anxiety to Conquer your Fears!”. Check out the show notes to find how to register! Read More.
RN Huddle is excited to bring back two exciting guests! Renee Paulin, our co-host, sits down with MHTTC's Dr's Hannah West and Jordan Thayer as they talk values and personal affirmation when it comes to your mental health. The team talks experiences, advice, as well as barriers to keeping ones values on the forefront of their everyday practice. After you take a listen to today's episode, come back to RN Huddle as the team will return next quarter to continue talking mental health in various team members practice and everyday lives! Read More.
RN Huddle sat down with some repeat guests from the Nebraska Medicine Emergency Department (ED) Nicole Lenaghan, Kalen Knight, and newcomer Ann Boley. The crew sits down to discuss their ED Nursing Fellowship. Since it's start in 2004, this Fellowship provides a unique way to onboard nurses to get them ready to join the ED team. Check out the episode notes for contact information for this fellowship opportunity. Read More.
To follow the last episode, we bring you Part 2 of the Ostomy Care Journey following post-op. This episode will look at a few weeks post-op with Renee, Ann, Cassi, and Chris. The group talks through the process of changing products with patients but then they also talk through measuring and tracing the specific patient's ostomy size. The group will also discuss why or why not they use a moldable and how they work with creases on patients with their new ostomy's. We greatly appreciate the groups expertise and we hope you enjoy this discussion as much as we did! Read More.
We bring you episode 3 of the Ostomy Care Journey. Join us with our co-host Renee Paulin, MSN, RN, CWOCN as she talks with recurring guests Cassi Norton, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Ann Lif, MSN, RN, CWOCN, as well as Chris Berke, APRN-NP as they talk about the Ostomy care journey post-op. In this Part 1 episode, the group discusses the post-op journey immediately following surgery. They talk about what to look for post-op, what products to use, and when to notify a surgeon after surgery and why. Be sure to look out for Part 2 discussing a few weeks post-op coming soon! Read More.
This episode brings in some Nebraska Med team members to talk about nursing transitions! Our three nurses are Abbie Zurawski a brand-new 2020 nursing school grad, Nikki Rushlau who's been a nurse for a few years but is now looking at transitioning into leadership, and Erik Borgmeyer who's been in nursing for 13 years and is a nurse leader on his floor. All 3 talk with our co-host Heidi Keeler about how they've transitioned at all points of their careers and provide advice for other nurses transitioning at any point of their nursing practice. Talk a listen! Read More.
Today's episode is the first in a quarterly series with MHTCC (Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center) housed at the Munroe Meyer Institute here at UNMC. This episode, featuring our co-host Renee Paulin, introduces this new series on professional well-being and two new guests, Dr. Hannah West and Dr. Jordan Thayer who you'll see again on RN Huddle. Take a listen and be sure subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts to catch the next episode in the series, as well as other episodes featured here on RN Huddle! Read More.
RN Huddle is again joined by our guests Ana Endsjo, Kara Kopplin, and Stacey Mullis from Permobil to chat more with co-host Renee Paulin about best practices related to pressure injury prevention involving an appropriate seating system with wheelchairs. In Part 2, this discussion focuses on funding for various seating systems as well as Medicare HCPC coding. Take a listen! Read More.
