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RN Huddle Re-Visit: Bugs, Bones, and Blood
October 28, 2021 by UNMC CON CNE

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.

MHTTC Burnout Busters is back on RN Huddle!
September 16, 2021 by UNMC CON CNE

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.

ED Nursing Fellowship ​with Repeat Nebraska Medicine Guests
September 3, 2021 by UNMC CON CNE

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.

Ostomy Care Episode 3: Common Challenges with the Leaking of an Ostomy Post-Op: Part 2
August 19, 2021 by UNMC CON CNE

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.

Ostomy Series Ep. 3 – Common Challenges with the Leaking of an Ostomy Post-Op: Part 1
August 5, 2021 by UNMC CON CNE

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.

Nursing Transitions with Nebraska Medicine Team Members
Nursing Transitions with Nebraska Medicine Team Members
July 22, 2021 by UNMC CON CNE

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.

MHTTC Burnout Busters joins RN Huddle!
July 8, 2021 by UNMC CON CNE

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.

A Talk with an UNMC Infectious Disease Expert – Dr. Ted Cieslak
April 16, 2021 by UNMC CON CNE

Join our host Dr. Heidi Keeler as she talks with UNMC's own Dr. Ted Cieslak. Dr. Cieslak is an infectious disease expert who works in UNMC's Bio-Containment Unit, one of the first units to care for COVID patients in early 2020. He discusses his experience at the beginning of the pandemic, how the interprofessional team is essential to patient care during COVID as well as where he sees the pandemic going in the future. Remember to continue to wash your hands, wear a mask, and if it's available to you, get vaccinated! Read More.

Nursing and NETEC
March 4, 2021 by UNMC CON CNE

Welcome back to RN Huddle! We took a break but we're back today with our host Heidi Keeler as she talks about how nurses are taking the lead in key national healthcare efforts. We are joined by two special guests and nurses extraordinaire, Angela Vasa and Sharon Vanairsdale! Angie and Sharon are Directors for National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center, or NETEC. The Ebola epidemic caused serious challenges in providing safe care, and NETEC was formed to lead the response. It has since evolved into a national presence during COVID, lead in part by our guests! We talk about how "just say yes" and "step forward" are key to nursing leadership, and how nurses are uniquely positioned for leadership in the healthcare team. We hope you enjoy this episode of RN Huddle and remember to wear a mask, wash your hands, and stay safe! Read More.

Ostomy Series Ep. 1 – The Many Hats of a Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse
February 4, 2021 by UNMC CON CNE

New series alert! The Nebraska affiliate of the WOCN Society presents: Ostomy Podcast Series – Let’s Take a WOC through the Ostomy Care Journey! Join our co-host Renee Paulin, MSN, RN, CWOCN as she talks with her fellow WOC colleagues Chris Berke, Ann Lif, and Cassi Norton about their journeys to and within WOC nursing. This is the first episode of a brand new series for those interested in Ostomy care and a sneak peak of what is to come to help our fellow nurses by providing some tips and tricks as well as a few tools and/or resources at hand when caring for your patients. See the Episode note for some important links, documents and contact information. Take a WOC with us! Read More.