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  Theresa Brown, RN, lives and works in the Pittsburgh area. She received her BSN from the University of Pittsburgh, and during what she calls her past life, a PhD in English from the University of Chicago. Brown is a regular contributor to the New York Times blog “Well” and an occasional Op-Ed contributor.  Her essay “Perhaps Death is Proud; More Reason to Savor Life” is included in Best American Science Writing 2009 and Best American Medical Writing 2009. Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between (HarperStudio, 2010) is her first book. Theresa is a Board Member of the Center for Health Media and Policy at the Bellevue School of Nursing at Hunter College. She is also an Advisory Board Member for Scrubs Magazine, which won the 2010 Maggie Award for Best New Publication from the Western Publishing Association. Theresa lives with her husband, Arthur Kosowsky, their three children, and their dog.

When two North Carolina nurses met, they knew they had several things in common. They were both passionate about nursing, had a knack for writing and were driven to inspire others to embrace lifelong learning. They later discovered they had something else in common—something they were not talking about. They had both suffered the ill effects of incivility in the healthcare workplace.  Why weren’t they talking about it? Because no one talks about it.  It’s healthcare’s dirty little secret. No one wants to admit that a shameful culture of incivility infects most healthcare workplaces. Both Linda and Stacey found out the hard way that working in an atmosphere that breeds incivility leaves healthcare workers feeling exhausted, hopeless and dissatisfied . . . but that’s not the worst part.  Incivility in the healthcare workplace also leads to medical errors, poor patient satisfaction, higher employee turnover and higher healthcare costs for consumers. Linda H. Leekley BS, RN began her nursing career in the oncology department at Duke University Medical Center. After experience in acute care, home health, clinical education and healthcare writing, she founded the healthcare publishing company, In the Know, in 1998. Linda believes that civility and lifelong learning are the keys to both personal and professional success. She lives in Durham, North Carolina--the “City of Medicine.” Stacey L. Turnure, RN came into nursing as a second career. It was her mother’s diagnosis and eventual death from cancer that inspired the career change. She has worked in oncology, neurology, medical-surgical and pediatrics.  Now, a nurse educator, healthcare education writer and double-time mom to twin boys, Stacey looks forward to inspiring others to follow their dreams, use their voices and make positive changes where change is so desperately needed.

The Coalition for Patients’ Rights® works to ensure that the American healthcare system’s growing and increasingly diverse needs are met. The Coalition was formed in 2006 and consists of more than 35 organizations representing a variety of licensed healthcare professionals. The Coalition’s membership represents a diverse array of healthcare professionals that patients across the country rely upon, including advanced practice and registered nurses, audiologists, chiropractors, foot and ankle surgeons, naturopathic doctors, occupational therapists, physical therapists and psychologists. Join us for this important conversation with Coalition for Patients' Rights Spokespeople Lisa Summers and Janet Bezner!

Marcy Grace has dedicated her life to hospice and palliative care, and now serves as Executive Director of Palliative Care Services of Santa Fe. Janet Smith, RN has a great interest and expertise in complementary medicine, and is an experienced acute care and hospice nurse originally trained at the University College Hospital, London, England. She currently serves as Nurse Consultant for Palliative Care Services of Santa Fe. Marcy and Janet will discuss their unique business model and the excellent palliative care services that they are offering to citizens living in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico.  

Theresa Brown, RN, lives and works in the Pittsburgh area. She received her BSN from the University of Pittsburgh, and during what she calls her past life, a PhD in English from the University of Chicago. Brown is a regular contributor to the New York Times blog “Well” and an occasional Op-Ed contributor.  Her essay “Perhaps Death is Proud; More Reason to Savor Life” is included in Best American Science Writing 2009 and Best American Medical Writing 2009. Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between (HarperStudio, 2010) is her first book. Theresa is a Board Member of the Center for Health Media and Policy at the Bellevue School of Nursing at Hunter College. She is also an Advisory Board Member for Scrubs Magazine, which won the 2010 Maggie Award for Best New Publication from the Western Publishing Association. Theresa lives with her husband, Arthur Kosowsky, their three children, and their dog.

    Original Air date March 5th 2012: My Mobile Medicine was started in 2008 by Jody Hoppis, a Nurse Practitioner who wanted to bring a more personal, adaptable form of Family Practice Medicine to patients in Whatcom County, WA. With everything she needs in a simple bike trailer, Jody has been caring for her patients over the past 2 years, bringing them quality care and medical treatment that comes from an experienced professional. Because of her unique method of care, she is able to spend 45 to 60 minutes with each patient, much more than the average 10 to 20 given in a clinic setting.    

MICHAEL ORTIZ HILL is a registered nurse, a Buddhist practitioner, and an initiated medicine man with tribal people of Zimbabwe. The core of his spiritual practice has been the refinement and activity of compassion. He is the author of Dreaming the End of the World: Apocalypse as a Rite of Passage; Twin from Another Tribe: The Story of Two Shamanic Healers in Africa and North America; and The Village of the Water Spirits: The Dreams of African-Americans (both books with Mandaza Kandemwa). He is also the author of Conspiracies of Kindness: The Craft of Compassion at the Bedside of the Ill, and offers workshops and lectures on The Craft of Compassion. He lives in Topanga, California with his wife Deena Metzger. His website is http://www.gatheringin.com/.

  A great show from Jan 23rd when we spent some time with Laurel Lewis of Hospice Partners of Southern California on her "Death & Dying Dinner Parties" and "5 Wishes High Teas" in Los Angeles.  Listen in as this ground-breaking nurse innovator tells of her popular new get-togethers centered around open discussions of palliative and end-of-life care for ourselves and our loved ones. 

Tamara Walker, R.N. has been offering support, information, advice, and encouragement to parents through her alter ego, “MomRN”, since 2001. Nineteen years of motherhood, plus three years as a pediatric nurse, a dozen years as a professional child care provider, six and a half years of being a homeschooling mom, and growing up as the oldest sibling of six children has given MomRN a wide variety of experience in caring for children and a unique parenting expertise. She has used this expertise to help thousands of parents as they strive to be the best parents they can be. Tamara is the host of a parenting radio show on BlogTalkRadio.com. The Ask MomRN Show covers a wide variety of parenting, family, safety, and health topics and features several well-known expert guests. Parents are welcome to call in with questions and speak with MomRN and her guests during the show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/MomRN. The show spent two years on an Oklahoma City radio station before expanding to a worldwide audience in April 2008. It has quickly become a popular featured show on the network.

  From bodybuilding to stand-up comedy to clinical nursing to health fairs to creating a Certified Fitness Nurse™Coach course, this story-teller and 'joking fitness nurse' uses humor and speaks on how her varied experience in fitness & nursing has taught her to develop a 5 G-Forces (steps) process for other nurses interested in putting fitness into a nursing care model for improved health and client outcomes for those who are willing to invest in themselves and are with active disease. She's also an advocate and leader in the industry teaching other nurses how to provide a sustainable income for themeselves as a fitness nurse.

Shahina Lakhani, RN, MSN, is an author, poet, speaker, and Holistic Life Change Strategist. She advocates using holistic strategies in personal empowerment, care of the sick, the dying and their loved ones. Shahina has been a nurse for more than 25 years. She has worked as an educator, Nurse Practitioner and a Hospice Nurse. Her passion is to empower people to Live Powerfully and experience Well-being until their last breath.

  Carol Gino RN, MA, has been a nurse, author and teacher for many years. She has worked in all areas of nursing including Emergency Room, Intensive Care, the Burn Unit, Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Pediatric Intensive Care, and Hospice Care for the terminally ill. Her first book, “The Nurse’s Story” published by Simon and Schuster, sold to nine foreign countries besides the US. It is still in print in Japan. It was a feature of the Book of the Month Club and Nurses Book Club and was on PW’s list for six weeks. It was #2 on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. Carol did two cross country tours for The Nurse’s Story: which included TV, radio and print media.

Please join us for an insightful and informative interview with Dr. Dean Burke and Cil Burke of The Millionaire Nurse. A dynamic husband-and-wife team (a doctor and a nurse!), Dean and Cil deliver up-to-date, useful and intelligent financial wisdom for nurses, whom they believe are able to improve their lives through strengthened financial health. Dean's book, "The Millionaire Nurse", has received numerous rave reviews (including from RN.FM Radio co-host Keith Carlson on his blog, Digital Doorway), and the Millionaire Nurse Blog offers salient tips and strategies for increasing your financial health and well-being. Cil and Dean are sure to be fun and informative guests who will offer a treasure-trove of financial wisdom for nurses (and others!), so please join us by listening in, chatting on Twitter at #rnfmradio, or even calling in with your burning financial questions! Financial well-being is essential to everyone. Join us as we talk with Cil and Dean Burke about nursing, their unique partnership, The Millionaire Nurse brand, and how you can achieve financial freedom and success!

Michael Pergrem, also known as Coach Perg, is passionate about helping nurses lead the most fulfilling lives possible. In his own words: “I realized there is a great need for nurses to find their true path, either within their careers, or if desired, in pursuing an alternate calling. I came to realize I could better serve those I had cared for by caring for those that serve them (my fellow nurses). Helping nurses avoid or recover from burn-out and rediscover their passion in nursing could only serve to enhance their effectiveness in providing care to those that need them, both at the bedside and at home. "My mission is to help those other nurses who, like me, have discovered a burning desire to move on, in a different direction, be that a different field in nursing, or a different field altogether. “In either case to find their path that leads to: Realizing the boundless possibilities that are achievable, self empowerment, and joy. These are the rewards given to those of us who serve our true calling with passion.” We will spend this episode of RN.FM Radio exploring Coach Perg's approach to nursing burnout, nurse wellnes, nurse coaching, and his signature coaching methodology known as "Pergology". Join us for an insightful episode of RN.FM Radio with special guest Coach Perg!

Gwenn Dalton of Pro Hospice Solutions has been a Registered Nurse for 22 years.  Her diverse experience in healthcare and particularly in hospice, qualifies her to reflect the needs and concerns of nurses as professionals and learners.