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Jump into the New Year with Jamie and Sarah as they recount the holidays and divulge your deepest, darkest nursing confessions!! Let's make some action plans together for a successful new year!

Happy belated Turkey Day!  As we enter the holiday season (and finals weeks for anyone in school) Jamie and Sarah provide some possible ways to deal with stress and mental health issues.

Join Jamie and Sarah for a fireside chat about the mental health of nurses. This week's episode is considered part I of 2. Here, they discuss different ways nurses experience disruptions to their mental health.

Next week, they will cover what things cause these feelings and emotions, and some different things nurses can do to improve their own mental health.

Grabs some tricks AND some treats with Jamie and Sarah as they welcome Guest Host,  Medium Melanie Smith, The Maumee Medium .  This year we discuss ghostly phenomenon, energy of spirit, and alllllll the spirits nurses bring home with them!  We even make time for a surprise visitor from beyond.

Helllllllloooooo Everybody! Settle in with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss a potpourri of topics including poll results, time clock fraud....annnnnnd...sneak peak at the HAUNTED HALLOWEEN EPISODE!! 

Join the NCT family as Jamie and Sarah discuss coffee creamer emergencies, updates on the breastfeeding episode, and talk about the national nursing strikes.

Fall into the change of seasons with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss the battle women have to fight to pump at work.  Oh yeah...They talk about non-nursing stuff a bit too!

Good Brunch Everyone!! Join Jamie and Sarah as they make their comeback!!! 

Ride along with Jamie and Sarah as they (kind of) celebrate Nurses' Week!! We love and value each of you, and this week, no matter what your facility is doing for you, WE APPRECIATE YOU!! Much Love!!

Good Brunch!! Jump on in for our "New Year's Eve" episode (better late than never???) where we discuss things every nurse should know....As well as our holiday plans... LOL! We've missed you ALL!

Hellllooooooooo!!!! We are BACK!! Sooooo sorry for the Hiatus!  We missed you so much! Hope you enjoy the first episode of the new year!

Happy Post Thanksgiving.  We hope you had an enjoyable and safe holiday with your families.  For those of you who spent your holiday at work, THANK YOU for all that you do for your communities!  Now, come have some fun with Jamie and Sarah as they do a little more personal "getting to know you."  Also, they discuss how to confront a coworker....

Come to Spookie Town as Jamie and Sarah share YOUR ghost stories!! Happy Halloween!!

Join in with Jamie and Sarah as they review YOUR follow-up! You all make this show amazing. Sarah will be posting some polls this week, so check 'em out!

Jump into the mix with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss how a little kindness goes a long way.  

"Kindness can be as infectious as negativity. It just takes more energy to get the inertia going."
                            - Jamie Baker

Jump into the conversation with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss dealing with the forced neglect that comes when a physician won't intervene...How do you handle it?

Jump on the KNOWLEDGE TRAIN with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss a recent court ruling that has the power to change nurse liability.  Oh yeah...They also discuss other things, lol...

Come "chill out" with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss what has been dubbed "Callout Culture." Just don't call off to listen!!

Get involved with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss the three C's.  What are the three C's you ask??? Listen to find out!

Come together with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss setting the culture for new graduate nurses.

Creep on in to Jamie and Sarah as they discuss...Bed BUGS...among other things...

Come explore with Jamie and Sarah as they dig into the nuances of "normal."

Ride along with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss the divided nature of nursing.  Happy Friday!!!

Hold onto your britches as Jamie and Sarah talk about YOUR (and their) Pettiest Pet Peeves!

Come along with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss a bunch of random nursing stuff, lol. #EveryEpisode

Tune in and Jam out with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss unwritten policies...you know you have 'em!!

Join Jamie and Sarah as they discuss nurses that know everything...are you one of them? Also, sorry for the background noise...We are working to solve tech problems!

Come wax philosophical with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss how their practice has changed over the years (with experience and maturity).  

Hop aboard the "whistleblower" train as Jamie and Sarah interview two nurses who were fired for speaking up and speaking out against unsafe healthcare practices.  What would YOU do?

Come join the fun as Jamie and Sarah discuss the fun of creativity with hospital supplies, share listener stories and reflect on recent discussions.

Join the party as Jamie and Sarah feature their FIRST guest speaker, Dr. Phyllis Whitehead, President of the NACNS, as they discuss unstoppable advocacy (among other things, as per usual....).

Dr. Phyllis Whitehead Bio:
Dr. Phyllis Whitehead is a clinical ethicist and clinical nurse specialist with the Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital (CRMH) Palliative Care Service and Associate Professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. She initiated the Palliative Medicine and Moral Distress Consult Services at CRMH. She is certified in pain management and as an advanced practice hospice and palliative care nurse. Dr. Whitehead has done numerous presentations on pain and symptom management, opioid induced sedation, moral distress, and patients’ end of life preferences locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Her research interests include moral distress and improving communication with seriously ill patients and has been funded for numerous grants for her research. She was a Board of Director member of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialist and is now President-Elect of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists and President of the Virginia Foundation of Nurses. She was a member of the ANA Moral Resilience Advisory Committee. She is a founding member and Board of Director member of the Virginia Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists. She was selected for Governor Ralph Northam’s Policy Council on Opioid and Substance Abuse this year. In 2020 she was elected as a Distinguished Practitioner Fellow in the National Academy of Practice in Nursing. She is a graduate of Radford University where she earned her BSN and MSN and earned her doctorate degree at Virginia Tech.

NACNS.org

Celebrate your day with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss at-will employment, Vanderbilt nurses, and much, much more!

Hop on  board with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss some entitled (and sometimes funny) patients - You KNOW you've had some of these patients!!

Please join Jamie and Sarah as they commiserate over the Radonda Vaught verdict and how this affects the future of nursing and healthcare.

Hang out with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss some follow-up on the Vanderbilt case, as well some fun combing through BIZARRE patient requests!

Join the fun as Jamie and Sarah discuss patient throughput and change management (I know...compelling stuff...but it's important!!)

Sound the alarm!! Race around with Jamie and Sarah as they battle corporate healthcare...and also...we are SO SO SORRY for the intermittent smoke alarms!!  Please bear with us and "grant us grace."  We LOVE YOUUUUUU!!

Come join the discussion with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss some concerning recent events about nursing being fired for speaking up about safety concerns.  What would you do? Check into the National Nurses March in DC on  May 12, 2022.

Come along with Jamie and Sarah as they share YOUR feedback about What you WISH you had know before going into nursing.

Dive in with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss the physical and emotional fatigue of twelves.  Should we switch to eights??? You be the judge!

Nestle in with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss the environment  of healthcare for new nurses entering the field.

Come along with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss the maturity that is SERVICE RECOVERY!

Celebrate the new year with Jamie and Sarah as they discuss some practical resolutions for nurses.

Ring in the New Year with Jamie and Sarah as they talk about the merits of the Love Languages for nursing.  Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays!  Let's get holly and jolly with Jamie and Sarah!  Oh yeah...and also...when it's time to leave nursing...if you're not so holly or jolly about it anymore....

Come join the discussion as Jamie and Sarah talk about nursing finances (and Mannnny other things)!

Happy Holidays, Friends!!! Come along with Jamie and Sarah as they tell all: YOUR  stories from nursing...We can't make this stuff up!

Jump on the bandwagon and check out Jamie and Sarah's advice for travel nursing (Everyone's doing it!!)

Hop on bard with Jamie and Sarah as they plow through feedback from YOU.  Also,  they address some more burning issues of #NurseBurnout.

Come along with Jamie and Sarah as they review the listener responses to our most recent medication errors episode.  Make sure you send YOUR feedback to our Instagram @nursecoffeetalk or our email nursecoffeetalk@gmail.com.