I had the pleasure of speaking with Alexandria Jones-Patten, PhD, MBA, RN, PMH-BC about leveraging your Nursing Knowledge & Skill to Align with Passion and Purpose for a Satisfying and Rewarding Nursing Career! You Don't want to miss Alexandria's story, her dedication to the Nursing Profession - and just how motivated and energized she is by aligning herself with her passion for writing! 🎧

Connect with Alexandria:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085811940864 
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authoredbyajp/ 
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MillennialNursepreneur 
• LinkedIn: Alexandria Jones-Patten, PhD, MBA, RN, PMH-BC
• Website: https://www.authoredbyajp.org 

I had the pleasure of speaking with Wendy Garvin Mayo, APRN, ANP-BC on episode 12 of season 3 of the Nursing Strategies for Success Podcast - and THEN I got to hang with her just a week later at the ELEX Conference - which was incredible - and let me tell you - Wendy is doing AMAZING work to promote excellence in healthcare. ✅

The stress management and emotional intelligence strategies she shares are so ESSENTIAL to the way we perform, live our lives and grow as professionals, and EVERYONE can benefit greatly from the sage wisdom and strategies she's discovered over her years of dedication as a healthcare leader. ✨

Connect with Wendy:

LinkedIn - Wendy Garvin Mayo, APRN, ANP-BC | LinkedIn
Website - Stress Coach | Stress Blue Print
YouTube - Wendy Garvin Mayo - YouTube

In this episode 11 of Season Three of the Nursing Strategies for Success Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jeanette Zocco MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS, who is leveraging her decades of experience to transform Nursing teams and workplace culture through advocacy and empowerment of other Nurses.  She has recently authored a book with a two-fold intention:

1. To educate perinatal nurses on quality and safety concepts and various quality improvement tools to bring evidence-based care to the bedside and create safer systems of care (which I personally think can be utilized by all specialties).

2. To serve as a study guide for nurses interested in sitting for the Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety Certification exam (developed by the National Certification Corporation). Key concepts discussed include: strategies to advocate for patient safety, human factors and cognitive biases as contributing factors to medical errors and sentinel events, and how teamwork and quality improvement can help. (Again - I think all specialties can benefit from this book despite the desire or lack thereof with obtaining ONQS certification.)

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS EPISODE! 🎧

Connect with Jeannette:

LinkedIn: Jeanette Zocco MSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, C-ONQS
Website: Home - OB Neonatal Study Guide
Book Link: Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety (C-ONQS) Study Guide: A Practical Resource for Perinatal Nurses: 9798218152239: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.com

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Kirby P. Williams, MSN, PMHNP-BC who is a nurse practitioner who obtained psychiatric training and education from University of Virginia. She worked as a mental health nurse practitioner since 2012 and enjoys mentoring and supporting future psychiatric nurse practitioners. Since 2014, she has worked in nursing academia in undergraduate and graduate level courses. Her experience and training has led her to multiple speaking engagements in the past 5 years, on topics that include implicit bias training, self-care, racial bias in healthcare, de-prescribing, active teaching strategies, and nursing practice.

As the owner of her private practice Beacon Behavioral Health and Consulting, she provides psychiatric services for adults (state of Virginia and in-person only).

Her passion for mentoring and teaching psychiatric nurse practitioners, was the fuel to starting her professional development services for new grad and novice psychiatric nurse practitioners through her company The PMHNP Source, LLC. Currently providing 1:1 consultation service to PMHNPs to help empower, guide and support their career journey. You don't want to miss out on this episode! 🎧

Connect with Kirby:

LinkedIn: Kirby (Patmon) Williams, MSN, PMHNP-BC | LinkedIn
Website: The PMHNP Source
Instagram: Kirby W. | PMHNP Mentor, Coach & Consultant (@yourpmhnpmentor) 

I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Kiiyonna Jones, PhD, MSN, RN on this week's episode of the Nursing Strategies for Success Podcast! 👍

We discussed how Nurses have SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES that go beyond traditional bedside roles - especially when it comes to leveraging their skills and knowledge - and that if healthcare organizations aren't willing to change the status quo - then Nurses can easily make the decision to get on up and GO! ✅✨

Be sure to tune in to this episode 9 of season three that goes live THIS FRIDAY Sept. 29th on all your favorite podcast players - and as always at thenusespeak.com/podcast! You don't want to miss it! 🎧

#thenursespeak #nursingstrategiesforsuccesspodcast #podcast #strategiesforsuccess #nursescandoanything #nurseshelpingnurses #nursebossmob #nursesinbusiness #nursesmakingmoneymoves

Connect with Dr. Jones here:

LinkedIn: Dr. Kiiyonna Jones | LinkedIn
Websites:  luxebeautyacademy.com
https://www.drkiiyonnajones.com/
Links: Sideprenuer_Nurse

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Jessica Gruendler DNP, RN-BC, CPHQ, CNOR - someone who've I had the pleasure of seeing and hearing from at the National Nurses in Business Association Annual Entrepreneurship & Career Alternatives Conference. Dr. Gruendler has trademarked #NotJustANurse as a means to raise awareness of the true power and potential that Nurses have to leverage their skills, talents, passions and empathy to create life-long meaningful impact for our patients, residents, clients, customers and more importantly - our very own colleagues!

Nursing is a team sport, and it takes a village to overcome the many challenges and obstacles that we face, and it's because of dedicated Nursing Professionals like Dr. Gruendler that we are able to overcome and continue to drive healthcare outcomes in positive and meaningful ways! You DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS EPISODE! 🎧✅✨

To connect with Jessica, check her out on the following platforms:

—> LinkedIn – Dr. Jessica Gruendler DNP, RN-BC, CPHQ, CNOR | LinkedIn

—> Website – https://www.clinicalproject.org/home

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Jennifer Thietz, RN, BSN, OCN, MSN, who started her Nursing career in South Africa, then came to California where she gained decades of experience as a Registered Nurse. It wasn't until about 2022 when she realized that she was no longer able to provide the Nursing care that she wanted to, and she became plagued with compassion fatigue and burnout. Today, she is leveraging her Nursing skill, knowledge and passion for helping others and is working on publishing a book that is focused on helping other Nurses reclaim their power to THRIVE within the Nursing Profession - without falling victim to compassion fatigue and burnout - like so many of us do.

Jennifer shares how Nurses really CAN do anything they want within their careers, and there is so much inspiration, wisdom and positive energy in this episode - You don't want to miss it! 🎧

To connect with Jennifer, check her out on the following platforms:

—> LinkedIn – Jennifer (Marais) Thietz, RN, BSN, OCN, MSN | LinkedIn

—> Website – NURSES MATTER (nurses-matter.com)

—> Book(s) - (Stay Tuned for Link to Book coming in 2024) Here is another book that Jennifer contributed towards: YOU CAN, YOU WILL: 19 TRUE STORIES OF FINDING HOPE THROUGH GRIEF AND MENTAL HEALTH JOURNEYS

 In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Susan Haibeck, who started her Nursing career as a Candystriper, then shifted into becoming an Oncology Nurse Pioneer and now a published author, entrepreneur and Legal Nurse Consultant!

Susan shares how Nurses really CAN do anything they want within their careers, and there is so much inspiration, wisdom and positive energy in this episode - You don't want to miss it! 🎧

To connect with Susan, check her out on the following platforms:

—> LinkedIn – Susan V Haibeck | LinkedIn

—> Website – haibeckandassociates.com

—> Book - Cancer Care Malpractice: An Attorney's Guide to Understanding the Issues