The Gritty Nurse
By Amie Archibald-Varley
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The Gritty Nurse is back, and NO TOPIC is off-limits! Launching in September 2025 with host Amie Archibald Varley, this podcast is dedicated to amplifying the voices of nurses and others who work in healthcare to explore the most pressing issues they face.
Join Amie as she continues to take a deep dive into powerful and often uncomfortable topics. Though shared experriences, storytelling and the discussions surrounding the intersection of power, we will navigate the challenges facing healthcare nationally and internationally--as of course--challenge the status quo. The show's core belief remains unwavering: that compassion is the through understanding diverse narratives and perspectives is KEY.
Amie will continue to explore hot-button issues like mental health, social justice, women's health, and the daily challenges within the nursing profession. The Gritty Nurse is more than just a podcast—it's a community where nurses and healthcare workers can feel heard, empowered, and recognized as the community leaders they truly are.
Change is HERE.
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Exposing The Barriers: Why Are Nurse Practitioners Not Practicing To Their Full Scope in Canada? Discussions with CEO of NPAO Dr. Michelle Acorn
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May 21, 2026 |
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The Obedient Nurse: How the "Good Nurse" Myth Quietly Paves the Way for Authoritarianism— and learning Hope Is a Discipline
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May 15, 2026 |
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Nursing Needs A Defibrillation: We Are The Shift, We Are The CHANGE with Dr. Danielle McCamey & Gloria Barrera
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May 07, 2026 |
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Taking Care: The Untold Story of The History of Nursing with Sarah DiGregorio
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Crisis as a Catalyst: How Compassion, Meditation and Psychedelics Was the Path To Healing with ED Physician Dr. William Berk
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Perimenopause, Pleasure Principles and Purpose: Menopause On MY Terms with Shirley Weir
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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The Power of The Pivot: Rediscovering Your Love For Nursing In Non-Traditional Nursing Careers
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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From the Frontlines of Healthcare to the JUNOS: Muscian & Mental Health Strategist Catherine Harrison on The Cost of Caring In Nursing and Entertainment Industries
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Ink or Expertise: Discussing the Pardox of Professionalism With The Tattooed Nurse Jesse Barmby
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Cluck around and find out: Why your birth plan needs more Birth Vibes and less fear with Jen Hamilton RN
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Is Education a Right? A Father's and Public Servant's Fight to Make Education and Healthcare a Constitutional Right For Children With Autism & Learning Disabilities
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Dismissed and Unprotected: Nurse Danielle Gibbs Koenitzer Experinece at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Nursing Voice is CRITICAL in AI and HealthTech: Why Tech Giants Can't Disrupt Healthcare Without Us with Rebecca Love RN, BS, MSN, FIEL
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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End of the Status Quo: A Revolutionary Blueprint for Canadian Healthcare with The Honourable Marjorie Michel~Federal Minister of Health
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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From Surviving Nursing To Thriving In Nursing! Driving Change Through Oppurunity and Impact with Dr. Katie Boston-Leary
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Sonographers have feelings too! Beyond the Screen & Compassionate Conversations with Expert Ultrasound Jessi Dressler
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Why Everything You Know About Food Allergies is Changing: Early Introduction, Testing Myths, and Health Equity with Pediatric Allergist & Immunolgist Dr. Zainab Abdurrahman
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Finlay's Voice: A Mother's Fight to Fix Canada's ER Crisis with Hazel van der Werken
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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96% Vote to Strike: Seattle Children's Nurses Fight for Safety w/ Kara Yates & Therese Hill
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Dying to be Seen: The Gritty Truth Is We ALL Need To Fight for Canadian Medicare
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Nursing Ratios & Union Power with Michael Hurley President of Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Sepsis, Equity, and the Fight for a National Standards In Canada with PhD. Candidate & Prominent Researcher Fatima Sheikh
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Why Boys Need Anti-Manosphere Education: Feminism, Neurodivergence, and Challenging Patriarchy
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Hospice Nurse Penny on "Influencing Death," End-of-Life Myths, and The Difference Between Hospice and Palliative Care
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Screaming to be Heard: The Urgent Fight to Save Black Moms and Their Babies (Karrie Jones and Mercedes Wells Horrifying Experinces with Birth in the US)
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Are You A Caregiver in Crisis? Discussing Support & Solutions with Ontario Caregiver Organization CEO Amy Coupal
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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When The Nurse Becomes the Patient: Emily Edwards on Her MS Diagnosis and Fighting to Be Heard
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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EVERY Nurse Has a Ghost Story: The rule of 3, Crash Carts Outside of Rooms and Never Say The "Q" Word
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Healthcare Can Be Horror: Examining Nursing Portrayals, Asylum History and Medical Phobias in Healthcare
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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What's Your Fight Language? Decoding Conflict and Communication in Healthcare with Lena Morgan
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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The Maligning Manager: We Must Address Substance Use in Healthcare Workers Without Shame!
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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A $20M Wake-Up Call:The Landmark DonQuenick Joppy Case, Racism, Retaliation, and the Future of Nursing
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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U.S. Healthcare Reform or Disaster? Breaking Down RFK Jr.'s "Big Beautiful Bill"
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Is Nursing a Profession Worth Dying For? No, it's Not...
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Embracing Change in Nursing: The Gritty Nurse is Back
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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I Got Ghosted, But I am Still Alive To Tell The Tale: Ghosting is NOT Boundary Setting
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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The Illusion of Support to Increase Social Capital: Unmasking Peformative Allyship and HACKtivism
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Mindfulness Monday – Focus on YOU (Not Them!) with Amie Archibald-Varley
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Cheater, Cheater, Pumpkin Eater: When Personal Actions Cost Professional Trust
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Finding Your Anchor: A 5-Minute Mindfulness Practice for Uncertainty
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Life is not TYPICAL: Unravelling the Illusion of a Linear Life
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Beyond the Bedside: Our Healthcare Future (with Former Minister Mark Holland)
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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The Cure That Should Be Written Into Policy: Prescribing Housing for Health with Dr. Andrew Boozary
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May 29, 2025 |
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F*ck the Cake, WE WANT Change: Maybe It's Not Time For Celebration For Nurses Week
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May 15, 2025 |
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We Need Another Leader: Navigating Difficult Times with Authentic Leadership, Courage and Clarity
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Does the CMA Apology Go Far Enough? Indigenous Sovereignty of Health And The Pathway To Healing with Dr. Jamaica Cass
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Speaking Through Silence: Broken Oaths & Healthcare's Lack of Morality On The Crisis in Palestine with Dr. Yipeng Ge
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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We Need a Prescription for Leadership: Hamza Khan on Leading vs Managing
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Decoding the Deception: RFK Jr.'s RACIST Vaccine Lies and the Fight Against Medical Misinformation
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Fraud, Felonies and Murder: True Crime in the Medical World From the Medical Investigators Notebook
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Fractured Innocence: An NICU Nurse's Betrayal
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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That's a Holiday Wrap: Our Gritty Insights for 2025!
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Climate change and Healthcare: The Hurricane Effect in Health with Nurse Jessica Sites and Raluca Ralu
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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The Mo-ment of Truth: A Hairy Discussion on Men's Health & Prostate Cancer
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Women's Bodies Are On the Ballot, Our Choice Is On The Line: The Right To Choose With Leader of NDP Jagmeet Singh
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Halloween Hospital Hell: Tales From the Dark Side of the Hospital Room
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Vacation from Hell! You Never Get to Hang Up Your Stethoscope!
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Your Personal Health Information up for Ransom: Hospital Cyberattacks Are On The Rise
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Health Equity, Medical School & Creating Healthy Changes: Toronto Metropolitan School of Medicine with Dean Dr. Teresa Chan!
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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We're ALL Nurses, but not all TREATED like Nurses: Spotlight on The Registered Practical Nurse
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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The Dangers of Sleep Deprivation: A Nurse Drives Off a Parking Garage and a Nurse at a Strip Club
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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You Left WHAT in my Body?! A Patient's Worst Nightmare!
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Reconciliation is more than a Checkbox: An Important Conversation with Len Pierre
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Leaving the Bedside for the Bedroom: The Hottest Job Trend in Nursing~ Working from Home with Nurse Fern!
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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National Nursing Staffing Ratios --Why Don't We Have Them? With Nurse Jessica Sites & Nurse Erica
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Nursing Seniority: A tradition or a travesty?
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May 23, 2024 |
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National Nursing Week conversation with the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau
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May 10, 2024 |
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Nurses Getting Sh*t DONE: The Wisdom of Nurses is a #1 National Best Selling Book!!!!
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May 02, 2024 |
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Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): There's a New Kind of Nurse in Town!
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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What is the HARDEST specialty in nursing? Move out of the way ICU....
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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A Historic Document For Nursing Retention: Collaboration, Consultation & Connection: For us, by us!
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Nursing: The most Trusted Profession but the LEAST RESPECTED Profession
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Lucy Letby: Nurse and Serial Killer of Babies in The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Criminalization of Miscarriage: Brittany Watts and The Black Maternal Health Crisis
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Quick and Gritty Takes: News Ep. 2
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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"Mother knows best?" When your parents health remedies Do Not Match Your Health Science Background
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Quick & Gritty Takes: News Ep 1
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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The Rise & Popularity of Ozempic Use: What is the "skinny" truth of this "wonder" Drug
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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A Book, A Baby, A Renewed Focus for 2024: Year End in Review
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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What Will it Take to Retain Nurses? Tangible, Measurable, NURSE- LED interventions
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Medicine Needs a #MeToo Movement: How can a Doctor be Suspended 3X For Sexual Assault STILL Practice?
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Nursing During Times of War: Healthcare Should NEVER be Military Targets
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Gritty Nurse Halloween Edition: What Makes Hospitals So Scary???
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Learning How to Own our Own Struggles: A Road to Recovery with Minaa B~ Social Worker, Author & WONDERMIND Mental Health Advisor
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Privatized Healthcare is no ROYALE with CHEESE
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Are you a Nursing Advocate or a Nursing Influencer? Healthcare Professionals in the Spotlight
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Healthcare, Gender Expression and Combatting Hate: Trans Rights are Human Rights with Advocate Fae Johnstone!
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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A Nursing Retention Strategy FOR US, BY US: Discussions with Chief Nursing Officer of Canada Dr. Leigh Chapman
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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A Historic Wage Increase for Nurses...But not ALL Nurses...
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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More than "Just a Nurse" with Nurse Blake: Advocate, Entrepreneur and Comedian
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Is the Florence App Uber for Nurses? The intersection of Health & Tech with Shelly-Ann Rampersad
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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In Between Life and Death: Chat with Hospice Nurse Hadley!
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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The Controversial Use of Agency Nurses: Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game!
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May 31, 2023 |
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As You Get Older Will We Care For You?: Interview with the Minister of Seniors of Canada
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May 18, 2023 |
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Notorious Nurses: Fraud, Scandal and Murder
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May 04, 2023 |
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The Intersection of Healthcare and Comedy: Two Gritty Nurses, a Doctor and a Comedian!
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Nurses Murdered by their Partners: The Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Manslaughter Charges Dropped & Unequal Justice: The Nurse DonQuenick Joppy Story
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Bad NICU Nurse: What Happens When a Nurse is the One Abusing Patients
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Becoming Your Own Boss: Rise of the Nurse Entrepreneur with Janine Kelbach
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Feb 24, 2023 |