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Feeding Our Young — 178 episodes

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175 - Randy Marmolejo: A Smile is a Choice

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174 - Bente Gilbertson Pt 2: Don’t Give Up on Your Passions

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173 - Bente Gilbertson Pt 1: Every Day Is A Little Bit More

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172 - Kendall Martin Pt 2: Being Hungry and Willing to Learn Goes a Long Way

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171 - Kendall Martin Pt 1: Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable

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170 - Ainsley Nelson and Vanessa Lester: BFFs Through the Rewarding and Absurd

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169 - Karli Petruso Pt 2: Autopsy of an NCLEX Failure (You Will Be A Nurse)

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168 - Mandy Nigg: There's Always So Many Layers to Everything

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167 - Allie Rader: Nursing is the Sweetest Profession

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166 - Ally Tracy: You Make it Safe to Tell You

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165 - Runar Camp Pt 2: Always Check Your Own Pulse Before You Check Your Patient’s

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164 - Runar Camp Pt 1: The Little Moments Can Make a World of Difference

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163 - Katie Kunda Pt 2: You’ve Got to Get the Buy-In

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162 - Katie Kunda Pt 1: A Jacqueline of All Trades

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161 - Karli Petruso Pt 1: Even Your Struggles Become Part of Your Growth

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160 - Eliana Lefkowitz: Big Heart, Big Smile

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159 - Becky Love-Kerley Pt 3: People Want One of the Three Hs

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158 - Becky Love-Kerley Pt 2: Every Single Day is a School Day

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157 - Becky Love-Kerley Pt 1: I'm an E.L.F.

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156 - Crystal Gower: There’s Still Rainbows Through the Storms

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155 - Jenn Moon: Taking the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly With Me

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LX - Three Takeaways from Today! (Bonus Episode)

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154 - Jayde Sagun and Maya Zilberstein: Strength in Numbers

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153 - Kim Wiest Pt 2: Consider That Whole Soul That is in Front of You

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152 - Kim Wiest Pt 1: I Became a Nurse By Accident

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151 - Jae McKinney: You Have Your Own Worth

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150 - Jamie Clark Pt 2: The Diverse Universe that is Nursing

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149 - Jamie Clark Pt 1: The Horse is the Gateway Drug

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148 - State of Feeding Our Young® 2025-2026

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147 - Chandy Thorn: I Never Considered Anything Else

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146 - Christopher Vertefeuille: Running Towards the Fire

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145 - Katelyn Makemson Pt 2: I Find Sanity in the Insanity

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144 - Katelyn Makemson Pt 1: Nursing Externships FTW!

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143 - Haleigh Gibson: Sometimes it Stings at First, and It’s Okay

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142 - Aysia Ramos: It’s Just a Little Hiccup in the Road

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141 - Brooke Peterson Pt 2: Everybody has Their Own Journey

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140 - Brooke Peterson Pt 1: Are You a Nurse Now, Brooke?

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139 - Tiffanie Rampley Pt 2: This Path Could Have Taken Me So Many Places

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138 - Tiffanie Rampley Pt 1: No Regrets

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137 - Daphne Roberts Pt 2: The Little In-Between Things

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136 - Daphne Roberts Pt 1: A Paper Cut and a SpongeBob Band-Aid

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135 - Maia Siemers: Ready to Write Her Own Story

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134 - Christina Peterson Pt 2: My Soul Was the Color of Overcast Sky

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133 - Christina Peterson Pt 1: The 1% Rule

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132 - Ani Posner Pt 2: A Beautiful Mess

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131 - Ani Posner Pt 1: It Doesn’t Feel Like Studying

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130 - Chris Sloan (Last Name) Pt 2: We Can Be Warm and Still Hold the Line

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129 - Chris Sloan (First Name) Pt 1: Never in a Million Years

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128 - Hannah Warnecke Pt 2: I Did Some Learning Against My Will Today

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127 - Hannah Warnecke Pt 1: I Like to be Around People Who Care About Other People

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126 - Callie Allen Pt 2: I Was Told I Wasn’t Smart Enough

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125 - Callie Allen Pt 1: This is Callie 2.0

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124 - Krista Chambers: Don’t Shy Away From Challenging Things

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123 - Sophie Chambers: It’s Okay to Take a Break

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122 - Kylyn Westerman: Nursing Chose Me

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121 - Tracey Zehm (Sheppard) Pt 2: …And Other Times Know Your Limits

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120 - Tracey Sheppard (Zehm) Pt 1: You Sometimes Just Do It…

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119 - Ashley Collins Pt 2: Just Keep Chipping Away

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118 - Ashley Collins Pt 1: The Train Keeps Moving, So Just Get On

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117 - Allie Henderson Pt 2: Keeping Your Eyes Open For the Moment

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116 - Allie Henderson Pt 1: Nursing School is Harder than NP School

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115 - Deanna Robertson: Holding Others’ Hands, Even When Mine Are Weak

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114 - Maddie Depner: A Flair for the Dramatic

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113 - Maliah Haroldson Pt 2: However Much You Want Out of It

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112 - Maliah Haroldson Pt 1: Presenting a Unified Front

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111 - Stella Reid Pt 2: That’s How My Little Chickens Were Born

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110 - Stella Reid Pt 1: I Saw My First Birth at 12 Years Old

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109 - Alex Giffin: Go Get a B!

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108 - Lisamarie Pietragallo Pt 2: Embrace the Suck

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107 - Lisamarie Pietragallo Pt 1: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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106 - Cade Riddle: Doing the Thing(s)

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105 - Jenn Boyer: Ride the Wave

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104 - Katie Barbera Pt 2: My Heart Was Tired

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103 - Katie Barbera Pt 1: Pick Your Role Models Carefully

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102 - Sydney Chambers: Every Difficult Moment is Temporary

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101 - Shea Mollahan Pt 2: Well-Grounded, Milking Life for All It’s Worth

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100 - Shea Mollahan Pt 1: It's Year One and I'm Still Here!

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99 - Behind Her Back

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98 - T.I.D.

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97 - Alert and Oriented x3

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96 - Yasmeen Lutchendorf: Friends or Not, Let's Go Save a Life

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95 - Brittany Slegers Pt 2: That's Not Your Only Identity

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94 - Brittany Slegers Pt 1: Expect the Unexpected

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93 - Kylee Trotter: Trading in Bats for Bedpans

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92 - Hallie Butler: I Don’t Ever Want to Stop Getting Better

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91 - Cassandra Firemark: Second Doesn’t Mean It’s the Worse Option

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90 - David Butters: It’s Like Putting Five Bucks in the Tank

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89 - Jasmine Cultum: Mindset's Everything

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88 - Lynzee Hewett: Brains and Beauty(cian)

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87 - Jordi De La Mora: Delusionally Optimistic

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86 - Kate Joy Pt 2: Host for a Day

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85 - Kate Joy Pt 1: Still Finding the Joy in Everyday Life

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84 - Sierra Martinsen: I'm Here for the Journey

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83: Shawna McMillan Pt 2: We all Have Biases; Investigate, Don't Ignore

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82 - Shawna McMillan Pt 1: Who Else Gets to Fall in Love as Often as I Do?

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81 - Kara Buller Pt 2: Enjoy the Ride!

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80 - Kara Buller Pt 1: I Threw My Name in the Hat

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79 - Elizabeth Jenkins: Sometimes It's the Simple Answers

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78 - Aly Willard: It's So Worth It!

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77 - Amanda Shafer Pt 2: Sourdough, Consent, and Nursing

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76 - Amanda Shafer Pt 1: Just Roll With Life

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75 - Samantha Lengerich Pt 2: You Have Overcome All of Your Hardest Days

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74 - Samantha Lengerich Pt 1: Climbing Hills Instead of Mountains

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73 - Izzie Wilkes Pt 2: We are Storytellers

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72 - Izzie Wilkes Pt 1: Rock Bottom, Twisps and Turns

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71 - Jennifer Evans Pt 2: Stop Shoulding on Yourself

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70 - Jennifer Evans Pt 1: I've Adopted You; You're My Kids Now

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69 - Lauren Avery: A Dream Delayed (Bringing the Fight to Every Day)

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68 - Sarah Byers: Being More Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

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67 - Nikki Hyche: You Can Do Anything as an Associate

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66 - Tera Tveit Pt 2: I Just Wanted to Be Numb

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65 - Tera Tveit Pt 1: All I Know So Far

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64 - Lindsey Gibson: Bedside, Management, and Educator - Oh My!

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63 - Jamie Felchlin: I Could Not See Myself Anywhere Else

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62 - Kenna Perkins Pt 3: Don’t Compare Your Insides to Other People’s Outsides

116

61 - Kenna Perkins Pt 2: On the Sunny Side of the Street

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60 - Kenna Perkins Pt 1: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

118

59 - Vanessa Arbuckle Pt 2: Ask Every Question!

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58 - Vanessa Arbuckle Pt 1: Blue Hair, Red Hot Reluctant Leader

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57 - Ranessa Acosta Pt 2: Inspirational Holistic Care for a Better You

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56 - Ranessa Acosta Pt 1: Success Without the Constant Grit and Hustle

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55 - Corey Clark Pt 2: Corey the Fighter, Round Two

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54 - Corey Clark Pt 1: Nursing Fight Club

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53 - Garret Clark Pt 2: From Lazy Student to Lover of Learning

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52 - Garret Clark Pt 1: Thanos of Emergency Nursing

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51 - Ashley Gonzalez Medrano Pt 2: It’s Okay to Make Mistakes

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50 - Ashley Gonzalez Medrano Pt 1: "Maybe Nursing's Not for You"

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49 (censored) - Laura Kortus Pt 2: The Accidents

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49 (explicit) - Laura Kortus Pt 2: The Accidents

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48 (censored) - Laura Kortus Pt 1: Answering the Calls

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48 (explicit) - Laura Kortus Pt 1: Answering the Calls

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47 - Abbie Johnson: The Power of a Tater Tot

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46 - Harlee Miller: Human Embodiment of Joy

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45 - Sherry Loubardias-Fassler Pt 2: Telling It Like It Is

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44 - Sherry Loubardias-Fassler Pt 1: Use Your Noggin

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43 - Jeanelle Classen: Taking Imperfect Action

137

42 - Jenna Serikaku: Poster Child of Resilience

138

41 - Aaron Danh: Looking Forward, Reaching Back

139

40 - State of Feeding Our Young 2024-2025

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39 - Gracie Burck: Stand Up for Yourself

141

38 - Mikail Simmons Pt 2: Impact of Others, Impact on Others

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37 - Mikail Simmons Pt 1: I'm Not Giving Up on Nursing!

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36 - Rachel Williams: Musician, "Gardener," Future Nurse

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35 - Kaylee Powers Pt 3: Seven Rejection Letters

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34 - Kaylee Powers Pt 2: Breaking Stereotypes Left and Right

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33 - Kaylee Powers Pt 1: The Music of Life

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32 - Angie Parker: Quote Unquote Failed

148

31 - Greg Vaughan: That's a GPA, Not a Baseball ERA

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30 - Jade Treese: Lightning Personified

150

29 - Amy Cathey: Non-Flashy but Sacred Moments

151

28 - Bella Hanna: Go Easy on Yourself!

152

27 - Melissa and Steven Bundy Pt 2: Married Single Parent Power Couple

153

26 - Melissa and Steven Bundy Pt 1: Opposites Attract

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25 - Gabe Vergara: Rice, Beans, Meat, Potatoes, and Elephants

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24 - Meghan Smith: "Confessions of" and Advice From a Nurse Manager

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23 - Jayden Hawley: Free Falling and "Failing" Forward

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22 - Mia Waters and Morgan Creekmore: Today's Hosts M&M

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21 - Mia Waters and Morgan Creekmore: Nursing School-Bonded Best Friends for Life

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20 - Clémence Kitambala Pt 2: Every Day I'm Awake, I'm Alive

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19 - Clémence Kitambala Pt 1: Woman of Three Countries

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18 - Krista Reilly: I'll Sing and Dance if it Helps You Learn

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17 - Gianna Callipari: Making Nursing School Fun

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16 - Melissa Resendiz: "¿Alguien Habla Español?" (Anybody Speak Spanish?)

164

15 - Noel Pitner Pt 2: One Year in the PICU

165

14 - Noel Pitner Pt 1: Chaos-Loving High Achiever

166

13 - Chloe Burley: Who Am I? (Finding Your Identity)

167

12 - Sue Perkins Pt 2: The ABCs of Nursing School

168

11 - Sue Perkins Pt 1: Be Happy With Who You Are

169

10 - Lucy Rash Pt 2: You're More than a Nursing Student

170

9 - Lucy Rash Pt 1: Glass Half Full

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8 - Kenzie Brown: You're Meant to Be Here

172

7 - Mary Bec Brown: Fundamental Truths

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6 - Katelyn Arlen: New Grad Life

174

5 - Maya Bell: Family Trailblazer

175

4 - Griffin Garman: Enjoy Every Day

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3 - Caitlin Lintoco: Smiling a Million Smiles

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2 - Morgan Johnson: Perfectionist No More

178

1 - What Do You Mean 'No Recipes?'