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The Gritty Nurse — 101 episodes

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Taking Care: The Untold Story of The History of Nursing with Sarah DiGregorio

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Crisis as a Catalyst: How Compassion, Meditation and Psychedelics Was the Path To Healing with ED Physician Dr. William Berk

3

Perimenopause, Pleasure Principles and Purpose: Menopause On MY Terms with Shirley Weir

4

The Power of The Pivot: Rediscovering Your Love For Nursing In Non-Traditional Nursing Careers

5

From the Frontlines of Healthcare to the JUNOS: Muscian & Mental Health Strategist Catherine Harrison on The Cost of Caring In Nursing and Entertainment Industries

6

Ink or Expertise: Discussing the Pardox of Professionalism With The Tattooed Nurse Jesse Barmby

7

Cluck around and find out: Why your birth plan needs more Birth Vibes and less fear with Jen Hamilton RN

8

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

9

Dismissed and Unprotected: Nurse Danielle Gibbs Koenitzer Experinece at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital

10

Nursing Voice is CRITICAL in AI and HealthTech: Why Tech Giants Can't Disrupt Healthcare Without Us with Rebecca Love RN, BS, MSN, FIEL

11

End of the Status Quo: A Revolutionary Blueprint for Canadian Healthcare with The Honourable Marjorie Michel~Federal Minister of Health

12

From Surviving Nursing To Thriving In Nursing! Driving Change Through Oppurunity and Impact with Dr. Katie Boston-Leary

13

Sonographers have feelings too! Beyond the Screen & Compassionate Conversations with Expert Ultrasound Jessi Dressler

14

Why Everything You Know About Food Allergies is Changing: Early Introduction, Testing Myths, and Health Equity with Pediatric Allergist & Immunolgist Dr. Zainab Abdurrahman

15

Finlay's Voice: A Mother's Fight to Fix Canada's ER Crisis with Hazel van der Werken

16

96% Vote to Strike: Seattle Children's Nurses Fight for Safety w/ Kara Yates & Therese Hill

17

Dying to be Seen: The Gritty Truth Is We ALL Need To Fight for Canadian Medicare

18

Nursing Ratios & Union Power with Michael Hurley President of Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE

19

Sepsis, Equity, and the Fight for a National Standards In Canada with PhD. Candidate & Prominent Researcher Fatima Sheikh

20

Why Boys Need Anti-Manosphere Education: Feminism, Neurodivergence, and Challenging Patriarchy

21

Hospice Nurse Penny on "Influencing Death," End-of-Life Myths, and The Difference Between Hospice and Palliative Care

22

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)

23

Are You A Caregiver in Crisis? Discussing Support & Solutions with Ontario Caregiver Organization CEO Amy Coupal

24

When The Nurse Becomes the Patient: Emily Edwards on Her MS Diagnosis and Fighting to Be Heard

25

EVERY Nurse Has a Ghost Story: The rule of 3, Crash Carts Outside of Rooms and Never Say The "Q" Word

26

Healthcare Can Be Horror: Examining Nursing Portrayals, Asylum History and Medical Phobias in Healthcare

27

What's Your Fight Language? Decoding Conflict and Communication in Healthcare with Lena Morgan

28

The Maligning Manager: We Must Address Substance Use in Healthcare Workers Without Shame!

29

A $20M Wake-Up Call:The Landmark DonQuenick Joppy Case, Racism, Retaliation, and the Future of Nursing

30

U.S. Healthcare Reform or Disaster? Breaking Down RFK Jr.'s "Big Beautiful Bill"

31

Is Nursing a Profession Worth Dying For? No, it's Not...

32

Embracing Change in Nursing: The Gritty Nurse is Back

33

I Got Ghosted, But I am Still Alive To Tell The Tale: Ghosting is NOT Boundary Setting

34

The Illusion of Support to Increase Social Capital: Unmasking Peformative Allyship and HACKtivism

35

Mindfulness Monday – Focus on YOU (Not Them!) with Amie Archibald-Varley

36

Cheater, Cheater, Pumpkin Eater: When Personal Actions Cost Professional Trust

37

Finding Your Anchor: A 5-Minute Mindfulness Practice for Uncertainty

38

Life is not TYPICAL: Unravelling the Illusion of a Linear Life

39

Beyond the Bedside: Our Healthcare Future (with Former Minister Mark Holland)

40

The Cure That Should Be Written Into Policy: Prescribing Housing for Health with Dr. Andrew Boozary

41

F*ck the Cake, WE WANT Change: Maybe It's Not Time For Celebration For Nurses Week

42

We Need Another Leader: Navigating Difficult Times with Authentic Leadership, Courage and Clarity

43

Does the CMA Apology Go Far Enough? Indigenous Sovereignty of Health And The Pathway To Healing with Dr. Jamaica Cass

44

Speaking Through Silence: Broken Oaths & Healthcare's Lack of Morality On The Crisis in Palestine with Dr. Yipeng Ge

45

We Need a Prescription for Leadership: Hamza Khan on Leading vs Managing

46

Decoding the Deception: RFK Jr.'s RACIST Vaccine Lies and the Fight Against Medical Misinformation

47

Fraud, Felonies and Murder: True Crime in the Medical World From the Medical Investigators Notebook

48

Fractured Innocence: An NICU Nurse's Betrayal

49

That's a Holiday Wrap: Our Gritty Insights for 2025!

50

Climate change and Healthcare: The Hurricane Effect in Health with Nurse Jessica Sites and Raluca Ralu

51

The Mo-ment of Truth: A Hairy Discussion on Men's Health & Prostate Cancer

52

Women's Bodies Are On the Ballot, Our Choice Is On The Line: The Right To Choose With Leader of NDP Jagmeet Singh

53

Halloween Hospital Hell: Tales From the Dark Side of the Hospital Room

54

Vacation from Hell! You Never Get to Hang Up Your Stethoscope!

55

Your Personal Health Information up for Ransom: Hospital Cyberattacks Are On The Rise

56

Health Equity, Medical School & Creating Healthy Changes: Toronto Metropolitan School of Medicine with Dean Dr. Teresa Chan!

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We're ALL Nurses, but not all TREATED like Nurses: Spotlight on The Registered Practical Nurse

58

The Dangers of Sleep Deprivation: A Nurse Drives Off a Parking Garage and a Nurse at a Strip Club

59

You Left WHAT in my Body?! A Patient's Worst Nightmare!

60

Reconciliation is more than a Checkbox: An Important Conversation with Len Pierre

61

Leaving the Bedside for the Bedroom: The Hottest Job Trend in Nursing~ Working from Home with Nurse Fern!

62

National Nursing Staffing Ratios --Why Don't We Have Them? With Nurse Jessica Sites & Nurse Erica

63

Nursing Seniority: A tradition or a travesty?

64

National Nursing Week conversation with the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau

65

Nurses Getting Sh*t DONE: The Wisdom of Nurses is a #1 National Best Selling Book!!!!

66

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP): There's a New Kind of Nurse in Town!

67

What is the HARDEST specialty in nursing? Move out of the way ICU....

68

A Historic Document For Nursing Retention: Collaboration, Consultation & Connection: For us, by us!

69

Nursing: The most Trusted Profession but the LEAST RESPECTED Profession

70

Lucy Letby: Nurse and Serial Killer of Babies in The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

71

Criminalization of Miscarriage: Brittany Watts and The Black Maternal Health Crisis

72

Quick and Gritty Takes: News Ep. 2

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"Mother knows best?" When your parents health remedies Do Not Match Your Health Science Background

74

Quick & Gritty Takes: News Ep 1

75

The Rise & Popularity of Ozempic Use: What is the "skinny" truth of this "wonder" Drug

76

A Book, A Baby, A Renewed Focus for 2024: Year End in Review

77

What Will it Take to Retain Nurses? Tangible, Measurable, NURSE- LED interventions

78

Medicine Needs a #MeToo Movement: How can a Doctor be Suspended 3X For Sexual Assault STILL Practice?

79

Nursing During Times of War: Healthcare Should NEVER be Military Targets

80

Gritty Nurse Halloween Edition: What Makes Hospitals So Scary???

81

Learning How to Own our Own Struggles: A Road to Recovery with Minaa B~ Social Worker, Author & WONDERMIND Mental Health Advisor

82

Privatized Healthcare is no ROYALE with CHEESE

83

Are you a Nursing Advocate or a Nursing Influencer? Healthcare Professionals in the Spotlight

84

Healthcare, Gender Expression and Combatting Hate: Trans Rights are Human Rights with Advocate Fae Johnstone!

85

A Nursing Retention Strategy FOR US, BY US: Discussions with Chief Nursing Officer of Canada Dr. Leigh Chapman

86

A Historic Wage Increase for Nurses...But not ALL Nurses...

87

More than "Just a Nurse" with Nurse Blake: Advocate, Entrepreneur and Comedian

88

Is the Florence App Uber for Nurses? The intersection of Health & Tech with Shelly-Ann Rampersad

89

In Between Life and Death: Chat with Hospice Nurse Hadley!

90

The Controversial Use of Agency Nurses: Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game!

91

As You Get Older Will We Care For You?: Interview with the Minister of Seniors of Canada

92

Notorious Nurses: Fraud, Scandal and Murder

93

The Intersection of Healthcare and Comedy: Two Gritty Nurses, a Doctor and a Comedian!

94

Nurses Murdered by their Partners: The Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence

95

Manslaughter Charges Dropped & Unequal Justice: The Nurse DonQuenick Joppy Story

96

Bad NICU Nurse: What Happens When a Nurse is the One Abusing Patients

97

Becoming Your Own Boss: Rise of the Nurse Entrepreneur with Janine Kelbach

98

Ep 3. NYC Nurses Striking to Save Our Patients, Healthcare System & Profession

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Destroying the Public Healthcare System to Fund a Private One: The New Wave of Healthcare in Canada

100

As a Nurse, We Have a Nursing Ick: It's Nurses Doing Ick Videos About Patients

101

Over 1700+ Minutes, Listened to in 27 Countries and Top 5% of Podcasts: The Gritty Nurses Say Goodbye to 2022!