Exclusive: "See You Now," a New Podcast All About Nurses, Will Launch in January
Nurses currently make up the largest group of health professionals—now 3.5 million people strong, 90% of whom are women. And yet, nurses are identified as sources in only 2% of quotes in articles and have never been sourced for stories on policy, according to a 2018 revisiting of The Woodhull Study, which first looked at nurses’ representation in health news media in 1998.
That’s going to change thanks to a new podcast called See You Now, produced by Johnson & Johnson and the American Nurses Association. It launches January 28, 2020, but we got a sneak peek at a few episodes.
Go here to listen to the See You Now podcast trailer.
On the podcast, host Shawna Butler, a nurse economist and health technology specialist, has in-depth conversations with nurses who are driving change and transformation across the healthcare industry—many times starting within a single patient’s room.
Like Jonathan Bartel, a palliative-care nurse who came up with “The Pause,” a moment of reflection to honor an individual who has passed away, as well as the work that went into trying to save the person. In his episode of See You Now, Bartel described how he got the idea: It came to him when a colleague offered to say a prayer after the death of a patient, but because he is of a different religion, the language didn’t feel quite right. The Pause is a non-denominational template, building on his colleague’s good intentions, to honor a lost life in a moment when words are hard to come by.
While Bartel’s episode focuses on creating meaning out of everyday events (at least in palliative care), Sharon Vanairsdale and Colleen Kraft offer a glimpse inside the extraordinary work that goes into caring for a single patient with a highly communicable disease. Vanarisdale, an Ebola Care Nurse, and Kraft, former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said that in a world where “you can be anywhere in 24 hours,” one slip-up in their field can have dire consequences. Together, they shared insights on the importance of communication—as well as happy moments like the “hug-a-thon” that goes down when a recovered patient is discharged.
And that’s just the beginning. Listeners will also hear from the nursing team at the first HIV/AIDS ward that helped patients physically and emotionally move forward despite the enormous stigma then associated with the disease, as well as an emergency room nurse who invented, developed, and patented a device to prevent hot car deaths called “Backseet Buddy.”
This podcast is for anyone who wants to understand what goes into healthcare, from the people on the frontlines. Go here to learn more and subscribe.
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