EmpoweRNment: Nurse Burnout Podcast

EmpoweRNment: Nurse Burnout Podcast

Hosted by: Janna Holterman

This podcast teaches burnt-out nurses how to navigate a broken healthcare system so you can love what you do no matter where you work as a nurse. This is for the nurse who is experiencing burnout yet recognizes that...

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15. Being Where you Want to Be in Your Nursing Career

It's easy to feel like you're not where you want to be in your nursing career and life. Nursing creates heavy demands on you that leave most of us just going through the motions and not moving forward in our careers...
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14. Talking to Your Nurse Manager

Do you ever feel like things would be better if you just changed a few things about your nursing job? A lot of that starts with advocating for your needs like you advocate for you patients. Once you’re clear on what...
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13. Being Valued as a Nurse

Do you feel undervalued and unappreciated in your nursing job? I talk about how I went from resenting my job for not appreciating me to confidently knowing my worth and the value I add as a nurse on my unit. It's not...
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12. Going Through the Motions as a Nurse

You feel like you're numbed out to life right now. Your alarm goes off for your shift and you get that sense of dread but you drag yourself to work. You expect to get a train wreck patient or admission because that's...
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11. Compassion Fatigue in Nurse Burnout

Compassion fatigue is something people talk about in healthcare but what does that really mean? I talk about one of my clients experiences of it and how it actually occurs as bedside nurse. Connect with me on IG:...
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10. Handling Dumpster Fire Shifts as a Burnt Out Nurse

I have had a few weeks of chaotic shifts, where patients are crashing and i've been running around like wild. I have the skills and tools to handle these shifts and I share what has worked for me and my clients in...
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9. Starting to Feel Better as a Burnt Out Nurse

This is a tool I use, I teach my clients, I've taught in other workshops and on podcasts because it works. Your brain works in patterns and your current pattern is recreating and finding more evidence to reinforce...
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8. Worst Case Scenario Thinking for Nurses experiencing Burnout

Your brains are designed to keep you safe. In nursing there are "threats" to your brain safety that leave you dreading going into shifts and putting yourself in those difficult situations. I talk about how this works...
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7. The 4 Components of Nurse Burnout

In this episode we cover the 3 components of regular burnout that nurses experience with an additional 4 component that is unique to healthcare providers. Burnout prevention is not something that we are taught in...
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6. Self-care for nurses experiencing burnout

You're drained and burnt out from nursing. You feel like you need to do more self-care but just have no time after your mile long to do list. When we are in a state of burnout we need to take a step back and say NO to...
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5. Handling Emotions as a Nurse Experiencing Burnout

Your circumstances don't always equal your burnout. In nursing school we were taught how to care for a patient's illness. We were not taught out how handle their behavior, or the stress of life and death situations....
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Nurse Coaching, Therapy vs career consulting

This episode i dive into the difference between coaching, therapy and consulting for nurses experiencing burnout. I give a little clarity around each and how they could help you. I also cover a bit more about how I...
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