Caitlin Heberer is the Magnet Program Director for UCI Health. Hear about her not-so-traditional path to nursing, how to say yes to more nursing opportunities, why nursing doesn’t stop when you move beyond bedside nursing, how to take the leap to a different area of nursing, and how to smoothly transition to a new nursing role.

Learn more about Caitlin Heberer at UCI.edu, on LinkedIn, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Six Essential Standards for Healthy Work Environments, and dive into the research on nurse burnout & patient outcomes here

Beth Otterbein is a Faith Community Nursing Outreach RN in the Spiritual Care Department at Hoag Hospital. Hear about what a Faith Community Nurse actually does, why we seek spiritual comfort when we receive serious news, and why the spiritual side of patient care can often be forgotten.

Learn more about Beth Otterbein at Hoag.org, on LinkedIn, the Westberg Institute’s Foundations of Faith Community Nursing course, and dive into the research on spirituality & mental health here

Raychell Jones is a Registered Nurse with 15 years of experience in hospice care. She’s the Founder of All Things Hospice, dedicated to serving San Diego County with a comprehensive range of hospice services & resources. Hear the difference between hospice care & palliative care, why hospice care is truly about relief, why hospice care is worth pursuing in your nursing career, why we should talk about death, and where formal schooling falls short on end-of-life training.

Learn more about Raychell Jones at AllThingsHospice.com, on LinkedIn, and dive into the research on hospice care length here

Christy Ragland is a Registered Nurse with nearly 30 years of clinical nursing experience and extensive experience in nursing education. She’s the Founder & Principal Consultant at Ragland Legal Nurse Consulting (RLNC), where she helps attorneys make sense of complex medical records through thorough record review, clear clinical chronologies, and concise medical summaries. Hear her personal medical journey, the truth behind the nursing shortage, why you should consider legal nurse consulting, what a day in the life is like for a legal nurse consultant, and how to become an expert at legal nurse consulting.

Learn more about Christy Ragland at RaglandLNC.com, the SDSU Global Campus Legal Nurse Consultant Program, the Limitless Legal Nurse Consulting Podcast with Anna Gray, and dive into the research on the nursing shortage here

Dr. Amanda Thurman is a Family Nurse Practitioner with a background in pediatrics, women’s health, internal medicine, and college health. She’s a Program Director & Assistant Professor at the Azusa Pacific University School of Nursing, and her practice is at a free & charitable clinic in San Diego serving patients who have no other access to care. Hear why you should say yes to new opportunities in your nursing career, the patient experience at her free & charitable clinic, the origins of her calling to address food insecurity, and how free & charitable clinics can turn food into healthcare.

Learn more about Dr. Amanda Thurman on the Azusa Pacific University site, the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NAFC) site, the FRAC’s SNAP Challenge site, and dive into the research here and here

Dr. Dawn Bounds is a Nurse Scientist, an Associate Professor at the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing at UC Irvine, and the Leader of the Centering Youth & Families for Empowerment and Resilience (CYFER) Lab. She’s established herself as a leader and a changemaker in the field of youth mental health. Hear the interaction that inspired her to become a nurse, how she decided to focus on children, how to care for children who have been through so much trauma, the magic behind securing grants, and what she expects out of her current & future research.

Learn more about Dr. Dawn Bounds on the UCI site, and check out The THRIVE Study and what are said to be the strengths of an Aries

Dr. Mike Bueno is a Registered Nurse and an Associate Clinical Professor at the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing at UC Irvine. His research focuses on the experiences of the understudied population of male caregivers for persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, and how masculinity and gendered expectations influence their caregiver role. Hear why he didn’t initially want to be a nurse when he graduated high school, how to find your first nursing job & nursing specialty, the reality of being a male nurse, how he got into teaching nursing, and the most fascinating insights from his research.

Learn more about Dr. Mike Bueno on the UCI site, check out his research, join Jack’s Caregiver Coalition, and read about former NFL players becoming nurses

Dr. Shelley Burke is a Registered Nurse and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing at UC Irvine. She’s worked in pediatric nursing for over 25 years and has over 4 decades in healthcare. Hear how her desire to be a nurse started at an early age, how she became a nurse after moving to the US at age 19, how she handled the first patient death she experienced as a nurse, what surprised her while teaching PEWS in Vietnam, and what she learned about nursing when writing her book.

Learn more about Dr. Shelley Burke on the UCI site, and check out The Unsung Heroes: Nurses on Amazon, Instagram @UnsungHeroesNurses, and the Unsung Heroes: Nurses Facebook community