Head-to-toe

Read the blog post (written version) of this podcast here.  *The written version is slightly different, it's not a transcription. I encourage you to read it and check out my other writings at mariemacmillan.com* It Turns Out Working Mothers Can’t Have It All This popular ‘myth’ of motherhood is stretching women and families too thin at the cost of our health and happiness. By Shannon Hennig. Read it here. Coronavirus Is Killing the Working Mother It was hard enough to “have it all” before — but the pandemic could force out a generation of moms out of the workforce. By EJ Dickson. Read it here.    Thank you for listening the last four years! Please feel free to keep in touch!   Marie MacMillan Author / Writer / Podcast Host Email: macmillanpages@gmail.com  Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com Website: mariemacmillan.com  Facebook: www.facebook.com/macmillanpages LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmillanpages/ Twitter & Instagram @macmillanpages

Hackathons. Going to remote learning literally overnight. Supporting new moms in a quarantine world postpartum. Building community and on how we should educate nurses in pandemic 2020 and beyond. Find her on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-wallace-msn-rn-fiel-28a57b38/ More about SONSIEL here: https://www.sonsiel.org/

Exhaustion. Being called a hero. Calling in the National Guard for angry visitors at hospital entrances. Just another day in the bougiest part of Atlanta. Find Ashley on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram @ablackmonaprn Follow #getthemppe

No family visitors. Low census and furloughs. Not enough PPE. Feeling the effects of COVID in a variety of ways. Find Kurt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurt-schroeder-msn-rn-rfc%C2%AE-75220728/

  Proning. Masking intubated patients. Pride, joy, fear and frustration. Welcome to the “new normal.” Ventilator Management Tip Sheet for non-ICU clinicians: https://quickicutraining.com/_files/200000269-23ebb23ebe/Ventilator%20Tip%20Sheet.pdf Quick Ventilation Management Video https://www.aarc.org/resources/clinical-resources/pandemic-ventilation-video-series-covid-19/ Previous Head-to-Toe episode featuring Jon: https://headtotoe.podbean.com/e/trending-topics-speaking-tidal-volumes-about-rts/ Find Jon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-c-inkrott-rrt-rrt-accs-7765bb1a0/

Best Stories 2019 A Labor and Delivery nurse sheds cynicism and rediscovers positivity. An ICU nurse endures being a patient for the first time. A new graduate nurse finishes his first year in the profession and earns advanced credentials. Two nurses celebrate their innovation born out of bedside work and enjoy the benefits of their self-invented success. Thank you to the show guests KP, Tracee, Taofiki and Joey! To check out Frontier LLC’s products including the Safe Seizure pads head to https://frontierhealthresources.com/

Trending Topics: Sports Medicine, with Dr. Jonathan Gelber Magic Johnson and HIV. Len Bias and drug laws. Tommy John surgery and high school baseball today. Learn about the Cobra effects of these athletes’ stories and more from a conversation with sports medicine physician and author Dr. Jonathan Gelber.  Show Notes Find Dr. Gelber’s book, Tiger Woods's Back and Tommy John's Elbow: Injuries and Tragedies That Transformed Careers, Sports, and Society, on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Tommy-Johns-Elbow-Tiger-Woodss/dp/1683582586/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=jonathan+gelber&qid=1574456076&sr=8-1   For more on sports and athletes mentioned in the show… There’s an ESPN documentary about Magic Johnson’s announcement about his HIV diagnosis – stream it on Amazon Prime, more info here> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3107982/ And yet another ESPN 30-for-30 documentary about Len Bias and the drugs laws created after his tragic death, more info here> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205503/   Regarding women

Trending Topics: Matrescence – with Sarah Suhrstedt, Certified Birth Educator & Doula   Birthing babies. Teaching new parents. Just how scientifically real “mom brain” is and the physiological transition into motherhood. Listen now to the neonatal nerdout with certified birth educator and doula, Sarah Suhrstedt.   Last podcast episode until late fall! #vaginasareslinkies #illbeback   *** Sarah Suhrstedt, B.S., M.A.T., CCCE, SBD, Owner of SMART Birth Services Website: https://sarahsuhrstedt.wixsite.com/smartbirthservices Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SMARTbirthservices/ Email: smartbirthservices@gmail.com   NYT article on Matrescence: “The Birth of a Mother” by Alexandra Sacks, MD https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/well/family/the-birth-of-a-mother.html Dr. Sacks’ TEDTalk on matrescence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOsX_HnJtHU And one more article from Dr. Sacks here at Medium https://medium.com/@alexandrasacks/matrescence-what-is-it-bea6aa0450d0 Scientific American® article on the gr

Show Notes Read/listen to Dr. Zahir Basrai’s Physician Grind Blog and Podcast here > www.physiciangrind.com Music: Wesley Price – LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/ Editing: Spooked Girl Productions - Instagram @spookedgirlproductions https://www.instagram.com/spookedgirlproductions/ Thanks to the Episode Sponsor Luxe Pillow! – luxepillow.com – use the coupon code “headtotoe” in your checkout for 10% off!

Nurses Week 2019 Listen to President Barack Obama’s full address to the ANA from 2010 here: https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/barackobama/barackobamanursesassociation.htm *Correction: In the episode I state this speech occurred on July 16th, 2010 - which is an error, it actually occurred JUNE 16th, 2010. (...July 16th is my baby's due date, ah!) Thanks for listening to this special episode of Head-to-Toe! I’d like to thank everyone who has made monetary contributions for the podcast’s 3rd birthday which we celebrated in April. Whether it was $10 or $100, thanks so much guys for supporting the show and keeping this healthcare storytelling project going. Rudy Garcia Ashley Blackmon Caryl Schiavon Joyce Auxier Blythe Harrison-Sayre Engel Jones Matt Potter Sam Koubba And everyone else who contributed at the $3 level as well, thank you. Thank you to the podcast sponsor Luxe Pillow – need a late Mother’s Day gift? Head to luxepillow.com and use the checkout code “headtotoe” to get 10% off a won

“You are what your baby needs, not your breast milk,” “Before I only had anxiety and now, I have confidence,” “What your patients need is you. It’s YOU.” “But here’s the thing about medicine. Anything you choose is going to become routine, eventually, and so you have to look for the thing where you get something more.” —and other quotes about the absolute insanity of raising healthy children by today’s standards. Please enjoy my conversation with pediatrician and writer Alison Escalante, MD about the genesis of her career from history major to med school to TEDx speaker, with advice for new parents and new pediatrics practitioners alike. Alison Escalante, MD is a Pediatrician, TEDx Speaker, Writer and Woman on a Mission to ease the epidemic of anxiety that has convinced us we are always failing and is stealing our joy. She has developed a 3-step method to help parents raised their kids skillfully AND enjoy doing it. She writes for Psychology Today and her website is alisonescalante.com. She has degrees f

Show Notes: Download your state’s Advance Directive information > http://www.caringinfo.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3289 Portland, Oregon Death Café’s > http://deathtalkproject.com/pdx-death-cafe/ Find a labyrinth near you by typing in your zip code here > https://labyrinthlocator.com/   Anne Richardson’s website and contact info: anne@nurtureyourjourney.net nurtureyourjourney.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nurtureyourjourney.net Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nurtureyourjourney/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaplainanne/ Anne’s England journey blog: http://nurtureyourjourney.net/blog/2019/3/5/sojourning-with-grief-the-call-to-go-home Anne’s Poetry: http://nurtureyourjourney.net/poetry-anne-richardson   Special thanks to: Wesley Price for the intro/outro music! – LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/ Tara Voshell for help with editing! - Instagram @tvosh_edits https://www.instagram.com/tvosh_edits/ And the Episode Sponsor Luxe Pillow! luxepillow.com

Hearing Myself Talk, Vol. 3 Lost seals, anti-vaxxers, and measles, oh my! Guestless, Marie discusses the current buzz in healthcare news, reads listener thoughts on patients leaving AMA, and shares her current suggestions on things you should read / listen to / watch / and donate to.   Show Notes Information on measles from the CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/measles/vaccination.html   For the pro-vaccination healthcare professional in need of a good laugh at the expense of an anti-vaxxer’s ego, check out the litany of HILARIOUS responses to this post here: https://percolately.com/jessie/anti-vaxxer-asks-for-measles-protection-advice/?utm_content=inf_10_4134_2&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=GTAK&tse_id=INF_b136e9a0257811e9b433ab68d22425b2 …full disclosure, I did not participate in the poop-flinging but I did laugh pretty loud.   “Stranded seal makes its way to Newfoundland hospital” - https://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20190126/NEWS/190129978   “Young patient delivers award-winning ho