Elizabeth Scala, The Nurse Within

Get Social Health with Janet Kennedy

My guest today is Elizabeth Scala, another healthcare podcaster, and the host of Your Next Shift. Elizabeth is a one-woman media company. She's a nurse and the author of Nursing from Within and Stop Nurse Burnout. Elizabeth is also a frequent keynote speaker on the topic of nurse burnout. With her RN/FM co-hosts, Keith Carlson and Kevin Ross, founded the Pulse Media Network to help bring more healthcare podcasts to audiences. Our conversation will focus on, you guessed it, nurse burnout and the stresses unique to the field. Join us for our conversation on Get Social Health. Listen to the podcast or drop in at the time stamps below: 00:43 Introduction 03:42 Psych nurse stress 05:39 31 flavors of nursing 06:10 About your podcast, Next Shift 08:12 Connecting with your audience 10:14 No idea how to describe this question 10:53 Leading causes of nurse burnout 13:07 Is burnout unique to service jobs? 14:07 Family dynamics of patients 15:12 Your training regime 16:11 Self-regulating burnout 17:12 Burnout into bullying, or vice versa? 19:15 Caring for caregivers 20:05 "The Nurse Within" 21:22 Why you do what you do 22:12 Have e-records helped the nursing experience? 23:52 Nursing is the mother of invention 24:24 About your podcast friends... 26:49 Pulse media network 28:39 Podcast proponent 29:30 Getting in touch 30:45 End 31:22 Social Media Tip: Ahmanielle Hall 31:55 Closing Connect with Elizabeth You can find Elizabeth's website here: elizabethscala.com You can also find Pulse Media Network Book Elizabeth to speak Nursing from Within - book Stop Nurse Burnout - book Art of Nursing Nurse's Week program Nursing from Within Facebook page Connect on LinkedIn RN/FM Radio