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The Art of Tough Conversations: Communicating With Patients and Families During Serious Illness SUMMARY:  Nurses routinely encounter difficult conversations with patients and families involving serious illness, prognosis, goals of care, and emotionally charged decisions. This podcast explores communication as a clinical competency and examines practical strategies for responding with honesty, empathy, active listening, and patient-centered communication. Participants will learn approaches for navigating uncertainty, managing challenging reactions, engaging the interprofessional team, and strengthening confidence in difficult conversations. --- Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click here Already an Elite Member? Login here Learn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare View Episode Takeaways View this podcast course on Elite Learning Series: The Art of Tough Conversations: Communicating With Patients and Families During Serious Illness

From Bedside to Broadband: Exploring Virtual Nursing SUMMARY:  Virtual nursing is emerging as an important model for extending nursing expertise, supporting bedside clinicians, and improving care delivery across a variety of healthcare settings. In this podcast, Dr. Katie Boston-Leary discusses how virtual nursing differs from traditional telehealth, common applications of virtual nursing, and the relationship between virtual and bedside nurses. The discussion also addresses implementation challenges, patient relationships, privacy and safety considerations, workforce implications, and opportunities for virtual nursing in areas such as medical-surgical care, maternal health, and rural healthcare. --- Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click here Already an Elite Member? Login here Learn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare View Episode Takeaways View this podcast course on Elite Learning Series: From Bedside to Broadband: Exploring Virtual Nursing

She Was Told She Couldn't Be a Nurse Because She Uses a Wheelchair: Andrea Dalzell's Story SUMMARY:  Meet Andrea Dalzell - a registered nurse and disability advocate who was once told she'd “never be a nurse” because of her disability. In this episode of the Elite Learning Podcast, Andrea shares her journey from patient to bedside ICU nurse during COVID-19, why nursing education still isn’t accessible for students with disabilities, and how her nonprofit The Seated Standard is building frameworks to help hospitals better care for disabled patients. She and host Dr. Mackenzie Butler dig into humanizing bedside care, listening to understand (not to respond), and practical steps any nurse can take to become a stronger disability advocate.  Topics covered in this course include disability inclusion in nursing, accessibility barriers in nursing school, patient-centered care, advocacy for nurses with disabilities, COVID-19 ICU nursing experience, and building a more humane healthcare system.  This podcast course is intended for nurses and other healthcare professionals seeking to strengthen disability inclusion, patient-centered communication, and whole-person care. Through Andrea Dalzell’s experience as a registered nurse and disability advocate, the course explores structural and attitudinal barriers that affect access to nursing education and practice for individuals with disabilities. Learners will examine how bias, assumptions, and diagnosis-focused approaches can limit patient care and professional opportunity. The episode also highlights practical strategies for active listening, humanizing bedside care, connecting patients with community resources, and supporting disabled patients and colleagues. This course is appropriate for professionals interested in improving therapeutic communication, disability advocacy, and inclusive healthcare practice. --- Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click here Already an Elite Member? Login here Learn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare View this podcast course on Elite Learning Series: She Was Told She Couldn't Be a Nurse Because She Uses a Wheelchair Andrea Dalzell's Story

From Practice to Publication: Writing for Publication for Nurses SUMMARY:  Nurses have valuable clinical knowledge, practice improvements, and professional experiences that can benefit others, yet many are unsure how to turn those ideas into publishable work. This episode explores how nurses can identify a strong topic, select an appropriate journal, develop and organize a manuscript, avoid common publication mistakes, and respond to peer review. The discussion also addresses authorship, publication ethics, patient privacy, predatory journals, and practical strategies for moving from an idea to a submitted manuscript. --- Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click here Already an Elite Member? Login here Learn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare View Episode Takeaways View this podcast course on Elite Learning Series: From Practice to Publication: Writing for Publication for Nurses

Beyond the Credential: How Nursing Certification Strengthens Practice and Professional Growth SUMMARY:  Nursing certification is more than a professional credential. It reflects a nurse’s commitment to specialty knowledge, evidence-based practice, lifelong learning, and improved patient and organizational outcomes. In this episode, Dr. Margo Halm discusses the value of nursing certification through the lens of nursing science, professional development, and practice improvement. Listeners will explore how certification supports clinical confidence, strengthens professional practice environments, and helps nurses connect specialty expertise with evidence-based care. --- Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click here Already an Elite Member? Login here Learn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare View Episode Takeaways View this podcast course on Elite Learning Series: Beyond the Credential: How Nursing Certification Strengthens Practice and Professional Growth

Stepping Into Nurse Leadership: What Every Bedside Nurse Needs to Know SUMMARY:  This episode explores the critical transition from clinical nurse to nurse leader, examining the challenges of moving from peer to supervisor and the essential competencies needed to build high-performing teams. Participants will learn practical strategies for managing conflict, delivering difficult feedback, navigating staff scheduling dilemmas, and understanding the budget fundamentals that drive unit operations.   --- Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click here Already an Elite Member? Login here Learn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare View Episode Takeaways View this podcast course on Elite Learning Series: Stepping Into Nurse Leadership: What Every Bedside Nurse Needs to Know

Beyond the Fear: Understanding AI in Healthcare and Nursing SUMMARY:  Artificial intelligence is changing how nurses access information, document care, educate patients, and support clinical decisions. This episode explores practical uses of AI in healthcare, along with concerns related to accuracy, bias, privacy, overreliance, and loss of human connection. Listeners will learn how to use AI as a support tool while preserving professional judgment, critical thinking, and compassionate care. The discussion also highlights how thoughtful AI use may improve efficiency, strengthen learning, and support evidence-based practice.  --- Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click here Already an Elite Member? Login here Learn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare View Episode Takeaways View this podcast course on Elite Learning Series: Beyond the Fear: Understanding AI in Healthcare and Nursing

Supporting Neurodivergency in Healthcare Professionals SUMMARY:  Neurodiversity is an important consideration in nursing education, clinical learning environments, and healthcare workforce development. This activity explores how neurodivergent learners and professionals experience traditional educational systems, including barriers related to disclosure, accommodations, assessment design, communication, executive functioning, and implicit bias. Participants will examine practical strategies for creating inclusive learning environments through trauma-informed teaching, Universal Design for Learning, transparency in teaching, and competency-based education. Emphasis is placed on maintaining academic and clinical standards while reducing unnecessary barriers that can affect learner success, faculty well-being, workforce retention, and patient care.  --- Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click here Already an Elite Member? Login here Learn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare View Episode Takeaways View this podcast course on Elite Learning Series: Supporting Neurodivergency in Healthcare Professionals

Before You Post: Professional Standards and Social Media in Healthcare SUMMARY:  Social media has become a powerful influence on how the public perceives healthcare and nursing practice. Viral videos often present brief, emotionally engaging snapshots of clinical situations, yet they frequently omit critical context related to patient safety, ethical decision making, and standards of care. This podcast explores how social media content can misrepresent real clinical practice, examines the ethical and legal risks for nurses, and provides guidance on maintaining professionalism while engaging in digital spaces. The discussion aims to equip healthcare professionals with the tools to critically evaluate online content and uphold the integrity of the nursing profession. --- Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click here Already an Elite Member? Login here Learn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare View Episode Takeaways View this podcast course on Elite Learning Series: Before You Post: Professional Standards and Social Media in Healthcare

Nursing Scandals Unmasked: What Social Media Isn’t Telling You SUMMARY:  This episode examines the rise of healthcare content on social media platforms, analyzing viral nursing videos through the lens of professional standards, patient privacy regulations, legal consequences, and public perception. Participants will explore documented cases, regulatory responses, platform policies, and the gap between what's shown in viral content and the professional, legal, and ethical realities of healthcare practice.  --- Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click here Already an Elite Member? Login here Learn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare View Episode Takeaways View this podcast course on Elite Learning Series: Nursing Scandals Unmasked: What Social Media Isn’t Telling You

A Nurse’s Guide to Hormones and Mental Health: Menstrual Tracking Insights SUMMARY:  Hormonal fluctuations across the menstrual cycle don't just affect physical health—they have measurable, clinically significant mental health implications that are still widely misunderstood, underdiagnosed, and often dismissed in practice. This episode breaks down the hormone-mood connection, explains the phases of the menstrual cycle and what's happening neurochemically in each, and explores how menstrual tracking can be used as a clinical tool to identify patterns, differentiate conditions, and guide care. --- Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click here Already an Elite Member? Login here Learn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare View Episode Takeaways View this podcast course on Elite Learning Series: A Nurse’s Guide to Hormones and Mental Health: Menstrual Tracking Insights

Crisis Mode Activated: How Nurses Navigate Medication Shortages SUMMARY:  Medication shortages have become a persistent and escalating challenge across healthcare settings, affecting inpatient and outpatient populations alike. With more than 300 active drug shortages nationally and documented associations with increased medication errors and adverse outcomes, nurses must be prepared to respond safely and effectively. Frontline clinicians are increasingly required to implement alternative regimens, conserve limited supplies, and communicate complex changes to patients under high-stress conditions. There is a clear need for structured education on ethical allocation, interdisciplinary collaboration, proactive mitigation strategies, and safe substitution practices during medication scarcity.  --- Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click here Already an Elite Member? Login here Learn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare View Episode Takeaways View this podcast course on Elite Learning Series: Crisis Mode Activated: How Nurses Navigate Medication Shortages

Your Nursing Career Doesn't Have to Follow a Straight Line SUMMARY:  What if your nursing career didn’t have to follow the traditional bedside path to be meaningful—or impactful?  In this episode, host MacKenzie Butler sits down with Donna Cardillo, a nurse whose career journey defies convention. From psychiatric hospitals and emergency departments to healthcare reimbursement, education, writing, and career coaching, Donna shares how saying “yes” to unexpected opportunities reshaped her professional life—and helped countless nurses do the same.  Together, they explore why so many nurses undervalue their transferable skills, how imposter syndrome shows up even in successful careers, and why nursing is an identity, not a job title or setting. Donna offers practical advice on networking, LinkedIn, resumes, and confidence-building—along with a powerful reminder that nurses can create impact far beyond the patients they’ll ever meet face to face.  If you’ve ever wondered what else you can do with a nursing degree—or felt stuck waiting for permission to try something new—this conversation is for you.  --- Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click here Already an Elite Member? Login here Learn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare View Episode Takeaways View this podcast course on Elite Learning Series: Your Nursing Career Doesn't Have to Follow a Straight Line

Precision Medicine in Mental Health: A Game-Changer for Nurses SUMMARY:  Mental healthcare is undergoing a revolutionary transformation as precision medicine moves from bench to bedside. For decades, psychiatric treatment has relied on trial-and-error approaches, leaving patients cycling through multiple medications before finding one that works—if they find one at all. But emerging biomarker technologies and genetic testing are promising to change the game entirely. This episode explores how precision medicine is reshaping mental health treatment, examining the science behind pharmacogenomics, neuroimaging biomarkers, and molecular diagnostics, while addressing the practical, ethical, and accessibility challenges that healthcare professionals must navigate as this paradigm shift unfolds. --- Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click here Already an Elite Member? Login here Learn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare View Episode Takeaways View this podcast course on Elite Learning Series: Precision Medicine in Mental Health: A Game-Changer for Nurses

Episode 8: The Heparin that Clotted SUMMARY:  This course presents a complex postoperative case involving Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT), a rare but potentially life-threatening immune-mediated reaction to heparin. Though widely used for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis, heparin can, in susceptible individuals, paradoxically trigger thrombosis through platelet activation and antibody formation. Through a structured narrative format and evidence-based analysis, this course examines the early clinical indicators of HIT, including unexplained thrombosis, rapid platelet decline, and non-responsiveness to anticoagulation. Participants will explore the diagnostic process, management strategies, and nursing responsibilities in recognizing and responding to HIT in acute care settings. Emphasis is placed on the importance of critical thinking, timely laboratory evaluation, interprofessional communication, and institutional protocols to support safe and effective patient care. This activity is designed to enhance nursing competence in identifying high-risk medication reactions, advocating for appropriate treatment modifications, and contributing to systems-level improvements in medication safety and hematologic monitoring.    --- Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click here Already an Elite Member? Login here Learn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare View this podcast course on Elite Learning Series: Medical Mysteries CE Podcast Bundle