Category: Podcast Episode
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Building and Navigating Connections with Indigenous Patients
This episode features Dr. Aric Rankin sharing his nearly 20 years of experience working in Indigenous health care across remote and urban settings. The conversation explores building trust and therapeutic relationships with Indigenous patients through humility, cultural respect, and ongoing learning.
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How can we talk about Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)?
Explore the sensitive topic of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada with nurses Paul Magennis and Kim Carlson. Learn about legal, ethical, and compassionate care considerations, nurse responsibilities, and evidence-informed support for patients and families through expert insights and open, empathetic dialogue.
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Be Prepared Guides: How can we talk about palliative care emergencies?
Jennifer Campagnolo and Mallory Peters discuss the “Be Prepared Guides”, a practical resource designed to help family caregivers recognize and respond to palliative care emergencies. They share how these tools can reduce unwanted hospital visits, ease suffering, and empower caregivers to provide compassionate support at home.
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How can ‘nurse talk’ help people with chronic illness live better and avoid the ED?
In this episode, Dr. Connie Schumacher, RN, PhD, explores how nurse-led conversations can support people with chronic illness to manage their health, avoid emergency department visits, and live well at home. Drawing on over 25 years of clinical experience and current research into caregiver burden and chronic disease, Dr. Schumacher offers practical insights into relational…
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Digging Deep: How can we connect in the moments of care?
In this inspiring episode, Dr. Elise Tarbi challenges traditional clinical communication and encourages nurses to embrace deeper, human-centred conversations in serious illness care. Drawing on her palliative care expertise, she explores how meaningful dialogue fosters connection, dignity, and healing, reshaping what it truly means to care.
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Moving the dial on communication in critical care
Dr. Laura Istanboulian explores how to improve communication with mechanically ventilated ICU patients who cannot speak. She developed a bundled toolkit of practical, evidence-based tools co-designed with patients, families, and nurses, aiming to humanize care, challenge assumptions, and enhance patient safety.
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The language of obesity: How can we do no harm?
Rethink weight stigma with Nurse Practitioner Heather Watson. Explore how language, stereotypes, and moral judgments about obesity impact care, and learn how nurses can foster compassionate, evidence-based conversations for better health and equity.
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Building trust, changing lives—one pregnancy at a time
Lindsay Croswell discusses how nurses in the Nurse-Family Partnership Program support vulnerable first-time parents, improving outcomes for moms and babies facing socioeconomic challenges through therapeutic care during pregnancy and postpartum.
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How are YOU doing? Lifting the curtain on nurses’ grief
Nurses regularly care for individuals who are grieving, but how do they cope with their own grief? In this episode, Cory Burdock highlights the often-overlooked reality of nurses’ grief, urging a shift in how it’s recognized and addressed in healthcare.
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A conversation about inclusivity
In Episode 26 of Radical Nurse Talk, Patricia Strachan interviews Birgit Umaigba, a health equity advocate and nurse educator, about the importance of inclusivity in healthcare. They discuss the impact of systemic racism, the need for race-based data, and how everyday actions can foster an inclusive, compassionate healthcare environment.
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