Episodes

The Final Season

Episodes being released in the fall of 2025:

Oct 29, 2025

Building and Navigating Connections with Indigenous Patients

Aric Rankin NP-PHC, MN, PhD, FCAN

Oct 15, 2025

How can we talk about Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)?

Paul Magennis, RN & Kim Carlson, RN

Oct 1, 2025

Be Prepared Guides: How can we talk about palliative care emergencies?

Jennifer Campagnolo & Mallory Peters BScN RN CHPCN(c) &

Sept 17, 2025

How can ‘nurse talk’ help people with chronic illness live better and avoid the ED?

Connie Schumacher, RN, PhD

Sept 3, 2025

Digging Deep: How can we connect in the moments of care?

Elise Tarbi, PhD, MBE, APRN

May 21, 2025

Moving the dial on communication in critical care

Laura Istanboulian, PhD.

May 7, 2025

The language of obesity: How can we do no harm?

Heather Watson, RN(EC) BA BScN MN

April 23, 2025

Building trust, changing lives-one pregnancy at a time

Lindsay Croswell RN CCHN(C) MPH BScN BSocSc

February 12, 2025

How are YOU doing? Lifting the curtain on nurses’ grief

Cory Burdock, RN, BN, MSCN, CHPCC

January 29, 2025

A conversation about inclusivity

Birgit Umaigba, RN, BScN, MEd, CCRN

January 15, 2025

Advocacy at the End-of-Life: Nurses as “The Calm in the Storm”

Mahoganie Hines, MHSc (Bioethics), BScN (Hons.), RN, CHPCN(c)

January 1, 2025

From East Africa: Leading global change in palliative care

Erin Das, MN, RN

Dec 18, 2024

Would you like your heart restarted if it stopped?

Sharyn Milnes, PhD

Dec 4, 2024

Finding Poetry in Nursing Presence

Rekha Vijayshankar

Nov 20, 2024

From the streets to echelons of power: Advocating for work spaces that promote nurses’ relational praxis

Leigh Chapman, RN, PhD

April 3, 2024

Supporting patients’ decisions in advanced illness: Heart valve disease

Sandra Lauck, PhD, RN FCAN FAAN FESC

March 27, 2024

Showing Up and Standing Up for Patients

Marie Cooper, RN BSc MSc (UK)

March 20, 2024

How can we talk about healing after patient harm?

Jo Wailling, RN TechNZHFE DipN BHSC (Hons) MHR

March 13, 2024

Finding the Stories in Palliative Care Spaces

David Kenneth Wright, PhD, RN, CHPCN(C)

March 6, 2024

Hearing and Supporting Caregivers

Janet Lovegrove RN, BScN, MSc, CPMHN(c)(ON)

Feb 28, 2024

Indigenous and Northern Lens on Communication in Serious Illness

Lianne Mantla-Look, RN, BScN

Feb 21, 2024

Awake and Communicating in the ICU

Kali Dayton, DNP, AGACNP

Feb 14, 2024

Dementia-Friendly Communication

Mary Buck, BScN, MHE

Feb 7, 2024

Supporting Families of Unborn and Newborn Infants with Life-Threatening Conditions

Jennifer Callen, NP

Jan 31, 2024

Palliative Care Beyond Societal Margins

Kelli Stajduhar PhD, RN, FRSC, FCAHS, FCAN

Dec 6, 2023

Befriending the Dreaded “P” Word

Kath Murray, RN, BSN, MA, CHPCN(C)

Nov 29, 2023

Making Connections in Mental Health Crises

Matthieu Payette, RN, MSc, CPMHN(C)

Nov 22, 2023

Talk that Matters in LGBTQ2SA Healthcare

Erin Ziegler, NP, PhD

Nov 15, 2023

Talking About Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)

Jane Slemon, RN, MA

Nov 8, 2023

Trauma Informed Communication

Susan Jack, RN, PhD, FCAN, FAAN

Nov 1, 2023

Talking with Children About Serious Illness and Death

Andrea Warnick, RN, MA, RP

Oct 25, 2023

Reflections on Communication when Nurse Becomes Patient

Theresa Brown PhD, BSN, RN

Oct 18, 2023

Critical Conversations in Critical Care

Sarah Crowe, MN, PMD-NP(F), CNCC(C)

Oct 11, 2023

Serious Illness Conversations and Advance Care Planning

Sandy Andreychuk, BScN, MSc, MHSc.

Oct 4, 2023

Talking with Families Experiencing Serious Illness

Elaine Wittenberg, PhD, FACH