Nurse Essentials
Nurse Essentials is a podcast about all things nursing - from tips for making your next shift easier to advice on how to handle the big challenges you face. Whether you're just starting your practice or have years of experience, we've got you covered.
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Nurse Retention: Creating a Culture of Committed Caregivers
Nursing retention begins before caregivers even accept an offer to join your team. It starts with how the organization presents itself in the community and on social media and continues through the interview process, into the first year of employment and beyond. In this episode of Nurse Essentials, Clinical Nursing Director Josalyn Meyer, MSN, RN, NE-BC, shares advice for retaining caregivers based on her 20-year nursing career and experience on Cleveland Clinic's Enterprise Retention Council and Nurse Manager Retention Council.
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November 5, 2025
Identifying and Managing Patients’ Allergies
Reviewing a patient’s allergies is a cornerstone of providing effective care across the healthcare continuum. Allergies can affect everything from the food and medications patients receive while in the hospital to the devices and implants used in surgery. In this episode of Nurse Essentials, Jeanette Kubicki, CNS, a clinical nurse specialist in Allergy and Immunology at Cleveland Clinic, shares her expertise on managing patient allergies.
Play NowOctober 23, 2025
Planning for Safe Patient Discharges
In the latest episode of Nurse Essentials, Mark Torok, MBA, BSN, RN, CCMC, Senior Nursing Director for Care Management, discusses the role of care managers, key components of a discharge plan, the importance of evaluating a patient’s support system and home environment, and more.
Play NowOctober 8, 2025
Helping Children Cope with a Family Member’s Hospitalization
In this episode of Nurse Essentials, host Carol Pehotsky welcomes Molly Gleydura, a certified Child Life Specialist at Cleveland Clinic, to explore the vital role nurses play in supporting not just adult patients, but also the children connected to them.
Play NowSeptember 24, 2025
Hospital Care at Home
In this compelling episode of Nurse Essentials, Cleveland Clinic's Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Carol Pehotsky, sits down with Danielle Crow, Nurse Manager of the Hospital Care at Home program, to explore a groundbreaking model of healthcare delivery. Danielle shares her inspiring journey from a 20+ year career in emergency nursing to leading an innovative program that provides hospital-level care in the comfort of patients' homes. Together, they delve into the program's transformative impact on patient outcomes, nurse satisfaction, and hospital overcrowding, as well as the challenges of orchestrating care across multiple settings. From leveraging cutting-edge technology to fostering deeper patient connections through virtual care, this episode offers a fascinating look at how the future of healthcare is being redefined. Whether you're a nurse, healthcare leader, or simply curious about innovations in medical care, this conversation will leave you inspired and hopeful for the future of nursing and patient care.
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