Feeding Our Young
Encouragement for today's student nurse... and life lessons for the rest of us!Have you ever heard the phrase “nurses eat their young?” Feeding Our Young® is more than a podcast – it’s a movement. It’s a desire to see new nurses of all ages be supported and uplifted by their peers.Join the movement! COME and hear host Eric Miller's vision for a radical culture change - in nursing, healthcare, and elsewhere; then STAY for a stable of all-star nursing students, nurses, and nurse educators! They might make you LAUGH... they might make you CRY... but they will all definitely...
106 - Cade Riddle: Doing the Thing(s)
Join nursing student and Parrish, Alabama native Honored Guest Cade Riddle as he chats about being in a joint enrollment program, simultaneously obtaining his ADN and BSN, managing stress, why he chose nursing, and more!
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105 - Jenn Boyer: Ride the Wave
Join nurse and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Jenn Boyer as she chats about having a superpower by not having a superpower, being a non-traditional student, being smart but undisciplined growing up, how Y2K helped her get in to nursing school, failing out of second quarter, developing self-confidence, the true meaning of having a “calling,” and more!
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104 - Katie Barbera Pt 2: My Heart Was Tired
Continue with nurse educator, nurse, and Colorado, Arizona, and North Idaho native Honored Guest Katie Barbera as she talks about who inspires her most, knowing she wanted to be in healthcare since she was five years old, survival mechanisms in nursing, self care, boundaries, burnout, being refreshed by jail nursing, and more!
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103 - Katie Barbera Pt 1: Pick Your Role Models Carefully
Join nurse educator, nurse, and Colorado, Arizona, and North Idaho native Honored Guest Katie Barbera as she talks about wanting to be an instructor since graduating from nursing school, facing tragedy and challenges in life, surrogacy, a time she experienced the “eating our young” phenomenon, her future career goals, and more!
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102 - Sydney Chambers: Every Difficult Moment is Temporary
Join nursing student and Addison, Alabama native Honored Guest Sydney Chambers as she discusses the day in life she’d like to relive, the importance of family, her inspiration for nursing, her jarring entrance into adulthood, minor inconveniences, raising kids in nursing school, keeping the motor running, advice for single parents in nursing school, when grades need to take a back seat, how she overcomes challenges, and more!
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100 - Shea Mollahan Pt 1: It's Year One and I'm Still Here!
Join relatively recent graduate and Northern California and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Shea Mollahan as she describes transitioning to a new grad nurse, the importance of asking questions, using SBAR with a doctor for the first time, finding people you can trust, dealing with agism, starting as a brand new NICU nurse, and more!
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101 - Shea Mollahan Pt 2: Well-Grounded, Milking Life for All It’s Worth
Continue with relatively recent graduate and Northern California and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Shea Mollahan as she describes fun facts about cows, her incredible answer to “why nursing?”, how she chose her university, navigating challenges in nursing school, crybaby kidneys, her disdain for ATI, not getting the practicum you want, and more!
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99 - Behind Her Back
Wrapping up the last of the special episodes, Izzie Wilkes and Eric Miller talk about Jennifer Evans behind her back after she leaves to go to her hair appointment, discussing why they want to be just like her when they grow up, emphasizing the importance of answering for yourself one question: what kind of reputation do you want to have?
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98 - T.I.D.
In this special episode, continue with nurse educators Jennifer Evans, Izzie Wilkes, and Eric Miller as they answer students’ questions including a-ha moments of wanting to become nurses, dealing with the anxiety of being an independent nurse for the first time, the things we would tell our younger nursing selves, if we believe in aliens, healthcare ghost stories, rapid fire top tips for new grad nurses, and more!
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97 - Alert and Oriented x3
In this special episode, nurse educators Izzie Wilkes and Jennifer Evans hijack the podcast and join host Eric Miller to answer students’ questions including advice for nurses starting out in OB/NICU nursing, how to ensure effective communication with family members of patients, how to manage the emotional toll of difficult cases, tips for working night shift, how this podcast came to be, how to get through difficult days at work, if we ever doubted wanting to continue nursing, and more!
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96 - Yasmeen Lutchendorf: Friends or Not, Let's Go Save a Life
Join nurse and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Yasmeen (Yaz) Lutchendorf as she discusses when she knew she was going to be a nurse, her career progression (including going from postpartum to PICU), the call of the code alarm, getting married during nursing school, the challenging story she hasn’t shared with many people, the importance of not giving up, drinking from a fire hose, and more!
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94 - Brittany Slegers Pt 1: Expect the Unexpected
Join “sort-of” nurse educator and Boise, Idaho native Honored Guest Brittany Slegers as she talks about her roundabout method to becoming “just” a nurse, her incredibly supportive parents, her advice for those without supportive parents, mean nurses, what she has done with her nursing license, her first interaction with a neurosurgeon as a brand new nurse, and more!
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95 - Brittany Slegers Pt 2: That's Not Your Only Identity
Continue with nurse educator and Boise, Idaho native Honored Guest Brittany Slegers as she talks about why she loved Nancy Drew, her low point in her career, the ups and downs that landed her in her current role, being nervous for her first lecture, her stressful NCLEX experience, her passion for students knowing they are more than a nurse, and more!
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93 - Kylee Trotter: Trading in Bats for Bedpans
Join nursing student and Jasper, Alabama native Honored Guest Kylee Trotter as she chats about her inspirational family, “I’m not gonna be a nurse,” choosing nursing over her passion for softball, how being a collegiate athlete helped her in nursing school, where she wants to practice after graduation, the advantages of going to community college, relying on her team, and more!
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92 - Hallie Butler: I Don’t Ever Want to Stop Getting Better
Join nurse, nurse educator, nurse practitioner, and San Diego, California, Austin, Texas, and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Hallie Butler as she discusses chasing education, the adventure she didn’t chose for herself, God’s role in her life, instilling confidence in her students, having instructors that were “out to fail” her, still having anxiety for sims, having a baby during nursing school, the incredible things she is doing with her advanced education, and more!
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91 - Cassandra Firemark: Second Doesn’t Mean It’s the Worse Option
Join Dallas, Texas, Winchester, Virginia, and Los Angeles, California native Honored Guest Cassandra Firemark as she waxes eloquent about about her family, her many careers in life, the extremely frightening moment that made her want to enter nursing, what she loved most in nursing school, her life-altering diagnosis, how she is navigating the change life has handed her, her incredibly inspiring view of setbacks and failures, and more!
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90 - David Butters: It’s Like Putting Five Bucks in the Tank
Join nurse and Delaware and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest David Butters as he talks about moving around a lot (and visiting 46 countries and counting), being open-minded, going to college with his “head screwed on right,” inspirational Navy nurses, getting turned around after getting kicked out of his house, the PICU being the Navy SEALs of nursing, his philosophy of guardrails, and more!
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89 - Jasmine Cultum: Mindset's Everything
Join nursing student and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Jasmine Cultum as she describes the role her dad played in choosing nursing, being a nurse tech, practicum, nursing being “a lot of little different things,” how to protect your nursing heart, being cheerleaders for our patients, and more!
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88 - Lynzee Hewett: Brains and Beauty(cian)
Join nurse and Lewiston, Idaho native Honored Guest Lynzee Hewett as she chats about quickly getting off a pre-med path, writing things down, her advice on establishing friendships in nursing school, HESIs, more “appropriate” competition, her NCLEX adventure, her career progression, advice for those interested in travel nursing, her experience as an aesthetic nurse, advancing her education, and more!
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87 - Jordi De La Mora: Delusionally Optimistic
Join nursing student and Portland, Oregon native Honored Guest Jordi De La Mora as he follows the dice’s lead and talks about who inspired him to become a nurse, his family dynamics and parents’ sacrifices, contemplating different areas of nursing to practice in post graduation, what he loves most about nursing school, his thoughts on being a male nurse, being “delusionally optimistic,” the challenges and rewards of caring for a patient ideologically opposite of him, and more!
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85 - Kate Joy Pt 1: Still Finding the Joy in Everyday Life
Join nurse, nurse educator, and Wisconsin native Honored Guest Kate Joy as she joy-fully chats about how she balances bedside nursing with student education, being a nurse volunteer at Burning Man (and what collaborative care looked like there), her love of audio books, her two unique first times in hospitals, alternate universes, her continued ability to care being a tenured PICU nurse, unique qualities of grief, how not everyone is meant to be a nurse, putting her passion and energy into her classroom, and more!
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86 - Kate Joy Pt 2: Host for a Day
Join spur-of-the-moment and alternate universe host-for-a-day Kate Joy and her honored guest Eric Miller as they compare and contrast peds oncology and postpartum nursing, and discuss topics such as end of life care from the perspectives of a nurse and patient family member, what grief does to people, working in the place where your loved one died, walking down nursing school memory lane, the advantages of entering a chosen specialty directly after graduating, the errant view of “med-surg as the minor leagues,” “us” versus “them,” never saying never, giving maximum effort, Eric’s number one piece of advice for nursing studen...
84 - Sierra Martinsen: I'm Here for the Journey
Join nursing student and Seattle, Washington native Honored Guest Sierra Martinsen as she explains the weird passage of time in nursing school, having two nuclear families, why she chose nursing, giving and receiving support in nursing school, who inspires her most in life, her love of travel (30 countries and counting), her incredible studying abroad experiences (Zambian nursing!), and more!
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82 - Shawna McMillan Pt 1: Who Else Gets to Fall in Love as Often as I Do?
Join nurse, nurse educator, and Sacramento, California native Honored Guest Shawna McMillan as she discusses her love of academia, a funny patient NFL story, crazy hair, using her tattoos to connect with her patients, how she got into peds oncology and why she loves it there, having long-term professional relationships with patients, her gift box, navigating the waters of healthcare grief, and more!
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83: Shawna McMillan Pt 2: We all Have Biases; Investigate, Don't Ignore
Continue with nurse, nurse educator, and Sacramento, California native Honored Guest Shawna McMillan as she discusses working in reproductive health and family planning, caring for the LGBTQ community, helping others make decisions for themselves without judgment, investigating and not ignoring biases (the unrealistic expectation of leaving biases at the door), her love of teaching, paying attention to the person before paying attention to the task, the importance of soft skills, doing away with the hierarchy of nursing, the importance of curiosity, remembering you’re never alone, absorbing knowledge of others, and more!
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80 - Kara Buller Pt 1: I Threw My Name in the Hat
Join nurse manager and Vancouver, Washington native Honored Guest Kara Buller as she chats about being one of the first cohorts at her university, originally wanting to go into teaching, how a diagnosis led her to nursing, how she chose amongst many potential nursing programs, not looking cute during clinicals, prepping for the NCLEX, her career progression, and more!
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81 - Kara Buller Pt 2: Enjoy the Ride!
Continue with nurse manager and Vancouver, Washington native Honored Guest Kara Buller as she chats about how she transitioned from bedside to management, her time in the unique role of administrative fellow, having difficult conversations, her practical points for students coming out of school (the DOs and DON’Ts of interviewing), showcasing your hard work, making personal connections with your patients, what makes a good manager, and more!
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79 - Elizabeth Jenkins: Sometimes It's the Simple Answers
Join nurse educator and Alabama native Elizabeth Jenkins as she talks about never having planned on being a nurse, the importance of reading your textbook, teaching students how to take notes, having a lack of family support, having an overcoming mindset, and more!
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78 - Aly Willard: It's So Worth It!
Join nurse, nurse educator, and Indianapolis, Indiana native Honored Guest Aly Willard as she describes her Haiti mission trip, not having a “light bulb moment,” having “300 other things” you can do as a nurse, enjoying the balance of working concurrently as bedside nurse and educator, burnout resources, taking care of yourself, and more!
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76 - Amanda Shafer Pt 1: Just Roll With Life
Join nurse and Omak, Washington native Honored Guest Amanda Shafer as she chats about sourdough, being pregnant with twins during nursing school, her super-unique NCLEX prep, lessons learned from raising an autistic child, being the ultimate advocate, and more!
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77 - Amanda Shafer Pt 2: Sourdough, Consent, and Nursing
Continue with nurse and Omak, Washington native Honored Guest Amanda Shafer as she chats about changes in nursing, her career progression, your safe crying space, making mistakes, the utmost importance of informed consent, and more!
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74 - Samantha Lengerich Pt 1: Climbing Hills Instead of Mountains
Join nursing student and Salt Lake City, Utah native Honored Guest Samantha Lengerich as she talks about having lived in Australia not once, but twice, dealing with debilitating panic attacks, her journey through extremely challenging mental health issues during nursing school, how medication turned mountains into hills, and more!
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75 - Samantha Lengerich Pt 2: You Have Overcome All of Your Hardest Days
Continue with nursing student and Salt Lake City, Utah native Honored Guest Samantha Lengerich as she talks about unconditional love in nursing, healthcare trauma, the most beautiful part of nursing, “getting it” in nursing school, supporting peers, the importance of the way you speak to yourself, dealing with chronic migraines in nursing school, and more!
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70 - Jennifer Evans Pt 1: I've Adopted You; You're My Kids Now
Join nurse educator, bedside nurse, and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest “Niffer” Evans as she discusses the event that made her know she wanted to be a nurse, how her students made her overcome her lack of desire to go back to school, her words that describe nursing school that all start with the letter C, being in the same place for a long time, having a tight-knit work family, the role of faith in her life, helping students learn how to navigate college, balancing accountability and support, her connection to the next Honored Guest Izzie, and more!
71 - Jennifer Evans Pt 2: Stop Shoulding on Yourself
Continue with nurse educator, bedside nurse, and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest “Jen” Evans as she discusses cellphone bias, being the new girl, “snapdragon,” adapting to the role of full-time educator, character assassinations, committing med errors, connections in nursing school, impactful learning (and teaching), stopping “shouldering” on yourself, and more!
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72 - Izzie Wilkes Pt 1: Rock Bottom, Twisps and Turns
Join nurse educator and Twisp, Washington native Honored Guest Izzie Wilkes as she describes how she got her name, never being born, working research that was simultaneously fascinating and heart wrenching, finding the strength within yourself to persevere, her best friend in nursing school, getting the full allotment of NCLEX questions, almost being banished to North Dakota, using anxiety amidst failure, and more!
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73 - Izzie Wilkes Pt 2: We are Storytellers
Continue with nurse educator and Twisp, Washington native Honored Guest Izzie Wilkes as she describes teen moms being her favorite patients, the transformative power of nursing school, her first year in nursing, practical education for her students, applying for your dream job, med surg nursing, appropriate timing of questions, nursing stories, and more!
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69 - Lauren Avery: A Dream Delayed (Bringing the Fight to Every Day)
Join prospective nursing student and Lisbon, Illinois native Honored Guest Lauren Avery as she emotionally describes her faith-challenging life circumstances that have so far prevented dreams from coming to fruition, the fight she and her family bring to those challenges on a daily basis, her on-and-off again relationship with nursing, the crucial need for a support system, attempting to discern when the “right time” is to do something, no longer fearing things that seemed insurmountable before, and more!
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68 - Sarah Byers: Being More Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
Join nurse and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Sarah Byers as she chats about going back for her FNP, getting active, her family influence, making the difficult decision to change jobs from her dream job and how that set her on her new path, using food as a crutch, feeling more comfortable being uncomfortable, working through online education during the COVID pandemic, her night shift tips, and more!
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67 - Nikki Hyche: You Can Do Anything as an Associate
Join tenured nurse and Selah and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Nikki Hyche as she talks about being the host’s “mom,” her time in Texas, wanting to save manatees, struggling during nursing school, how she graduated with no debt, what means more to her than getting her BSN, her position on unicorns vs. narwhals, how her nursing career has helped in her personal life, “putting up a wall” in nursing, not having to be a people person to be a nurse, and more!
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