The Nurse Keith Show
The Nurse Keith Show

The Nurse Keith Show

Keith Carlson, RN, BSN, NC-BC

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The Nurse Keith Show offers up-to-date career advice and knowledge for savvy 21st-century nurses. During each episode, Board-Certified holistic career coach Keith Carlson, BSN, RN, NC-BC explores the multiplicity of potential career pathways in nursing through inspiring interviews with healthcare thought leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs. With the goal of helping you create the most satisfying nursing career and life possible, The Nurse Keith Show is an invaluable audio destination for ambitious, thoughtful, and forward-thinking nurses.

Recent Episodes

A Deep Dive Into the Specialty of Burn Nursing
FEB 18, 2025
A Deep Dive Into the Specialty of Burn Nursing
On episode 507 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, Keith interviews Dr. Emily Werthman, PhD, RN, CBRN, a dedicated Certified Burn Registered Nurse (CBRN) and the Patient Care Manager and Burn Program Manager at the Johns Hopkins Burn Center in Baltimore. In the course of their conversation, Keith and Dr. Werthman discuss the growth of the CBRN credential, the anticipation that the CBRN certification will be nationally accredited and Magnet-accepted in 2025, and the crucial role that nurses play in elevating burn care to new levels of expertise and professionalism. They also discuss the many types of burns that burn nurses may encounter, some of which may not immediately come to mind, but are nonetheless more common than we think. Burns rank 6th among the ten top preventable injury-related deaths in the United States, with 398,000 people receiving treatment for burns each year. For those nurses who choose to dedicate themselves to this nursing specialty, there is a respected and rigorous certification process and a plethora of possibilities for a fascinating career path as a CBRN. Emily Werthman, PhD, RN, CBRN is a graduate of the Allegany College nursing program. She also holds a BA in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as a BSN and MSN from the University of Notre Dame of Maryland. She has her PhD in nursing from the University of Maryland where her research focused on the relationship between acute burn pain and childhood adversity. Emily is a member of the board and the Lead Nurse Planner for the American Burn Association where she also holds a national committee appointment to the Nursing and Program Committees. She is a subject matter expert, item writer, and Exam Content Review Committee member for the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing’s Certified Burn Registered Nurse (CBRN) exam. She is also a member of BCEN’s board of directors. She serves as a special advisor to the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)’s burn and blast injury special advisory group. Recently, Emily was appointed to the Board Program Committee of the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors. Additionally, she holds adjunct faculty positions in the Johns Hopkins, Stevenson University, and Community College of Baltimore County Schools of Nursing. Emily publishes and lectures frequently on burn resuscitation, critical care nursing, and burn pain. Connect with the CBRN world: Certified Burn Registered Nurse (CBRN) CBRN updates and news Burn Nursing Excellence: The CBRN National Burn Awareness Week YouTube video about the specialty of burn nursing Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) 2024 Annual Report Contact Nurse Keith about holistic career coaching to elevate your nursing and healthcare career at NurseKeith.com. Keith also offers services as a motivational and keynote speaker and freelance nurse writer. You can always find Keith on LinkedIn. Are you looking for a novel way to empower your career and move forward in life? Keith's wife, Shada McKenzie, is a gifted astrologer and reader of the tarot who combines ancient and modern techniques to provide valuable insights into your motivations, aspirations, and life trajectory, and she offers listeners of The Nurse Keith Show a 10% discount on their first consultation. Contact Shada at TheCircelandtheDot.com or shada@thecircleandthedot.com.
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How to Be a Happy and Successful Nurse Practitioner
FEB 11, 2025
How to Be a Happy and Successful Nurse Practitioner
On episode 506 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, Keith interviews Dr. Sandra Pagenta, DNP, ANP-BC, the energetic and dynamic host of the Success NP Podcast. In the course of their conversation, Keith and Sandra discuss the many ways in which nurse practitioners can choose to create career paths that fit their skill set, interests, and chosen lifestyle and workstyle. With a passion for entrepreneurship, personal development, and leadership, Sandra uses her podcast as a space to empower and educate, providing NPs with actionable tips and tools to enhance both their personal and professional lives. Sandra’s dedication to helping others unlock their potential is at the heart of everything she does. Her Etsy shop is dedicated to creating digital clinical resources for NP students and new NPs, offering NP-specific planners, adorable scrub life portraits, and clinical booklets, with each product being thoughtfully crafted to encourage NPs on their career journey. The Success NP Etsy shop has quickly become a go-to destination for those seeking tools to enhance their clinical practice. In her free time, Sandra spends time with her family and two children. She is an avid reader and enjoys working out. Connect with Dr. Sandra Pagenta: SuccessNP website Success NP on Apple Podcasts Etsy shop Facebook Instagram X LinkedIn Contact Nurse Keith about holistic career coaching to elevate your nursing and healthcare career at NurseKeith.com. Keith also offers services as a motivational and keynote speaker and freelance nurse writer. You can always find Keith on LinkedIn. Are you looking for a novel way to empower your career and move forward in life? Keith's wife, Shada McKenzie, is a gifted astrologer and reader of the tarot who combines ancient and modern techniques to provide valuable insights into your motivations, aspirations, and life trajectory, and she offers listeners of The Nurse Keith Show a 10% discount on their first consultation. Contact Shada at TheCircelandtheDot.com or shada@thecircleandthedot.com.
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Reducing Medical Errors and Cultivating Patient Safety
FEB 4, 2025
Reducing Medical Errors and Cultivating Patient Safety
On episode 505 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, Keith interviews patient safety consultant, author, nurse leader, and educator Dr. Julie Siemers, DNP, MSN, RN. In the course of their conversation, Keith and Dr. Siemers discuss the many ways in which patient safety and outcomes are compromised by breakdowns in communication, provider and nurse fatigue, and misguided and outmoded forms of nursing practice that lead to otherwise preventable errors and patient harm. Dr. Julie Siemers, DNP, MSN, RN, is the founder of Lifebeat Solutions and the author of the bestselling book "Surviving Your Hospital Stay: A Nurse Educator's Guide to Staying Safe and Living to Tell About It". Dr. Siemers holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Touro University, Nevada. She brings more than four decades of experience and expertise in nursing practice, education, and executive leadership to the healthcare arena. Having spent 15 years in nursing education, Dr. Siemers has served in roles ranging from professor to dean, and as executive director at a large nursing university in California. She has a rich background in direct patient care, with experience in various roles on the medical/surgical care floor, in the Intensive Care Unit, the emergency department, and the trauma resuscitation department at University Medical Center in Las Vegas. Additionally, she served as a flight nurse on a trauma helicopter for 10 years. Since 2009, Dr. Siemers has been educating students, colleagues, and the broader medical community on the vital skills needed to recognize patient deterioration and ensure safe nursing practices. Now, as a patient safety expert and the founder of Lifebeat Solutions, she is on a mission to make healthcare safer for everyone. Connect with Dr. Julie Siemers: DrJulieSiemers.com Facebook Instagram TikTok LinkedIn TedX Talk: "How Not to Die in the Hospital" "Surviving Your Hospital Stay: A Nurse Educator's Guide to Staying Safe and Living to Tell About It" on Amazon Dr. Siemers' free Hospital Patient Safety Checklist "A Crisis in Competency: The Strategic and Ethical Imperative to Assessing New Graduate Nurses' Clinical Reasoning" - PubMed Contact Nurse Keith about holistic career coaching to elevate your nursing and healthcare career at NurseKeith.com. Keith also offers services as a motivational and keynote speaker and freelance nurse writer. You can always find Keith on LinkedIn. Are you looking for a novel way to empower your career and move forward in life? Keith's wife, Shada McKenzie, is a gifted astrologer and reader of the tarot who combines ancient and modern techniques to provide valuable insights into your motivations, aspirations, and life trajectory, and she offers listeners of The Nurse Keith Show a 10% discount on their first consultation. Contact Shada at TheCircelandtheDot.com or shada@thecircleandthedot.com.
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53 MIN
Your Voice as a Key to Success and Career Opportunity
JAN 28, 2025
Your Voice as a Key to Success and Career Opportunity
On episode 504 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, Keith interviews Marianne Hickman, an accomplished international public speaker, speaker trainer, and personal mentor. In the course of their conversation, Keith and Marianne discuss how you can use your voice for communicating clearly in any circumstance, and how to leverage the power of your voice to get you where you want to go. Nursing, medicine, and healthcare are built on the bedrock of communication, so mastering such skills is paramount. For nurse entrepreneurs, inventors, educators, coaches, authors, and thought leaders, communicating clearly and powerfully is a must, and you can make use of a variety of techniques, tools, and strategies to find your personal mojo in the sphere of public speaking. Marianne has a proven track record of helping industry experts monetize their message. She has graced over two thousand stages worldwide, sharing her expertise on self-development, message delivery, and revenue growth through stage leverage. She is passionate about empowering individuals to achieve financial success and create positive impacts in their communities. Marianne is married to Richard Hickman, and together they are raising six children while building an empire of mission-driven speakers. Connect with Marianne Hickman: MarianneHickman.com Facebook Instagram X TikTok LinkedIn Contact Nurse Keith about holistic career coaching to elevate your nursing and healthcare career at NurseKeith.com. Keith also offers services as a motivational and keynote speaker and freelance nurse writer. You can always find Keith on LinkedIn. Are you looking for a novel way to empower your career and move forward in life? Keith's wife, Shada McKenzie, is a gifted astrologer and reader of the tarot who combines ancient and modern techniques to provide valuable insights into your motivations, aspirations, and life trajectory, and she offers listeners of The Nurse Keith Show a 10% discount on their first consultation. Contact Shada at TheCircelandtheDot.com or shada@thecircleandthedot.com.
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54 MIN
Navigating Psychiatric Mental Health: Insights for Advanced Practice Nurses
JAN 21, 2025
Navigating Psychiatric Mental Health: Insights for Advanced Practice Nurses
On episode 503 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, Keith interviews Dr. Brenda Marshall, a tenured professor, Fulbright scholar, psychiatric nurse practitioner, and the co-author of Psychiatric Mental Health Guidelines for Advanced Practice Nurses, published by Springer Publishing. In the course of their conversation, Keith and Dr. Marshall discuss the broad implications of her excellent book, including the crucial role of advanced practice nurses in understanding the complexities of 21st-century mental health in the context of a world plagued by depression, anxiety, and existential threats like climate change, a divisive political landscape, and a beleaguered healthcare system. Dr. Brenda Marshall, a full tenured professor at Montclair State University's School of Nursing, is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) certified in Nursing Administration (NA-BC), a Master Addiction Counselor (MAC) and a sensorimotor psychotherapist. She has earned a doctorate in Education from Columbia University in Behavior Science/Health Education, a Master's of Science in Psychiatric Nursing from The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and a Master's of Science in Policy and Health Management from the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. As a Fulbright Scholar Specialist in Mental Health Dr. Marshall lived and taught psychiatric nursing in Malta. Dr. Marshall was the principal investigator on the US Department of Education's Model Programs on College Campuses grant (2006-8), conducting research at Montclair State University related to reducing alcohol use by freshmen students, and investigating the relationships between attitude and behavior and parental engagement and student drinking behavior. More recently, Dr. Marshall has had her research funded in the areas of evaluating outcomes of psychotherapy using fMRI imaging, investigating depression in parents of children with ASD, assessing the physical effects of depression on African Americans with diabetes and heart disease, examining the impact of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Training on healthcare workers in a post pandemic world, MHFA training for nursing students,and MHFA training for teachers, and providing education on Substance Use Disorders to all health care providers. Dr. Marshall has authored five books, numerous chapters in psychiatric nursing text books, and scores of articles. She is the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Liaison for Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck NJ. This episode of the Nurse Keith Show is brought to you in collaboration with Springer Publishing, who have been delivering award-winning healthcare education and exam prep materials focused on nursing, behavioral health, and the health sciences for more than 70 years. We thank Springer Publishing for their support. Connect with Dr. Brenda Marshall: Dr. Marshall's website Dr. Marshall on LinkedIn Springer Publishing Psychiatric Mental Health Guidelines for Advanced Practice Nurses Contact Nurse Keith about holistic career coaching to elevate your nursing and healthcare career at NurseKeith.com. Keith also offers services as a motivational and keynote speaker and freelance nurse writer. You can always find Keith on LinkedIn. Are you looking for a novel way to empower your career and move forward in life? Keith's wife, Shada McKenzie, is a gifted astrologer and reader of the tarot who combines ancient and modern techniques to provide valuable insights into your motivations, aspirations, and life trajectory, and she offers listeners of The Nurse Keith Show a 10% discount on their first consultation. Contact Shada at TheCircelandtheDot.com or shada@thecircleandthedot.com.
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47 MIN