Episodes

  • REBROADCAST: Not Your Grandmother's Nursing Home: The Importance of Respect in Long-Term Care with Dr. Deborah Lee & Dr. Cathy Cooper (Copy)

    REBROADCAST: Not Your Grandmother's Nursing Home: The Importance of Respect in Long-Term Care with Dr. Deborah Lee & Dr. Cathy Cooper (Copy)
    Aug 13 2025
    Dr. Deborah Lee & Dr. Cathy Cooper join host, Dr. Christy Hall, in Part One of a two-part conversation discussing a valuable and necessary research project with a focus on Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) in the state of Tennessee. This episode dives into their motivation for a study on the necessity of CNAs, their infinite value to the healthcare system, and touches on everything from recruitment, acknowledgement that CNAs make up as much as 80-90% of direct care provision for long-term patients, the difficulties of their tasks, and more. The study reveals the physical and emotional challenges of CNAs but also their deep dedication to their patients.
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    31 mins
  • REBROADCAST: Embracing Informatics to Drive Healthcare Transformation with Dr. Kelly Aldrich

    REBROADCAST: Embracing Informatics to Drive Healthcare Transformation with Dr. Kelly Aldrich
    Jul 30 2025
    Join Dr. Christy Hall and Dr. Kelly Aldrich as they discuss the many technological advances that have become available to and have changed the profession of nursing. In this podcast episode, Dr. Kelly Aldrich discusses her extensive experience in nursing and informatics, emphasizing the importance of leveraging technology to improve patient care and reduce the burden on nurses. She explains the evolving role of nurse informaticists, the concept of the digital RN citizen, and the impact of artificial intelligence on nursing practice. Dr. Aldrich shares her insights on innovation in healthcare, the challenges faced in promoting change, and the need for nurses to embrace technology as a tool for enhancing their practice.
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    42 mins
  • REBROADCAST: Intersecting Technology and Wellbeing; Optimizing Nursing Practice with Lisa Smithgall and Christy Hall

    REBROADCAST: Intersecting Technology and Wellbeing; Optimizing Nursing Practice with Lisa Smithgall and Christy Hall
    Jul 16 2025
    In this conversation, Dr. Lisa Smithgall and Dr. Christy Hall discuss the evolution of technology in nursing, highlighting the transition from paper documentation to electronic health records and its impact on patient care and nursing workflow. She emphasizes the importance of nurse wellbeing in a high-stress environment and how technology can support this. The discussion also covers the balance between technology and human connection in patient care, emerging trends in nursing technology, and advice for aspiring nurse leaders on integrating technology into their practice.
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    30 mins
  • REBROADCAST: WIT: How Wisdom, Integrity, and Transparency Drives Nursing Leadership with Dr. Lepaine Sharp-McHenry

    REBROADCAST: WIT: How Wisdom, Integrity, and Transparency Drives Nursing Leadership with Dr. Lepaine Sharp-McHenry
    Jul 2 2025
    Join Dr. Christy Hall as she interviews Dr. Lepaine Sharp-McHenry. Dr. Sharp-McHenry shares her model for effective leadership. She walks us through her framework to become a strong leader, especially in nursing. Listen in to this discussion on the benefits of nurse mentorship relationships, diversity in healthcare, and finding one's life purpose in a nursing career.
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    38 mins
  • REBROADCAST: Wands & Wellbeing; Wonderful Wisdom for Healthcare from the House of Pharmacy, with Dr. Debbie Byrd

    REBROADCAST: Wands & Wellbeing; Wonderful Wisdom for Healthcare from the House of Pharmacy, with Dr. Debbie Byrd
    Jun 19 2025
    Revisit this episode with us! This episode highlights a fascinating intersection between nursing and pharmacy on this episode of Voices From the Nursing Frontline. Dr. Debbie Byrd is the Dean of East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy. She is involved with the Nurse Narratives documentary project by Ballad Health and ETSU. In this interview, Dr. Christy Hall and Dr. Debbie Byrd discuss ways the College of Pharmacy is drawing students in and supporting them as they journey through the pharmacy program and remind us how important these areas of healthcare are to one another. Don't miss this uplifting interview!
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    31 mins
  • REBROADCAST: Nursing Professional Development: Use Your Sphere of Influence to Change the Paradigm with Dr. Dawna Cato

    REBROADCAST: Nursing Professional Development: Use Your Sphere of Influence to Change the Paradigm with Dr. Dawna Cato
    Jun 4 2025
    Join Dr. Christy Hall and guest, Dr. Dawna Cato, as they discuss redesigning our healthcare system, and methods of education to acknowledge the changes in the world of nursing, even since the pandemic. They dive into ideas of creating more interactive strategies of continued education, and learning that progresses a nurse's career and well-being as they operate in the healthcare system. Dr. Cato has extensive experience in onboarding nurses and offers a unique perspective in retaining nurses by being proactively empathetic and caring for each nurse's well-being as a whole person. Don't miss this valuable episode of Voices from the Nursing Frontline.
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    30 mins
  • REBROADCAST: Sticking It Out; Reflections on Staying In and Loving Hospital Nursing, with Dr. Hope Diaz

    REBROADCAST: Sticking It Out; Reflections on Staying In and Loving Hospital Nursing, with Dr. Hope Diaz
    May 21 2025
    Join our podcast producer, Rachel Throp, as she interviews Dr. Hope Diaz, a Nurse Practitioner in Tennessee, as she shares her passion for hospital nursing, her pursuit of knowledge, and her love for bedside nurses. Dr. Diaz encourages all healthcare workers in ways to insulate themselves from burnout by connecting to their patients and how to find balance in their life. Don't miss this episode of Voices from the Nursing Frontline!
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    22 mins
  • REBROADCAST: Coming Full Circle; Embracing Nursing Simulations and Innovations with Dr. Pamela Jeffries

    REBROADCAST: Coming Full Circle; Embracing Nursing Simulations and Innovations with Dr. Pamela Jeffries
    Apr 23 2025
    Join us for a rebroadcast of the tenth episode of Voices from the Nursing Frontline: Coming Full Circle; Embracing Nursing Simulations and Innovations with Dr. Pamela Jeffries and host, Dr. Christie Hall. Listen to this nursing legend and leader. Dr. Jeffries, as she shares the journey of developing the NLN Jeffries Simulation Theory, as well as the ways simulations and innovations have changed nursing.
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    45 mins