Lighting Your Way Podcast

7.9: Trusting Your Gut

7.9: Trusting Your Gut

In this story, Crystal Leonardi, RN, BSN, tells us how trusting a patient’s intuition (combined with extra testing) saved her from an invasive and potentially dangerous procedure.

7.8 A Successful Surgery!

7.8 A Successful Surgery!

We’re following up with Suzy Parker, RN, about a successful surgery to fix a severe underbite that caused headaches, digestive problems, and dental issues throughout a patient’s life. It’s an inspiring win!

7.7 Screenings Save the Day

7.7 Screenings Save the Day

This week, Betty speaks with Heather Munizza, RN, MSN, and Stephanie Wimmer, RN, BSN, about their work serving a population who are sometimes exposed to environmental hazards on the job.

7.6 Second Opinion Saved a Leg

7.6 Second Opinion Saved a Leg

This week, Betty speaks to her colleagues on the Coastal HIF Mobile Care Coordinator team about various cases, including a leg that was saved with a second opinion.

7.4 The Right to Be Heard

7.4 The Right to Be Heard

This week, Alonda Wood, RN, BSN, shares a story about helping a patient whose antibiotic did more harm than good and an unresponsive medical team who made the situation even worse.

7.2 In for the Long Haul

7.2 In for the Long Haul

This week, Betty talks with Jeneane Fitzmaurice, RN, BSN, and Heidi J. Davis, MSN, RN, CPN, NPD-BC, who help teamsters stay on the road by supporting their healthcare journeys.

7.1 Another Type of Advocate

7.1 Another Type of Advocate

In our Season 7 opener, we’re learning about how social workers and nurse advocates can work together to help patients. With Damali N. Stansbury, LSW, MSW.

6.12 A Very Bad Primary Care Provider

6.12 A Very Bad Primary Care Provider

In our Season 6 finale, Bianca Pollart, RN, BSN, shares a doozy of a cautionary tale about how a primary care provider who doesn’t listen to you can harm your health and well-being.

6.10 A Profiled Patient

6.10 A Profiled Patient

This week, we hear from Samantha Salerno, RN, BSN, who tells us all about a case in which a patient’s treatment for a painful condition was delayed — because his doctors and nurses made assumptions based on his tattoos.