Nurse Essentials: A podcast focused on caring for you Cleveland Clinic

As Nurse Essentials celebrates its one-year anniversary, Cleveland Clinic Executive Chief Nursing Officer Meredith Foxx, MSN, MBA, APRN, NEA-BC – the podcast’s first guest – returns to share her thoughts on several hot topics in nursing.

Sleep deprivation is common among nurses who work 12-hour shifts, swing shifts and night shifts. Robon Vanek, MSN, RN, CNP, an advanced practice nurse in Cleveland Clinic’s Sleep Disorders Center, shares advice for nurses – and all of the 70 million people in the U.S. who are sleep deprived – on forming good sleep habits.

Patients have many options for continuing their care at discharge, including receiving skilled nursing in the home. Home care nurses play an integral role in healthcare, providing everything from IV and wound care to medication education.

Patients depend on nurses to advocate for them, especially at their most vulnerable in the operating room. In this episode, Carol talks to Dena Salamon, MSN, RN, Perioperative Nursing Director for the main pavilion operating rooms at Cleveland Clinic main campus, about the unique challenges of speaking up in the OR and how clinical nurses can become comfortable and adept at doing so.

Childbirth can be triggering and stressful for people who have survived sexual abuse and violence. Cleveland Clinic’s M-Power program, launched in 2022, is tailored to the individual needs of these patients to improve their birth experience.

Caring for patients at a community health center or hospital extends beyond clinical nursing. A veteran nurse shares his fulfilling experience of volunteering within the community as a board member of an educational center.