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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend, Tyler Reeves.
Tyler Reeves started his career at Clara Barton Hospital in Great Bend, KS. He advanced from CNA to LPN and then RN, eventually spending a decade there with an initial start in med-surg then moving to the Emergency Department. While working in the ED, Tyler had the opportunity to join the Barton County Transfer Service as a ground transport nurse for four years.
In 2018, Tyler became a flight nurse with EagleMed, initially stationed in Goodland, KS. Here he obtained his CFRN and CEN credentials. Tyler also furthered his prehospital training becoming a Nationally Registered Paramedic in 2022 and gaining experience at Ellis County EMS.
In August 2022, Tyler transferred to a new rotor base, EagleMed 10 in Great Bend, KS, where he has taken on roles as the QA Coordinator, Clinical Coach, and Base Educator. In addition to his roles at EagleMed, Tyler keeps busy as the founder of KanStaff Nurses LLC, pulling shifts with Ellis County EMS and his favorite role of being a dad. Tyler has grown his career in the past 11 years as a nurse and continues to excel in his diverse and impactful career. It’s no surprise to those that know Tyler that he was the recipient of the 2024 Distinguished CFRN Award.
Come along as Janie Schumaker and Hollye Briggs talk with Tyler about his career in flight nursing. He will discuss his passion for patient care, and what keeps him motivated. This episode is called, “More than My Hometown: Spotlight on the 2024 Distinguished CFRN Award Winner.”
Tyler can be reached on LinkedIn @TylerReeves-316a49215 and on Facebook @EagleMed10-Great Bend, KS and also KanStaff Nurses LLC pages.
BCEN & Friends Podcast is presented by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. We invite you to visit us online at https://bcen.org for additional information about emergency nursing certification, education, and much more.
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend, Lionel Lyde.
Lionel Lyde is a retired Military Nurse with 35 years of service in the armed forces. He holds his MHA MBA, and CEN. Lionel has taken on clinical, leadership and executive leadership positions during his 31-year nursing career, spending most of his clinical time as a critical care and ER/Trauma Nurse. His last position being an Air Force Critical Care Master Clinician and Special Military Consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General for Critical Care Nursing.
He retired from military service 2022 but has certainly not retired from nursing. He’s currently the Director of Nursing for a group home and manages a free clinic. His current professional goal is to network primary care clinics that provide care to low income and indigent patient populations. This goal is part of a greater aspiration to facilitate access to the healthcare system and decompress community emergency departments.
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Lionel about his career in military nursing and leadership. He will discuss his current focus, improving access to healthcare for low-income populations.
This episode is called, This is the Way Of Nursing.
Lionel can be reached on Facebook and LinkedIn @Lionel Lyde
BCEN & Friends Podcast is presented by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. We invite you to visit us online at https://bcen.org for additional information about emergency nursing certification, education, and much more.
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend, Megan Wood.
Megan Wood is currently a critical care ground transport nurse with AHN LifeFlight and holds the CFRN and Pre-hospital Register Nurse certification. She also works as a nurse intensivist, critical care, and L& D nurse at a PA area hospital.
Megan began her career as a paramedic for over 10 years in a busy 911 based EMS system and also as a flight paramedic. When she became a nurse, she continued to fly with Stat MedEvac in Pittsburgh, and working some shifts in a local hospital.
After a few years, Megan decided to embrace change and jumped into an ICU role in her hometown of Washington, PA, and once she got a few years in the ICU, she changed again to a role in the Labor and Delivery unit. It was here that Megan discovered a great passion for women’s health and has used that knowledge to teach other healthcare providers on the topics of fetal, maternal, and neonatal care as well as transport considerations for this special population.
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Megan about the journey from paramedic to transport nurse. She speaks to the challenges of ground transport nursing, particularly for high-risk OB care.
This episode is called, Take Care of You on the Go.
Megan can be reached on LinkedIn @MeganWood
BCEN & Friends Podcast is presented by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. We invite you to visit us online at https://bcen.org for additional information about emergency nursing certification, education, and much more.
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend, Jaime Phillips.
Jaime Phillips is currently a special agent with the Army Criminal Investigation Division, a retired Staff Sergeant with the U.S. Army Reserves, a registered nurse, and certified tactical paramedic. Jaime has over ten years of experience in law enforcement and tactical medicine which has made him very passionate about the specialty of operational medicine.
Jaime is a founding member, current President, and Fellow for the newly launched Academy of Operational Medicine. This fellowship program recognizes individuals who have demonstrated their advanced practice of operational medicine through experience, education, and leadership.
Come along as Janie Schumaker, Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Jaime about his latest mission: the Academy of Operational Medicine. He's unifying healthcare providers practicing in unconventional and hostile environments.
This episode is called, Where Comfort Zones End.
Jaime can be reached on Instagram @FAOMedicine and on faom.org
BCEN & Friends Podcast is presented by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. We invite you to visit us online at https://bcen.org for additional information about emergency nursing certification, education, and much more.
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend, Taylor DuBose.
Taylor is an emergency nurse with 6 years of experience in various ED settings, including a level 2 trauma and rural. She holds the CEN and CPEN credentials and is currently working as the Department Chair of Nursing at a technical college. Taylor oversees the Associates Degree, Transition, and Practical Nursing programs.
Taylor started her nursing education as an ADN then completed an RN to MSN tract in Leadership and Management. She recently completed her MBA and is enrolling in a DNP program for Educational Leadership It’s clear that Taylor is passionate about education and using her love of lifelong learning to help others achieve their goals.
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Taylor about her start in emergency nursing. Taylor is using all her experiences to guide student nurses as they navigate the transition from classroom to patient care.
This episode is called, “Learning to Embrace the In-between.”
Taylor can be reached on Facebook @TaylorDuBose
BCEN & Friends Podcast is presented by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. We invite you to visit us online at https://bcen.org for additional information about emergency nursing certification, education, and much more.
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend Kim Colegrove.
Kim Colegrove is an international speaker and the author of Mindfulness for Warriors, The Mindfulness for Warriors Handbook, and Wellness Warrior Style. She’s also the founder of Pause First Academy—an organization that provides online and in-person wellness and resilience training and support for society’s warriors, protectors, guardians, and healers.
Come along as Janie Schumaker and Hollye Briggs talk with Kim about her life and work teaching practices of self-care to the front-line warriors in law enforcement, military, and healthcare.
This episode is called “Why I decided to Pause First.”
Kim can be reached at Academy.pausefirst.com and on Instagram @KimColegroveAuthor
BCEN & Friends Podcast is presented by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. We invite you to visit us online at https://bcen.org for additional information about emergency nursing certification, education, and much more.
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend Merideth Gradowski.
Merideth Gradowski is the Trauma Program Manager at an ACS (American College of Surgeons) verified Level I trauma center in Phoenix, Arizona. She has been a nurse since 2009 with the majority of her experience in emergency and trauma nursing. Her prior roles include ED charge nurse and supervisor, trauma injury prevention coordinator, and trauma performance improvement nurse.
Merideth initially obtained her associates degree in nursing and then furthered her education with a Bachelors of Nursing from Arizona State University and then a Master’s of Nursing from Queens University of Charlotte.
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Merideth about her role within trauma care and her best advice to progress as a new professional.
This episode is called “Quality Trauma Care: From the City to the Burbs.”
Merideth can be reached on LinkedIn @MeridethGradowski and X @level1traumarn
BCEN & Friends Podcast is presented by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. We invite you to visit us online at https://bcen.org for additional information about emergency nursing certification, education, and much more.
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend, Jonathan Green.
Jonathan Green is the Senior Director of Nursing at Montefiore Medical Center’s Einstein Campus, Bronx, NY, responsible for nursing practice and operations across multiple service lines. He has over 25 years of healthcare leadership experience with an emphasis on emergency and critical care nursing and nursing leadership. He is active in the Emergency Nurses Association, the American College of Healthcare Executives, and is a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He teaches nursing leadership courses in the graduate and undergraduate programs at Excelsior University in Albany, NY, and consults on a variety of nursing leadership and nursing education topics.
A little about his education background, Jonathan earned an MBA in Healthcare Management from Excelsior University in Albany, NY, a Doctor of Nursing Practice and Master of Science degree in nursing at Dominican University in Orangeburg, NY, a Bachelor of Science in nursing at Excelsior University in Albany, NY, and a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. He is board-certified in healthcare management as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), as an emergency nurse and nurse practitioner (CEN, ENP-C), critical care nurse (CCRN), and as a nurse executive-advanced (NEA-BC).
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Jonathan about his drive to influence and empower the entire healthcare team.
This episode is called, “Engineering Excellence with Intentional Leadership”.
Jonathan can be reached on LinkedIn @JGreenDNP
BCEN & Friends Podcast is presented by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. We invite you to visit us online at https://bcen.org for additional information about emergency nursing certification, education, and much more.
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend Becky Rich.
Becky Rich has been in the world of emergency medicine and nursing for the past 9 years, and recently obtained her Doctorate in Nursing Practice. She works full time in nursing education teaching didactic and practical skills and also works PRN as a float nurse across multiple emergency departments in a local health system. The chaos and the structure of these two positions are exactly, as Becky believes, the best of both worlds.
Outside of her professional life, Becky enjoys family time with her fiancée, daughter, and two dogs. Whether it be walks, hikes, or pool time, she enjoys all the natural joys of the beautiful Arizona weather.
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Becky about her start in emergency nursing. They will chat about how she went from a patient care tech to recently finishing her DNP. It’s been quite a journey thus far, but Becky hasn’t lost a step.
This episode is called “Another bend in the road from PCT to DNP”.
Becky can be reached on LinkedIn @RebeccaRich
BCEN & Friends Podcast is presented by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. We invite you to visit us online at https://bcen.org for additional information about emergency nursing certification, education, and much more.
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend Angela Atwood.
Angela ‘Angie’ Atwood has over 25 years of experience caring for critical care patients in ground, air, and hospital environments. She has served in roles ranging from paramedic, firefighter, ER nurse, Flight RN, and direction of education.
Angie has her MSN in Nursing leadership and management as well as her CFRN and FP-C (certified flight paramedic). Her current role includes clinical content creation, serving as a SME and adjunct lecturer and CAPCE (commission on accreditation for prehospital continuing education) Program Director. She also volunteers as a certification item writer and ASTNA education committee member.
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Angie about her career. She’ll talk about how she went from taking an EMT class to educating thousands of transport and flight clinicians. Angie has taken every experience as an opportunity to grow into the highly effective professional she is today.
This episode is called “Starting with the End in Mind”.
Angie can be reached on LinkedIn @AngelaAtwood; Instagram & Facebook @AngieAtwood.
BCEN & Friends Podcast is presented by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. We invite you to visit us online at https://bcen.org for additional information about emergency nursing certification, education, and much more.
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend Joe Hill.
Joe Hill started his career at a Level 1 adult/pediatric trauma center then moved into critical care ground transport. He decided to make the jump into flight medicine where he stayed for 19 years serving as a flight nurse and clinical directors.
In 2021, Joe finished his MSN-APRN and in March of 2023 Joe began working as a Family Nurse practitioner. Even though the learning curve was bit higher than he initially expected, Joe is finding he can make a significant difference in the emergency needs of patients through his new role in primary care.
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Joe about his career in emergency and flight nursing. From his initial why to why he’s stayed in this profession for over 25 years, this episode is sure to help us all find a place to land.
This episode is called “Setting up an LZ in Primary Care”.
Joe can be reached on LinkedIn @JosephHill-78937951
BCEN & Friends Podcast is presented by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. We invite you to visit us online at https://bcen.org for additional information about emergency nursing certification, education, and much more.
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend Mandy Felder.
Mandy Felder is a leader in pediatric trauma care with over 20 years of pediatric nursing experience. She is currently the Pediatric Trauma Program Manager at an ACS Level II trauma center in South Carolina. Mandy serves on the South Carolina Emergency Medical Services for Children Committee as well as the Trauma Advisory Committee.
She is an active member in several professional organizations including the Trauma Association of South Carolina, the Pediatric Trauma Society, and the Society of Trauma Nursing. She teaches ENPC, TNCC and PTACC. She holds her masters in nursing administration and organizational leadership as well as the TCRN and CPEN.
Mandy is passionate about improving care for children in the prehospital and hospital setting and promoting injury prevention efforts and education.
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Mandy about her passion for pediatric trauma care. She will also discuss why she believes it’s important to take that next step in professional development because even a small step is significant.
This episode is called “Creating Space for Pediatrics in Trauma Services.”
Mandy can be reached on LinkedIn @Amanda Felder
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend Tesla Teitge.
Tesla is an emergency nurse with over 10 years of clinical experience. She is also the owner and creator for the dynamic and “Paradise” inspired compressions socks from her company, Up at Dawn Compression Socks.
In 2023, Tesla completed her Masters in Nursing Education. She lives with her family in the Garden State where she has the opportunity to fill some of her favorite roles: ER nurse, university clinical instructor, mother, wife, beach enthusiast, and small business owner.
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Tesla about her passion for emergency nursing and how she took her personal love of compression socks and became an entrepreneur for her company, Up at Dawn Compression.
This episode is called “Emergency Nursing Til Dawn Edition.”
Tesla can be reached from her website: www.upatdawn.co
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend Lynn Miller Hayward.
Lynn Miller Hayward was born in South Africa and started her nursing career by obtaining a Bachelor of Social Sciences as a Registered Nursing and Midwife in 1979. She moved to the US shortly after graduating and spent 3 years in US healthcare before returning to South Africa. An experience with emergency services, lit the fire for Lynn to become an Advance Life Support Paramedic and take to the flight world for several years. She also became an AHA instructor for community education.
From a cruise ship nurse to a free-standing ED in North Carolina, Lynn’s career has moved into many different specialties of nursing, but she as she will tell, gaining her CEN made her feel recognized and respected in the field of emergency nursing. Lynn returned stateside in 2023 and is trying something new in the field of Endoscopy, as she believes there is always something to learn.
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Lynn about her deep-rooted career in nursing grown over the past 40 years. Lynn is sure to inspire and impart some wisdom she’s learned along the way.
This episode is called “No Wasted Time.”
Lynn can be reached by email at [email protected]
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend Shawntay Harris.
Shawntay Harris is the President and CEO of Eminent Healthcare Resources Consultants Inc, which offers education for nurses from bedside clinical training to leadership and administrative coursework. With over 23 years of nursing experience in emergency services, she has established an influence in her home state of Texas as well as nationally through her work with the Texas Emergency Nurses Association and the ENA Foundation.
Shawntay was recently highlighted in the media for her induction as a Fellow in the Academy of Emergency Nursing, becoming the first black nurse to be awarded this distinction for her service and leadership. Shawntay maintains all 5 BCEN credentials as well as being a doctoral student with completion of her program coming very soon in 2024.
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Shawntay about her career, and the ways she’s shaping the future of nursing through education and influence. Shawntay’s energy and excellence are sure to leave an impression.
This episode is called “Establishing an Eminent Legacy.”
Shawntay can be reached on LinkedIn and Facebook @ShawntayHarris and on Eminentcpr.com
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend Mary Whelan.
Mary Whelan has held many different leadership positions over the past 24 years of her career as a director of emergency services from a level II Trauma Center to a community hospital ED, she proved time and again with every leadership role that she possesses the tools to transform department culture and produce improved staff and patient engagement scores.
Mary built a reputation of actively engaging with staff to assist with patient flow and clinical care, helping build a relationship with bedside staff and demonstrating to them that she understands the valuable work they are doing. Mary’s tireless work to develop strategic collaborations within the ED and the healthcare system resulted in outcome data that reflected clinical excellence under her leadership.
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Mary about nursing leadership. Looking across the span of her career, what topics she believes are most important for those continuing to lead the profession.
This episode is called “Reigniting Leadership in Nursing.”
Mary can be reached on LinkedIn @MaryWhelan.
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend Joe Blansfield.
Joseph “Joe” Blansfield is a board-certified Adult Nurse Practitioner with over 5 decades of experience in the emergency and trauma setting. The last 27 years of his career were spent in the role of the Trauma/Acute Care Surgery Program Manager at Boston Medical Center, where Joe was responsible for maintaining all the requirements for this Level 1 Trauma Center until his retirement in June 2019.
Joe also has 26 years of active military service in the US Army Reserves retiring as a Colonel from the Army Nurse Corp, also earning a Bronze Star Medal and Legion of Merit. Joe has volunteered for BCEN through the TCRN Exam Construction Review Committee, worked on revisions of trauma materials for ENA, as well as being a speaker and published author of many clinical topics. He has been recognized for his excellence through various national awards as his dedication to nursing seems to know no bounds.
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Joe about his career in all things trauma related, from the stretcher-side to deployment, advanced practice to giving back and everything in between.
This episode is called “Navigating and Challenging the Trauma Landscape.”
Joe can be reached on Facebook and LinkedIn @Joseph Blansfield.
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend Anne O’Connor.
Annemarie O’Connor is an Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner at the Burn and Complex Wound Center at the University of Chicago Medicine in Illinois. With over 35 years of nursing within burn care from the bedside to administration and advanced practice, Anne has taken on responsibilities that encompass intensive care, surgical assist, outpatient wound management and community health and education.
Anne has served on various councils for advanced practice nursing and worked with the American Burn Association on several national committees including the Burn Nurse Certification initiative. She is a national faculty for the Advanced Burn Life Support Course thru ABA and has presented at state, national and international events presenting burn care content and education.
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Anne about her journey in the specialty of burn nursing from initial fears to pioneering the future with national certification.
This episode is called “When a Passion for Burn Care ignites your Whole Career.”
Anne recommends connecting through the website for University of Chicago Medical Center-Burn Center (www.uchicagomedicine.org/conditions-services/burn-center).
BCEN & Friends Podcast is presented by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. We invite you to visit us online at https://bcen.org for additional information about emergency nursing certification, education, and much more.
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend Alice Benjamin.
“Nurse Alice” Benjamin is a board-certified family nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, author, speaker, podcast host and a nurse pioneer on TV as a medical correspondent. Her experiences range from cardiovascular health, critical care, and emergency medicine involving patient care at some of the most prestigious and underserved hospitals.
As a medical correspondent for NBC Los Angeles, she was the nation's most watched nurse on TV who kept millions of viewers up to date with daily reporting during the Covid crisis. Spanning her career, Nurse Alice has appeared on numerous national shows, networks and radio shows including GMA3, Dr. Oz, The Doctors, CNN, HLN, FOX News, News Nation, TVOne, BBC, just to name a few. She also hosts the Ask Nurse Alice Podcast which we will spend more time on in the episode. Her written health features have been published in Parent Magazine, Blavity, Huffington Post, EBONY, The American Nurse, Minority Nurse, and many more. She is also the Founder and Senior editor for AskNurseAlice.com, a trusted online health, wellness, and medical media outlet.
Her mantra is she likes to talk to people before they become her patients. And when she talks, people listen.
Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Alice about her career in nursing, which has spanned from the bedside to the boardroom and national media outlets.
This episode is called “My Way to Becoming Nurse Alice.”
Alice can be reached on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok @AskNurseAlice or on her website at www.AskNurseAlice.com.
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In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend George Olschewski.
George Olschewski started out in healthcare as an EMT in 1993 and finished an English degree with a minor in journalism before going back for his nursing degree. Since 1998 George worked in the hospital from the intermediate and step down units to the ED at the Level One trauma center-University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey. It was there that George became a founding member of the Critical Care Transport Team at the trauma center.
George continues to serve in both specialties of EMS and transport nursing at Hackensack University Medical Center’s specialty care transport unit and Angel Midflight’s aeromedical flight team. In addition to his CTRN, George holds the TCRN, CEN and TCRN certification along with his certification as a Nationally Registered Paramedic.
Come along as Janie Schumaker, Michael Dexter, and Hollye Briggs talk with George about his career in transport nursing and recent nomination and selection for a BCEN award.
Come join in on this celebration conversation.
This episode is called “Not all Heroes are in Comic Books: Spotlight on the 2023 Distinguished CTRN Award Winner.”
George can be reached on LinkedIn @GeorgeOlschewski.
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