The Nurse Keith Show
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.
Episodes
October 21, 2025 • 66 mins
On episode 530 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career
podcast, Keith welcomes back Dr. Lorre Laws, PhD, RN, NC for a continuation of their previous conversation on episode 515 regarding her significant work related to the concept of nurse-specific traumatization.
In the course of this dynamic conversation, Keith and Lorre dive deeper into the details of her work, including the physiology of the trauma response, ho...
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October 7, 2025 • 47 mins
On episode 528 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career
podcast, in recognition of World Mental Health Day, Keith interviews Kristen Gilmore, the Program Manager for Nurse Well-Being at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.
In the course of their conversation, Keith discusses with Kristen her experience as a leader whose sole responsibility is to foster an environment and culture where the mental he...
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October 1, 2025 • 49 mins
On this encore of episode 454 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, Keith interviews Maria Smilios, the author of The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis. In the course of their conversation, Keith and Ms Smilios discuss how numerous Black nurses fled the Jim Crow south in search of opportunity in the non-segregated north, and how many ended up working at Sea View Hos...
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September 24, 2025 • 62 mins
On this encore of episode 499 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, Keith interviews Karen Steinbock, MBA, BSN, RN, ACC, a nurse who is also a leadership, career, and professional development coach. In the course of their conversation, Keith and Karen discuss many aspects of career development, including making the choice to step into leadership, creating a career that's aligned with your personal values, a...
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September 9, 2025 • 54 mins
On episode 526 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career
podcast, Keith interviews Brian LeCount and Earl Dalton of Health Carousel, the organization behind Nursing Careers Week, an inspiring annual virtual event for nurses which will be held for the second time during the week of November 10th, 2025.
In the course of their conversation, Keith and his guests discuss the challenges facing 21st-century nurses, the cu...
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August 27, 2025 • 58 mins
On episode 525 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career
podcast, Keith interviews author and lactation pharmacologist Dr. Kaytlin Krutsch, PhD, PharmD, MBA, BCPS.
In the course of their conversation, Keith and Dr. Krutsch discuss the history and science behind the very specialized topic of lactation pharmacology, and why it should be of great importance to all healthcare professionals.
Kaytlin Krutsch, PhD, Pha...
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August 13, 2025 • 60 mins
On episode 524 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career
podcast, Keith welcomes back Anastasia Prech, BSN, RN, NC-BC for an in-depth, free-wheeling, and inspiring conversation about how we can consider approaching our lives and careers when our priorities shift, we're longing for reinvention, and it's time to tell a new story about who we are and what our lives are all about.
Anastasia Prech is a nurse, board-cert...
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July 30, 2025 • 41 mins
On episode 523 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career
podcast, Keith interviews author, nursing educator, and researcher Dr. Ruth Wittmann-Price, PhD, RN, CNS, CNE, CNEcl, CHSE, ANEF, FAAN.
In the course of their conversation, Keith and Dr. Wittmann-Price discuss the importance and impact of competency-based education in nursing. Dr. Wittmann-Price also reflects on her storied career, and her perceptions and exp...
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July 23, 2025 • 49 mins
On episode 522 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career
podcast, Keith interviews Amy Hillsman, MSN, ANP-BC, the Senior Director of the Virtual Care Center at Reimagine Care.
In the course of their conversation, Keith and Amy discuss what the future holds for nurses in the face of the growing prevalence of artificial intelligence and AI-driven care models.
Amy Hillsman is a nurse practitioner and the Senior Di...
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July 16, 2025 • 52 mins
On episode 521 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career
podcast, Keith interviews Angela Patterson, DNP, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, FAANP, the Chief Nursing Officer at CVS Health. In the course of their conversation, Keith and Angela discuss the new paradigms of care opening up for nurse practitioners here in the United States, including value-based care, retail-based clinics, leadership, and other emerging opportunities.
An...
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July 9, 2025 • 51 mins
On episode 520 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career
podcast, Keith interviews Leah Blackwell, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAONL, the Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer for Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (TMC).
In the course of their conversation, Keith and Leah discuss the many proactive steps we can take in response to the profoundly disturbing fact that 73% of all reported workplace violence incidents o...
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July 2, 2025 • 51 mins
On episode 519 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career
podcast, Keith interviews Dr. Georgianna Donadio, DC, MSc, PhD in a wide-ranging conversation that discusses, among other topics, how nurses can be powerful, purpose-driven advocates for patients who are navigating the confusing labyrinth of 21st-century healthcare.
The work of Dr. Georgianna Donadio has touched the lives of millions. For over 40 years, she h...
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June 25, 2025 • 49 mins
On episode 518 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career
podcast, Keith welcomes back Dr. Iman Abuzeid, the co-founder and CEO of Incredible Health, for yet another informative and fascinating interview with a frequent and dynamic guest with a great deal to share about the healthcare industry in general, and the nursing profession in particular.
In the course of their conversation, Keith and Dr. Abuzeid discuss the...
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June 18, 2025 • 54 mins
On episode 517 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career
podcast, Keith interviews Dr. Julianne Ewen and Dr. Julie Ossege, the
authors of "Guide for the New Nurse Practitioner Transitioning Into
Practice", a first-of-its-kind book published by Springer Publishing in
early 2025.
In the course of their conversation, Keith and his esteemed guests discuss
the many challenges faced by new NPs transitioning into practi...
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June 11, 2025 • 37 mins
On episode 516 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, Keith delivers a short but sweet solo episode exploring the many reasons why numerous nurses appear to be leaving acute care nursing behind. Keith also explores the multitude of viable non-acute career options available to nurses who want to leave hospital nursing in the dust and do something different. After all, the hospital isn't the only place where "...
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June 4, 2025 • 49 mins
On episode 515 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career
podcast, Keith interviews Dr. Lorre Laws, PhD, RN, NC regarding her significant contributions to the canon of literature related to nurses' experience of trauma. Specifically, Dr. Laws contends that it's not burnout and compassion fatigue that are the issues plaguing our profession — it's the silent epidemic of nurse-specific traumatization.
Dr. Lorre Laws, aff...
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May 20, 2025 • 47 mins
On episode 514 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career
podcast, Keith interviews Dr. Dina Hewett, Ph.D., RN, MSN, JM, a nurse,
educator, leader, and the author of the 3rd edition of "Fast Facts for
the Critical Care Nurse" which is scheduled to be published in May of
2025 by Springer Publishing.
In the course of their conversation, Keith and Dr. Hewett delve into the
specialty of critical care nursing, the many...
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May 6, 2025 • 55 mins
On episode 513 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, in celebration of Nurses Week 2025, Keith interviews Jennifer Johnson, BScN RN, the author of Nursing Intuition: How to Trust Your Gut, Save Your Sanity, and Survive Your Nursing Career.
In the course of their conversation, Keith and Jennifer discuss the role of nursing intuition, how to learn to trust your gut as a nurse, the science behind intuition, ...
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April 23, 2025 • 57 mins
On episode 512 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, Keith interviews author, retired psychiatric nurse, educator, and leader Dr. Lisa Rosenberg. In the course of their conversation, Keith and Dr. Rosenberg discuss how we cope with life-altering events, and the universal experiences of loss, grief, and recovery.
Also discussed is Dr. Rosenberg's memoir, Adventure on Joyland Road and Other Stories of Love ...
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April 9, 2025 • 58 mins
On episode 511 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, Keith interviews Kevin Gibson, BSN, RN, aka: The Boot Nurse, an NCLEX success coach and mentor with a compelling story to tell and advice to share for those facing this high-stakes exam.
In the course of their conversation, Keith and Kevin discuss top strategies and the essential mindset shift needed to pass the NCLEX. They also discuss their mutual exp...
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