May 8, 2020
Alissa, Chelsea, and Evie address the med-surg nursing pressures from the front line to furloughs, including a simple technique to restore a positive mental state in less than a minute.
HOSTS
Alissa Brown, BSN, MSN, RN
is a clinical nurse educator from the University of Utah Health.
She has been working in the health care industry for almost 12
years, and started her nursing career as a med-surg bedside nurse
on an Ortho, Trauma, and Surgical Specialty Unit. It was through
that experience in the med-surg unit where she discovered a passion
for education, and pursued a master’s degree. She is a lifelong
learner, and loves to teach. Born and raised in Salt
Lake City, Utah, she's not all work, and definitely enjoys play!
She loves to travel, and tries to plan as many vacations each year
as she can with family and friends. Alissa loves to read,
listen to podcasts, and geek out to documentaries and crime shows
on the weekends. She's a total fair weather fan when it comes to
Utes Football, but will cheer in all the right
places, or get mad when her husband tells her
to during a game. Alissa is looking forward
to conversations together on this AMSN podcast!
Evie Harris, BSN, MA, RN,
FNE lives and works in Baltimore, MD and has been an
RN for 4 years, and is also a Forensic Nurse
Examiner. She works on a busy med-surg unit in the roles
of staff RN, Charge RN, unit education council
representative, & preceptor. Evie has previous careers in
management, teaching, & on-air radio co-producer/co-host. Her
future career goals include nurse management & nurse
administration, as well as nursing entrepreneurial
endeavors. Evie enjoys spending time with her daughter,
traveling, laughing at all things, and anywhere there is music, you
will find her singing & dancing, even at work, with her
patients & colleagues.
Chelsea Parker RN, BSN,
CMSRN was born and raised in Newport News, Virginia. She
attended the University of Virginia and graduated in 2016 with a
Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing. Since then she has pursued
geriatric and palliative care nursing and developed a love for
general medicine, which is where her foundation for med-surg
nursing was built. As a young nurse looking for ways to bridge
engagement between generations of nurses, she is excited about what
this podcast will mean for AMSN.