Nursing Lyfe 101
Welcome to Nursing Lyfe 101! 🩺✨
Join Colby and Christopher, two seasoned nurses navigating the highs and lows of healthcare, as they share personal stories, practical advice, and insights on nursing, wellness, and career growth. Whether you're a student, a new grad, or an experienced RN, Nursing Lyfe 101 is your go-to for real talk on life in scrubs, mental health, and tips to thrive inside and outside the hospital.
Tune in, connect, and find your strength with us – because nursing is more than a job; it's a journey. 🎙💙
Podcasting since 2024 • 23 episodes
Nursing Lyfe 101
Latest Episodes
Holding the Leg for an Hour: Real Healthcare Teamwork
Ever held a leg for 60 minutes while a provider debrides a wound and the room goes silent except for scissors and suction? That’s the kind of unfiltered reality we explore with Daniel, a physician assistant who moved from vascular surgery to li...
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Team Inpatient vs Team Outpatient: Which Nursing Lyfe Fits You?
What if choosing between inpatient and outpatient wasn’t about picking a side, but about designing your career and your life? We open up about the real tradeoffs nurses face: the adrenaline and growth of inpatient care versus the predictable ho...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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Time Off in Nursing: How to Use it and Why it Matters
Feeling torn between patient care and your own recovery? We dig into the real-world playbook for nurse PTO and RTO—what they are, how they accrue, and how to actually use them without guilt, drama, or burnout. From unit-level policies and state...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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A Christmas Eve Letter to Nurses
Nursing doesn’t pause for the holidays — and neither do the emotions that come with this work.In this special Christmas Eve episode of Nursing Lyfe 101, Christopher steps behind the mic solo for a reflective, Office Hours–style ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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Clinicals: The Unfiltered Start of Every Nurse’s Story
Remember walking onto the unit as a student nurse, heart racing, praying your patient wouldn’t code while you were in the room? Yeah… same.In this episode of Nursing Lyfe 101, Christopher and Colby head back to their clinical days — th...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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