Podcast

Nurses have the skills and knowledge to run for office and just by virtue of our education and experience, we are ready to govern. In this episode of the Love n' Leary podcast, we invited our colleague Dr. Danielle McCamey to join in the conversation, discussing our respective experiences going through the Healing Politics Campaign School for Nurses and Midwives. Healing Politics is an educational, non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission to inspire, motivate, recruit, & train nurses & midwives to run for elected office. Rebecca Love attended the program in 2023, Dr. McCamey attended in 2024, and Dr. Marion Leary attended the program in 2025.

In part one of the Love n' Leary podcast, Dr. Marion Leary comes to you live from the 2025 Healing Politics Campaign School at Duke University. Healing Politics (https://healing-politics.org) is an educational, non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to inspire, motivate, recruit, & train nurses & midwives to run for elected office up & down the ballot while building a culture of civic engagement within the professions.

Today, on the Love n' Leary podcast, we are raising awareness among nurses and other providers about the risks of DEHP in IV bags and other medical devices. **This episode is sponsored by B. Braun, a pioneer of safe medical equipment. They are a leader in smart infusion therapy and safe and effective pharmacy products, patient and provider safety, and sustainable health solutions.**

In our first live, roaming podcast, we talk with nurse entrepreneurs and innovators at the AONL (https://www.aonl.org/) Nurse Innovation Showcase. Building on the theme, we showcase their companies and discuss why they felt compelled to take the leap (and risk) to fill a gap and create a healthcare start-up company.

In our first live podcast recording from the AONL Nurse Hack 4 Health Innovation Sprint, we talk with colleagues from Johnson & Johnson and SONSIEL as well as nurse leaders from around the country about the importance of supporting nurses as innovators.

We are back! On this new episode of the Love n' Leary podcast, we discuss the new administration and the tangible ways you can use your voice and power to stand up for the future of the nation.

Marion & Rebecca give an update on the Nursing is STEM coalition. In August, the Nursing is STEM board submitted an application to the Department of Homeland Security to designate nursing as a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) profession.

Marion & Rebecca are back with season two of the Love n' Leary podcast discussing school gun violence with Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN, a Nationally Certified School Nurse (NCSN).

Ever thought about participating in a hackathon? Marion & Rebecca break down the history of nurse-led hackathons and why you should partcipate.

Marion & Rebecca discuss the importance of recognizing the nursing as part of STEM.

On this episode, Marion & Rebecca discuss why we need nurses in the media. Their first special guest is Barbara Glickstein, a public health nurse, health reporter, and media strategist. She discusses why nursing is so underrepresented in the media, how nurses can be more engaged with journalists, and tips on how to become media competent.

Marion & Rebecca talk about why it is vitally important for nurses to vote and be civically engaged.

Marion and Rebecca discuss how Gen Z faces more pressure at work than previous generations because technology has eliminated work-life boundaries, and how it directly is affecting the nursing workforce.

Marion and Rebecca discuss their origin story in nurse-led innovation and shoutout those who led the way for innovation to take hold in nursing.

Marion and Rebecca discuss the personas that we create and use on social media platforms, the power, privilege, and pressure that comes with using one's voice on these outlets, and the imposter syndrome that creeps in.