Encouragement for today's student nurse... and life lessons for the rest of us! Have you ever heard the phrase “nurses eat their young?” Feeding Our Young is more than a podcast – it’s a movement. It’s a desire to see new nurses of all ages be supported and uplifted by their peers. Join the movement! COME and hear host Eric Miller's vision for a radical culture change - in nursing, healthcare, and elsewhere; then STAY for a stable of all-star nursing students, nurses, and nurse educators! Th ...
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Episode 24 - Meghan Smith: "Confessions of" and Advice From a Nurse Manager
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Join former nurse manager and Canadian and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Meghan Smith as she tells us about getting an advanced degree without knowing what she wanted to do with it, the differences between Canadian and U.S. healthcare, why nursing was a second career choice, her experiences in nursing school, how she was bamboozled into …
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Episode 23 - Jayden Hawley: Free Falling and "Failing" Forward
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Join current student and San Diego, CA native Honored Guest Jayden Hawley as she talks about her potential areas of practice after nursing school, the importance of family (and her family's influence on her decision to become a nurse), her definition of the essence of nursing, what she loves about nursing school and nursing in general, her personal…
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Episode 21 - Mia Waters and Morgan Creekmore: Nursing School-Bonded Best Friends for Life
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Join recent graduates and west-side Washington native Honored Guests Mia Waters and Morgan Creekmore as they discuss balancing a social life with nursing school, becoming a "true adult" in nursing school, discovering what nurses actually do, their intriguing reasons for becoming nurses, their chosen areas of nursing, maintaining perspective, and mo…
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Episode 22 - Mia Waters and Morgan Creekmore: Today's Hosts M&M
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Continue with recent graduates and west-side Washington native Honored Guests Mia Waters and Morgan Creekmore as they discuss the pros and cons of living in a population-dense area, their differing experiences with being diagnosed with and having ADHD, their experiences taking the NCLEX, the existence of competition within nursing school, why they'…
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Episode 19 - Clémence Kitambala Pt 1: Woman of Three Countries
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Join relatively recent graduate and Congo, Uganda, and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Clémence Kitambala as she talks about differences between night and day shift, the culture shock of moving to the US through World Relief at the age of 16, entering her modeling era (and how it is similar to nursing), starting nursing school at the start…
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Episode 20 - Clémence Kitambala Pt 2: Every Day I'm Awake, I'm Alive
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Continue with relatively recent graduate and Congo, Uganda, and Spokane, Washington native Honored Guest Clémence Kitambala as she talks about what inspired her to be a nurse and to work in L&D; surviving financially in nursing school; her funny isolation story; being an ambivert; her advice for coming out of nursing school, taking the NCLEX, and f…
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Episode 18 - Krista Reilly: Nursing Instructor Extraordinaire
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Join nurse educator and Redding, Pennsylvania native Honored Guest Krista Reilly as she discusses her love of reading, her humorous initial exposure to nursing, her redemptive "eating our young" experience, her motivation for returning to nursing school as an educator, her unconventional ways of educating students, meeting students with diverse lea…
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Episode 17 - Gianna Callipari: Making Nursing School Fun
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Join current nursing student and San Diego, California native Honored Guest Gianna Callipari as she shares about completing nursing school after walking graduation, having a large family, her inspirational aunt, how someone who can't stand being behind a desk navigates the classroom, making nursing school fun, challenging herself, what her future n…
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Episode 16 - Melissa Resendiz: "¿Alguien Habla Español?" (Anybody Speak Spanish?)
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Join nursing educator, Querétaro, Mexico and Smackover, Arkansas native Honored Guest Melissa Resendiz as she chats about family, parental sacrifice, how she got into both nursing and nursing education, what she loved about nursing school, her own experience with the "eating our young" phenomenon, the importance of being kind to nursing students, a…
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Episode 14 - Noel Pitner Pt 1: Chaos-Loving High Achiever
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Join relatively recent new grad nurse and Honored Guest Noel Pitner as he chats about Deadpool and Wolverine, nursing as a second career, being an older male in nursing, not doing it alone, fitting nursing school into a well-established life, organization in nursing school, how law school compares to nursing school, the importance of not discountin…
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Episode 15 - Noel Pitner Pt 2: One Year in the PICU
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Continue with relatively recent new grad and Honored Guest Noel Pitner as he chats about why he chose nursing school the first time around, how men were treated in nursing school in the late 80s and early 90s, why the change from attorney to nursing school a second time, about never being too old, his future plans (continuing education onward to ob…
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Episode 13 - Chloe Burley: Who Am I? (Finding Your Identity)
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Join relatively recent new grad nurse and Spokane, WA native Honored Guest Chloe Burley as she talks about coming out of her shell, finding out who she is after nursing school, her inspirational reason why she became a nurse, why she chose to attend a university close to home, the importance of having support, managing anxiety, her transition from …
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Episode 11 - Sue Perkins Pt 1: Be Happy With Who You Are
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Join recently retired nursing educator extraordinaire Sue Perkins as she discusses going back to school at 50, her passion for pediatrics, the need to give up the competitive nature of nursing school, the importance of taking care of yourself, the resiliency wheel, giving yourself grace, having ADHD, her "mistake bank," her nontraditional way of en…
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Episode 12 - Sue Perkins Pt 2: The ABCs of Nursing School
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Continue with recently retired nursing educator extraordinaire and uber-inspring human Sue Perkins as she discusses what B's stand for, the importance of communication (and being respectful while doing so), taking advantage of resources available to you, lessons she has learned from nontraditional students, reflections on a supremely rewarding care…
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Episode 10 - Lucy Rash Pt 2: You're More than a Nursing Student
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Join recent graduate, Redmond, Washington native, and Honored Guest Lucy Rash as she continues talking about transitioning to a new grad life, procrastination, navigating devastating nursing school challenges, not taking life or others for granted, dealing with difficult cases as a new NICU nurse, leaning into others, and more! Contact us: mystory@…
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Episode 9 - Lucy Rash Pt 1: Glass Half Full
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Join recent graduate, Redmond, Washington native, and Honored Guest Lucy Rash as she discusses life as a NICU nurse, pursuing your desired unit/job directly out of nursing school, incorrect negative nursing school connotations, setting realistic expectations for yourself, her nursing school hero, how her Christian faith helps her overcome challenge…
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Episode 8 - Kenzie Brown: You're Meant to Be Here
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Join recent graduate, Duvall, Washington native, and Honored Guest Kenzie Brown as she shares how it feels being a new grad, having family support, prepping for the NCLEX exam, her secret to staying centered during the NCLEX exam, how health issues directed her to the nursing profession, how she felt entering nursing school, memories from each seme…
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Episode 7 - Mary Bec Brown: Fundamental Truths
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Join nurse educator, Jasper, Alabama native, and Honored Guest Mary Bec Brown as she talks about double names, graduating more than once, her inspirational mom, pivoting from fashion to nursing, working in the ICU as a new grad, her passion for teaching nursing students, common challenges she sees in her nursing students, the importance of leaning …
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Join recent graduate, Kingston, WA native, and Honored Guest Katelyn Arlen as she describes playing doctor, her working environment as a new grad, having negative preceptors in nursing school, the secret to swaying said preceptors, cellphones in clinical, recognizing and addressing mental health challenges, the benefits of proper medication, being …
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Episode 5 - Maya Bell: Family Trailblazer
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Join Honored Guest Maya Bell as she discusses being a family trailblazer in healthcare, outing her "secret" of being an only child, grandparental inspiration, seeing loved ones in your patients, the impact of clinical, anxiety, a roommate's secret to confidence, nursing school struggles, and the positive impact of having obligations! Contact us: my…
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Episode 4 - Griffin Garman: Enjoy Every Day
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Join Honored Guest Griffin Garman (and Harry) as he talks about being part of a tight knit family, dealing with perceptions and conversations surrounding being a male nursing student, gender stereotypes, navigating the choppy waters of nursing school, fielding curveballs in clinical, advocating for one's self, nursing skill "failures," relating wit…
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Episode 3 - Caitlin Lintoco: Smiling a Million Smiles
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Join Honored Guest Caitlin Lintoco as she discusses being a West Coast girl, overcoming preconceived notions, performing large family math, the advantage of carpooling to clinical, extroversion vs. introversion, RBF, classroom and clinical challenges, and most importantly, the impact of her first patient demise on both her personally as well as her…
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Episode 1 - What Do You Mean 'No Recipes?'
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What is Feeding Our Young? Join host Eric Miller - registered nurse and adjunct clinical instructor - as he bares his heart regarding why Feeding Our Young is more than just a podcast; his drive to see the "eating our young" culture be radically changed in nursing and healthcare in general; why he put his money where his mouth is by forming a busin…
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Episode 2 - Morgan Johnson: Perfectionist No More
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Join Honored Guest Morgan Johnson as she discusses who and what inspired her to enter the nursing field, battling perfectionism, her traveling adventures past and future, how she has selected her chosen specialty, how she overcame challenges to her identity, how she multitasks schooling with hobbies, her three chosen words to describe nursing schoo…
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