Champions for Children

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Episodes

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Episodes

Episode 12: Opening Doors

Members of a transport team receive the support they need from a manager following a devastating patient outcome, a family gives back despite the loss of three of their children, and the rollout of "Just Culture" across the Nemours enterprise - it's all covered in this episode of the Nemours Champions for Children podcast, "Opening Doors." SEGMENT 1: Paul Brust, RN, MSN, started in healthcare at the age of 19 as an ambulance driver, earning his undergraduate and Masters ...

Dec 09, 2019•21 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 11: Failing Up

Failure is an inevitable part of life - and something experienced by all three of the Nemours associates in this episode of Champions for Children. SEGMENT 1: Brandi Raulerson. is an admitting registration specialist at the Nemours Childrens Hospital in Orlando. Her role put her front and center as part of a hospital-wide registration team that includes medical translators and other registration specialists across the five floors of the hospital, as well as all of the satellite locations in and ...

Dec 02, 2019•21 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 10: Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving is upon us - and there is much for which to be grateful, as well hear from associates from across Nemours in the segment of the podcast, as well as in-depth associates stories from Jacksonville, Orlando and Longwood, Florida. SEGMENT 1: Rachael Linsley is a Patient Services Specialist group lead and preceptor in Jacksonville - and her speaking voice is a familiar one to those who call to schedule an appointment for the Jacksonville clinic. Its a job that requires grace under pressur...

Nov 25, 2019•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 9: The Art of Vulnerability

There is something to be said about being open to taking risks - to being vulnerable. Its a valuable lesson that each story in the podcast episode brings to light in different ways. SEGMENT 1: Nemours performance improvement manager Jessica Jordan has a theater background and a passion for community service. Her philosophy of continuous improvement can be summed up on one word: vulnerability - an idea carried forward into healthcare from her days doing improv. SEGMENT 2: In May 2019, the U.S. Fo...

Nov 18, 2019•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 8: The Importance of Hugs

Hugs are an important part of healing. Employing them across Nemours: priceless! SEGMENT 1: For 12 years, Myrna Rivera been a Medicaid Enrollment Specialist in Financial Services at the AI Dupont Hospital for Children in Wilmington. She helps families with kids who have special needs apply for Medicaid - and that can be daunting task - but not for Rivera, who truly enjoys her work helping others navigate the healthcare system. Recently, though, Rivera herself became ill - and it was she who need...

Nov 11, 2019•19 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 7: Sleep Tight and Don't Let the Bullies Bite

Anyone who has ever raised a child knows that different stages and ages bring new and sometimes daunting issues. Kids that dont sleep, kids whose trust has been shattered by bullying before their arrival at Nemours, and figuring out how to pay for medical costs are just a few of the problems faced by patients and families within the Nemours enterprise. Lucky for them, these three associates were there to help. SEGMENT 1: The in-patient rehabilitation unit at the Nemours Childrens Hospital in Orl...

Nov 04, 2019•21 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 6: The Wisdom of Children

Listen to kids, and they can help us to help them in their journey toward better health. Thats what these three Nemours associates have done, in very different ways, during the course of their careers in childrens health. SEGMENT 1: Present and engaged - thats Neressa James each and every day. When she says she understands what a parent is going through with a terminally ill child, she knows the pain all too well - and wants only to help those who stand in the shoes she wore not all that long ag...

Oct 28, 2019•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 5: It Takes a Village

It takes a village to care for an ill or injured child. Everyone within the community of Nemours associates plays an important role in helping kids experience and grow in a safe and healthy manner. That care extends beyond the walls of Nemours building and beyond the time spent on the job, as demonstrated by the associates featured in this episode of the Nemours Champions for Children podcast. SEGMENT 1: More often than not, the staff of the Nemours Emergency Departments have front row seats to ...

Oct 21, 2019•22 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 4: Roads Less Traveled

The paths we take to find ourselves at Nemours are as individual as each associate. The school to career path is the most direct - but not everyone follows that formula. The associates in this episode of the Champions for Children podcast arrived at their roles here by taking paths less traveled, including a childhood spent largely in a Bosnian hospital, and a career in opera and the theme park industry. There will be singing, including the Macarena like you've never heard it before. Featur...

Oct 14, 2019•19 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 3: All Shapes and Sizes

Families are the people we trust to care for us - and for each other - when times become difficult. At Nemours, we serve patient families with care, compassion and experience - and we become families within our own teams. Nemours associates share the importance of family involvement in the care process, and how the strong bond of trust between teammates ultimately benefits patients. Featuring: Shara Bialo, MD, Pediatric Endocrinologist, Nemours Speciality Outpatient Clinic, Deptford, New Jersey ...

Oct 07, 2019•18 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 2: Chance Encounters

Chance encounters are those moments when a person is in the right place at the right time, able and willing to do the right thing, with extraordinary results. Listen in as four Nemours associates share their chance encounters with patients, family members and colleagues, and how those moments changed their lives. Featuring: John Gossman, RN, Clinical Nurse Educator, A. I. Dupont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware Susan Blumenfeld, APRN, Neurology, Nemours Specialty Outpatient Clinic, Ch...

Sep 30, 2019•17 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast

Episode 1: Please Allow Me To Introduce...

Whether its celebrating success or coming together around a tragedy, the sense of family (at Nemours) is powerful. - Nemours President and CEO R. Lawrence Moss, MD Sharing Nemours family stories with 8,000 people across five states and 80 locations? Challenge accepted. Introducing the Nemours Champions for Children podcast, featuring the words, stories and experiences of associates from throughout the Nemours Childrens Health System. First up? Nemours President and CEO Larry Moss, MD on how a Pe...

Sep 20, 2019•15 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast