Connecting CS Podcast - From a nurse perspective

From the Trenches: Danier’s Journey Through Emergency & Travel Nursing

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Welcome to the new year — and welcome back.

It’s been a hectic month, and we’re starting this year with a story from the front lines.On this episode, I sit down with Danier — a nurse shaped by four years in the trenches of emergency, two years as a full-time travel nurse, and now working inside the high-stakes world of the cath lab.His journey didn’t start as an RN. Danier began as a Registered Practical Nurse, grinding, learning, and pushing forward until earning his place as a Registered Nurse here in Canada.We talk about the realities — the chaos, the pressure, the moments that stay with you long after the shift ends. The stories you don’t hear in textbooks. The truth about travel nursing when it’s not just a highlight reel.This isn’t polished. This isn’t scripted.This is Danier’s journey — raw, uncut, and straight from the front lines of emergency and travel nursing.

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Bridging the gap in AI and healthcare

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:00:00 GMT

From humble beginnings as a Licensed Practical Nurse in British Columbia, Gagan’s journey in health care has been defined by growth, purpose, and impact. After moving to Ontario and becoming a Registered Nurse, she steadily built her career, discovering a passion for creating change beyond direct patient care and into leading teams at the intersection of health care and technology.

Gagan became involved in bridging the gap between health care and AI, contributing to initiatives that integrate technology into clinical practice. Through years of continuing education in business and leadership, she leveraged her nursing experience to transition into her role as a Robotics Specialist / Project Manager.

Driven by a deep commitment to supporting both patients and clinicians, Gagan’s passion for empowering others has shaped her into an AI Transformational leader. Tune in as we unpack her journey, explore the challenges of change, and discuss how her early desire to make a difference continues to drive her impact today.

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The Code blue chaser, Medical device Rep, CPR instructor

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 23:00:00 GMT

From cardiac cath lab nurse to becoming a medical device rep, a nurse instructor and currently a CPR instructor and nurse anesthesia assistant (CCAA) — Christian’s journey is all about growth and impact. In this episode, we dive into how he’s making a difference in the nursing community through teaching and mentorship. He shares the ups and downs of his career, how he navigated change in healthcare, and the lessons he learned turning failures into success. Tune in — this one’s packed with insight and inspiration for anyone in (or thinking about) nursing.

Email for business inquiries : cprwithchristian@gmail.com

IG Handle : @cpr_rnchris

Business Phone # +1 (365) 739-7CPR (277)

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Anesthesia Assistant

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:00:00 GMT

Ever wondered what it’s like to work side by side with an anesthesia doctor?If you’ve been curious about exploring a different path in nursing—learning IVs, intubation, ventilation, and assisting in the OR—this episode’s for you.My guest this week is a Nurse Anesthesia Assistant. We chat about his journey as a new grad, how mentorship and support helped shape his career, and what it really takes to become an A.A. He shares what a typical day looks like, the hours, pay, schooling, and how he keeps a healthy work-life balance.We also deep dive into his time in the Acute Nurse Resource Team his transition to PACU, and how those experiences opened the door to anesthesia.Tune in to hear his story and get inspired by the different paths you can take in nursing!

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Travel Nursing in Canada and USA

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Travel nursing, anyone? 🌎💉

I’m excited to welcome a special guest, Natalie, who just wrapped up contracts in Arizona and Texas. She’s one of many Canadian nurses bringing her talents and skills across the border.

In this episode, Natalie shares her journey as an ICU travel nurse in the U.S. — from the step-by-step process of getting started, to the financial side, and everything she’s learned along the way.

Tune in and join us for an inside look at what it’s really like to take your nursing career international.

Instagram handle: @nataliedostic

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The Aesthetic Shift

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:27:53 GMT

In this episode, Nurse Marco shares his professional journey and the path that led him to become an aesthetic nurse and nurse injector. From his beginnings as a Registered Practical Nurse to advancing his education as a Registered Nurse, his career has taken him through diverse roles—including working on the nursing resource team as a float nurse, in the operating room, in the emergency department, and as an agency nurse—before transitioning into aesthetic nursing full time.

We discuss his experiences in nursing education, his perspective on the profession, and his transition into entrepreneurship. Nurse Marco offers insights into work–life balance, the realities of starting a business, and the sacrifices required to pursue professional goals. He also shares his passion for helping people build confidence through aesthetic nursing and what he values most about running his own practice.

IG handle: @nurse.marco

thebeautystandard.ca

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Float / Nursing Resource Team to Professional Practice and simulator coordinator

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 05:59:28 GMT

February 2025 already?! Here with Jessica Registered Nurse for eight years, shares her experience as a resource team/float nurse here in Toronto. She provides us with her experience as she worked through her masters degree to work now as a Professional Practice and Simulator Coordinator at Toronto Metropolitan University. She has a had a wide range of practice in acute care in the hospital and she tells us her story during COVID, how she battled through depression and what helped her with her mental health. Being away from the stress of those years and channeling her inner joy in dance she was able to thrive in the arts and her first love in dance. Join us as we talk about the importance of mental health, using physical activity and dance as way to battle depression and express yourself. We dive into how Jessica's Journey as an RN, fitness/dance instructor and Professional and Simulator Coordinator.

Instagram handle : @distractedbydance

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Nurse Practitioner Pt. 3 of 3

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 03:21:16 GMT

Steph has been on the list of people I wanted to interview for quite some time. I finally got a chance to get her on the podcast. With 4 years of experience in the Neuro ICU, and 4 years as a nurse practitioner in Cardiac surgery, she has now transitioned into her role of a nurse manager. We discuss what inspired her to work as a healthcare worker and why she has moved forward through her career taking on different leadership roles. With her passion for helping and pushing boundaries, she wanted to make a difference systematically. Not only has she finished her master's degree as an NP but also recently finished her master's degree in health administration to make a difference within the healthcare system. In this final chapter of my 3 part series of interviewing nurse practitioners, we get into it with exactly Stephanie’s story. So turn up the volume, as we dial into her journey from a nurse's perspective.

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Nurse Practitioner Part 2 of 3

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 03:24:23 GMT

This is part of 2 of 3 of the nurse practitioner series. I have a special guest with me, Dalena. A seasoned emergency nurse for a decade, she talks about her experience starting from a new grad, on to the different departments of emerge. She talks the different roles she had ranging from triage, and what its like being a charge nurse. We talk about her growth and transition and why she became a nurse and what lead her to purse to become a nurse practitioner. From being uncertain of what she wanted to be, to staying the course in nursing, we share stories of being a new graduate and feeling the pressure. Currently, a nurse practitioner and working with a vulnerable group of homeless population, we get an insight on her role in harm reduction with her clients. The outreach clinic has provided care for this vulnerable population and Dalena explains what caring for them means to her. As humans we all look for ways to connect with others, and people in vulnerable sector are no different. We look for acceptance and hope for a better life. This was a great episode as we open up topics of the cycle of homelessness and how it deeply affects the community. Excited for you guys to tune in. Enjoy!

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Nurse Practitioner Part 1 of 3

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 19:12:15 GMT

On this week's episode, I am sitting down with Nisa who, with 4 degrees, a business owner, and a nurse practitioner achieving it the highest level has gone through a roller coaster ride. She navigates us in her journey in nursing. We dive into her schooling and her experience in university and how family support is such a factor through out her life. She talks about the detours, life events that shaped her to be relentless in her pursuit to become a nurse practitioner. With near death experiences, she was able to adjust and overcome the challenges life threw at her. Either being placed as a charge nurse with little experience, or starting a new business entirely, Nisa shares her what she has learned. If you ever feel when things are impossible we’re reminded that we are more resilient than we think we are. Nisa shares her life story in the hopes that like myself, are able inspire many who are in similar situations. We’re here to let you know that you are capable to climb over these challenges, that it’s hard but not impossible. This episode was amazing and enlightening! Get ready and join us in this episode.

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Life during COVID as a Nurse and Photographer

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:55:35 GMT

It’s been a couple of years since we came out of the pandemic and a lot has changed. Life as we know it during COVID wasn’t anything like we’ve ever gone through. Being a nurse during that period was an experience none of us will ever forget. Ralph discusses life during COVID as a nurse and a photographer. This is Ralph’s story of how he got into photography and his influences in life becoming a nurse. He was on the front lines as he worked in a designated COVID unit. We get an insight into how he got into wedding photography before nursing and how his passion for the arts opened new doors as an entrepreneur. He shares stories of how it’s not too late to chase your passion and start your own business. He takes us on what it’s like to balance two separate careers. I’m excited for you to join us in this episode and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

IG: @ralphrphotography

Website: https://ralphrphotography.mypixieset.com

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The New Grad Experience - Part 2 of 2

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:13:54 GMT

Part 2 of 2 of the new grad series, and on this episode I’m hanging out with Joseph. He walks through his experience as a new graduate nurse going into the ICU. Joseph gives his advice and what is helping him physically and mentally to get through his first few months as an ICU nurse. We dive deep into his family roots and the influences that he had growing up that led him to his nursing career. We learn about his past, the roadblocks, the challenges and detours he made along the way to get into the nursing program. We talk life, purpose, and really finding yourself in those early twenties and how time really molds us to become resilient. We reflect and share the struggles of a student and how it made us understand that things don’t always go as planned. He gives us insight into the importance of really working on a passion that you love and having a work-life balance. So, if you’re ready to see through his lens, tune in, as we take you through Joseph’s journey.

Instagram : @tamtriomusic

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The New Grad Experience - Part 1 of 2

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:45:29 GMT

As much as we all like to admit, we were new at some point in our careers, feeling anxious and eager to start. Meet Daniel. Coming fresh from ICU training, we talk about his experience and journey from university to the workforce and into Level 2 ICU nursing. Graduating post covid era, Daniel dives into the choice of why he decided to become a nurse, and what it means to him. We talked about previous experiences that allowed him to move seamlessly into nursing and the ICU. We get into topics of the ups and downs of nursing school, and how it translated into the real world. Sit down down with us, as we open up the new grad experience.

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Story of Perseverance - What failing taught me in life

Sun, 28 Jul 2024 21:26:37 GMT

This episode will go down in the history books as I open up about my life story and nursing journey. I had the pleasure of having Mark, my first guest on my show to co-host this episode. We’re going into deep about my lowest points in life, challenges, and barriers, and the number of years it took to accomplish my goals. As many times I have failed or was not successful in my own eyes, I felt it was necessary to shape and mold me into the person I am today. We go into deeper conversations regarding my thoughts of mental prep before going to work, stories of perseverance, consistency and not giving up on your dreams. We talk about my experience as a new grad, the importance of communication skills and what on-the-job experiences I learned that carried over to my life. Life has a way of giving us a unique experience and I am excited to share mine. I’m grateful each day that I get a chance to make a difference In someone’s life in my line of work. So if you’re ready to dive in and be entertained, join us on this show.

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Sports, travel and culture with Gleezusfeedsus

Thu, 04 Jul 2024 20:10:25 GMT

It's an enjoyable and wildly entertaining show on this week’s episode as I sit down with Gleezusfeedsus. We look at how he's living and his experience playing multiple sports (basketball, ultimate frisbee, and tennis). A food reviewer and a world traveller, Glenn talks about his journey and how he’s battled through injuries and shares how he's recovered from it. We discussed health and how he’s been able to stay active. We talk about travel, culture and identity. He reflects on his travel to the homeland and growing up as a Filipino-Canadian and what he’s learned through travelling alone, only knowing the basic Filipino language. It was great to finally get the person who influenced me to start a podcast on the show, while also learning even more about his life story. I hope you guys enjoy as much as I have in this episode!

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The experience as a new aesthetic business owner

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:26:48 GMT

Changes are inevitable in this line of work. We hear about nursing in the hospital, but it extends outside of it. For example, there's aesthetic nursing which on this episode, I got a chance to have a conversation with Nick an aesthetic nurse who along with his wife Nisa recently had the grand opening of their clinic called Aesthetic Room Toronto (ART). Nick opens up about his journey in life first as a student, then working as an emerge nurse to a clinical coordinator. Nick offers insight and reflection on the challenges of starting a business from ground up and the decision to go all in and what this clinic means to him. We talk about botox, fat dissolving procedures, and how it helps clients improve self-esteem, confidence, and the satisfaction of seeing their clients with amazing results. Finally, he shares tips on what he's learned during the process and the importance of work-life balance. Enjoy the show!

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Cardiology Ward to Cardiac ICU to Cath lab

Sat, 18 May 2024 21:20:40 GMT

Ever wonder what it takes to be a cath lab nurse? On this episode, I had the opportunity to sit down with Mark as he speaks on his experiences and stories as a new grad entering into the workforce. Mark leads us on how he became a cardiac ICU nurse and his journey going into the cath lab. We reflect on past experiences on working together, challenges he faced during COVID, the importance of work life balance, and mentorship. We discuss building team chemistry, and taking comfort in knowing that you have support.

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Why am I doing this ? What sparked it all

Sat, 04 May 2024 04:56:25 GMT

Why am I doing this? See what sparked it all and why I decided to embark on this journey.

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