The Handoff
Presented by Works, The Handoff is a podcast that dives into the most pressing topics in nursing, from burnout and mental health to diversity in nursing to the latest clinical innovations. Each episode features discussions that will help nurses and nurse leaders do their jobs better, whether that’s at the bedside, managing a unit or an entire health system.
Tune in each week to hear deep conversation with guests you won’t hear anywhere else.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2024
What’s next for nurses at the country’s largest public health system
Our guest for this episode oversees more than 8,000 nurses in her role as the Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive for NYC Health + Hospitals. In this conversation, Dan and Natalia Cineas…
An emerging nurse leader shares her thoughts on the profession
Our guest for this episode is Casey Green, also known as “Critical Care Casey.” Casey has been a critical care nurse for seven years working in the emergency department, various ICUs, and critical ca…
A conversation with “America’s Favorite Nurse”
Our guest for this episode is Alice Benjamin, a board-certified Clinical Nurse Specialist and Family Nurse Practitioner, as well as an author, podcast host, health advocate and a regular on-air medic…
California’s nursing workforce strategy
Our guest for this episode is Garrett Chan, the President & CEO of Healthimpact, the nursing policy center for the state of California. Garrett and his team partner with other nursing organizations, …
How UCLA’s Chief Nurse Executive maintains a high-performing culture
Our guest for this episode is Karen Grimley, Chief Nurse Executive at UCLA Health and Assistant Dean for the UCLA School of Nursing.
In this interview, Karen and Dan talk about the innovations that…
A candid conversation about the state of nursing
How this nurse leader forged her own path
Why nurse leaders need to understand how to use data
Our guest for this episode has the kind of career path that is close to Dr. Nurse Dan’s heart.
Rich Kenny started his career in the emergency department before eventually becoming a flight nurse f…
How one educator is creating the nurse leaders of tomorrow
How Johns Hopkins manages its contingent nursing workforce
Our guest for today’s episode oversees what she calls a one-stop shop for nurse staffing within Johns Hopkins. Built 30 years ago as an internal float pool, Johns Hopkins Intrastaff is now both a VMS…
The unique challenges of nursing on a remote island chain
How do we teach nurses to be anti-racist?
The Handoff Season 5: Coming Soon
Dr. Nurse Dan and the rest of The Handoff team are busy recording new episodes for Season 5, which will be launching next week.
We’ve already lined up some great guests to talk about everything from…
What keeps a healthcare economist up at night
Today’s episode is our last of season 4 and it's with one of the leading voices in the conversation around the nursing workforce. Dr. Peter Buerhaus is a healthcare economist and a Professor in the …
Solving the “travesty” that is nurse scheduling
Our guest today for this episode is here to talk about an issue that is very close to our hearts here at Trusted Health: nurse staffing. Dani Bowie has built a career around solving this issue and cu…
A deep dive into moral injury
Our guest for this episode is Dr. Patricia Pittman, a Professor of Health Policy and Management and the Director of the Health Workforce Research Center at George Washington. Dr. Pittman is part of …
Overcoming a stroke and finding a career in nursing
Our guest for this episode has a truly remarkable story. At 26, Paul Coyne suffered a stroke while working as a derivatives analyst at Goldman Sachs. Rather than slowing him down, the stroke and the …
Creating a strong culture of patient safety
Our guest for this episode is Nan Henderson, DNP, MSN-Ed, RN, a former critical care nurse who is an expert in patient safety, particularly as it relates to handoffs.
After a series of internal surv…
What does the post-pandemic nursing workforce look like?
Our guest for this episode is Jana Bitton, the executive director for the Oregon Center for Nursing. Jana is as passionate an advocate for the nursing profession as you will find and is focused on he…
How to become a culturally competent nurse leader
Tiffany Gibson likes to refer to herself as a troublemaker and a nurse agitator -- two labels that Dr. Nurse Dan can absolutely get behind!
Tiffany is a pediatric nurse turned professional developme…