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The Why…
The reason The Code Team is here is simple. You. The story behind it however, is incredible. It’s a personal and significant journey in my life.
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Protection Is Not a Reward
Nurses are among the most appreciated workers in the country. And nursing has a burnout epidemic. Those two things aren’t contradictory once you understand that appreciation and protection are not the same thing. This post is about the much harder truth underneath all the self-care advice. You were always owed this.
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Lukewarm Love Ep3: How NOT to Love a Nurse #2 – Protection (S3E6)
If someone has told you they appreciate you and still gave you an unsafe assignment, you already know the difference between being valued and being protected. This episode is about that gap. The second Nurse Love Language. The one that doesn’t stay at work. And why speaking up got treated like weakness.
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Lukewarm Love Ep2: Nursing Love Language #1 – Initiative (S3E5)
If you’ve ever felt more exhausted after someone offered to help, this episode is for you. The mental load nobody sees. Executive functioning burnout. Weaponized incompetence. What initiative actually looks like at work and at home. Once you see the cycle you’ve been living inside, you won’t be able to unsee it.
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Still Here: A New Season of The Ritual Nurse
Nurses don’t need another reset. We need care that fits inside real shifts, real bodies, and real lives.
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Tarot: Renaissance Bling, Occult Drama, and the Real Magic Behind the Cards
(spoiler!! go listen to the episode BEFORE reading this! episode at the bottom of the page for easy listening) October means one thing: my inbox fills up with spam about the “ancient secret knowledge” of the occult/magic/witches/ and … yes… tarot, and if I had a dollar for every time someone incorrectly used a slur…
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Culture Cure: HR does WHAT?
When culture turns toxic, nurses often find themselves caught between impossible expectations, lateral violence, and the weight of responsibility with no outlet. In Episode 5 of The Ritual Nurse Podcast, we explored The Culture Cure, using the RISE skills ROLE-CLARITY and P.E.A.C.E. to define boundaries and protect practice. This episode continues that conversation by stepping…
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Culture Cure: Mean Girls are vile. I said what I said.
Bullying and incivility are eroding nursing from the inside out. In this episode, Riva shares evidence-based tools from the RISE curriculum, PEACE, CALM, and ROLE CLARITY, to help nurses protect themselves, reclaim boundaries, and thrive.
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Season 2 of The Ritual Nurse: RISE First – The Season of Radical Nursing
The Ritual Nurse Podcast Season 2 has started! We are in raw space where we speak plainly about what is going on. But we don’t stop there, we move on with actual help, real solutions. Nursing humor, sacred space, and self care always surround the hard conversations. Incredible guests coming up this season!!
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