Episodes

  • The Aesthetic Shift

    The Aesthetic Shift
    Aug 22 2025

    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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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Float / Nursing Resource Team to Professional Practice and simulator coordinator

    Float / Nursing Resource Team to Professional Practice and simulator coordinator
    Feb 11 2025

    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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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • Nurse Practitioner Pt. 3 of 3

    Nurse Practitioner Pt. 3 of 3
    Jan 24 2025
    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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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • Nurse Practitioner Part 2 of 3

    Nurse Practitioner Part 2 of 3
    Dec 10 2024
    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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    2 hrs and 23 mins
  • Nurse Practitioner Part 1 of 3

    Nurse Practitioner Part 1 of 3
    Nov 3 2024
    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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    2 hrs and 44 mins
  • Life during COVID as a Nurse and Photographer

    Life during COVID as a Nurse and Photographer
    Sep 23 2024

    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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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • The New Grad Experience - Part 2 of 2

    The New Grad Experience - Part 2 of 2
    Sep 5 2024

    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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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • The New Grad Experience - Part 1 of 2

    The New Grad Experience - Part 1 of 2
    Aug 12 2024
    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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    1 hr and 34 mins