End the Silence - Stories of Nurses

About Sarah Choujounian

Sarah Choujounian has been a nurse since 2004 & has been working in a nursing home for the greater part of her career. In 2017, she was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia which was the catalyst for her life changing actions.Through natural healing, she was able to get completely clean, lost 60lbs & healed herself from most of her fibromyalgia. Her transformation was so incredible that she decided to give back & became a facilitator to survivors.

Sarah was fired from both her nursing jobs, her licence is under investigation and has been defamed by the media for speaking out against the lockdowns. She is now the co-founder of Canadian Frontline Nurses, an organisation aimed at uniting nurses, educating the public & bringing ethics back into healthcare.

She is also the founder of “Lighting Up Dark Corners”’. Sarah is on a mission to empower people to explore the root cause of their mental health challenges & discover natural ways to heal instead of numbing with toxic prescriptions

Canadian Front Line Nurses Directory -
https://www.canadianfrontlinenurses.ca/healthcare-providers

Lighting Up Dark Corners -
https://www.lightingupdarkcorners.com

About Sandra Payne:

Sandra Payne is an ex- Registered Nurse and Master Certified
Holistic Trauma Informed Coach and the owner of Sandra Payne
Wellness and founder of the exclusive Nurse Rx Coaching Program.
After 13 years working within the traditional health care system and
experiencing first hand the challenges that come with nursing, Sandra
has a keen understanding of the heavy unrealistic expectations in
nursing, the moral distress, and the stigma that keeps many nurse’s
struggles with depression, anxiety, and trauma, hidden in silence. Out
of this intimate understanding was born the Nurse Rx Program
through witch women nurses learn and practice a host of skills and
exercises to manage stress, process emotions, and heal trauma
within a safe group collective of other nurses.

Join the community of support - Facebook group Thriving in Nursing
https://www.facebook.com/groups/638818697054847

Connect with Sandra Payne here
https://www.sandrapaynecoach.com

Check out the International Association of Wellness Professionals Wellness Coach Training - https://iawp.ontraport.net/t?orid=91998&opid=28

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It's my pleasure to highlight one of my dearest client's of the Nurse Rx Community. Jess and I have been working together for over 18 months and are truly kindred souls.

Jess is an RN in Maine USA and after dabbling in a few different areas of health and nursing, including being a member of her hospitals infectious diseases team, she found her true passion in labor and delivery. She beautifully relates the experience of birth to so many transcendent experiences of life and her heart just sings when she talks about it.

In 2022 she made the brave decision to walk away from her job instead of waiting to be fired for her personal choices regarding the vaccine mandates in her state.  Heartbroken and wary from the exhaustion she was experiencing beforehand giving selflessly and tirelessly to her job, her patients, and her colleagues she witnessed so much unfold that left her morally and ethically at a crossroads, as many others have as well.

Sandra's Key Takeaways

• Life is a series of birth and death cycles that hold many magical moments, and incredible gifts if we are open to see them and receive them.
• The fall of the corporate health care system and the unveiling of the mistreatment and abuse of its workers.
• The hero identity and the difficulty of caring for ourselves when so much is on the line.
• Trusting that we will land when the world seems to be flipped upside down and you're being thrown into square one of life. 

About Sandra Payne:

Sandra Payne is an ex- Registered Nurse and Master Certified 
Holistic Trauma Informed Coach and the owner of Sandra Payne 
Wellness and founder of the exclusive Nurse Rx Coaching Program. 
After 13 years working within the traditional health care system and 
experiencing first hand the challenges that come with nursing, Sandra 
has a keen understanding of the heavy unrealistic expectations in 
nursing, the moral distress, and the stigma that keeps many nurse’s 
struggles with depression, anxiety, and trauma, hidden in silence. Out 
of this intimate understanding was born the Nurse Rx Program 
through witch women nurses learn and practice a host of skills and 
exercises to manage stress, process emotions, and heal trauma 
within a safe group collective of other nurses. 

Join the community of support - Facebook group Thriving in Nursing
https://www.facebook.com/groups/638818697054847

Connect with Sandra Payne here https://
www.sandrapaynecoach.com

Check out the International Association of Wellness Professionals Wellness Coach Training - https://iawp.ontraport.net/t?orid=91998&opid=28

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How can we as nurses show up and co-create a holistic health care system that addresses people in the deep ways people need?

In today's episode, my guest Bryanna and I are exploring the heavy impact of nursing on our lives as a whole and how the original conditioning influence of our young selves sets the foundation for the burnout and challenges we face in the future.


Sandra's Key Takeaways:

1. The constant pressure and expectations of being a women and nursing grad impacts our sense of self and our self care
2. Internalizing the traumatic experiences of nursing
3. Owning your role and responsibility in your life and career and facing your emotions
4. Tapping into the origins of our beliefs and the foundation of our behavior patterns.
5. Differences in wellness coaching and nurse coaching, and the similarities.

About the Bryanna Reilly
Bry is a Board Certified Nurse Coach. She supports nurses in a 1:1 or group setting while using coaching strategies and mindfulness practices to help them unlearn self sacrifice, create realistic self care, and build relationships that give back to them. 6 years as a Registered Nurse, Bry has spent the bulk of her career working in the psychiatric, critical
care, and medical-surgical specialties. Bry is dedicated to the holistic health of those she serves so that they can harmonize their professional life in alignment with their personal life.

[email protected]
Instagram: @nursecoachbry

About Sandra Payne:

Sandra Payne is an ex- Registered Nurse and Master Certified 
Holistic Trauma Informed Coach and the owner of Sandra Payne 
Wellness and founder of the exclusive Nurse Rx Coaching Program. 
After 13 years working within the traditional health care system and 
experiencing first hand the challenges that come with nursing, Sandra 
has a keen understanding of the heavy unrealistic expectations in 
nursing, the moral distress, and the stigma that keeps many nurse’s 
struggles with depression, anxiety, and trauma, hidden in silence. Out 
of this intimate understanding was born the Nurse Rx Program 
through witch women nurses learn and practice a host of skills and 
exercises to manage stress, process emotions, and heal trauma 
within a safe group collective of other nurses. 

Join the community of support - Facebook group Surviving Nursing
https://www.facebook.com/groups/638818697054847

Connect with Sandra Payne here https://
www.sandrapaynecoach.com

Check out the International Association of Wellness Professionals Wellness Coach Training - https://iawp.ontraport.net/t?orid=91998&opid=28

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Recently terminated RN Jasper Pare joins me for a closeup look at what led him to choose to lose his job as a nurse. He shares vulnerably with us the impact this has all had on his life, both professionally and personally.

What's incredible to witness, though, is his resilient mindset of growth and opportunity. Instead of allowing this devastating betrayal to lead him into a pit of despair, he has chosen to rise above it and see all the gifts that revealed themselves to him.
 
There are so many layers to the decisions of our nursing profession to allow the very code of ethics and morality and our advocacy for patient rights in health care to be eroded with the medical mandates we have seen. And this is just one of the many stories of institutional betrayal so similar to his.

How do we move forward from this erosion of trust and integrity in our system?
How do we heal as individuals and as a collective culture of health care professionals?

These are the questions of importance.

Sandra's Takeaways:

• Are male nurses experiencing the same high level of heavy expectations as their women colleagues?
• Red flags revealed and the questions so many are asking… why are alternate views and conflicting research being left out and censored?
• Medical mandates and the wake of devastation. 
• Healing from institutional betrayal
• Shifting our perspective

Link to YouTube video Institutional Betrayal: https://youtu.be/PDXb8Jfa2uE

About the Guest:
Jasper Pare is a recently terminated Registered Nurse who joins us for a closeup look at what led him to choose to lose his job as a nurse. He shares vulnerably with us the impact this has all had on his life, both professionally and personally. What's incredible to witness and feel in his story is his resilient mindset of growth and opportunity. Instead of allowing this devastating betrayal to lead him into a pit of despair, he has chosen to rise above it and see all the gifts that have revealed themselves to him.

About the Host:

Sandra Payne is an ex-RN and Master Certified Holistic Wellness Trauma Informed Coach. After overcoming her own suffering with psychological and moral injury as a nurse she left the traditional nursing setting and explored the world of coaching. She is the founder of the Nurse Rx Coaching Program designed exclusively for other nurses who are struggling in their psychological and emotional well-being. She is also the host of the End the

Silence Podcast, showcasing Nurse’s and their raw and touching stories of the realties of living life as a nurse as well as inspiring hope & possibility for change. Sandra is also a published children’s author with her book “The Perfect Snowflake” and a singer songwriter.

Join the community of support - Facebook group “Surviving Nursing”

https://www.facebook.com/groups/638818697054847

Connect with Sandra Payne and download a copy of the Surviving

Nursing live workshop here https://www.sandrapaynecoach.com

Interested in becoming a Certified Holistic Wellness Coach check out

the IAWP here https://iawp.ontraport.net/t?orid=91998&opid=28

And watch this recording of a live interview with Sandra Payne and

the founder of the IAWP Suzanne Monroe

Purchase “The Perfect Snowflake” at https://www.sandrapaynecoach.com/the-perfect-snowflake-book/

Subscribe to Sandra Payne Wellness https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdIb3P4EoprDYrI2MxfcqtQ

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Today I am joined by Beth Cavenaugh, nurse of 25 years, with the last 15 of them spent working in a hospice home helping people walk through the last days of their loved ones life.  As with any line of nursing, some days are heavy and bring with them an impact that seeps into every aspect of her life. A realization she didn't come to until well into her career.

Join us as we dig into the darker side of this journey we all call life and talk about the effects it has on the medical staff who choose to walk with people in their last days.
 

Sandra's Takeaways:

• Impact of nursing in our personal lives 
• How do we find our centre amidst the chaos 
• Death and dying 
• Compassion Satisfaction 
• Spirituality of Care 
• Confronting your own death 
• Self Compassion as Nurses 

Mentioned:
Dr Dominic Vachon - How Doctors Care
Dr Kristin Neff - Self Compassion

About the Guest:  
Beth Cavenaugh, RN, BSN, CHPN knows all too well what nurses are up against, not only during this overwhelming era, but always. With over twenty-five years in internal medicine, short stay surgery, and hospice care, she understands firsthand that compassion in health care can sometimes be elusive.

In collaboration with Dr. Dominic Vachon, an expert in the science of compassion, and MJ Murray Vachon, a counselor with over 40 thousand hours of experience, Beth helps nurses develop, strengthen, and maintain compassion in their career. Her new book, The Power and Pain of Nursing, aims to arm both new and seasoned nurses with the tools necessary to care for themselves in the face of one of the most demanding professions in the world.

 www.bethcavenaugh.com


About the Host:

Sandra Payne is an ex-RN and Master Certified Holistic Wellness Trauma Informed Coach. After overcoming her own suffering with psychological and moral injury as a nurse she left the traditional nursing setting and explored the world of coaching. She is the founder of the Nurse Rx Coaching Program designed exclusively for other nurses who are struggling in their psychological and emotional well-being. She is also the host of the End the

Silence Podcast, showcasing Nurse’s and their raw and touching stories of the realties of living life as a nurse as well as inspiring hope & possibility for change. Sandra is also a published children’s author with her book “The Perfect Snowflake” and a singer songwriter.

Join the community of support - Facebook group “Surviving Nursing”

https://www.facebook.com/groups/638818697054847

Connect with Sandra Payne and download a copy of the Surviving

Nursing live workshop here https://www.sandrapaynecoach.com

Interested in becoming a Certified Holistic Wellness Coach check out

the IAWP here https://iawp.ontraport.net/t?orid=91998&opid=28

And watch this recording of a live interview with Sandra Payne and

the founder of the IAWP Suzanne Monroe

Purchase “The Perfect Snowflake” at https://www.sandrapaynecoach.com/the-perfect-snowflake-book/

Subscribe to Sandra Payne Wellness https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdIb3P4EoprDYrI2MxfcqtQ

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Jennifer Kirk and I take you through a conversation through nursing challenges,
moral distress, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma and how that can affect our lives as nurses.

We also highlight the health care systems set up that leave us vulnerable to errors that impact us and our mental health in devastating ways and how we can set ourselves up to be supported with mentorship and seeking help and guidance before we are circling the drain in despair.

Sandra's Key Takeaways:

• The Baggage Of Nursing 
• Boundaries 
• Heart Math Breathing 
• Bullying 
• Compassion Fatigue

 
About the Guest:
 
Jennifer Kirk BA, BN, RN, LP is the founder of Dragonfly Meadows - offering Equine
Facilitated Learning workshops for RN'S, LPN'S and other professional caregivers since 2014.

Jennifer is a practicing Registered Nurse with 17 years of experience. As an RN who has worked the majority of her career in critical care, she knows all too well the challenges nurses.  Throughout her career, she has experienced the changes in the health care system that have  impacted nurses: increased workload, low morale, high turnover rates, moral injury, compassion  fatigue, vicarious trauma, and poor work-life balance, to name a few.
Jennifer took her first workshop in Equine Facilitated Learning in 2012 and wanted to find a way to help nurses understand the stressors of their careers. A magazine article on Compassion Fatigue was an "A-ha" moment for her and she has been offering workshops for Nurses since 2014. She is a certified Equine Learning Professional through PRO-EFW ( Canada).

About the Host:
Sandra Payne is an ex-RN and Master Certified Holistic Wellness Trauma
Informed Coach. After overcoming her own suffering with psychological and
moral injury as a nurse she left the traditional nursing setting and explored
the world of coaching. She is the founder of the Nurse Rx Coaching Program
designed exclusively for other nurses who are struggling in their
psychological and emotional well-being. She is also the host of the End the
Silence Podcast, showcasing Nurse’s and their raw and touching stories of the
realties of living life as a nurse as well as inspiring hope & possibility for
change. Sandra is also a published children’s author with her book “The
Perfect Snowflake” and a singer songwriter.

Join the community of support - Facebook group “Surviving Nursing”
https://www.facebook.com/groups/638818697054847

Connect with Sandra Payne and download a copy of the Surviving
Nursing live workshop here https://www.sandrapaynecoach.com

Interested in becoming a Certified Holistic Wellness Coach check out
the IAWP here https://iawp.ontraport.net/t?orid=91998&opid=28

And watch this recording of a live interview with Sandra Payne and
the founder of the IAWP Suzanne Monroe


Purchase “The Perfect Snowflake” at https://www.sandrapaynecoach.com/the-perfect-snowflake-book/

Subscribe to Sandra Payne Wellness https://www.youtube.com/
channel/UCdIb3P4EoprDYrI2MxfcqtQ

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The value of taking the journey back through nursing history and exploring international health care allows us to take a step back and find hope in the present and reconnect with our passion for nursing. The current climate and conditions of our health care system can feel very bleak and hopeless, but we can continue to look for the light in all the small experiences that keep us coming back through those doors. Perspective is a valuable resource and Paula is here to give us a healthy dose to keep us fighting the good fight. 

Key Points 

Nursing 45 years ago 

How Bad Are Things Right Now? 

Finding light and hope 

True Value of Nursing

International Nursing 

About the Guest: 

Paula Leweke was born in Albuquerque New Mexico she and her family moved to McBride BC when she was 10 years old. She has been a registered nurse for 45 years working in the ICU right here in Prince George BC and also as a community health nurse up in Terrace BC. She has taught nursing in 3 different colleges and 2 universities and is currently residing and teaching in beautiful Victoria on Vancouver Island. She tells me she has loved 95% of her 1000’s of BSN students over her decades of teaching and just finished teaching a research course for the University of Brandon Manitoba and is leading a practicum group in acute care and community nursing. She also has a global health knowledge and experience having been to Namibia and the Philippines with students as well as up in the Yukon. Her passions also extend to her 12 horses, traveling and her 8 grandchildren. 

About the Host: 

Sandra Payne is an ex- Registered Nurse and Master Certified Holistic Trauma Informed Coach and the owner of Sandra Payne Wellness and founder of the exclusive Nurse Rx Coaching Program. After 13 years working within the traditional health care system and experiencing first hand the challenges that come with nursing, Sandra has a keen understanding of the heavy unrealistic expectations in nursing, the moral distress, and the stigma that keeps many nurse’s struggles with depression, anxiety, and trauma, hidden in silence.

Join the community of support - Facebook group Surviving Nursing https://www.facebook.com/groups/638818697054847

Connect with Sandra Payne and download a copy of the Surviving Nursing live workshop here https://www.sandrapaynecoach.com

Interested in becoming a Certified Holistic Wellness Coach check out the IAWP here https://iawp.ontraport.net/t?orid=91998&opid=28 And watch this recording of a live interview with Sandra Payne and the founder of the IAWP Suzanne Monroe 

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 This episode is going to take you on a deep dive ride as Victoriya and I journey from the contrasts and deficiencies of our health care system to how we as consumers of health care (and as people in many other ways) have given away our power over our lives.

We discuss what this means and the implications and how we can step up and take back responsibility in our lives. Which can often mean looking outside of the box and opening our minds and hearts to new ideas and new truths as we navigate our way back to ourselves and cultivate hope and alignment in our lives.

Sandra's Keypoints:

Contrasting the Russian and Canadian Nursing Education and Health Care System
Exploring Moral Distress and the impact in our lives
Shifting in Consciousness and the exchange of energy
Powerlessness and Taking Back Responsibility
Victoriya’s journey with Holistic Health and Nursing 
Finding Yourself

Journey Through the Canyon of Hope Audio

About the Guest:

Victoriya Litargne has been a Holistic Nurse since 2004 originally from Russia immigrating to Canada in 2004. She has extensive nursing experience that includes ICU, the anesthesiology department and community health for a nationwide company.

Since 2015 Victoriya has been deeply embarked on the holistic nursing path to discovering our bodies uniqueness and unlimited potentials. Through the chain of her own transformations and observing traditional medical system approaches to health has set her up on the path of health and healing she is on now. As a Medical Intuitive Victoriya founded “Vital Life Nursing Inc” in 2019. Vital Life Nursing delivers health services to individuals and businesses through education, advocacy and navigation using holistic approach to help you comprehend the correspondence and interconnection of your systems and organs, physical and mental body.

In other words she helps you to see how it is all related in all you life spheres, both personal and professional and beyond. vlholistic.com Show Notes Summary https://www.instagram.com/victoriya_holistic

About the Host:

Sandra Payne is an ex-RN and Master Certified Holistic Wellness Trauma Informed Coach. After overcoming her own suffering with psychological and moral injury as a nurse she left the traditional nursing setting and explored the world of coaching. She is the founder of the Nurse Rx Coaching Program designed exclusively for other nurses who are struggling in their psychological and emotional well-being. 

Join the community of support - Facebook group “Surviving Nursing” https://www.facebook.com/groups/638818697054847

Connect with Sandra Payne  https://www.sandrapaynecoach.com

Interested in becoming a Certified Holistic Wellness Coach check out the IAWP here https://iawp.ontraport.net/t?orid=91998&opid=28

Purchase “The Perfect Snowflake” at https:// www.sandrapaynecoach.com/the-perfect-snowflake-book/

Subscribe to Sandra Payne Wellness https://www.youtube.com/ channel/UCdIb3P4EoprDYrI2MxfcqtQ

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Paige Mathison joins me for a raw, candid interview that explores the shame and stigma of our struggles with the trauma and abuses we face in the nursing industry.

My hope with this conversation is that you will be encouraged to reach out to someone you trust for support and find the hope and healing you need and truly deserve. You are not alone.

The more we share our stories, the more open we are to having conversations like the one in this episode, the more we can connect and heal ourselves and use our stories help others do the same.

There is hope and healing for all of us, let’s start on your journey of healing today.


SANDRA’S TAKEAWAYS:

Intro (00:00)
Catching Ourselves In Our Struggle (6:48)
Moral Distress In Health Care (9:18)
“We Are Human Beings In Heroic Roles” (12:34)
Treatments Using EMDR And Exposure Therapy (17:57)
Adjustment Disorder - What It Is, How Does It Present, Guilt And Shame Of Our Pain And Our Trauma. (23:48)
Power Of Sharing Our Stories And Talking About Our Struggles (29:48)
Knowledge Is Not Implementation (34:48)
Power Of Humour In Healing (40:48)


MEET PAIGE MATHISON

Paige has been a psychiatric nurse since 2009. She practiced rural mental health nursing in Manitoba for 7 years prior to moving to beautiful British Columbia. Once in Kelowna, she worked in the emergency department, acute and intensive psychiatry along with a substance use and assessment programs within a hospital setting.

After many years of a decreasing job satisfaction, in 2019, she applied to a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology program with the intent to provide services to healthcare providers.

Unfortunately, in January of 2020, a workplace incident lead to an 8 month mental health leave and an Adjustment Disorder Diagnosis. The initial guilt and shame associated with the experience has lead to further advocation for mental health prioritization for healthcare professionals.

Now that her masters is complete, it is time to help those who help others! Also, a stand-up comedian, she recognizes the importance of laughter and lightness in finding a sense of well-being.

Wellness

Instagram: @AnotherChapter.ca

Website: www.anotherchapter.ca

Email: [email protected]

Comedy:
Instagram: @aComedyPaige

Blog Article https://anotherchapter.medium.com/a-patient-broke-my-ability-to-cope-a-story-from-a-nurse-5ee00b46b257


MEET SANDRA PAYNE:

Sandra Payne is a Nurse and Master Certified Holistic Wellness Trauma Informed Coach and the owner of Sandra Payne Wellness and founder of the exclusive Nurse Rx Coaching Program. 

After 13 years working within the traditional health care system and experiencing firsthand the challenges that come with nursing, Sandra has a keen understanding of the heavy unrealistic expectations in nursing, the moral distress, and the stigma that keeps many nurse’s struggles with depression, anxiety, and trauma hidden in silence. 

Out of this intimate understanding was born the Nurse Rx Program through which women nurses learn and practice a host of skills and exercises to manage stress, process emotions, and heal trauma within a safe group collective of other nurses. 

Join the community of support - Facebook group Surviving Nursing https://www.facebook.com/groups/638818697054847
 
Connect with Sandra Payne and download a copy of the Surviving Nursing live workshop here: https://www.sandrapaynecoach.com
 
Interested in becoming a Certified Holistic Wellness Coach check out the IAWP here https://iawp.ontraport.net/t?orid=91998&opid=28

Recently I openly expressed my views and beliefs regarding the unethical and immoral vaccine mandates being forced upon nurses and others in our country. I pride myself on truth and authentic expression, however holding this belief has made me the recipient of discrimination from my union partners.

Repression and trauma have been relevant issues in the nursing profession for decades but now adding in the division and pressures of Covid-19 and differences in our personal and professional beliefs has many nurses on the edge and silenced more than ever before.

Today on End the Silence Katrina Stephenson and I bring some of that toxicity into the light.


SANDRA’S TAKEAWAYS:

Acknowledging Our Personal Triggers, Growth & Resilience
The Division In The Nursing Profession
Our Uniqueness And Diversity
Safety In Healing And Owning The Impact Of Our Actions
Health Care System Being An Unsafe Environment
The Power Of Peer Support 

MEET KATRINA STEPHENSON:

As a nurse that has worked and trained in three different provinces and various health authorities, I have seen various healthcare environments, many not trauma informed. My Nursing Peers have been exposed to stress on a whole other level since the COVID-19 pandemic started in March 2020. We are within a mental health crisis. We are losing nurses to overdoses and dying by suicide. We have nurses leaving the profession. New graduates that have PTSD and will not stay in the profession. Too many of our workplaces are sick and psychological wellness is not improving.

As a Nurse supporting other Nurse’s wellness I have seen how Covid had torn us even further apart. I believe it is essential for us all to care and respect each other. It is not Them vs Us. We need to approach each other with compassion and non-judgment. We can support each other in a manner that promotes mental wellness so to reduce shame, guilt, stigma and discrimination.

Storytelling is my way and a powerful way to support changing the negative climate surrounding many mental health conditions and injuries we see in Nursing.

In 2020, I found Nurse 2 Nurse Peer Support, a confidential, evidenced based, trauma informed peer support wellness program to advocate, educate and support our nursing peers to prevent, mitigate and care for OSI. It is time for change and for us Nurses to have the supports necessary to continue the work we love to do.

And who better to support and bring understanding to our needs of our community than one nurse to another. www.n2nps.com


MEET SANDRA PAYNE:

Sandra Payne is a Nurse and Master Certified Holistic Wellness Trauma Informed Coach and the owner of Sandra Payne Wellness and founder of the exclusive Nurse Rx Coaching Program. 

After 13 years working within the traditional health care system and experiencing firsthand the challenges that come with nursing, Sandra has a keen understanding of the heavy unrealistic expectations in nursing, the moral distress, and the stigma that keeps many nurse’s struggles with depression, anxiety, and trauma hidden in silence. 

Out of this intimate understanding was born the Nurse Rx Program through which women nurses learn and practice a host of skills and exercises to manage stress, process emotions, and heal trauma within a safe group collective of other nurses.

Join the community of support - Facebook group Surviving Nursing https://www.facebook.com/groups/638818697054847

Download a copy of the Surviving Nursing live workshop here https://www.sandrapaynecoach.com