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Co-hosts Amie and Sara are experienced nurses, former co-workers, and friends. Together they tackle hot topics related to nursing and healthcare, with grit!
What does modern healthcare actually cost when we look past balance sheets and measure it in human lives, moral injury, and front-line burno...
Nursing students in Canada and the U.S. can rack up 800–1,400+ mandatory clinical hours before they graduate — and not one of them is paid....
This week, grief was impossible to avoid — Hayden Panettiere, Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Peter Cullen all left us within days of each othe...
Would your hospital admit that staff get assaulted on the job — in public, with real numbers? St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton just did. And...
In this new episode on The Gritty Nurse Podcast with Amie Archibald-Varley, we examine the case of Lindsay Clancy through the lens of postpa...
Frontline pressures have reached a boiling point. In this swapcast episode, nurses Erica and Amie tackle the wave of nursing strikes across...
How do we reclaim the narrative of modern nursing across generations? In this episode of The Gritty Nurse Podcast , host Amie Archibald-Varl...
Content note: this episode discusses workplace violence, suicidal ideation and psychological harm in a clinical/workplace setting. This week...
With a growing mental health crisis and a system bogged down by waitlists and rigid silos, a powerful paradigm shift is happening across Can...
How do we move from a healthcare system that only reacts to illness, to one that actively empowers patients? In this episode of The Gritty N...
What happens when a nurse picks up a pen and refuses to stay quiet? She becomes Tilda Shalof — ICU nurse, bestselling author, patient advoca...
Do you actually know your rights as a nurse? What does it take to go from the operating room to the courtroom — and why should every nurse c...
Women's health needs a ton of work, and it is a hill we are willing to die on. In this powerful episode of The Gritty Nurse Podcast , host A...
In this urgent episode, host Amie Archibald-Varley sits down with Dr. Michelle Acorn , CEO of the Nurse Practitioners' Association of Ontari...
What does Florence Nightingale have to do with authoritarianism? More than nursing wants to admit. In this episode of The Gritty Nurse Podca...
The healthcare system is flatlining, and it's time for a professional resuscitation. This Nursing Week, join Dr. Danielle McCamey and Gloria...
This Gritty Nurse episode is my special kick-off to the National Nursing Week 2026, celebrated May 6–12 in the United States and celebrated...
In this episode on The Gritty Nurse, host Amie Archibald-Varley sits down with Dr. William Berk as he shares his transformative journey from...
"Normal is a setting on your dryer—not a standard for your health." In this episode of The Gritty Nurse , we're joined by Shirley Weir , the...
Nursing is not a destination; it is a foundation. For too long, we have been told that leaving the bedside is 'leaving nursing,' but the tru...