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Is Water Against The Rules? Diving Into Compliance

August 17, 2026

Many nurses have heard that keeping a water bottle at the nurses station violates The Joint Commission standards. But is that true? In this episode of Better RN, hosts Alyssa Saklak, BSN, RN, CMSRN, and Laurin Henderson​, MSN, RN, CMSRN, talk with Northwestern Medicine Accreditation, Clinical Compliance and Policy managers Rene Catalano, MS, RN, and Besa Tole to separate fact from fiction. They explain where the "no drinks at the nurses station" myth likely began, who sets workplace safety s...

How To Stay Human When Tech Enters the Room

June 15, 2026

What if nurses could spend less time charting and more time connecting with patients? At Northwestern Medicine, nurse leaders Sarah Richmond, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, and Karen Mahnke, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, have been piloting ambient listening technology that generates documentation from natural conversations with patients at the bedside. In this episode, they share how nurses are helping to shape this technology and why the future of AI in healthcare may be more human than many expect. "The goal of techn...

What To Expect in Nursing When You're Expecting

May 11, 2026

For nurses, returning to work after having a baby requires balancing patient care with the realities of early parenthood. In this episode of Better, RN, hosts Alyssa Saklak, BSN, RN, CMSRN, and Laurin Henderson, MSN, RN, CMSRN, join Northwestern Medicine Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nurses Moira Hoelting, BSN, RNC-NIC, and Kelly Kunkel, MSN, RN, to discuss the transition through pregnancy, the newborn stage and beyond.   They explore returning to work after leave, practicing routines l...