Make Staffing Sexy Again with Nurse Sonja

The WoMed

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Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Life Sciences

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This podcast was started to amplify voices in healthcare that are advocating for change. Today, we are doing just that as Danielle welcomes back nurse Sonja Mitrevska, who is advocating for the 1700 nurses on strike in New Jersey. These nurses are simply asking for enforceable staffing guidelines—something that matters enough for them to walk out of the hospital, understanding full well the gravity of that decision. This is a global crisis with no end in sight—as Nurse Sonja says, it is a "litmus test for how modern-day healthcare will continue to railroad staff if they don’t stand together.” Healthcare is not sustainable as it stands today, but people chose to remain silent because it’s safer. Nurse Sonja takes the time to sit down with Danielle in the hopes that even one person feels empowered to start asking questions.

To show your support, you can call Assembly Man Craig Coughlin at 732-855-7441 and ask for Bill S304 to be passed (mandates safe staffing ratios). Be sure to follow Sonja @nursesonja and @rwjnursesunited for the latest updates on the strike and check their link in bio for additional ways to support.

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation.
0:17.1	All right, everyone, welcome back to the WOMED.
0:20.2	Jack is still in Italy celebrating her bestie's wedding, but she will be back next week. So you'll have to deal with just me again this week. Jack and I really wanted to highlight some huge movements and news the last two weeks. Yeah, it'll be like two weeks by the time this episode releases.
0:44.1	1,700 nurses at the time of recording have gone on strike in New Jersey in support of safe staffing ratios. One of those nurses striking and advocating is the powerful Sonia
0:50.4	Metrevska, more well known as nurse Sonia. I can speak for Jack here and that the
0:56.6	Wal-Met supports the nurses on strike in New Jersey. Please welcome the incomparable Nurse Sonia,
1:02.3	back to the pod.
1:09.7	Sonia, welcome back to the pod. I can't like, this is your third time on. First time was with Danny and I.
1:16.1	Isn't that crazy? I know. And then I feel like the second time was just me. And like this time
1:19.8	was just me again, but Jackson, Italy for her best friend's wedding. So, well, thank you so much for
1:26.0	having me back. And I love you guys. And I adore you and you so much for having me back. And I, I love you guys and I adore you
1:29.1	and everything that you do in this space. And just, you know, I feel like time since the pandemic has been
1:36.0	an absolute blur. Yes. So it's very difficult to piece together. Right, exactly. Right. That's putting it lightly. So to piece together
1:46.5	how long it's actually been that we've known each other and have had these conversations is kind
1:51.0	of crazy. Oh my God. No, it's been since like 2019. I know. It's been a long time.
1:58.4	Wow. I know. And we are literally, we're heading into 2024 soon. So it's, it's incredible.
2:05.6	And it's incredible to see that this space still exists so that we can do these things.
2:10.7	I know. I'm very grateful for that. And very grateful that you are able to come on the podcast and talk
2:16.8	today about the strike that's
2:18.8	happening while the nursing strike that's happening in New Jersey because that's like what the
2:23.7	one med was created for. The woman was created to like empower voices in health care. And Jack and I
2:29.5	really want to be advocates for those who are advocating for change and be able to help facilitate
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