Healing Hearts: Empowering Pediatric Critical Care Providers

Join your WeThrive team at Children's Hospital and Medical Center, David Huskey, Sarah Wheeler, Rebecca Crawford, and Madeline Quinn as they embark on another wellbeing atomic habit: preparing your own food. Join us as we unravel the science behind how this atomic habit can nourish not only your body but also your mind and lifestyle. Discover the ripple effect of crafting your meals, and learn how this small yet significant change can lead to a cascade of positive transformations in your health, mindfulness, and daily routine. Tune in for a delectable conversation that will leave you inspired to savor the journey of culinary self-care. Click here for the yellow chicken curry recipe Rebecca loves from Pinch of Yum.

In the cardiac lesion series, Dr. Laura Ortmann, Pediatric Intensivist at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, discusses TET Absent Valve. Listen in to learn more! If you plan to listen to the cardiac lesion series in order, this episode follows IAA and Yasui Procedure.  #drortmanncicu #picu #cicu #pediatrics  

We are delighted to present a fresh series featuring our WeThrive Wellbeing team at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center! Allow us to introduce insightful tips inspired by the concept of atomic habits, designed to seamlessly integrate into your daily routine. Witness how a single modest habit has the remarkable ability to ripple across various dimensions of your overall wellbeing. Join your WeThrive team, David Huskey, Sarah Wheeler, Rebecca Crawford, and Madeline Quinn as they embark on this fun journey to inspire wellbeing habits.  In this introductory episode, we discuss the wellbeing habit of decreasing screen time.

Join Sarah Wheeler, the Corporate Wellness Program Manager at Children's Hospital and Medical Center as she introduces the new Medical Director for Wellbeing at Children's, Dr. Suzanne Haney, MD, MS, FAAP. Dr. Haney is also the Division Chief for Child Abuse Pediatrics at Children's and is an associate professor at University of Nebraska Medical Center. They discuss goals and hopes for this role, as well as improving wellbeing for our providers at Children's.

In the cardiac lesion series, Dr. Laura Ortmann, Pediatric Intensivist at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, discusses Interrupted Aortic Arch and the Yasui Procedure. Listen in to learn more! If you plan to listen to the cardiac lesion series in order, this episode follows the Reverse Potts Shunt. #drortmanncicu #picu #cicu #pediatrics

In this episode, join David Huskey, chaplain and Thrive program manager at Children's Hospital and Medical Center, as he interviews Dr. Kelly Kadlec, an intensivist at Children's Hospital and Medical Center. In observance of Mental Health month, they discuss Dr. Kadlec's journey and in sharing this story, hope to normalize challenges facing our healthcare providers. Sharing this story sheds light on the importance of caring for our mental health, understanding available resources, and asking for help when you need it. Find Dr. Kadlec's story in the Spring WeThrive magazine here: https://www.childrensomaha.org/for-providers/healing-hearts/

In the cardiac lesion series, Dr. Laura Ortmann, Pediatric Intensivist at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, discusses the Reverse Potts Shunt and its role in treating pulmonary hypertension. Listen in to learn more! If you plan to listen to the cardiac lesion series in order, this episode follows BTT Shunt. #drortmanncicu #picu #cicu #pediatrics

Join Dr. Sean Akers, clinical psychologist, and Amanda Adams, patient relations coordinator, as they delve into the meaning behind your Why and how we can discover and harness the power of our Why. They discuss the power of recognition and keep us laughing until the end! Tune into this next episode in our Wellness series.

Tune into a special episode with Miranda Zimmer, Emergency Department nurse at Children's Hospital and Medical Center, and Abigail Handrich, Nurse Residency Program Coordinator and Preceptor Program Coordinator at Children's Hospital and Medical Center, as they share the tips of tricks of precepting and training new staff. They bring a variety of real world examples, as well as creative advice to have fun while precepting and how to take care of yourself as the teacher!

Tune into another episode in the wellness series! Join Sarah Wheeler, Employee Well-being Manager at Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, and Rebecca Crawford, Sr Benefits Analyst at Children's Hospital and Medical Center, as they discuss financial well-being. They specifically discuss how financial well-being impacts overall well-being and suggestions for improving your financial well-being with a healthcare lens. Disclosure: Rebecca Crawford is not a certified financial advisor.