Leaving the Bedside: Nursing in Alaska, Leadership Lessons, and Reinventing Your Career
Friends and Enemas16 Juli 2025

Leaving the Bedside: Nursing in Alaska, Leadership Lessons, and Reinventing Your Career

Have you ever wondered what it’s really like to be a nurse on America’s final frontier—or to leave the traditional hospital grind behind entirely? In this episode, we talk with Jen about her remarkable journey from bedside nursing to leadership, from the icy wilds of Alaska to launching her own projects outside corporate healthcare!

Jen shares with Lindsey what first inspired her to become a nurse and how she landed in remote Alaska, offering vivid stories about the unique challenges, rural medicine, and unforgettable cases she encountered. We also dig into her time as a House Supervisor: the big responsibilities, and the best and worst parts of leadership.

Jen opens up about deciding to leave traditional bedside care altogether. Did she have a plan or jump cold turkey? She also shares the most rewarding parts of building something new, including working with our other guest, Emily, on Modern Nurse Fest.

Get some candid and practical advice about wanting to leave or remain in the industry, just press play!


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