How to Create Podcasts that Educate and Inspire Nurses
December 08, 202500:45:37

How to Create Podcasts that Educate and Inspire Nurses

Shawna Butler, RN MBA and host of the SEE YOU NOW podcast, transforms continuing education from a compliance checkbox into storytelling that connects nurses to healthcare's biggest challenges. Launched in 2020 as the Year of the Nurse collided with the pandemic, her approach starts with unmet needs and finds the innovators addressing them (from preventing post-op deaths with toothbrushes to creating prenatal care for fathers). Shawna records 90-minute conversations that become carefully crafted episodes with custom music and strategic silence, bundling them around themes like advocacy and mental health to meet CE standards without sacrificing the human story. She's making conference content from venues like Aspen Ideas Health accessible to nurses everywhere.

This episode features a recording from the 2025 Health Podcast Summit. Get free access to all 37 sessions here: ⁠⁠healthpodcastsummit.com⁠

Chapters

00:00 - Intro
03:51 - Human-Centered Storytelling in Healthcare
09:45 - Health Podcasts: Building Trust
13:09 - Podcasts Bridging Health and Awareness
16:33 - Content Planning and Strategy
18:42 - Discovery Through Conversation
22:29 - Health Podcast Education Innovation
26:44 - Tackling Black Men's Health
28:57 - Creating Podcasts to Share Ideas
31:57 - Podcast Collaboration and Audience Insights
35:44 - Accessible Health Insights Podcast
39:51 - Immersive Storytelling Through Connection
43:59 - Power of Stories and Data

Resources Mentioned
• Connect with Shawna Butler on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnabutlerrn/⁠⁠
• SEE YOU NOW Podcast⁠ - Available on major platforms - https://nursing.jnj.com/see-you-now-podcast
• CE Credits - ⁠nursingworld.org/continuing-education⁠
• Book: ⁠"Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and Its Power to Change Our World"⁠ by Sarah DiGregorio - https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Care-Story-Nursing-Change/dp/0063071282

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