In this episode we're joined by Michelle Novominski.

Michelle Novominski is a registered nurse at Lenox Hill Hospital, where she cares for patients on the cardiovascular telemetry unit and serves in a leadership role on her unit’s Night Collaborative Care Council. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Pace University and a recipient of the American Nurses Association’s Future Nurse Leader Award.

Michelle brings a broad clinical background from her student nursing experience in emergency and intensive care, and the pre-hospital setting as an EMT. Beyond the bedside, she has maintained a continued involvement in leadership, research, and mentorship, having served in executive roles with the National Student Nurses Association and currently as Vice President of Sigma Theta Tau’s Omega Delta Chapter. Known for her compassion, grit, and curiosity, Michelle is passionate about advancing nursing practice and lifting others up and paying forward the support that made her own growth possible.

It's a known truth that becoming a nurse doesn't happen all at once. Michelle offers an honest look at how leadership as a student, real-world learning, and early career challenges have influenced not just how she practices, but how she sees herself as a nurse. This episode is called, "The Quiet Moments that Shape a Nursing Career."

Michelle can be contacted on LinkedIn @MichelleNovominski or on Instagram @MichelleNovo_

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In this episode, we’re joined by Nyssa Hattaway, an emergency, transport nurse, educator, and former art major who brings creativity to the profession of nursing.

Nyssa began her nursing career in a Level 1 Trauma Center, growing into roles as a preceptor, charge nurse, and department educator before transitioning to flight nursing, where she’s served the south Atlanta area for over a decade. She’s a preceptor, a principal investigator on research focused on family presence, and a co-host of both her company’s educational podcast, AMPED, and the emergency nursing podcast The Q Word. Nyssa is also a frequent national speaker and serves on the Exam Construction Review Committee for the CFRN and CTRN exams.

Nyssa joins us to talk about compassion in high-stakes care and what it means to show up fully—whether that’s at the bedside, in research, or in finding your voice as a nurse. This episode is called "Be Colorful in a World of Beige: Compassion & Creativity in Nursing."

Nyssa can be contacted by email at theqwordpodcast@gmail.com and TheQwordpodcast.com

BCEN & Friends Podcast is presented by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. Scan the QR Code to sign up for Learn Updates:

We invite you to visit us online at bcen.org for additional information about emergency nursing certification, education, and much more.

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In this episode, we’re joined by Brady Bielewicz, an advanced practice clinician serving in a blended Acute Care NP and CNS role.

Dr. Brady Bielewicz is a trauma ICU advanced practice nurse and Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. With nearly 15 years of hands-on critical care experience as both an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist, he brings a real-world perspective that resonates with bedside nurses and APRNs alike. His work centers on trauma education, developing confident advanced practice nurses, and shaping certification exams that truly reflect clinical practice

Brady brings a unique perspective on trauma care, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the critical nursing assessments and interventions that truly impact patient outcomes. This episode is called "Be the Change When Seconds Matter: The Power of Nursing in Trauma Care."

Brady can be contacted on LinkedIn @BradyBielewicz

BCEN & Friends Podcast is presented by the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing. Scan the QR Code to sign up for Learn Updates:

We invite you to visit us online at bcen.org for additional information about emergency nursing certification, education, and much more.

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