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The Gritty Nurse

The Gritty Nurse is back, and NO TOPIC is off-limits! Launching in September 2025 with host Amie Archibald Varley, this podcast is dedicated to amplifying the voices of nurses and others who work in healthcare to explore the most pressing issues they face. Join Amie as she continues to take a deep dive into powerful and often uncomfortable topics. Though shared experriences, storytelling and the discussions surrounding the intersection of power, we will navigate the challenges facing healthcare nationally and internationally--as of course--challenge the status quo. The show's core belief remains unwavering: that compassion is the through understanding diverse narratives and perspectives is KEY. Amie will continue to explore hot-button issues like mental health, social justice, women's health, and the daily challenges within the nursing profession. The Gritty Nurse is more than just a podcast—it's a community where nurses and healthcare workers can feel heard, empowered, and recognized as the community leaders they truly are. Change is HERE.

Jul 29, 2021

In this fierce episode, Amie and Sara discuss poverty and homelessness with Dr. Naheed Dosani, a palliative care physician who is passionate about health equity and social justice. Home care assumes you have a home, but what if you don't? We take a dive into palliative care for the homeless, the housing first approach,...


Jul 22, 2021

You are a new nursing grad, eager to get your first position at a hospital during a global pandemic. You apply to multiple jobs and get two interviews at the same hospital but on different units! You hit the jackpot! Umm...wait...what---the managers call you and tell you now you're BLACKLISTED! WTF? Amie & Sara sit down...


Jul 15, 2021

Name a movie star that is a famous nurse! Name a nurse figure regularly seen in news media as medical correspondent! Name a nurse who has a TV show? Name a nurse who is known all over the world, who hasn't been dead for the past 100 years! Stumped?  We are too. Where are all the famous nurses? In this episode, Amie...


Jul 8, 2021

Nursing morale is at an all time low. How do we keep nurses and other frontline practitioners happy on their jobs? What does it take to keep nurses happy and retain them? Unfortunately, this year- the pizza is just not going to cut it. In this episode, Sara and Amie examine what it takes to really retain nurses. We...