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What happens when the healthcare system’s assumptions about ability put patients—and nurses—at risk?

In this episode, host MacKenzie Butler sits down with Andrea Dalzell, a registered nurse, disability advocate, and the first nurse to work in an ICU using a wheelchair during COVID-19. Andrea shares her journey from a childhood diagnosis of transverse myelitis to founding The Seated Standard, and why pairing a patient’s disability with their diagnosis can be life-saving.

If you teach future nurses, this conversation will reshape how you frame accessibility, disability-informed care, and what it truly means to care for every patient.

You’ll learn:

Why treating “the able diagnosis” leaves dangerous gaps in patient care
How combining disability with diagnoses like autonomic dysreflexia can save lives
What real accessibility looks like for both patients and nurses with disabilities
Why “nurse magic” matters and how burnout breaks the cycle
How to build patient trust by listening first

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Host: Mackenzie Butler, DNP, MSN, RN-BC

Guest: Andrea Dalzell, RN

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~65 min

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Your Nursing Career Doesn’t Have to Follow a Straight Line

What if your nursing career didn’t have to follow the traditional bedside path to be meaningful—or impactful?

In this episode, host MacKenzie Butler sits down with Donna Cardillo, a nurse whose career journey defies convention. From psychiatric hospitals and emergency departments to healthcare reimbursement, education, writing, and career coaching, Donna shares how saying “yes” to unexpected opportunities reshaped her professional life—and helped countless nurses do the same.

You’ll learn:

Identify transferable nursing skills
Overcome imposter syndrome confidently
Build professional marketing tools
Network strategically beyond bedside
Embrace nursing professional identity

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Host: Mackenzie Butler, DNP, MSN, RN-BC

Guest: Donna Cardillo, MA, RN, CSP. FAAN

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