Ep03: How to Create Podcasts that Educate and Inspire Nurses

Season 1 • Episode 3

Ep03: How to Create Podcasts that Educate and Inspire Nurses

Dec 11, 2025

45:36

Episode Description

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: linkedin.com/in/shawnabutlerrn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnabutlerrn/

SEE YOU NOW Podcast - Available on major platforms

CE Credits - nursingworld.org/continuing-education

Book: "Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and Its Power to Change Our World" by Sarah DiGregorio

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