Welcome to the very first episode of the Life In Scrubs Podcast! This is the podcast hosted by nurses, for nurses! So it only seems fitting for this first episode, to learn more about our hosts Kristen Salisbury and Maddi Ward! Tune in to hear about the origin of this podcast, as well as how Maddi and Kristen went through nursing school and started their careers. Over this past year, our hosts had looked to find a podcast like this, with candid conversations and a community that brought nurses together. When they didn’t find exactly what they were looking for, they decided to create it. Welcome to Life In Scrubs! We are so excited to be starting this journey with you! 01:15 We couldn’t find a podcast like this - so we created it! 02:30 What was it like graduating nursing school in the middle of a pandemic? 04:30 How have things changed for nurses in hospitals because of COVID-19? 08:00 What Unit did you work on as a new nurse? 10:15 What piqued your interest and made you decide you wanted to work in the ICU? 11:20 How was your nursing program structured? 12:20 Did you work while going through nursing school? 13:20 What was it like doing the Concurrent Enrollment Program (CEP) and working full-time? 15:10 Did you have any experience working in a hospital before becoming a nurse? 17:00 Getting to watch surgeries as a volunteer!  19:00 What do you outside of nursing that you enjoy? 24:00 How we balance life and work as nurses! 25:20 What we hope to create with this podcast! ………………………….. Connect with us on Instagram: @lifeinscrubspodcast https://www.instagram.com/lifeinscrubspodcast/?hl=en Follow along with our personal Instagram pages too! @thenursekristen https://www.instagram.com/thenursekristen/?hl=en @themaddiward  https://www.instagram.com/themaddiward/?hl=en