Vital Views

About Vital Views

Vital Views is a podcast created by UNLV School of Nursing to discuss health care from a Rebel Nursing perspective. We share stories and expert information on both nursing-specific and broader healthcare topics to bring attention to the health trends and issues that affect us. Feedback? Questions? Episode Ideas? Email unlv.nursing@unlv.edu

Publisher

UNLV School Of Nursing

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Jul 2022

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 74 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Nurse Leadership with Jodi Coombs

   Dr. Jennifer Vanderlaan interviews healthcare executive Jodi Coombs about her leadership journey from bedside nursing, sharing insights on navigating challenges and connecting clinical care with hospital finance.

2. 

   1 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Nursing Education and Advocacy with Sofia Aragon

   Dr. Jacqueline Killian interviews Sofia Aragon, Executive Director of the Washington Center for Nursing, about her journey. Sofia discusses her mother's influence, her multidisciplinary education in economics, nursing, and law, and her focus on health policy. She emphasizes the importance of advocacy in nursing leadership and the need to address social determinants of health in nursing education. Sofia also highlights the need for better data-informed policies and concerns about potential policy reversals under new federal leadership. This episode features: Dr. Jacqueline Killian, Associate Professor of the UNLV School of Nursing Sofia Aragon, Executive Director of the Washington Center for Nursing

3. 

   11 Apr 2025

   Nursing Informatics

   Justin LeMay and Dr. Emily Boyce explore data metrics and technology's impact on nursing workflows, advising nurses to analyze processes for potential improvements in this interview episode.

Inside a recent episode

Nurse Leadership with Jodi Coombs

Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] What is the kind of underbelly of why people, CFOs, CEOs, why are people making decisions? And I felt like an MBA would give me greater insight into that. And then I could take that and translate that to how do we translate to the care that's happening at the bedside? How do I translate it into nursing care? And so I felt like the synergies were gonna be greater if I had that experience of getting an MBA. But it started with those two dads. Yes, I agree. Because one of the things that we don't get taught in nursing is we don't get taught how a hospital budget works. We can all talk about how something is a cost-effective intervention. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,599,762

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.4 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

54

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

32

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