The Culture Shifters

Real stories of courage, calling, and change. The Culture Shifters brings together nurses and healthcare leaders who are transforming the culture of care across borders and through the moments that matter most. Hosted by Lisha Crytzer and Kim England, co-founders of NurseMatch, who for over 25 years have served this community playing a small part in helping nurses realize their dreams and hospital leaders build sustainable cultures.

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  Episode #6

  Minus 31 Degrees & Missing the Bedside: A Nurse Ready for Her American Dream

  Aug 18, 202615 minS0

  <p>Ann Ocampo has been a nurse since 2003. She started as a live-in caregiver in Canada, worked her way up to LPN, then RN, and now serves as a clinical director of infection prevention and control. She's built a career, raised her kids, and survived Toronto winters that hit minus 31. But for four years, she's been stuck between staying and going.</p><p><br></p><p>Her friends are already in the U.S. They tell her the same thing: their only regret is not moving sooner. Her family is there. The opportunities are there. The work-life balance is there...

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  Episode #4

  Why One Canadian Nurse Stopped Feeling Pre-Shift Anxiety

  Aug 11, 202621 minS1

  <p>Megan Swidley was making less on paper. Dollar for dollar, the U.S. offer looked like a pay cut. But when she factored in what she could actually keep, what she could save, and what kind of life she could build, the math changed completely.</p><p><br></p><p>This is the story of a psychiatric nurse who spent 11 years in Canada's system, loved her specialty, but couldn't escape the pre-shift anxiety or the financial strain. After attending a NurseMatch hiring fair in Toronto with her husband by her side, she made a decision that would take her...

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  Episode #3

  Why 97% of These Nurses Stay: The Canadian Recruitment Model Hospitals Are Missing

  Aug 4, 202623 minS0

  <p>Most hospitals are still playing the same staffing game: agency rotations, transactional recruiting, and constant turnover. But there's a pool of experienced, grateful, ready-to-go nurses just across the border that most U.S. hospitals have never tapped into.</p><p><br></p><p>Lisha Crytzer and Kim England, co-founders of NurseMatch, break down the Canadian nurse recruitment model they've been running for 25 years. They talk retention rates that hit 97%, the simplicity of the TN Visa, and why these nurses show up with something most hospitals are starving for: an attitude of gratitude and a commitment to stay. </p><p><b...

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  Why Canadian Nurses Are Choosing the U.S. (And What Hospitals Need to Know)

  Jul 28, 202622 minS0

  <p>For 25 years, the same four factors have quietly shaped one of healthcare's most consistent patterns. Canadian nurses aren't just chasing higher pay. They're chasing something deeper: career ladders that don't take decades to climb, education they don't have to fund themselves, and the ability to own a home without reapplying for their mortgage every five years.</p><p><br></p><p>Lisha Crytzer and Kim England, co-founders of NurseMatch, pull back the curtain on what actually drives nurses across the border. This isn't about which system is better, but about choice, stability, and the kind of opportunity that changes...

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  25 Years: The Origin Story of NurseMatch

  Jul 28, 202624 minS0

  <p>Lisha Crytzer and Kim England each put $200 into a bank account and bet on something most people thought was crazy. But long before that moment, a series of unexpected events changed the course of both their lives.</p><p><br></p><p>This is the origin story of NurseMatch, told by two women who've been business partners for over 25 years. It's about a nurse in a pink dress who said the quiet part out loud. It's about career fairs that don't work, Canadian nurses who do, and a faith-based model built on relationship over resume. And it's about what...

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