Oct 2, 202652 minS7
What does modern healthcare actually cost when we look past balance sheets and measure it in human lives, moral injury, and front-line burnout? In this episode, New York Times bestselling author and Registered Nurse...
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The Gritty Nurse
Hosted by Amie Archibald-Varley · health · EN
About this Podcast:
The Gritty Nurse is back, and NO TOPIC is off-limits! Launching in September 2025 with host Amie Archibald Varley, this podcast is dedicated to amplifying the voices of nurses and others who work in healthcare to explore the most pressing issues they face.Join Amie as she continues to take a deep dive into powerful and often uncomfortable topics. Though shared experriences, storytelling and the discussions surrounding the intersection of power, we will navigate the challenges facing healthcare nationally and internationally--as of course--challenge the status quo. The show's core belief remains unwavering: that compassion is the through understanding diverse narratives and perspectives is KEY.Amie will continue to explore hot-button issues like mental health, social justice, women's health, and the daily challenges within the nursing profession. The Gritty Nurse is more than just a podcast—it's a community where nurses and healthcare workers can feel heard, empowered, and recognized
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What is The Gritty Nurse about?
The Gritty Nurse is back, and NO TOPIC is off-limits! Launching in September 2025 with host Amie Archibald Varley, this podcast is dedicated to amplifying the voices of nurses and others who work in healthcare to explore the most pressing issues they face. Join Amie as she continues to take a deep dive into powerful and often uncomfortable topics.
Who hosts The Gritty Nurse?
The Gritty Nurse is hosted by Amie Archibald-Varley. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
What has The Gritty Nurse covered recently?
Recent episodes include "The True Cost of Care: Storytelling, Profit Motives, and Front-Line Advocacy with Nurse & Best Selling Author Theresa Brown" (2 October 2026, 52 minutes), "Free Labour: The Real Cost of Becoming a Nurse" (10 September 2026, 30 minutes), and "Good Grief & How Healthcare Teaches Us To Bury It" (28 August 2026, 38 minutes).
How often does The Gritty Nurse publish?
The Gritty Nurse publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 39 minutes across 100 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on The Gritty Nurse?
Booking probability for The Gritty Nurse is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Gritty Nurse requires a Pod Score of 82 or higher. The Gritty Nurse's contact route on record: verified email.
Who should pitch The Gritty Nurse?
The strongest fits for The Gritty Nurse are Health & Wellness Services. The Gritty Nurse has a health audience and around 1,000 subscribers on YouTube.
About the host
Amie Archibald-Varley hosts The Gritty Nurse, a health podcast with 100 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Sep 10, 202630 minS7
Nursing students in Canada and the U.S. can rack up 800–1,400+ mandatory clinical hours before they graduate — and not one of them is paid. In this episode, The Gritty Nurse Amie Archibald-Varley, traces that...
- Aug 28, 202638 minS7
This week, grief was impossible to avoid — Hayden Panettiere, Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Peter Cullen all left us within days of each other, and the collective mourning was loud, public, and completely normal. But...
- Aug 13, 202649 minS7
Would your hospital admit that staff get assaulted on the job — in public, with real numbers? St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton just did. And it's exposing a crisis most hospitals would rather not talk about. In this...
Episode #29
A Battle Cry for Change: Postpartum Psychosis, Systemic Failure, and the Case of Lindsay Clancy
Aug 7, 202624 minS7In this new episode on The Gritty Nurse Podcast with Amie Archibald-Varley, we examine the case of Lindsay Clancy through the lens of postpartum psychosis and the catastrophic gaps in mental health care that allowed it...
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- Jul 30, 20261h 1mS7
Frontline pressures have reached a boiling point. In this swapcast episode, nurses Erica and Amie tackle the wave of nursing strikes across Massachusetts (MNA) and British Columbia (BCNU), exploring what these recent...
- Jul 17, 202642 minS7
How do we reclaim the narrative of modern nursing across generations? In this episode of The Gritty Nurse Podcast , host Amie Archibald-Varley sits down with extraordinary nurses, advocates, and authors Tilda Shalof and...
Episode #26
7 Years Ago, I Hid Under My Desk--And Seven Years Later, Almost to The Day... She Was Walked Out.
Jul 3, 202617 minS7Content note: this episode discusses workplace violence, suicidal ideation and psychological harm in a clinical/workplace setting. This week, almost seven years to the day since I walked out of a role where I once hid...
- Jun 26, 202632 minS7
With a growing mental health crisis and a system bogged down by waitlists and rigid silos, a powerful paradigm shift is happening across Canada: the rise of nurse-led psychotherapy. In this educational episode, we sit...
- Jun 19, 202646 minS7
How do we move from a healthcare system that only reacts to illness, to one that actively empowers patients? In this episode of The Gritty Nurse Podcast , host Amie Archibald-Varley sits down with Mike Serbinis, the...
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