Maggie Runyon

Nurse. Wife. Educator. Mama. Writer (she/her)
Podcast Host/Founder: @ybirthpartners

Championing a standard of trauma-informed advocacy in perinatal nursing.

[MCN Journal @MCNonline]

% of US adults who are unable to afford or access healthcare reached 11% (~29 million people), its highest level since 2021 per new Gallup poll.

US is one of the richest countries in the world.

In U.S., Inability to Pay for Care, Medicine Hits New High https://t.co/4WmfkkHvLn

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

Me at ER for cardiac issues

Dr: “Could you be pregnant?”

Me: “No I had a hysterectomy”

Dr: “You look too young for that? Are you sure?”

Me: “I’m confident”

Dr: “I think you might be confused. Maybe it was your appendix.”

Proceeds to order pregnancy test /1 🧵

[MCN Journal @MCNonline]

Relationship between nurse staffing during labor and cesarean birth rates in US hospitals. Better nurse staffing associated with lower cesarean birth rates and higher VBAC rates.
Nursing Outlook 2025

https://t.co/H8uUQsMnKU

[MCN Journal @MCNonline]

Announcing: MCN Editorial Fellowship for 2025

We’re offering our 6th 12-mo editorial fellowship on the journal publishing process including peer review, revisions, editing, writing tips, publication decisions, ethical issues in authorship, and scholarly language.

[Maggie Runyon @MaggieRunyon]

Exploring "Not Enough-ness"

A reminder about how we think about ourselves, our work, our value as nurses, doing enough and reframing our mindset:

https://t.co/lduutrphu9

[Maggie Runyon @MaggieRunyon]

If you've been looking for a quick one-pager about #traumainformedcare in perinatal spaces, look no further.
Read for some myth busting and how-to!
Thanks @MCNonline

Perinatal Trauma-Informed Care : MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing https://t.co/ZtS9L8IUad

[Bridgette M. (Brawner) Rice, PhD, MDiv, APRN, FAAN @DrBMBrawner]

The Future of Healthcare: Nurse-Driven Innovation https://t.co/Em35H1IuX9 via @ucsciencecenter

Great to see @VUNursingDean of @VUNursing and @marionleary of @PennNursing featured in this pivotal piece!
#nursing #nurses #healthcare #innovation

[Bridgette M. (Brawner) Rice, PhD, MDiv, APRN, FAAN @DrBMBrawner]

July will be an exhilarating month!

Honored to represent @VUNursing for these upcoming engagements to continue the fight for #healthequity.

[Maggie Runyon @MaggieRunyon]

Excited to see this piece with @MandyIrby and @nursebrowngirl published in @JPNNonline!

Nurses' secondary traumatic stress is not a personal failing; it's a workforce issue and trauma-informed care education can make a difference!
https://t.co/43x6Psdr9L

[Maggie Runyon @MaggieRunyon]

My dissertation proposal in picture form 🤣

[Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpacheco]

Dan Levy as sequential explanatory mixed methods research design:

[Lucinda Canty PhD, CNM, FAAN, FACNM, Nurse-Midwife @LucindaCantyPhD]

The premiere of Everybody's Work was amazing! To be in a space surrounded by nurses that I admire and respect is priceless. Good times and good memories. I am honored to be part of this historical movement in nursing.
SHIFT Nursing #EverybodysWork

[Maggie Runyon @MaggieRunyon]

Some thoughts at the end of #NursesWeek.
It’s been one where my heart wasn’t in “celebrating” being a #nurse. The world feels heavy. There is so much suffering. It’s been hard for me to focus.
But this is a week of honoring my call to nursing & our future:
https://t.co/ZODnzSoZWq

[Claire Valderama-Wallace PhD MPH RN @ClairePVW]

This work - uplifting nursing students' experiences in active struggle - is finally out . I think of nursing students around the country who are silenced when asking & speaking up about genocide in Palestine. https://t.co/xEBVe0yLNa

[out of the hospital into the streets. @danisha_jenkins]

Cosign our letter written with @jdillardwright @shesinscrubs and @drannamvaldez . No humanitarian aid in 5 days. https://t.co/yPAdCmlOFa

[Kate Simpson, PhD, RNC, FAAN @KateRSimpson]

Nurse staffing in sync with pt acuity is consistently linked to better pt outcomes when compared to inadequate staffing.

Hospitals undervalue nurses and understaff their units because most of the time, they get away with it.

The best nurses’ week gift would be safe staffing.

[Maggie Runyon @MaggieRunyon]

@DrBMBrawner @nahnnursing Right? Blown away by Jocelyn!! The future of nursing is bright ✨

[Maggie Runyon @MaggieRunyon]

@cmnye14 Wow. Yes thank you so much for sharing!!

[Maggie Runyon @MaggieRunyon]

Thank you so much, Dr. Rice! So exciting to share our work to address psychological trauma in birthing people AND #laboranddeliverynurses and get feedback from incredible scholars like @audreylyndon

What a thrill to see this work recognized. Now on to system change!

[Bridgette M. (Brawner) Rice, PhD, MDiv, APRN, FAAN @DrBMBrawner]

@VUNursing #PhD #student & Conway Fellow @MaggieRunyon shared her work with Dr. @audreylyndon of @nyumeyers at #ENRS2024. Thanks for the tips Aubrey!

Maggie won 2nd place among PhD posters for her nonprofit's work on perinatal trauma-informed care to ⬇️ #nurse secondary trauma.

[Bridgette M. (Brawner) Rice, PhD, MDiv, APRN, FAAN @DrBMBrawner]

*HUGE* deal as @VUNursing #BSN student @jocelyn Jocelyn Zavala Garcia presents findings from #CBPR work to assess community lead exposure risk.

Excellent mentorship @danjaxsn 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[Maggie Runyon @MaggieRunyon]

@KateRSimpson @ENRS_Science Thank you!! I got to catch up with @audreylyndon too, which was so lovely!

[Maggie Runyon @MaggieRunyon]

I've seen some of my #NurseTwitter faves already on the agenda for @ENRS_Science and in person and would love to connect more! Come find me in my 💚 pants and say hey!!