Who I Serve
Burned out or pushed to your limit. Real support from someone who has been exactly where you are.
You don't have to be a nurse to be broken by your workplace. If burnout is affecting your life, I can help.
You need a real nurse in the room. I make sure your product works for the people using it at 3am.
Speaker and trainer on trauma-informed care, Just Culture, and nurse wellness. Let's talk.
A Moment for You
When is the last time you gave yourself permission to just stop? Press play, close your eyes, and let the water do the rest.
About Me
Credentials
BSN, RN • 25+ Years in Healthcare
2026 ICF Scholarship Recipient
Featured in Influential Women
Founder & CEO, Susie Branagan Consulting
“Your best nurse just quit. She didn’t tell you the real reason. I know, because I was her.”
I am a nurse, a consultant, and someone who has lived the storms of healthcare firsthand. I began my nursing journey over two and a half decades ago and I have never stopped fighting for the people on the front lines.
I started at the bedside in 2003, worked eight-plus years in highly acute units, spent 14 years managing adult medical telemetry and ICU units, and then led an inpatient pediatric psychiatry unit. Most recently I served as Vice President of Enterprise Accounts and Clinical Experience at a leading AI company focused on healthcare.
I have lived through the burnout and workplace trauma that is breaking the caregiving workforce. That is exactly why I can help you create real, lasting change.
My motivation is simple: I watched too many good nurses leave. Not because they couldn’t handle the work, but because the systems they worked in were never designed to protect them.
I became obsessed with one question: What would it look like if healthcare actually took care of its people? That question became my life’s work.
Through Susie Branagan Consulting, I help healthcare organizations build trauma-informed cultures where staff actually want to stay. I ask the questions no one else is asking - and I already know the answers because I have lived every side of this profession.
I have held dying children in the dark, with no one checking on me. This work is personal. Every piece of it.
I have taken blows - physical and mental - so my staff could have a break. I know what it costs to give everything to the work.
I have sat in rooms where decisions about patients were made by people who had never worked at the bedside. I refuse to let that continue without a voice from the floor.
“I’ve been the nurse sobbing alone, holding dead children in my arms in the dark, waiting for transport to the morgue, with no one checking on me. I’ve been the manager taking blows physically and mentally so that my staff can have a break. And I’ve been the executive in rooms where decisions were made about patients by people who had never worked as a healthcare worker.”
- Susie Branagan, BSN, RN
What I Offer
Every service I offer comes from 25+ years of lived experience on the front lines of healthcare - not from a textbook. Whether you are an individual nurse looking for support, a healthcare organization ready to transform your culture, or a tech company that needs a real nurse's perspective, there is a path forward.
All sessions are booked through Calendly. Your first complimentary appointment is always available - let's start there.
📅 Book a Free First AppointmentPersonalized coaching sessions tailored to where you are right now. Whether you are navigating burnout, a career pivot, or simply need someone in your corner who truly gets it - we chart the course together.
Interactive workshops designed for nursing teams and healthcare staff. We tackle stress, communication, resilience, and team culture in a safe and supportive environment.
Engaging, story-driven presentations on nurse wellness, burnout prevention, and the human side of healthcare. Available for conferences, grand rounds, and organizational events.
A degree does not teach someone how to hold a patient's hand. I help organizations hire based on empathy, instinct, and natural compassion - the qualities that actually make great caregivers.
Helping healthcare teams and organizations understand, implement, and navigate AI tools in clinical settings - with a real nurse's perspective at the table.
Transform how your organization handles mistakes, supports staff, and builds psychological safety. Real frameworks from a real nurse who has led units and sat in boardrooms.
Investment in Your Wellbeing
All sessions are booked through Calendly. Your first complimentary appointment is on me - no commitment required.
Just starting out and already feeling the weight of it? This session is for you. Career guidance, burnout prevention, and real talk from a nurse who has been in every room you are about to walk into.
Walk through your Wellness Forecast assessment results together and build your personalized next steps.
Personalized, one-on-one coaching tailored to exactly where you are right now. Burnout, career navigation, workplace trauma - wherever you need to start.
AI product support for healthcare tech companies. Honest feedback from a 25-year nursing veteran who has sat in the boardroom and at the bedside.
For multiple people looking to collaborate, share stories, and learn together. Teams, units, or peer groups welcome.
Transform how you lead. Build a speak-up culture where staff feel safe and mistakes become learning opportunities rather than blame.
Your staff carry invisible weight. Learn to recognize it and build a culture where people can heal, not just survive each shift.
A degree does not teach someone how to hold a patient's hand. Learn how to hire for empathy, instinct, and compassion - the qualities that actually make great caregivers and teammates.
Get in Touch
Whether you have a question, want to explore working together, or just need someone to talk to who truly gets it - reach out. I personally respond to every message.
Had a great experience working with me? I would love to hear from you!
susiebranaganconsulting@outlook.comIn the Spotlight
From published articles to speaking stages - 25+ years of experience showing up in the conversations that matter.
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Published Articles
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Videos & Podcasts
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Story-driven, honest, and deeply personal. Susie speaks on nurse wellness, burnout prevention, trauma-informed leadership, and the human side of healthcare.
Get in Touch →Got Questions?
The Wellness Forecast is a free 10-minute self-assessment for healthcare professionals measuring wellbeing across five key areas. Completely free and confidential.
Book through Calendly, pick a time, and receive details upon confirmation. Each session is tailored to exactly where you are right now.
No. Susie's coaching and training applies to any industry where humans work together. If your workplace involves people, her work is relevant to you.
Please reach out immediately. Call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) or text HOME to 741741 (Crisis Text Line). Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation: drlornabreen.org - specifically for healthcare workers.
Absolutely. Contact Susie directly to discuss custom pricing and availability for organizational engagements.
Awards & Features
A career built on showing up fully - and being recognized for it.
ICF • 2026
“The ICF scholarship validated something I already knew: coaching is a clinical skill as much as it is a leadership one. Healthcare workers carry a unique kind of trauma.”
Influential Women • 2026
“All those times I was called too sensitive - I realized those people only said that because they didn’t have answers, and I was vocal. Showing emotion when advocating is a healthy, normal response. It’s a gift.”
Behavioral Health News • Winter 2026
Published in the Winter 2026 issue on building trauma-informed workplaces to heal burnout and secondary trauma in behavioral health.
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Additional recognitions and features will be added here as they are published.