Scrubs in the Trenches
An inside look at Healthcare from a RN with 15 years experience of Being inside the hospital. The goal is to give a Frontline Perspective of the Healthcare system to help people understand what is really going on inside these Walls. So join me as I interview people from all different backgrounds to provide a glimpse into Healthcare that you otherwise wouldn’t get.
Episodes
24 episodes
The Lyme Light Part 4: My Time Lyme
On this episode I go into the 3 different stages of Lyme and how my symptoms lined up with its progression. Early localized Lyme is the first stage and the bacteria stay within the skin.Early disseminated or stage 2 of Lyme diseas...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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18:32
The Lyme Light Part 3: Lyme and Stealth Microbes
Since PhizaDerna pulled my sponsorship for the week you get to meet my Russian Reflection Ivan in the beginning of this episode and I quickly lock him back up before he gets me into Siri US trouble!!!In this episode I share my insights ...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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16:12
The Lyme Light Part 2: My Treatment Regimen
On this episode I talk about the different treatments I have used and my understanding of how they work against Lyme disease. There's no one size fits all treatment plan that cures Lyme but I have found a few different treatments that hav...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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15:07
The Lyme Light
In this episode I give a glimpse into how I started losing my own faith in the Western Medical Model after dealing with the confusion of being diagnosed with Lyme. I share how even as a medical professional I wasn't equipped with the know...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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17:57
The Commercial Episode
This is every fake commercial from my 1st 6 episodes all located on one easy to listen to episode!!!
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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13:04
Let's Enlighten Our Endings
As a Scrub wearing RN with over 15 years in the Hospital Trenches, I've seen my fair share of Code Blues that have made me ask myself the question, "What Am I Doing Here?!? The practice of performing CPR on the elderly as the default sett...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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17:39
Ode to Pawpaw: Keep climbing that Hill
This weeks episode tells the story of my Pawpaw. He was an absolutely wonderful man that was a beacon of Joy wherever he went. And even though my family and I were convinced that he would easily make it to 100 at his 90th birthday, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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18:49
Ode to Mawmaw: Give us Grace
Join me in the 3rd installment of how it looked from this Nurses ICU eyes as his grandparents exited this world. This episode features my Mawmaw and how she much like my Papa, faded off into the land of Pillgatory...The Average ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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17:09
Ode to Grandma: SHOCK THEM ALL!!!
This is the story of my Grandmother, Thelma Louise Smith, and how her Ending snuck up on me and my family. In the previous episode I told you about her husband and how he hung around in a land I call Pillgatory so now I'd like to share ho...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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20:42
Ode to Papa: Tougher than Nails
This is the beginning of a 4 part series that details each of my grandparents endings. As an ICU nurse I began seeing death of the elderly population in a whole new light and dealing with my own grandparents endings has forced me to reall...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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14:04
Ode to Coaching/ What the Heck is a Nurse Coach a Charge Nurse with a Whistle!?!
I'm going to spend this season laying out my passion for helping people feel empowered by their Medical and Personal Health choices. I became a Board Certified Nurse Coach last year and I have to admit, it's a little confusing understandi...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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10:16
The Murse is Back!
I want to thank Tyler for being on the show again. He’s always a hoot and remember that this show is for entertainment purposes only so remember that nothing we say is medical advice or even advice at all. Just a couple of Murses ma...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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56:16
Coaching a Coach on a Couch with Owen Hunt
I'm super excited to have long time friend Owen Hunt joining me on the show and sharing some of his insights into the coaching world. I'm currently on a journey to understand more about the profession of coaching while I myself am trainin...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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38:09
Getting down with Canadian Champagne
In this episode I sit down with a medical professional that knows plenty of hearsay about the Canadian medical system. He was born in Canada and moved to America at a fairly young age. Francois Champagne has insight on what his fami...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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55:25
PA Hope Floats to Coaching
This episode dives into the coaching world and gives the listener an inside look into coaching. I'm super excited to be able to sit down with my former Dermatology PA Hope Cook and discuss her career choice to cut back on PA hours...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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44:35
Don’t Run Call 911 w Robin Elliot
I had the privilege to talk to 1 of the co- founders of the Ga Overdose Prevention organization that helped form the Don’t run call 911 law that prevents legal action against someone for reporting a suspected drug overdose.Robin also gr...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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37:07
Part 2 of Getting Real About Opioid Addiction
Barbara has so much Knowledge and personal experience with the opioid epidemic I had to make this into 3 part series. This episode dives deeper into how fentanyl gets to our streets and what it may look like or be disguised as. &nbs...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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41:01
Getting Real about Opioid Addiction
I am so happy to have Barbara back on the show to help shed some light on a subject that almost everyone has dealt with in one way or another. We discuss a wide variety of topics that include laws that protect people who report ov...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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57:07
From Hearts to Prostates with Byron
I sit down with my buddy Byron and talk about our time together in the Cath Lab, where his career is going, and a whole bunch of bleeps to cover up our shenanigans!This is a fun episode, Enjoy….
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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56:54
Quality Over Quantity with Barbara Pruitt NP
I sit down with Nurse Practitioner Barbara Pruitt to get an inside look at what exactly Palliative Care services provide for the patients and their loved ones. From Goals of Care for chronic conditions, to coordinating getting people Home...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:19:58
Just a couple of Murses
I sit down with RN Tyler and we share some of the experiences we have had working within the Hospital system. Crazy things happen within hospital walls and Tyler did a great job explaining the absurdness that we bear witness to ev...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:11:23