Bedpan Banter

What Nursing School Doesn’t Prepare You For with Nurse Brenden

08 Apr 2026

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Nursing school can teach you the steps, but it can’t recreate the moment someone asks you to “boost the patient” and you realize you’ve never done it on a real person. We sit down with Brenden and talk about graduating in the COVID era of online nursing school, the confidence gap that shows up on day one, and how a solid preceptor can make the difference between drowning and growing.Then we get into med-surg nursing, the specialty people love to hate and secretly need. We unpack why med-surg builds real prioritization skills, how you learn to manage multiple patients, and why “lower acuity” doesn’t mean “nothing happens.” Brenden shares the kind of stories only the floor can produce, including a patient trying to whip a condom catheter and a shocking bite incident that turns into testing, reporting, and a hard conversation about workplace violence in healthcare.We also talk about nurse humor, dark humor as a coping tool, and how creating TikTok characters can help nurses and patients feel less alone. Finally, we break down a tense patient advocacy moment involving an insulin drip, missing orders, and the uncomfortable truth that sometimes you have to push back on a provider to protect your patient. If you’re a new grad nurse or just curious about real hospital life, hit play, then subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review with the biggest “nursing school didn’t teach me that” moment you’ve lived.To submit your stories & comments, visit: https://simplenursing.com/podcast/

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3ª PARTE | 04 MAR 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

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Bedpan Banter

What Nursing School Doesn’t Prepare You For with Nurse Brenden

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13:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

10:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

12:00H | 20 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

2ª PARTE | 06 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 22 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 04 MAR 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

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