Nursing Uncensored
Episodes
Adrianne's Paper Writing Process and Community Health Practicum
20 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adrianne is back with a quick update on all the behind-the-scenes happenings keeping her away from the mic the last several weeks.Listen in as she tal...
Dorothy the Medical Examiner Investigator Returns
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger warning: In this episode, we talk in detail about topics some people may find traumatic. We will be taking about dead bodies, autopsy, crimes,...
Must-have iOS Apps for Nurses & Nursing Students: Pt 3
19 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Now that Adrianne has helped you fill up all that extra memory on your iPhone with the previous 18 apps, she's got 9 more for you! In part three, she ...
Must-have iOS Apps for Nurses & Nursing Students: Pt. 2
18 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
She's baaaack! Adrianne is here with 9 more iOS apps that she loves and thinks you will, too! In the second installment of this three-part series, she...
Must-have iOS Apps for Nurses & Nursing Students: Pt 1
16 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the first in a three-part series of Adrianne's favorite nursing-related iOS apps. Here she breaks down the first 9, in no particular o...
Prep Tips: the Last Weeks of Summer Before Nursing School
12 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Adrianne revisits a blog post in audio form. She's going to share 10 tips on how to best spend your time preparingin those final days...
20 Must-Have iOS Apps for College Students | Adrianne's Favorites
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this short episode, Adrianne digs into her iPhone to share her 20 favorite, must-have apps for anyone taking college classes. These are not nursing...
LPN to DNP: the Story of Nurse Lo
04 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week Adrianne wakes her friend, night nurse and DNP, Nurse Lo from her slumber to bring you the dish on the DNP life. They cover a lot of ground ...
What's in My Nursing Work Bag?
26 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Well, folks, today we're digging through Adrianne's giant bag that she drags to her job as an intermediate pulmonary nurse. Unlike the very anti-clima...
Adventures of a Travel Nurse Pt 2
20 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week we dive back into my marathon call with my good friend and travel nurse Lindsay Dingbaum. Since we can get our gab on like pros, we covered ...
A Travel Nurse (and Her Adventure Muppet)
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week you're dropping in on the conversation Adrianne had with her old pal Lindsay, a traveling nurse and cool human that she can literally talk t...
My First Patient Funeral
07 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adrianne takes a serious moment to reflect on her decision to attend the funeral of a patient. It is a first for her, despite her early-career decisio...
Talking with a Medical Examiner Investigator Pt. 2
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I think part two of my talk with Dorothy is as profound as it is irreverent. Dorothy explains how people die as they lived and we ponder elements of '...
Talking with a Medical Examiner Investigator Pt. 1
15 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Adrianne is joined by nurse and medical examiner investigator, Dorothy. She's lived a very interesting nursing life so far and has su...
Calling Patients Wrong Names, Relationships with Management, and Report Styles
08 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode under our (sort of) new name: Nursing Uncensored. Adrianne is giving the website a makeover, so head over to nursinguncen...
Dan DiMonte Returns Pt 2: Perks of Nurse Schedules, Oversaturation of Travelers and Special Connections with Patients.
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After editing their 3+ hour cross-country conversation, we've got 45 more delightful minutes with MRC friend and travel nurse, Dan DiMonte. In the sec...
Dan DiMonte Returns Pt 1: Pondering Medical TV Shows, Indwelling Catheter Alternatives, and Musical Interludes
25 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Travel nurse Dan DiMonte returns for the longest recording in MRC history (don't worry, we've distilled it down to the best parts). Adrianne and Dan s...
Be Taken Seriously as a Baby-Faced Nurse
10 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's hard enough for young nurses to establish authority in their practice without their appearances making it worse. This is especially true when car...
Designer Scrubs, Favorite tools, Poop, Drug Diversion, and more...
30 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew is back from his internet hiatus to join Adrianne for a discussion that is as all over the place as a confused patient in a low bed. They topic...
Guardians of Sleep
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A technology revolution occured in the MRC HQ with the purchase of a new mic. The Blue Yeti isn't a sponsor, but boy was Adrianne excited to brag this...
Allison's Vertigo and Getting into Nursing School
27 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
While the process of getting accepted into a nursing program is enough to make your head spin, the vertigo in this episode is unrelated to the school ...
Hospitality for Traveling Nurses
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adrianne has some thoughts on how a staff nurse should treat a float or a traveling nurse - very specific thoughts. She shares some opinions of how we...
Keeping Your Cool Walking into a Sh!tshow Shift
07 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adrianne is back with her second solo-episode to bring you her top 5 tips for walking into a shift that can only be described as a shitshow. You know ...
A Peek at Quality Improvement
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, MRC is keeping it short and simple since Adrianne is flying solo on the mic. She's going to do her best to give you a peek into the Quality...
Malpractice, Ebola and Picketing, Oh MY!
21 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Adrianne and Andrew give their two cents on nurses carrying malpractice insurance, crossing picket lines to work, Andrew admits he'd jet at...
Chatting with an ICU/SWOT nurse, Anna: Pt. 2
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adrianne is back with part 2 of her chat with Anna, an ICU and SWOT (Service WithOut Territory) nurse. In this episode they talk about being a nurse a...
Chatting with an ICU/SWOT nurse, Anna: Pt. 1
06 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adrianne has a late night chat with Anna, an ICU and SWOT (Service WithOut Territory) nurse. In this Part 1, they talk about finding the courage to sp...
Tattoos, Smoking and IV Fluids
02 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Adrianne and Andrew are talking tattoos, marijuana, IV fluid shortages and body waxing in the first episode of 2018! Season 2 is guaranteed to be inte...
Ashley Hay: Musings on Adventure, Self-Confidence and Fuzzy Slippers
19 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back, nurses, students and innocent bystanders! It's been too long.In episode 18, Adrianne is joined by nurse and writer, Ashley Hay. In this ...
What's in this Nurse's Pockets
07 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Adrianne just got off work and she's emptying all 7 of her scrub pockets. What do you carry in your pockets on the regular and what things do you accu...
Confessions of a Proto Nurse Pt. 2
29 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Adrianne and Allison reconvene for part 2 of this marathon conversation that spans a wider-than-usual range of loosely related topics like*balancing s...
Confessions of a Proto Nurse Pt. 1
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Adrianne welcomes an old friend and future nursing student, Allison. They talked for 2 1/2 hours about so. many. things. This is the first half of tha...
Things We Love About Nursing Vol. 1
14 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Adrianne wakes Andrew up from a deep sleep to make a list of things we love about our profession...you know, normal stuff. Bet you won't guess some of...
Sexy Nurse Costumes, Sneeze Etiquette and Holidays in the Hospital
06 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this vaguely-titled episode, Adrianne and Andrew glide through an amalgamation of topics including but not limited to:*The inevitable waxing of And...
Fan Mail Pt. 2: Nursing Forums, Getting "Unstuck" and Talking to Bosses
30 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Weeee'reeee back with part 2, answering a list of listener questions, but for the second half, we'll be doing things more rapid-fire style. Well, rapi...
Fan Mail Pt. 1: Confidence (or lack of), hospital beds, languages, and pulmonary toileting
23 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
First, we got fan mail! Tabitha reached out to us with a few topics she wanted to hear us tallk about, and we sure as hell did. Two hours worth! You g...
Nurses Do Potluck Right
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever worked in healthcare, you may know that lots of us take pot-lucking very seriously. Brad and Adrianne explain the components of a good ...
TravCon Pt. 2: Sick Nurses, Natural Talents and Knowing Boundaries
09 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of this long, middle-of-the-night convo between Adrianne and Andrew, they pick up where they left off, addressing the cliff-hanger ...
TravCon, Germs and Tangents Pt 1
02 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We're going to go ahead and use the cliche "better late than never" on this one.We took a week off, and good thing, because all sorts of stuff happene...
Night Shift Brain Fog
18 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"But you only work three days a week...."A phrase that infuriates any nurse, but especially night shifters. Andrew and Adrianne are both caught in The...
Nursing, Music and Dan
11 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Adrianne chats with Dan DiMonte, who is both a nurse and a musician living in the temperate paradise of San Diego, CA. They delve int...
Nurse's Top 10 Tips for Better Daytime Sleep
09 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Adrianne, nurse, and night-shifter for more than a decade, has just crawled into bed after a long shift...so this is real and unedited information in ...
Night Shift Breakfast: A Ritual
04 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Most night shift nurses will tell you that post-shift breakfast with their team is a cathartic, often-necessary experience - an opportunity to decompr...
Back-to-School ProTips for Nursing Students
28 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's that time of year again! Classes have already begun for most of us. Only now it's less about back to school shopping for fun supplies, it's about...
Nursing Pet Peeves: Vol. 2
21 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Remember that ugly tech crash that ended the last episode? Well, Adrianne and Andrew are back to finish what they started. Andrew describes his recent...
10 Tips for Successful Nursing Students
18 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Adrianne hopped on the mic in the middle of the night to bring you this MRC Quickie of her top 10 tips for making yourself a better nursing student. T...
Nursing Pet Peeves: Vol. 1
14 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Debriefing. Venting. Complaining. Whatever you call it, it can be therapeutic when done right. When someone or something is driving a nurse crazy, jus...
Nurses and Social Media Caveats
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Med Room Chronicles, Adrianne and Brad share their opinions on everything from handling friend requests from patients to representi...
New Nurses Are Friends, Not Food
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Being the new nurse on the unit is hard. You can't find the light switches or the butt cream and you're not sure which doc to page....and on top of al...
Helloooooo, Nurses!!
07 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Med Room Chronicles: Nursing Uncensored. Meet your nurse hosts, Adrianne Behning and Andrew Craig. Listen in on th...