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Welcome to Bedpan Banter | The Human Side of Healthcare -- the podcast that feels like sitting at the nurses’ station swapping stories with your favorite coworkers. Hosted by the one and only Nurse Mike, this show goes beyond the textbooks and into the real, raw, and hilarious moments that make up nurse life.Whether it’s unfiltered stories from the floor, emotional patient moments, or those laugh-until-you-cry shifts you’ll never forget... we’re talking about it all. Oh, and don’t worry, we’ll be sneaking in a few knowledge bombs you can actually use on the job.If you're a nursing student, new grad, or seasoned pro who just needs to feel seen (and maybe laugh a little), you’re in the right place.
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- 2 days ago8 min
Stop Guessing And Start Nailing ABG Questions w/ Nurse Mike
ABGs have a way of making smart nursing students freeze, not because they’re impossible, but because they’re often taught like a memorization game. We’re flipping that. Once you see arterial blood gases as relationships between pH, PaCO2, and HCO3, the confusion drops fast and the questions start to feel predictable. We walk through the exact ranges you need for nursing school and the NCLEX, then lock in the rule that keeps everything straight: CO2 is respiratory and bicarbonate (HCO3) is me...
- 2 weeks ago39 min
Your Hospital Won’t Protect You: How Nursing Unions Protect Nurses and Patients w/ NNU
Your first nursing job can feel like a test you never studied for: short staffing, missed breaks, supply shortages, and that sinking sense that if something goes wrong, your license is on the line. We sit down with Kristine and Monica, RNs and union representatives with National Nurses United, to spell out what a nurse union actually is and why it matters for real bedside nursing, not just politics or headlines. We dig into the problems that push nurses to organize, including unsafe patient ...
- Jun 29, 202628 min
Nurse Erica EXPOSES Healthcare Worker Rights | Unions, Strikes & Ending Workplace Violence
Getting hit, threatened, or harassed shouldn’t be a rite of passage in healthcare, yet too many nurses are told to accept violence as “part of the job.” Nurse Erica joins us to draw a clear line: this is a workplace safety crisis, and nurses have more rights and options than most people realize. We dig into what the data says about how often violence happens, why it’s under-reported, and why filing a police report still matters as documentation and accountability, even when prosecution feels ...
- Jun 15, 202617 min
How To Communicate With Deaf & Hard of Hearing Patients w/ Nurse Mikaela
Someone tells you “just speak louder,” and suddenly you realize they don’t understand the problem at all. That’s the heart of our conversation with Nurse Mikaela, a registered nurse who is deaf, as we dig into what real communication looks like at the bedside and why clarity, not volume, is often the difference between trust and confusion. We get practical fast: how to stop guessing and start asking patients their preferred communication method, how closed-loop communication prevents mistake...
- Jun 2, 202637 min
You Can Rebuild Confidence After Failing The NCLEX with Murse Kash
Three failed NCLEX attempts can mess with your confidence, your timeline, and your identity. We’re joined by Nurse Kash, a New York City pediatric cardiology nurse and creator, to tell the real story of what it felt like to fail three times, lose momentum, and still find a way back to the career he knew he was meant for. If you’re searching for NCLEX help, an NCLEX retake plan, or simply proof you’re not alone, this conversation is for you. We get specific about the two things most people se...
- May 18, 202624 min
The Problem No One Teaches Nurses: Scheduling (ft. EightTenTwelve)
You can learn every drug and every protocol and still feel unprepared for the hardest part of nursing: being human under pressure. Nurse Mike sits down with Haley and Marcelle, two sisters whose childhoods were shaped by congenital heart disease, major surgeries, and the nurses who guided their family through the scariest moments. Now they’re on the other side of the bedside as pediatric perioperative nurses and founders, and they bring a rare perspective on what dignity, advocacy, and real s...
- May 4, 202612 min
Addison vs. Cushing: The One Lab That Changes Everything with Nurse Mike
A single lab value can flip your entire answer choice, especially when the adrenal glands are involved. We pick up with part two of our Addison’s disease and Cushing syndrome breakdown and focus on what actually helps under pressure: pattern recognition, memory tricks, and the nursing priorities that show up on NCLEX-style questions and real clinical scenarios. First, we walk through Addison’s disease (adrenal insufficiency) by tying low cortisol and low aldosterone to what you’ll see in fro...
- Apr 22, 20268 min
The Real Difference Between Addison's & Cushing's with Memory Tricks
Addison’s disease vs Cushing syndrome can feel like a maze of arrows, hormones, and “wait, which one is high?” moments. We cut through the noise by building the whole story from the ground up: what the adrenal glands do, which adrenal cortex hormones actually matter for exams and clinical reasoning, and how one simple feedback loop explains most of the lab patterns you’ll see. We walk through aldosterone (the salt hormone) and cortisol (the stress hormone) in plain language, then map the HPA...
About Bedpan Banter
Welcome to Bedpan Banter | The Human Side of Healthcare -- the podcast that feels like sitting at the nurses’ station swapping stories with your favorite coworkers. Hosted by the one and only Nurse Mike, this show goes beyond the textbooks and into the real, raw, and hilarious moments that make up nurse life.Whether it’s unfiltered stories from the floor, emotional patient moments, or those laugh-until-you-cry shifts you’ll never forget... we’re talking about it all. Oh, and don’t worry, we’ll be sneaking in a few knowledge bombs you can actually use on the job.If you're a nursing student, new grad, or seasoned pro who just needs to feel seen (and maybe laugh a little), you’re in the right place.
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