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Inside the halls of American hospitals, millions of people find comfort, healing, and support. But for many doctors and nurses, this couldn’t be further from the truth. This podcast will dive into the shadows of American healthcare to investigate and uncover the abuse, control, and political power plays that leave the very people responsible for our nation’s health, broken and battered. We’re sharing stories of professionals in medicine that have experienced horrendous treatment at the hands of a broken system that does nothing to stop the trauma. As the Association of American Medical Colleges states, “Long before the #MeToo movement, women in medicine have instinctively banded together to counter a culture that too often tolerated harassment.” From systemic trauma to abuse of power to the unspoken rules of cover-ups and corruption, Mandy Irby and HeHe will take you to the darkest corners of healthcare in America so you can have an inside look at bringing humanity back to medicine!
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Friday Sep 23, 2022
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Today’s guest is Hilary Erickson from Pulling Curls and Pregnancy Nurse to talk about feeling her feelings as a bedside nurse as a case study for secondary traumatic stress in labor and delivery nurses. We’re so grateful to her for being candid with us as she shares about her intense anxiety before her shift - even starting the night before. Hilary shares that even in nursing school she believes that nurses are taught to blame themselves for everything that goes wrong, which can create some misplaced responsibility, for sure.
We also discuss:
- impacts of modern medical model of care on patient safety and nurse mental health
- how hospitals protect themselves at the expense and to the detriment of their nurses/physicians
- The role nurse culture plays in perpetuating nurse disempowerment and unhealthy habits
- Curiosity around what traumatic stress looks like in different scenarios, including birth in a car!
You can find Hilary on her blog: https://www.pullingcurls.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pregnancynurse/
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