50 episodes
The Pulse Check Podcast pulsecheckpodcast
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- Health & Fitness
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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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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Ep. 50: Exploring Patient Code of Conduct
Sit down with Mandy and HeHe as they celebrate the end of their first season of the Pulse Check Podcast! Stay to the end to hear all their thoughts and feelings about Season 1 AND get a sneak peak at whats in store for Season 2.
Before they leave you for 2022, Many and HeHe are diving into Patient Code of Conduct as a Boston Hospital recently publicly released theirs. What does this look like? Is it just for show? How would this need to be supported and reinforced for actual change to transpire?
If you were a healthcare working during the pandemic, this may be sensitive to listen to as we discuss staff abuse at the hands of patients. Feel free to fast forward to the end to hear all about our next season ahead!
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Ep. 49: Violence in the Workplace: A Story About Boundaries
Mandy and HeHe sit down to speak with guest, Amanda, a Nurse and IBCLC. Amanda shares with us today her story of violence in the workplace. Sharing a multilayered story of advocacy, injustice, blurring of boundaries, and the bottom lines ruling hospital hierarchy.
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Ep. 48: Patient Advocacy in the Birth Room
Today HeHe and Mandy sit down with Nurse Melissa, who originally intended to share her story anonymously. After some consideration, she decided to share her identity and shift her share into a story about nursing. Combining a history of 15 years of nursing details and crafting one powerful (and at some points hard to hear) story about patient advocacy in the birth room.
This story may resonate deeply with you, because her story is all of ours. Whether you have been that nurse, on that medical team, a birthing human, or a support person. And this story needs to be heard.
Melissa's share does include topics like birth trauma, medical manipulation, abusive power relationships in the workplace - so if you need to listen at another time, pause, or fast forward- we encourage you to do what is right for you.
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Ep.47: When your best is hurting your career, it might be time to make a shift.
Mandy sits down to chat with Nurse Adriane RN, Owner of Trusted Guardian Patient Advocates. Another look inside how creative nurses are paving their own path toward happiness - we meet Nurse Adriane this week! She’s a board certified patient advocate, and she’s using her experience and expertise to provide supportive, patient care outside of Big Medicine. You’ve got to hear about her new career path. We’re probably all going to need her services in our future.
You can follow Nurse Adriane RN https://www.tiktok.com/@nurseadrianern
https://www.nurseadrianern.com/
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Ep. 46: Abortion Care with Mel on Medicine
Over half the public are in favor of having choice over pregnancy and not having strict abortion bans. 44% of abortion trainees lost their training in their state
Resources:
https://www.ansirh.org/research/ongoing/turnaway-study
Aidcaccess.org
abortion funds.org
Turnaway study
Goodmocker inst.
Jessica velinti
Abortion access front
reproaction.org
Let us know your thoughts in the comments or on our IG: @pulsecheck.podcast
Follow along with Melissa:
Follow Melissa on TikTok: @melonmedicine
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⭐️ If you have a question or comment but can’t commit to recording a show, we now have a recording line! Leave us a message here: https://mandyirby.com/pulse-check-podcast/
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Ep. 45: Self Empowerment and Healing Ourselves with Nurse Missy
Self Empowerment and Healing Ourselves with Nurse Missy
What would love do? That’s what our guest today has us asking ourselves now! We invited Nurse Missy onto the podcast, and we had no agenda. You’ll love where the mood takes us, from how do people heal themselves? We talk a bit about stress as a spiritual affliction - we did not anticipate that! And we even get a few history lessons on Jesus and bible stories, which were surprisingly well-timed, especially for the non-religious.
HeHe and Mandy both felt like Missy’s message was meant for us this week, and we are curious if you feel the same way after listening.Let us know your thoughts in the comments or on our IG: @pulsecheck.podcast
Nurse Missy, RN, Soul Coach, Hope Influencer
Follow Nurse Missy on TikTok: @thatnursemissy
Her website for more info
Missy’s podcast on forgiveness
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⭐️ If you have a question or comment but can’t commit to recording a show, we now have a recording line! Leave us a message here: https://mandyirby.com/pulse-check-podcast/
Trauma-Informed Birth Nurse Program mentioned in video: www.traumainformedbirthnurse.com
If this podcast got you thinking in all the creative ways, we’d really appreciate it if you told us in a 5 star review! Reviews help us reach other listeners on our journey to improve healthcare through story. Thank you!
Customer Reviews
So empowering!
As a nurse struggling with combating what I’ve been taught is “okay” in healthcare & making the difficult decision to leave the bedside, these two have totally been my people! Hearing other people from the birth world discuss their struggles remind me that I am not alone. They have empowered me to speak up & speak out about the systemic issues we encounter. Love these two!!