The Nurses and Hypochondriacs Podcast

Depression is tough!... It’s even tougher when you have depressive tendencies in grade school and have been prescribed over a dozen antidepressant drugs with little or no effect. In this episode we look at Ketamine as a treatment for depression through a patient’s perspective. Emerson Dameron shares his personal story of depression through childhood, and self-medicating with alcohol which led him...

In the '80s, it became a popular club drug, gaining nicknames like Special K and Cat Valium, and more recently, in early 2019, a form of ketamine was approved by the FDA as an antidepressant. Ketamine’s ability to work for these difficult-to-treat people might be because of its novel mode of action. The drug blocks glutamatergic N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors; other antidepressants interact...

Fauci is touting vaccines as the answer. Trump says Chloroquene is the cure. But what no one is talking about is the immune system and how to keep it healthy in this chaotic COVID19 pandemic! In this special episode of Corona-Pocalypse we talk to New York Times best-selling author Charles Graeber. We'll review his latest book 'The Breakthrough, Immunotherapy And The Race To Cure Cancer,' and how t...

Violence Is A Disease .... The Occupational Safety and Health Administration reports of nearly 25,000 workplace assaults reported annually, 75% occur in health care and social service settings and workers in health care settings are four times more likely to be victimized than workers in private industry. A 2014 survey on hospital crime attributed 75% of aggravated assaults and 93% of all assaults...

Corona-Pocalypse has shut down planet earth! We know it began in China, but many of us thought it was another SARs or Swine flue. Many of us didn't take it seriously until Italy was shut down. In this episode we explore COVID-19 in Italy and how it spread so fast. Host/Producer Ersilia Pompilio RN, MSN, PNP interviews her cousin Flavio Di Fronzo who resides in Milan, Italy to hear his story while...

Credentialing...it's essential for Nurses, and Advanced Healthcare Providers. It's Good, but sometimes can be ugly staying organized and on top of the game. It's an arduous process of submitting multiple documents in order for you to get your dream job or that next locums gig. Rianne Bradshaw joins us today to discuss how you can stay organized and on top of healthcare credentialing. She's the Mar...

Are we on the verge of another global pandemic? The crown of all viruses, the Corona Virus is making it's debut! And literally turning everyone in the world into a hypochondriac! It's shut down China, a nation of 35 million with over 900 cases confirmed. There are several new cases being confirmed on a daily bases , but should we be afraid? And what do we need to do to stay healthy? On this episod...

Back in 2017 we recorded "Fever, Valley Fever... The Mysterious Illness" where we discussed the 14,000 cases of Valley Fever "Coccidiomycosis!" It was trending in the media and an epidemic in Bakersfield, California, as well as infecting migrant farm workers and children. The fungus can live on a speck of dust and gets ingested in your lungs! Today, in 2020, Valley Fever is trending again with new...

Competitive Eating… Yes, it’s actually a sport! You may have even caught a glimpse of real human beings devouring countless hot dogs on ESPN at the Nathan’s Hot Dog eating contest on Coney Island and thought “Those guys are nuts!” People in these competitions compete against each other, eating large quantities of food, ingesting over 20,000 calories! There’s also a national organization that spons...

Ever wonder how an idea for a healthcare start up becomes a reality? In this episode we talk to Trusted Health's Co-Founder Matt Pierce. There’s a nursing shortage in the U.S. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently forecast the need for an additional 203,700 registered nurses each year through 2026 to fill newly created positions and replace retirees. Matt Pierce and Lennie Sliwinski teamed up wi...

AI (Artificial Intelligence) and technology are taking over healthcare at warp speeds. Will Nurses be hearing the phrases “You’re terminated get the choppa?” Will Robots be replacing them at the bedside anytime soon? In this episode, we’ll be discussing healthcare technology, AI, and Nursing Innovation with Dr. Bonnie Clipper. Dr. Bonnie Clipper, DNP, MA, MBA, RN, CENP, FACHEThe first Vice Preside...

Technology, overwork, high stress work environments, and work politics can all lead to BURNOUT in the healthcare universe. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized burnout as an occupational hazard. It can lead to feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion, mental distance from ones job with feelings of negativisim, and reduce professional efficacy. In some cases it may cause a person to...

Millions more insured Americans. Increasing numbers of older patients. Higher rates of chronic illness. Fewer providers. How can our healthcare system not only manage these challenges but also improve performance and access to care while containing costs? The answer lies with our nurses. (Front Health Serv Manage. 2014 Winter) Not all nurse managers make for good leaders. What's on the horizon for...

We’ve all had something strange happen to us that just doesn’t make sense – something or someone just seems to fall into our laps, and no matter how we try to make sense of it, nothing can explain it except coincidence. Coincidences can help you with decision making, psychological changes, relationships, health questions, creativity, money problems, job issues and spiritual development. Dr. Bernar...

Do deceased beings feel trauma after they have passed on? Do the dead grieve? Do they experience loss? Emotionally suffer or dwell on unfinished business? Does how they died have any influence on them post death? And, do they have and/or should they be afforded agency as autonomous life forms? Paula Fenn, a psychotherapist and medium who engages therapeutically with the dead argues that deceased h...

Did you know there are deadly Amoeba's that love to eat brains? Fake news or a grizzly truth? In this episode we start off our "Halloween" series with our returning guest Jason Tetro "The Germ Guy" who joins us to talk about "Deadly Diseases" also known as Zombie Diseases: Naegleria fowler, African trypanosomiasis, Prion Disease, Kuru, Septicemic plague, and Ebola! Jason Tetro is the Host of the S...

Do you remember what your school lunch was like…. ? Today, School Lunches have become incredibly political! In late 2018, the United States Department of Agriculture, under the direction of President Donald Trump, finalized plans to roll back regulations set forth in the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 that were advocated for by then-First Lady Michelle Obama. Specifically, the rollback lowe...

Twenty percent of students between the ages of 12 and 18 were bullied during the 2016-2017 school year, according to the report from the National Center for Education Statistics, the research arm of the U.S. Education Department. Among those students who faced bullying, 15 percent said they were bullied online or by text, a 3.5 percentage point jump from the 2014-2015 school year. In this episode...

It's our 45th Episode of Nurses and Hypochondriacs Podcast! We would like to thank all our listeners and guests for listening and supporting us! We couldn't have done it without you! And we couldn't have done it without "the man behind the podcast," our sound engineer and co-producer Jonathan Colomb! He's a paleontologist, geologist, Emergency Responder, podcast producer, and TV writer! In this ep...

A Southwest Ohio politician has stirred anger for a Sunday post on social media in which she blamed mass shootings on "drag queen advocates," "homosexual marriage," open borders and even former President Barack Obama. In this episode we continue our discussion on Mass Shootings in America with guest Drag Queen "Marina Mac" Timothy McIntosch. We'll also discuss the most recent NY Times article blam...

Have you ever wondered what it's like staring down the barrel of a gun? As of Aug. 5, which was the 217th day of the year, there have been 255 mass shootings in the U.S., according to data from the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive (GVA), which tracks every mass shooting in the country. The GVA defines a mass shooting as any incident in which at least four people were shot, excluding the shooter. Our...

Some people join CULTS freely, others are born into them, and some are abducted. The term cult has come to usually refer to a social group defined by its unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs, or its common interest in a particular personality, object or goal. But what happens to a persons MIND and mental health in these organized groups? What happens to their freedoms? What happe...

Los Angeles aka “The City Of Angels” is a beautiful city to live in full of rich culture, people and tacos. At the moment we are a little tense and jumpy. We’re anxious. We look out our car, bus and train windows and we see things we don’t like. People lying on our sidewalks. Tents under our freeways, in some neighborhoods on every blade of spare public grass (LATimes 03/23/2019). But can we live...

They call it Bibaporru, Beep Vaporú, El Bic, El Bix, El Vickisito. Vicks Vapo Rub is used world wide and in many cultures it's the go to homepathic remedy from chest colds to cuts acquired when an icecycle falls on your head! But how did it get so famous? And why does it have such an extreme cult following that makes people dress up like a Vicks container for Halloween and make rap videos in devot...

Bioterrorism. It's the natural process of speeding up outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics. From January 1 to April 26, 2019, the CDC reported 704 individual cases of measles have been confirmed in 22 states. There's a deadly multidrug-resistant super fungus making it's way around the globe. And is Ebola making a comeback? Jason Tetro "The Germ Guy" joins us to discuss the latest GERMS causing dram...