Armchair Anonymous: Nurses III
Summary
This episode of Armchair Anonymous features four nurses sharing their most intense and bizarre patient experiences. The stories include a paraplegic man with a severe scrotal infection requiring the removal of thousands of maggots, a patient who secretly drained his own blood from a central line to fake symptoms, a man who lost his penis to gangrene caused by a metal cock ring, and a nurse practitioner’s encounter with a patient in the Pacific Northwest.
Topics discussed
Intro and Nurse Prompt announcement
Sponsor: Quince holiday gifts
Sponsor: McDonald's Quarter Pounder deal
Andy's story: Maggots in scrotal wound
Shoutouts and introduction of Kelly
Kelly's story: Unexplained GI bleed
Sponsor: Gusto payroll software
Sponsor: NoBull training gear
Sponsor: Helix mattresses
Sponsor: BetterHelp therapy
Kelly's story: Auto-vamp patient
Kelly's outro and family shoutout
Arizona nurse: Penile amputation story
Sponsor: Squarespace
Sponsor: Walden University
Sponsor: Superhuman AI assistant
Arizona nurse: Wound care and discharge
Introduction of Chris (Oregon nurse)
Chris's stories: Trauma and self-harm
Discussion on suicide and mental health
Outro and random questions
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