Icon Series - The NP Dude

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07/11/20 • 75 min

Just Some Podcast for Advanced Practitioners

In our second installment of our Icon Series, we welcome Jeff, The NP Dude to our show. Jeff is a pioneer in podcasts for nurse practitioners and answers legal questions on his show with his background as a lawyer and a nurse practitioner. We discuss how he developed his show, where the title came from, and where the heck has his show been. We end up discussing education, contracts, and fixing the current system for NPs. In 5 questions, we learn more about Jeff and coffee and motorcycles.

In our Story You May Have Missed, we look at a new study on a recently discovered 5th opioid receptor and combating opioid abuse.

You can find Jeff at:

The NP Dude

NP Dude Facebook

and FB Group Clinical NPs for Change

Just Some Podcast Social Media

In our Story You May Have Missed, we look at a new study on a recently discovered 5th opioid receptor and combating opioid abuse.

You can find Jeff at:

The NP Dude

NP Dude Facebook

and FB Group Clinical NPs for Change

Just Some Podcast Social Media

Previous Episode

Just Keep Them Alive

In this episode, Ben & Tom welcome Shannon to the show. Shannon is a critical care nurse that went to New York City during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak there.

We discuss her prep to getting there, the somber time that she spent there just trying to "keep people alive", and her dealing with thoughts after returning home. We discuss clinical trials, treatments, and the look of a post-apocalyptic world in New York City.

In 5 questions, we learn more about Shannon with bumblebees, clothes, and Dr. Pepper.

In our SYMHM, we look at fireworks and firework injuries for 4th July.

Next Episode

I Had An Hour

In this episode, we flip the script a bit as we get a patient perspective for COVID19 as we welcome Anil to the show. Anil was diagnosed with COVID19 in a small local hospital. During the course of his hospital stay, his oxygen decreased as his heart rate and work of breathing increased. The difficult decision was made to intubate him and transfer him to a high level of care. Anil talks candidly about having an hour to "get his affairs in order" before he was intubated. After his transfer, he was at Kansas University Medical Center for several weeks and he discusses his spontaneous breathing checks, zoom calls with his family, and rehabilitation. Sadly for Anil, the virus has continued to cause him issues as he's been rehospitalized several times since the initial diagnosis and is now on several inhalers and oral steroids to breath. This is a continuing struggle, as the day before our interview and a few days after our interview, he's been hospitalized again.

We didn't do a story you may have missed, because we wanted the focus of this episode to be on Anil and his story.