Scrubs in the Trenches

Scrubs in the Trenches

An holistic perspective on Healthcare from an experienced ICU RN with specific training in Health Coaching called Nurse Coaching (Think RN +Life Coach= Nurse Coach: RN NC-BC) Many medical professionals are walking away from traditional medicine roles because we are sick and tired of a system that promotes a sick and tired population instead of trying to find out the root causes for their symptoms. So this season will focus on Medical Professionals who are stepping into Professional Coaching roles and highlighting all of the amazing work that they are doing! So join me as I interview people from all different backgrounds to provide a glimpse into Healthcare that you otherwise wouldn’t get. This show is for entertainment purposes only and I’m pretty sure that some lawyer somewhere would like for me to remind you that this is NOT MEANT AS MEDICAL ADVICE

Episodes

May 4, 2025 85 mins

Join me as I host another Board Certified Nurse Coach Kathleen!!!  

Like every episode from season 4 Racheal is a Medical Professional who is now a Professional Coach!

Find out how she started her Nursing career and how her journey has led her to where she is now!  

She uses her training to be a Holistic Nurse Coach Writer and like last weeks guest, helps people Heal through writing.

So join Us as we share how there’s more to Nursing t...

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Join me as I host a Board Certified Holistic Nurse and Nurse Coach Racheal Dick Plonka!!!  Like every episode from season 4 Racheal is a Medical Professional who is now a Professional Coach!

Find out how she started her Nursing career and what happened to her during the pandemic that woke her up to Nurse Coaching.  I don’t go into these episodes planning on talking about the pandemic but so many Nurse Coaches had a crisis of identit...

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April 22, 2025 51 mins

I'm super excited to introduce another first time Podcast Guest, amazing Human Being, and Medical Professional now turned Professional Coach... Gabriel RN NC-BC!!!  

She's  a Holistic Anxiety & Nervous System Coach that also shares a lot of similar medical conditions and genetic mutations as me and we had more in common than we realized than when we first started recording this episode...

So hear how she fell into nursi...

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April 15, 2025 64 mins

After a week off for spring break your used to be 5th but now your 3rd favorite Medical Podcast is back!!!

Join your host ICU Isaac and his latest Medical Professional turned Professional Coach Sammi NC-BC.  And still not sure how these Board Certified Nurse Coaches are helping people, well listen up to Sammi and how she helps mostly Medical Professionals deal with stress and burnout...

As a former ICU RN herself Sammi understands th...

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Happy April Fools!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!??!?!??!??!?!?

This Episode is sooo Gooood because you can just see Kerri's Huge Heart from start to finish and she was a pleasure having on the show!!!

Only problem was her internet went down in about the 38th minute or so and things get a little Darth...  HHHuuuuhhhhhhhhh

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Thanks for listening! To Find out more about Scrubs in the Trenches check out my website at www.scrubsintheTr...

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A fairly new Nurse Coach and first time podcast guest Cicily NC-BC is opening up bout her journey into Nurse Coaching!  She, like a lot of Nurses in the medical profession, are getting back to our Florence Nightingale roots and trying to help people actually get HEALTHY!!!

We talk about how even though we are trying to leave the MAN and his paycheck, we also appreciate our bedside role even more now that we have gone through this sp...

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There's a bunch of Medical Professionals becoming Professional Coaches and RN's are the only Licensed Professional in any field that has a Board Certification in the Professional Coaching Industry!!!

So what better way to know that the Coach that you are hiring is a real adult with actual Life experience in one of the most demanding fields out there... than to hire a RN NC-BC to help you on your own personal journey to Hea...

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March 18, 2025 18 mins

On this episode I go into the 3 different stages of Lyme and how my symptoms lined up with its progression.  Early localized Lyme is the first stage and the bacteria stay within the skin.

Early disseminated or stage 2 of Lyme disease is when it has spread throughout your body and more serious complications begin to emerge.

Stage 3 or Late disseminated Lyme is when the Lyme Bacteria has never been fully eradicated ...

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Since PhizaDerna pulled my sponsorship for the week you get to meet my Russian Reflection Ivan in the beginning of this episode and I quickly lock him back up before he gets me into Siri US trouble!!!

In this episode I share my insights and how I believe the Borrelia bacteria works inside my body.  I don't only have the bacteria that causes Lyme but I also have tested positive for things like mycoplasma and Epstein Ba...

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On this episode I talk about the different treatments I have used and my understanding of how they work against Lyme disease.  There's no one size fits all treatment plan that cures Lyme but I have found a few different treatments that have helped me maintain a Healthy Quality of Life that allows me to enjoy my family instead of feeling like a burden to them.

Follow me as I go over how I.V. antibiotics, the Doug Coil ...

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March 18, 2025 17 mins

In this episode I give a glimpse into how I started losing my own faith in the Western Medical Model after dealing with the confusion of being diagnosed with Lyme.  I share how even as a medical professional I wasn't equipped with the knowledge to be able to shake this chronic infection which wasn't even viewed as a chronic infection by the CDC when I was attacked by 3 Ticks in 2011...

I began to realize that if ...

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March 18, 2025 18 mins

This weeks episode tells the story of my Pawpaw.  He was an absolutely wonderful man that was a beacon of Joy wherever he went.  And even though my family and I were convinced that he would easily make it to 100 at his 90th birthday, the decline started rapidly after he broke his hip at 94.

This is the last story detailing how losing an older loved one looks through the eyes of a Nurse that has worked in virtually every ho...

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March 18, 2025 17 mins
Join me in the 3rd installment of how it looked from this Nurses ICU eyes as his grandparents exited this world.  This episode features my Mawmaw and how she much like my Papa, faded off into the land of Pillgatory...

The Average Life expectancy has increased by over a decade from when I was a child but there hasn't seemed to be a correlating increase in the Quality of Life during those final years.  

I ...

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March 18, 2025 20 mins

This is the story of my Grandmother, Thelma Louise Smith, and how her Ending snuck up on me and my family.  In the previous episode I told you about her husband and how he hung around in a land I call Pillgatory so now I'd like to share how I was able to help coordinate getting her out of the hospital so she could pass peacefully as possible at her home surrounded by loved ones.  

Louise was a librarian and was defini...

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March 18, 2025 14 mins

This is the beginning of a 4 part series that details each of my grandparents endings.  As an ICU nurse I began seeing death of the elderly population in a whole new light and dealing with my own grandparents endings has forced me to really reflect on how we are dying these days.  It's not a pretty view in some of these 12 hour shifts where we as a medical team try to prevent the unpreventable.  Death comes to all and we need ...

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Amy Colombo Is A Board Certified Nurse Coach, Transformative Emotional Mastery Coach, EFT Practitioner And Single Mother To 3 Boys.  She Utilized The “Pause” Of The Pandemic To Deep Dive Into Her Own Healing Of Childhood Trauma, Depression & Rage.  

This Changed Her Life And Led Her To Her Purpose & Calling.  She Has Since Resigned From Her 23 Year Career In Hospital Nursing And Now Coaches Nurse Coaches- People-Pleasers, Pe...

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This Episode Highlights the growing profession of Nurse Coaching and interviews a Board Certified Holistic Nurse Coach Laura Alessio.  She is also trained in functional medicine and has a passion for Meditation as a healing tool.

Laura will be the first of many Nurses being interviewed this season who have gotten into the profession of Nurse Coaching.  Nurse Coaching is still in its infancy stages but much like Therapy/Counseling in...

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Hope y’all are ready for another Season of Scrubs in the Trenches!!!


This season will focus on Medical Professionals turned professional Coaches and highlight the growing profession of Nurse Coaching…


But before I do that I want to bring back on one of my favorite previous guest… PA Hope Cook!!!  She’s recently finished a book on Medical Burnout and brings some of the best perspectives that so many amazing Life Coaches like...

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February 12, 2025 19 mins

Finally!!!  A episode that has ALL of the best commercials from the company that made all of this possible... PhyzaDerna!!! 

Hope y’all are ready for another Season of Scrubs in the Trenches!!!

This season will focus on Medical Professionals turned professional Coaches and highlight the growing profession of Nurse Coaching…

And since I want to bring Focus to my Podcast this is last call to check out my previous episodes that don'...

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I'm going to spend this season laying out my passion for helping people feel empowered by their Medical and Personal Health choices.  I became a Board Certified Nurse Coach last year and I have to admit, it's a little confusing understanding exactly what a Nurse can offer you outside the traditional medical model.  I'm excited to bring some clarity on the profession of Nurse Coaching by diving into the profession of ...

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