I Beg Your Pardon
When shit goes down what do you do? You cry. you laugh. you scream. you vent. you realize wait am I the only one going through this? Well, this podcast is made for you, it's like your weekly therapy session where you feel belong, wanted, heard, understand and most importantly think you're not crazy for feeling the way you feel. Your host John will go through the roller coaster of life, work, and all the in between with you.
Hold on tight to your coffee, medication, and water.
Our Editor's Take
The I Beg Your Pardon podcast discusses exasperating, exhilarating, and unexpected aspects of being a nurse. The host is nurse John Dela Cruz. He reports the bad, the good, and the hilarious. John's fans call him Nurse John. He's acquired many millions of TikTok viewers for his funny nursing reenactments.
John is a humorous host, but this isn't only a comedy podcast. It reveals surprising behavior from patients and staff. John describes nurses' stressors. They're overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated. John started the I Beg Your Pardon podcast while on leave for mental health. His leave approval process exemplified why he needed a break.
The first episode shares nursing school advice and the meaningful reasons why John became a nurse. The I Beg Your Pardon podcast includes inspiring stories from other nurses. One recalls helping her coworker through a harrowing recovery. An operating room nurse says she holds patients' hands before anesthesia. She loves how they squeeze her hand as they fall asleep.
There are terrible stories on the podcast, too. Nurse John describes his worst patient as one who hid in the ceiling. He also shares his scariest patient. John was so terrified that he avoided that hospital room until morning. Another nurse encountered repeated sexual harassment from patients. She now leaves doors open while treating people. Several nurses also recount their bullying experiences by peers and superiors.
Nurses also share romance secrets on the podcast. One nurse took her boyfriend into an empty room while on break. A patient who suffered from confusion walked in. He went to other staffers and kept saying, "Naked nurse." They sent him for a psychiatric evaluation and thought he was being inappropriate. He was only describing what he saw.
Nurse John doesn't like creating drama but admits with a laugh that he doesn't mind hearing about it. I Beg Your Pardon does expose drama, but love dominates the podcast. Nurse John tells listeners he loves them. He reminds them to hydrate, caffeinate, and medicate as needed. His podcast might encourage listeners to give their nurse the "thank you" they deserve. New episodes premiere Fridays.
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