Episode
790: You're It
59:50
Published: Sun Jan 29 2023
Description
Sometimes you raise your hand. Other times you’re just the only one left.
Chapters
With nurses burned out and leaving their professions due to COVID, hospitals have been left perpetually short-staffed, creating challenging situations for healthcare professionals to provide proper care toward patients.
00:00 - 02:37 (02:37)
Summary
With nurses burned out and leaving their professions due to COVID, hospitals have been left perpetually short-staffed, creating challenging situations for healthcare professionals to provide proper care toward patients.
Episode790: You're It
PodcastThis American Life
When Emergency Rooms are short staffed, it can lead to dangerous situations for patients and staff.
02:37 - 06:47 (04:10)
Summary
When Emergency Rooms are short staffed, it can lead to dangerous situations for patients and staff. However, solutions such as utilizing house moms and ambulance companies can help alleviate the problem.
Episode790: You're It
PodcastThis American Life
In this episode, the speaker discusses how people can recognize and deal with their stress and anxiety during uncertain and challenging times.
06:47 - 09:52 (03:04)
Summary
In this episode, the speaker discusses how people can recognize and deal with their stress and anxiety during uncertain and challenging times.
Episode790: You're It
PodcastThis American Life
A personal narrative about the speaker's experience learning a new language with her father and discovering a new aspect of their relationship.
09:52 - 14:14 (04:22)
Summary
A personal narrative about the speaker's experience learning a new language with her father and discovering a new aspect of their relationship.
Episode790: You're It
PodcastThis American Life
The speaker shares about her experience taking care of her father from a distance, coordinating with her sister and traveling frequently to assist in his recovery after a hospital stay.
14:14 - 17:02 (02:47)
Summary
The speaker shares about her experience taking care of her father from a distance, coordinating with her sister and traveling frequently to assist in his recovery after a hospital stay.
Episode790: You're It
PodcastThis American Life
The narrator discusses the challenges faced by his family as they attend various doctor appointments for his sister and father.
17:02 - 22:28 (05:26)
Summary
The narrator discusses the challenges faced by his family as they attend various doctor appointments for his sister and father. As the day for his father's departure approaches, anxiety rises as he worries about logistics and leaving his apartment.
Episode790: You're It
PodcastThis American Life
The speaker describes the difficulty of coping with grief while trying to maintain daily routines and responsibilities, resulting in cancelled plans, neglected household tasks, and tardiness.
22:28 - 26:13 (03:45)
Summary
The speaker describes the difficulty of coping with grief while trying to maintain daily routines and responsibilities, resulting in cancelled plans, neglected household tasks, and tardiness.
Episode790: You're It
PodcastThis American Life
A daughter shares how she motivates her father to keep pushing forward in his health journey and how her father's advice has helped her envision her own goals.
26:15 - 30:06 (03:51)
Summary
A daughter shares how she motivates her father to keep pushing forward in his health journey and how her father's advice has helped her envision her own goals.
Episode790: You're It
PodcastThis American Life
The speaker's breakfast conversations used to revolve around his health, but now they are about mundane issues while he worries about his car, clothes, and where his belongings are.
30:06 - 32:32 (02:26)
Summary
The speaker's breakfast conversations used to revolve around his health, but now they are about mundane issues while he worries about his car, clothes, and where his belongings are. At present, he is concerned about running out of food.
Episode790: You're It
PodcastThis American Life
In this podcast episode, the guest discusses the different types of people in leadership roles such as the visionary, rule follower, and spontaneous type.
35:00 - 39:52 (04:52)
Summary
In this podcast episode, the guest discusses the different types of people in leadership roles such as the visionary, rule follower, and spontaneous type. They also mention a successful school principal and how she handles responsibility.
Episode790: You're It
PodcastThis American Life
The school's leader did not prioritize addressing the angry voicemails left on their phone, causing them to be ignored for an extended period of time.
39:52 - 43:54 (04:02)
Summary
The school's leader did not prioritize addressing the angry voicemails left on their phone, causing them to be ignored for an extended period of time.
Episode790: You're It
PodcastThis American Life
A discussion about a Natural Language Processing tool that can summarize text and interpret language through machine learning algorithms.
43:54 - 47:49 (03:54)
Summary
A discussion about a Natural Language Processing tool that can summarize text and interpret language through machine learning algorithms.
Episode790: You're It
PodcastThis American Life
The speaker reflects on the challenges of dealing with angry and misinformed individuals in their profession and describes how transcribing has helped them detach from the emotions and approach their job more objectively.
47:49 - 55:19 (07:29)
Summary
The speaker reflects on the challenges of dealing with angry and misinformed individuals in their profession and describes how transcribing has helped them detach from the emotions and approach their job more objectively.
Episode790: You're It
PodcastThis American Life
This episode discusses the experience of being woken up in the middle of the night by a child who is having trouble sleeping and explores the challenges of sleep deprivation for parents.
55:19 - 57:32 (02:12)
Summary
This episode discusses the experience of being woken up in the middle of the night by a child who is having trouble sleeping and explores the challenges of sleep deprivation for parents.