The porter who knows every corridor
A hospital porter on thirty years of pushing beds, shortcuts and the best vending machine on the third floor.
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- 47No. 47
Nov 5, 202636 minBreakfast when everyone else is eating dinner
A hospital cook and a night nurse compare what they eat at the wrong end of the day.
- 46No. 46
Oct 29, 202644 minDawn at the bus stop
Three nurses on the ride home after a twelve-hour shift, and the one small thing each of them does to switch off.
- 45No. 45
Oct 22, 202638 minA studio in the spare bedroom
A microphone, a pop filter made from a sock and a notepad: what the studio is, and the guests who have sat in it.
- 44No. 44
Oct 15, 202641 minWhat the ward clerk hears
The person who answers every phone on a night shift, and what the desk sounds like at three in the morning.
- 43No. 43
Oct 8, 202649 minOur first live recording
A community theatre, a hundred and twenty people from the hospital and one very loud microphone check.
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I'm Dwayne, and this is Charge Nurse
I'm Dwayne, a night-shift nurse in Houston. I've worked nights on a hospital ward for nineteen years, and I started Charge Nurse in a spare bedroom with one microphone and a cup of coffee going cold.
Every Thursday I sit down after my shift with a guest from a different corner of the hospital, a porter, a lab scientist, a ward clerk, a pharmacist, and we talk about what their night is like. It is a show about working in a hospital, not about your health.
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How often do you publish?
Every Thursday morning, about forty-five minutes.
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Yes. Write to me from the form and I read every message.
Where can I hear you live?
Twice a year in a community theatre in Houston, announced to the list first.
Is the show medical advice?
No. It is about what working in a hospital is like. It does not replace talking to your own doctor or nurse.
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