I'm an ER Nurse — Here's What We See That Nobody Talks About | Anelyce Forney
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Ian Bick
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🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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| 0:37.6 | She was like, nothing, nothing. Like he's been with my mom all day. So she goes and gets his bottle. I took it and I remember like I opened the bottle and I was like, and I like wanted to throw up and I was like, what the hell is in here? So I've been a nurse for 25 years. The last 10 of those have been spent in a level 2 trauma center. And most recently, |
| 0:56.3 | I have started coaching on vicarious trauma for first responders, healthcare professionals, |
| 1:02.2 | and anybody that's been exposed to somebody else's trauma. |
| 1:05.2 | Annalise Forney is an ER nurse with over 10 years of experience. And in this episode, she |
| 1:10.7 | shares what it's really like working in the emergency room from nonstop trauma and life or death situations to the cases that still haunt her long after her shift ends. |
| 1:25.2 | I grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. |
| 1:28.3 | So it's a smaller town like South of Grand Rapids, Michigan. |
| 1:31.5 | Okay. |
| 1:32.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:32.5 | What do your parents do for work? |
| 1:33.8 | My mom was in broadcasting. |
| 1:36.8 | She did sales. |
| 1:38.3 | And then my dad did the same, but then he ended up being a custodian for our middle school. |
| 1:43.8 | So he started that when I was like, I think like 13. And then he ended up being a custodian for our middle school. So he started that when I was |
| 1:45.1 | like, I think, like 13. And then he did that for the remainder of his career. So they both were |
| 1:50.6 | and my dad did sales too before that. Who inspired you to get into the field you would end up |
| 1:56.2 | taking on later in life? You know, I'm not really sure. Like I am the first medical person. I have a sister |
| 2:02.7 | and she is not medical. So, you know, I would say growing up, I always had this interest in |
| 2:11.9 | helping people. I was very shy, though. I was a pretty introverted kid. And I think I was always curious about it. And then I remember, you know, like the series ER back in a long time ago, but like watching that and being like, oh, that'd be so cool. That would be so cool. And I went to Michigan State and got a degree in landscape design and came home |
| 2:36.0 | from college and was working and doing that. And I was like, I hate this. This is not what I want. |
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