Nurse Brian

Your parent
will end up
in the hospital.

Not might. Will. And when that call comes — the only question is whether your family is ready, or whether you're about to become a family with regrets.

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The Call

"I didn't know what questions to ask. I just nodded. I signed things I didn't understand. And three days later, I wished I had done everything differently."

Every family I've watched go through this

I've been a critical care nurse for 7 years. I've stood at the foot of more beds than I can count. I've watched families walk in scared, get steamrolled by a system that moves fast, and leave wondering what just happened to the person they love most.

It's not that the nurses and doctors don't care. We do. It's that nobody has time to explain everything — and nobody told your family what they even needed to know.

The Numbers

The system isn't built for your family.

It's built to move patients through. Here's what that looks like:

11min

Average time a doctor spends with a hospitalized patient per day

1 in 5

Patients experience a medical error during hospitalization

72%

Of patients don't fully understand their discharge instructions

30%

Are readmitted within 30 days — most of it preventable

These aren't stories. These are averages. Your family deserves better odds than average.

What I See From Inside

What nobody tells you before you walk in.

From the nurse's station

The families who get the best outcomes aren't the loudest ones. They're the prepared ones. They ask the right questions. They know what a care plan is. They don't leave without understanding the medications. They know when to push back.

Without that preparation, here's what typically happens:

Family gets 5 minutes with the doctor and doesn't know what to ask
Nobody writes down the medication changes — discharge happens at 2pm on a Friday
Rehab vs. home decision gets made in a hallway conversation nobody was ready for
A concerning symptom gets brushed off because the family didn't know how to advocate
Patient goes home without a follow-up appointment locked in

Two Families. Same Hospital. Different Outcomes.

Preparation changes everything.

Without the playbook

Frozen when the doctor asks about code status

Doesn't know what a hospitalist is or who's in charge

Signs discharge papers without reading them

Calls the nurse station 8 times, frustrated and scared

Readmission within 3 weeks

With the playbook

Walks in with a question list. Leaves with answers.

Knows exactly who to talk to and when

Understands every medication change before leaving

Advocates confidently — nurses respect it

Follows up. No readmission. No regrets.

The difference isn't intelligence or money. It's information.

Real Families

They wished they had this sooner.

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The Hospital Playbook by Nurse Brian

Be the family with no regrets.

Everything I wish every family knew before walking through those hospital doors — from a critical care nurse who has watched both outcomes play out hundreds of times.

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The Hospital Playbook

Everything you need — from admission to safely home.

1

The Hospital Insider Playbook

50+ medical terms decoded · Word-for-word scripts · ICU, ER, Surgery & Discharge cheat sheets · Real scenario walkthroughs · 10 rights you didn't know you had

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First 24 Hours Checklist

14 steps to do the moment your parent is admitted — printable, fillable, sets the tone for the entire stay

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Discharge Protocol Checklist

12 things to confirm before you leave — don't sign discharge papers until every box is checked

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Nurse Brian · @PlainTalkHealth 7 years in critical care. I built this from what I've watched happen at the bedside — the questions families didn't know to ask, the moments that slipped through the cracks, the regrets that didn't have to happen. 65 pages. Every word earned.

Your parent will end up in the hospital.

The system isn't built for your family.

What nobody tells you before you walk in.

Preparation changes everything.

They wished they had this sooner.

Be the family with no regrets.

The Hospital Playbook

Your parent
will end up
in the hospital.