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Visit t mobile.com my guest today, Nurse Blake. Yes, he's a real nurse, including having a career in surgical icu. But the amazing thing about him is that he has such a natural knack for comedy that he turned his talent into an extremely successful business. Blake was able to combine his passion for nursing and comedy and create a positive disruption in the nursing space. With over a decade of experience at Level 1 trauma centers across the country, he has seen it all and was able to find light and humor in it. He has a worldwide tour called the Shock Advisory Tour. He has a Nurse at Sea coming up which is the ultimate nursing conference gathering over 4,000 participants in a Royal Caribbean ship. And he's just an all around incredibly amazing guy who was able to bring fun and humor to such difficult subjects. I hope you guys enjoy this really, really fun filled conversation with the great multi talented nurse Blake. Are you thinking about planning an amazing vacation or weekend getaway and don't know where to start? Do you want the options of amazing hotels or short term vacation homes in a dreamy destination? Or maybe you need a fabulous venue for a really special occasion such as a wedding or family reunion. All you need to do is reach out to Privee Elle Top luxury concierge services company in the world. Prevelle has a lifestyle management team. Passionate and skilled in arranging business or leisure trips anywhere around the globe. Private yachts, all kinds of transportations, special experiences, sporting events and much more. Take a look at their website, www.preve L E. That's P R I V E E L E. Tell them what you need and all your dreams will become reality. On Instagram, same name Prive la luxury concierge services at your disposal worldwide. Are you an entrepreneur, business owner, or major expert in your field? Guess what? Your knowledge is worth money and you can monetize it. Maybe you already even have a course out there in one of these video uploading platforms and you're super frustrated because you don't know how to grow your brand. Let me tell you about Lightspeed vt, the only high technology, multimillion dollar interactive training system in the world. And this is why Fortune 500 companies, CEOs, entrepreneurs, and some of the most successful people on the planet, such as Grant Cardone, Cardone University, Tony Robbins, Damon John are using it and making millions of dollars there. With Lightspeed, you will be able to monetize your knowledge and your online courses millions of times faster and take your business to the next level by reaching a massive audience quickly, generating hundreds of thousands in monthly revenue and scaling super quickly. You want to see a demo, you want to get a free consultation? DM me, I'll hook you up. Or send a message. Text WhatsApp to 310-692-0578 and start the year monetizing your content big time on Lightspeed vt. Nurse Blake, welcome to Ken on the lose.
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Thank you so much for having me. It's been a minute trying to schedule this with you.
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I know we were saying that we were supposed to meet in person here in la and I was so, so excited to meet you because I love your energy, I love your sense of humor. And then the. The LA fires hit. I think it was the exact week we were supposed to do your episode, so we had to scratch that, unfortunately.
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I know. Well, it's so good to see you now. I know California, y' all got fires. I'm in Florida, so we got hurricanes.
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Right. We. We're serving. We've been surviving a lot, but it's all good. And I'm very happy that you're here, although via Zoom. But I'm very happy to have you.
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Me too. Me too.
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I don't know. You know, nurses, we're particular type of breed. Like you're right, we see life, we see death. Like we work 12 hours and so much happens within that, you know, a half a day, 12 hours that. Listen, you gotta be funny to get through it. Like if you're not cracking jokes, you're not gonna survive nursing. So I think we're just funny people. Um, now our humor probably isn't appropriate most times. Um, but you know what? We, we, we laugh to get through it.
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Yeah, I think that that was going to be one of my questions because I know, I love it and it makes me laugh. And obviously you're drawing like a huge, massive crowd. We're going to talk about it, but a lot of people probably, I don't know if you got criticism, but I know a lot of people would look at it like, why is he making fun of, of, of such serious things?
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No, that, you know, that's a great question. I had that fear when I started making. But honestly, like everything I Put out is pretty well received. I don't have any haters. Never been canceled. Because I think everything I do just comes from love. It comes from the heart. It's honest, like. And I make sure not to make fun of, you know, patients. Yeah, I mostly pick on just the broader experience, or I pick on other nurses or nurse leaders and stuff, but I get no hate. No hate.
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That's great to hear. I remember many years ago, I just remember this story now. I swear to God, I dated a doctor, and he was an ER doctor.
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And I'm so sorry.
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Thank you. He ended up being really famous because I actually connected him with one of the Miami housewives.
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B
Oh, no.
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And then they. They fake dated for TV because his dream was to be on. But anyhow, when I was dating him, this is one thing that I remember. He was always saying, like, ER doctors die really young. A lot of them have, like, heart attacks. This is impossible. It's gonna kill me. And this was one of the things that was, like, a deal breaker, because the little bit of time we were together, he was always so stressed. He was like, oh, my God, this environment is gonna, like, destroy my health. So when I found out about you, I was like, okay, somebody found a much lighter, easier way to navigate this very stressful job.
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Yeah, I mean, it's hard. And, you know, ER dogs, they are. They are. They are so funny. I do love ear doctors. I know sometimes I'm like, nurses are better than doctors, which obviously, like, we are because we spend the most time with our patients. But, yeah, being an er, I couldn't imagine being a doctor in today's age. Like, being a nurse is hard enough, but also, you know, being a doctor and being in the ER and on call, like, it must not have been fun dating an ER doctor. I will not date a doctor. That is, like, my red flag. I will not get close to a doctor ever.
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No, same. I. I vowed to never, ever date a doctor again because I don't want to deal with their stress. I went on a date with the doctor a while ago here in Beverly Hills, a super crazy successful doctor. But in the middle of the date, because he's, like, a major heart and lung surgeon, he started talk. He wanted to vent, and he started talking about, like, all these surgeries and the blood that I was like, okay, that. That's a no go for me.
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Honestly, like, I'm guilty of that too. Like, once you work in healthcare, it becomes your whole personality. Yeah. All you can talk about because have so many stories and, you know, we, we even faced a lot of trauma. Right. I'm sure everyone in healthcare, you know, has some trauma or some ptsd. Especially if you work, you know, during COVID and a lot of unsolved trauma that we just kind of bury down and don't talk about. So we definitely talk about being nurses or doctors all the time. And it must be. I want someone with a boring ass job. I want a guy that works in a library.
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No, come on. A little better. You're so successful. You deserve a little.
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I want a guy with that works at a gas station. I mean, I want. So boring. That's what I need in my life. I bring the excitement and the energy.
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So you bring in enough, right? Yeah. So you don't want, like, you don't want a person with a life as crazy and busy as yours?
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No, no, no. But I want them to work. They better have it.
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Yeah. Same. I'm like, okay, that's. That's the least we should expect as a partner with the job. I'm the same because I don't want to date anybody and entertain me either. Because I'm like, man, if I date another podcast or another artist, like we're going to kill each other.
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Oh, I know. That would be. I could never imagine dating another comedian. I mean, and also just like in healthcare. I couldn't date another healthcare worker. And comedy. I would never date a comedian. Get out of here.
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I know. So, okay, the dating. Because a lot of us have this fantasy, by the way, the only good part about me dating the doctor when he was doing like this 24 hour shift, this crazy crap, I would get in my car and go to the hospital and he would come out and we're like, make out in the car in the parking lot like teenagers.
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Yeah.
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So I think it was my, it was my Dr. Mc Dreamy fantasy. Because of Grey's Anatomy.
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Yeah. That's the only accurate things about Grey's Anatomy are the romance and the more the sex.
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So that's the question. So does that really happen? Like, do you guys like making out in the, the rooms that you rest? Are you like making out with each other? Is that some of that crap really happens in real life?
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So I hear about it happening. It's never happened to me. I don't know what that says about me. I want a doctor to hit on me, please, next time I'm in the hospital, please hit on me for my self esteem. But it's never like, I've never been like freaky out of hospital. I was also In a relationship for a really long time. For about 12 years. I got with my ex when I was 19, so I was obviously committed to him until we split up two years ago. So I never had the chance to be freaky at the hospital.
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But you must have, unfortunately. Well, there you go. Put it on your bucket list.
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Thank you. I know, right? Exactly. But you know what? We have caught patients, you know, having sex with each other.
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No way.
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A lot.
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In the hospital and. Come on.
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I don't know what it is about people sick in the hospital. Everyone just gets super horny.
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Are you serious? Oh, my God. To me, that's like the most depressing place that I can think of to be. I'm not sure.
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No, there, it smells and there's alarms and there's like, strangers and it's gross. Like, I don't. Yeah. Why would you ever hook up? Like, but it happens. You have a patient on a heart monitor, you're looking, you're like, what is going on with their heart? Well, they're sleeping with their partner.
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What are you doing? Serious? So, like, if you, if you catch that, do you say something? Hey, stop.
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No, it's just like, yeah, get it in. Good luck. Get it in, get it in. At least someone's getting it in.
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Oh, my God. I cannot imagine, though. I cannot imagine, like, a less romantic place, you know?
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That's it. It's so true. You're right. It's. The hospital is not. I think we romanticize the hospital from like you said, like your Grey's Anatomy perspective. Like, it's super sexy to work in health care, but I ain't having sex in the hospital.
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Like on a, on a serious note, when you are doing a shift because you still work as a nurse.
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Correct. So, yeah, I'm still a nurse. I just don't work in a hospital anymore.
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Yeah, so. But, but you still work as a. But when you are working in a hospital, I mean, most of the time it's. You're. You are dealing with serious shit, right? People arrive, people are like having heart attacks, all this stuff. So it's kind of hard to shift that mindset to like be flirting with your co workers, right? Like they do on tv. One second they have like their hands in somebody's heart, like the next second they're banging in the, in the cafeteria or something.
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We don't have time for it. We are so short staffed, no one has time to hook up anymore. We need actually more healthcare workers to work with us because Honestly, staffing is a huge problem, especially ER docs. You know, there's only one of them in a big hospital or whatever. It's pretty bad. So you don't have time to make friends or. Or kiss or.
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Yeah, that's. It's. It's important that you're saying that, because I know when people need help, they're, like, desperate, and the. Everybody complains about the long waiting hours, but it's not the staff's fault, because you guys are literally taking care of so many things as fast as you possibly can.
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Right? It's not our fault. So bear with us. Please don't hit us or spit on us or curse at us. We're doing the best we can, trust me.
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A
What is the craziest story, like, you ever heard anything, like, crazy funny or crazy creepy like, that you've seen or that you experienced while you were in er? Nrs.
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I mean. I mean, God, I've seen it all. I think the. The hardest thing is when you, like, for example, you'll get a car crash, right? Your car wreck. You'll have the offender, the person that caused the crash, in the room or in the bed next to, you know, someone who was also injured in the wreck. And that's a weird dynamic because then the families come and they're yelling at each other from, like, across the room in the hall. It gets pretty. Hospitals can be pretty violent places, and a lot of hospitals don't even have security. I think they should all have security.
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I agree.
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Or you get, you know, someone there with their spouse, but they're somewhat like their boyfriend or girlfriend. Come in. So you got. It's like. It's like Jerry Springer, but people are sick and dying.
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Yeah, exactly. But they should. They should do a reality TV show, like, really behind us. I know they do a few, like, remember that show? I think it was on TLC about crazy sex things that happened. I forgot the name of that show, but it was gross.
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B
And he was a. Sex. Sent me to the er.
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A
Yes, sex. It was so gross. But some of the stories were, like, so funny.
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B
We always get, like, the big, like, straight, conservative men always, like, play with their butts and put things up their butts. Like, that shouldn't, like, weird up their butts. Like, like a Febreze can or like a light bulb. And it's so weird. These guys come in with something up their ass and they're like, it was an accident. Like, don't tell my wife.
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They can't take it off.
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I know. And it's like, dude, oh my God.
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That must be like so embarrassing. So you've seen some of those in your.
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B
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Oh my God. You should write a book about it. For sure.
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It's a lot. I know.
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There.
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There'. Like I said, just within 12 hours, you know, you're caring for six to 10 patients and every one of them has a story. So when you're, when you get off of work, you just want to kind of like, like you said, you're, you're a doctor. You couldn't stop talking about work because you saw so much. You just kind of want to share it.
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Well, the difference is I think like obviously you realize you are funny and you transformed what your, your humor into a fantastic business. And I love that. I think some people, like this dude that I was dating, he was so dark that he considered sooned him, you know, like he literally couldn't get out of. Of course I understand the stress. I, I mean I think you guys are angels from heaven. The fact that you, you do what you do. But the guy just couldn't stop, you know, he couldn't get out of his own. And it was bad for his health, I guess. You know, it was bad for his d. If you cannot have a life outside of that, then I think you're in trouble. Right?
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Yeah. I mean that's where I started doing comedy and doing shows just for like nurses because they do want to share their experiences but in a more healthy way. So I obviously do my comedy shows which are so fun and nurses of all ages come out and then I also do a nursing conference.
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A
Yeah, we're going to talk about, I want to ask about all of that.
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B
So that, how that really helps nurses, you know, kind of take that time to themselves because we're really bad at caring for ourselves. I don't know what it is. We will take care of everyone else but our own health. So I'm a super huge advocate for, you know, mental health, for health.
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Oh my God. It's so funny that you said that because you are right. Like because I'm obsessed with, you know, my lifestyle. Like I eat clean, you know, I'll do, do this, I eat organic, I work out, I'm like obsessed. And the more I, I age, the more obsessed I'm getting. Like I'm super annoying. And every time I meet a doctor, like one of my best, best friends here in la, she's a kick ass doctor MG and then I go to her house, she's eating candy and drinking soda and plastic bottles and I'm like, I'm not gonna say her name right. Hey, isn't this better? I said like, yeah, that's not gonna kill you. That's right. And she said the exact same phrase that you just said. We are the worst with our own health. And I'm like, why? If you guys see all this tragedy and this horrible that people coming with heart attacks, I would think you're the first ones to be good to yourselves.
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It is so funny. It's to the point though, where it's like you also learn the. Not the only importance of health, but the importance of, you know, only living once and having one life.
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Yeah.
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You know, that's why sometimes when you have a patient who's really, really sick and you know they're going to pass, especially in hospice, like, you'll give a patient a beer, you know, just because, like, that is what they want to do, you know, they're really old, they're really sick, they want a beer. Have a beer, sir. You know what? You know, so I think it's definitely a balance between obviously caring for yourself and your health and just trying to enjoy life.
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A
No, I totally agree. And yeah, I think you did a funny post about that. Like, there was a tray with that disgusting. Oh, yeah, that food kills.
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B
Yeah. Some patients, when they. We don't want them to have like alcohol withdrawal. So we will actually give them a beer or a tequila shot. It'll be ordered by the doctor. Yeah, they could have 2 ounce tequila shot with every meal. So it is interesting this, when you. When you see that and you have to give a patient a tequila shot or Budweiser.
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No, but I know that it's true. You know, I was married to an alcoholic for 15 years. My.
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B
Yeah, me too.
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Me too. He died, by the way, so he had a tragic end. But it's very true. Like, if you are in a very advanced level of alcoholism, you can't just stop because your heart stops. And a lot of people don't know that. Right. It's like it's a disease that advance, advance, advance. And I remember my husband, when he was. And he was like, I'm not gonna get treatment, by the way. It was his choice, you know, it got so advanced. But so he was in and out of the hospital, in and out of the hospital. And the doctor said to him, like, yeah, go home and drink your wine, because if you don't drink your wine, you're gonna have a heart attack.
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B
Right.
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Because what are you gonna do? Right?
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B
Right. I mean, everyone is so unique Right. Like, everyone's story is so unique. Their health is so unique. But there are interesting things like that where you would say, hey, you know, you gotta keep drinking or else you're gonna get sick. You know what I mean? I'm not saying that's advice. I'm not giving any advice.
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No, I know. Yeah. By the way. Yeah. This is not like. Like you said, each case is one case. My husband was. Was his case. But we're just making light of the. The situation because. Yeah, sometimes. And I did see you posted a really cute picture of the food and there was a little beer can.
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B
Yeah. Yeah. And if hospital food sucks, I mean, it is the worst food. I did work at a hospital where we actually. Speaking of that, we had a McDonald's in the hospital, and a lot of people would think it was at a kid's hospital, pediatric hospital, and a lot of people think McDonald's. It's so not healthy. But when you're really sick and kids aren't eating, you want them to at least have something, you know, so just. Just having a meal, regardless of what it is. Annoying kids like McDonald's.
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A
Yeah.
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Eat it, you know, so. So it is interesting little things like.
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A
That that you don't consider it's better to have anything. But why is hospital food so disgusting? Is it on purpose or. Or.
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B
And listen, we're paying what. I mean, seven. A hospital bill per night is running, like, what, seven to $12,000? Like, I should be getting some good food sticks. Star meal, Michelin bullshit entree.
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It's so disgusting. Right? Anywhere. Any hospital can go to the most expensive hospital. It's, like, so gross. I'm like, why is it like that?
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B
It's not good. I. I mean, I don't know why, but it's so gross. It's like, who's. I don't even know where they cook this food. I don't even know where it's coming from. It's definitely one of the secrets of. And I like some hosts. They have morgues. I don't know who works in the morgue. Like, I've been down the morgue once. Like, you don't like. Like, it's so weird when you're in the hospital and there's, you know, a morgue, which obviously makes sense, but still, it's, like, freaky. And, like, who goes down. Who works down there? You know what I mean?
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A
And then you guys that work there, you end up eating really poorly as well. Right. Like, when you're doing long shifts and stuff, you eat Junk and you eat all kinds of.
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We don't get breaks a lot. We don't get lunches. Like our lunches are not mandatory or guaranteed. A lot of times we don't get breaks and we're working 12, 13 hours. So you just gotta put whatever you, you can in your mout.
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Yeah, I think when it comes to the stories, right, obviously the personal stories, everyone has a story and that's why we watch Grey's Anatomy and it makes us cry because Grey's Anatomy has really good music and Shonda Rhimes the creator knows what she's doing. That's why it's been around like 40 forever. Yeah, forever. It's like Ellen Pompeo is so tired. She is so ready for this. She's like, kill me off now, Send me to the morgue. She's so done. But. But when it comes to them caring for the patient, like doing procedures and stuff, like, all of that's. So you go from wanting to watch. It's not wanting to watch it, to rolling your eyes to crying. So it's definitely a journey when you watch that show as a healthcare workers.
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Yeah, I love it. So let's talk about your fantastic comedian career. You knew you were funny. You started like as a hobby. You start. How did it start and how did it develop to what it is today? Because now you're doing this massive tour, like comedy tour, right? Called Shock.
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B
It was. It was a Shock Advice.
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A
Shock Advice tour. Shock Advice Tour. You're doing a cruise. Tell us about that. How did it evolve from just being funny to having like this fantastic following and this massive career as a comedian?
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B
Yeah, you know, I went to nursing school straight out of high school, like, I was doing my prereq, so I've been a nurse for 11 years now. And like you said, like nurses, we work so hard, we're so burnt out. I was to the point I was so burnout, I was depressed, I was anxious. And that's when I actually started making videos on social media, which were so helpful to me and my mental health. And I connected with nurses all over the world that would watch my videos and comment. And I was like, oh, they like it, I'll keep doing it. And it was just such a big help for my mental health that I kept doing it. And I realized that nurses wanted something more. They wanted to meet in person, they wanted to hang out, they wanted to meet me in real life. So I'm like, you know what? I'll do like a little a show. I did like five shows in 2020 and they all sold out, which is shocking. And they were in just these random cities and I was like, oh, let me do more. Then they ended up doing 25 and then 50. And last year I did over 100 shows. And not only helps me and it helps other nurses to be able to come out and have a good night and relate and, you know, because I didn't have that when I was a new nurse, you know, someone to really look up to and someone who also show, you know, support for what you're doing, it's very lonely in healthcare. Even though you work with a lot of people, it can be very, very lonely. And I realized that, hey, nursing conferences are so fucking boring. We need to make nursing conferences fun. So every year I do a conference called Nurse Con at Sea where I rent out the whole ship and we bring over 3,000 nurses on board and we do education and theme nights and. And bingo and drag shows and three parties.
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A
So when are you doing that?
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B
This year it's coming up April 7th.
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A
April 7th. It's on your Instagram, by the way, if there are any nurses out there listening, or if you guys listening, know any nurses, make sure you tell them to go check it out because it sounds like a lot of fun.
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B
Come on the cruise. It's. It's like the Coachella of nursing conferences on a cruise ship. Like, it's. The nurses are so wild. They're ready to let loose and have fun. And it's really a balance between having fun but also learning and getting their continuing education. So it's all always. It's such a great time.
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A
And is it, is it only nurses like, doc, if a doctor wants to come or a non nurse wants to.
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B
Sure. If a doctor wants to come and hang out with 3, 000 nurses and you're sexy, you're more than welcome to come.
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A
How about somebody not as a healthcare industry.
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B
No, you. So you can be a guest of someone. So you need to be a nurse or in healthcare and then you're allowed to bring like a spouse or something.
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A
And how many days is that?
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B
We did four nights. So it's April 7th through the 11th. Out of Miami to the Bahamas.
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A
Oh, how fun. Oh, my God.
- [29:46]
B
And you know about that. You used to live in Miami?
- [29:49]
A
I used to live in Miami. I've been on cruises. Yeah, it's so much fun. I like the short ones. It's. It's a blast. Especially if you are with a group of friends, a group of people. It's so much fun.
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B
I say they're the best vacations because you don't got to think about. Yeah, you don't got to think about the food, you don't think about getting around or.
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A
Yeah, everything is done for you. You just wake up, eat, have fun, you know, and. And do everything all over again and. Yeah, I love those.
- [30:14]
B
It's the best. I love cruises. I grew up in Florida, so I, I had grown up going on cruises and when I was like, oh, I want to do a nursing conference or a nursing event, I'm like, oh my God. We should do it on a cruise ship.
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A
So we know.
- [30:25]
B
I thought we'd be able to do. I mean, when I. I called Royal Caribbean, I was like, hey, I want to do an event on a cruise. They're like, who are you? And we're coming up on our fifth one. Wow.
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A
When they realize the power you have of packing up a ship, you must be really proud. Like, when you see those people, they're like, I brought these people here. Must be really empowering, right?
- [30:47]
B
Yeah. I always like to take a step back and just see everyone, like, having a good time and networking. And we have a wide age range, so you'll have, like, nursing students who are, you know, 21, dancing their ass off next to a retired nurse in their 80s. So it's so cool to see that diversity and them coming together, because being nurses, we all share a common bond. We might not know each other, but we get each other and we understand each other. So it's like a family reunion every year. It's. Honestly, it's really cool to witness.
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A
I love that. How about your comedy tour? When does that start? Or are you already in it?
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B
Yeah. So I wrapped up my Shock advice comedy tour at the end of last year, and my new one, I haven't announced yet, but it will be coming out soon, and it'll be happening this fall.
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A
And you go all over the United States, right?
- [31:36]
B
I go all over the world, so I tour all over the US but then I also do Canada, Europe. Last year, I got to do a show at the Sydney Opera House in Australia, which is pretty cool. It was never on my bucket list because, like I said, I went to nursing school to care for people, not do comedy and tell jokes. So it's so random that life has taken me in this direction, but I've just been open to what the universe brings me.
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A
Yeah. But, you know, I think doing a lot of good, because Covid, like you said, it heals. It makes people feel lighter. So I think in many ways, you are fulfilling your destiny. Right. Not just as a nurse, but you're bringing so much healing and happiness to people. I think that's really amazing.
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B
Thank you. No, it really. I don't. I stay busy so much. I don't ever really get a step, take a step back and really look at everything like that. So it is cool. And what do you think of it in that perspective?
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A
Yeah. Because honestly, I don't think it's easy to be a comedian. I think it's not something you can learn. I think it's like, something that comes natural to you. Like, when I see your videos, like, you. It just comes from you, like, from your heart, like, very organically. And I think this is what the audience connects with, because some people try so hard to be funny, right, that they. They fall flat.
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B
It's like, you're not funny. It's like, go back to your. Go. Stop. Stop. Looks like you're not funny.
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A
Exactly. And that's not that you are just. Just funny. And you have this light nature and beautiful smile. So, like, I'm not a nurse. I mean, I'm not. And. And I watch your videos, like, now I follow you on social media, so you pop on my feet every day, and it makes me laugh and it makes my day lighter, and it just makes me feel good about it. So I don't think you have to be in the healthcare profession to really enjoy your comedy. This is adorable.
- [33:21]
B
My favorite thing is whenever these. These nurses will bring their husbands to the show, and they're always like these big, like, straight guys, and I make sure they are laughing their ass off just as much. So it's so great at the end of the show when they come up and they're like, yo, bro. Like that. She was so funny. Like, you're a gay nurse. And I loved it. And I'm like, yeah, there we go then. That's a win.
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A
I love that. Before we run out of time, I want to ask you about. This is an important one, and I think people need to know. I saw you did a post. You were at some American Heart association event just a little while ago, and you and a reporter journalist came talk to you, and you said something about cpr. You were like, I think everybody should know cpr.
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B
Yes. I mean, yes, it is American Heart month right now, all of February. So sending love and hearts to everybody. And it's really a number one killer in women, and it's so sad to see that. So American Heart association did this big event to raise awareness on it, and I think everyone should know cpr. You could get certified and learn anywhere, because people go down all the time, more than you think. Whether you're on a flight or you're at the mall, you're at dinner. Like, there's so many times when someone needs help, and you might not be in healthcare, but you could still save someone's life. Which I think is pretty cool, because I saved someone's life, but I had to go to school for four fucking years, and all you have to do is take a course and you could save someone's life and be a hero, which I think is great. And you could learn, like, if you have kids, you could teach them cpr. And it's such a great thing to do with your family. It's a great skill to learn and have you hope to never use it. Right?
- [35:02]
A
Yeah, I like that idea. So how do you suggest people learn instead? Take a course.
- [35:06]
B
Like, can you give American Heart Association. Just go to the American Heart Association. You could take it online. You could take it in person. Really, really fun to. Not to do it on someone real, but to learn it.
- [35:19]
A
Yeah. No, I love that tip. And I don't know how to practice a pr, but when I watch the videos, like, you know what? Because my dad died from a massive heart attack in the middle of the night, and when he's one of his. Because he had a massive house and he had people, you know, that's like one of his house managers. By the time they found him, the guy did not know.
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B
Right.
- [35:41]
A
How to prefer. We don't know if he would have saved him or not, but, you know, we all. I always have that in mind, so that's a fantastic idea. I appreciate it.
- [35:50]
B
And it's something sexy. Like, if you want to add something to your Tinder profile, you could just be like. Like, I also know cpr.
- [35:58]
A
Yes. I love that. I can save your life.
- [36:02]
B
I can save your life.
- [36:03]
A
I can save your life.
- [36:05]
B
Sex will not send you to the er. I will save your life right here in the bedroom.
- [36:09]
A
Oh, my God, I love that. Blake, congratulations on all incredible success. You're adorable. Where can people find out about it? I'm gonna put his his link here, but tell us. Tell us what's coming up or how they can reach you.
- [36:23]
B
Yeah, just find me on social media at Nurse Blake and you can get all the information about my upcoming comedy tour, which is not out yet, but soon. And also nursecountancy.com for the ultimate nursing conference.
- [36:33]
A
Amazing. And I'm gonna check your dates because when you are back this way in la, I will definitely go watch a show and hopefully we can meet in person.
- [36:41]
B
That'd be awesome. Kat. Thank you so much.
- [36:43]
A
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