I always love to sleep in. When I took vacations with family and friends, they complain I slept a lot. I told them I felt I was on holidays when I watched commercials with them. Lol.
I've seen two people die after drinking Monster drinks. They begin to shake and seem to go into a stroke/coma and die within 2 hrs after drinking Monster
My brother went tachy in New Orleans on vacation. He drank two monsters and they were all in a nice restaurant after that. His v/s were all over the place. 911… Not a good way to exit a restaurant.
Nurse Blake, how are you always so adorable and happy? 😀 And what is your dog’s 🐕 take on nursing? LOL, I love that I found your channel, you are absolutely hysterical. I would likely scream in excitement if I had to be admitted to a hospital and you walked in as my nurse! 🤣🤣🤣
jubed0ll tell your husband to never expect you home if you want me home on time don’t think about me. Because when you do the cosmic energy makes someone code
It’s not just nurse is also PSW too we work hard I’m going to PSW schooling this year and I’m excited to become a personal support worker and I can’t wait but I know PSW work hard as well and also to have 12 hour shifts
Ha, this was cute and entertaining. I’ve been married to a night shift nurse for a decade now. The truest thing about this was the sleep. The least true thing is being the nurse for the family. In terms of advice, yes. But it’s hard to get a cup of juice when I’m sick from my husband. Basically, if you’re well enough to be at home, what care do you really need?
„Nurses only work three days a week“ - welllll not in good old Germany. Here you’re average of consecutive shifts is 13 (but we usually have 7h morning- & late shifts and then 10h nights) and if you’re lucky you have one or two days off after that. But oftentimes they need you to come in to replace a coworker who called in sick. Definitely no time for sleep let alone cruises 😅
I got home from my first clinical and my husband legitimately thought I was mad at him because I wouldn't let him hug me. I had to explain that I had been peed on that day before he would believe that he wasn't in the dog house lol
“When we work, we ALWAYS don’t get time for a 30 minute break...” Lols. I love when corporate tells you “take your 1/2 hour! It’s costs us $$$”. Bitch I don’t have time to pee. When I DO pee it’s everyone’s business, it feels like you’re timed, and patients let you know you took time from them. Now you want me to sit down (whitin earshot of the constantly ringing call-lights) and eat?!
Watching this after a terrible, HORRIBLE 14.5 hour shift with no lunch. I am so emotionally drained that I started crying when you talked about how much you love nursing. And nurses are caring and love our community. That is why I got into nursing. Thanks for that reminder!
Rachel Weber girl I feel this was stuck at work during a snowstorm and ended up being on the floor from 7am to nearly 1am because the person who was supposed to relieve me called out 13 hours in advance. Even worse, they knew they had no one to relieve me but didn’t tell me to the last second. On top of that was supposed to finally leave the floor and my pt fell of the floor into the Mat. The understaffing on my subacute ventilator unit is insane
@@Laurinska08 That was very horrible and exhausting. I couldn't imagine myself surviving that. I don't know you but I feel like I want to give you a hug. But it's because of people like you, that nursing has become such a noble profession. The system sucks especially the understaffing in your unit. They should really try to fix that because we, nurses, deserve better. I hope you recover from that. Wishing you all the best!
I knew I was a real nurse when I was eating potluck, stopped to change a nasty code brown amd then went right back to potluck without a second thought.
@@NurseBlake I thought you were going to say just kidding after you said that one. I make alot of money and am ebarrassed each time we have to renew our contract and we ask for MORE money!!!
I literally had a guy tell me I'm too much for him or too stressful for him because i told him I need me time after I leave work at the hospital since I need time to decompress -_-
You’re answering call lights, running with a crash cart, giving report, last-minute code brown and pumps beeping at you all the way down the hall and almost to the time-clock. You can’t go from that straight to watching The Voice and eating popcorn. You need CISD. A (critical incident stress debriefing) and a cocktail to unwind all that!
The sleep is SO TRUE... And I feel like maybe its because we spend so much mental energy thinking at a critically high level for such a very long time that it can take hours to DAYs of sleeping to truly process and sift through it all enough to where we feel like we are healthy humans again.
@@NurseBlake Talking about working 5 12 (well more like 13.5 without lunch) shifts in a roll, slept for 29 hours until my cat started to bang the door and thought I was dead. LOL
Dating a nursing student, I myself am an EMT/Fire major. I think our two careers are the best because we both have these same traits and we both will understand each other and be there for each other
I'm sorry is there anything to talk about beside nursing ??😂😂 Someone could be talking about their meal and say "there's too much fat in this" and I'm gonna end up saying "you mean adipose?"
I was raised by a nurse. At one point she worked the graveyard shift. Sometimes, I'd be leaving for school as she was just coming home. And yes, she did share nursing stories. And yes, she loved her coffee.
The irony of it: doctors, nurses, and trainers recommending us not to have caffeinated drinks because of the risk of kidney stones. Doctors and nurses NEEDING caffeine. 😒😒
Don't forget telling patients that "several to nine hours of sleep per night is mandatory for good health, not a suggestion". Then never experiencing it. Lol
I’ve been a nurse for 29 years. I started in a cardiac ICU. What has allowed me to avoid burn out is reducing the number of hours I work. I’ve known nurses who work 4 & 5 - 12 hr shifts per week. By the 4th shift they’re a mess. Not me! Two 12 hr nite shifts & one 8 hr evening shift was perfect when I had a school age child. Now I work 4 - 8hr shifts in cardiac rehab. At 67, I absolutely love my job & do not plan to retire anytime soon.
After 32 years as an RN, my idea of a good day off is: #1: 3-4 hours at my favorite Barnes & Noble. #2: No company whatsoever. #3: No company whatsoever. #4: NO COMPANY WHATSOEVER! The money is good; the career blows. I laugh when I hear various nurses complain about money. I had to leave Pittsburgh to make serious money, but my girlfriend and I were traveling Operating Room nurses for years. We made "stupid money" working throughout New England. Our best assignments were working small O.R.s up and down the coast of Maine. I made well in excess of 100k annually in those years. For a single guy without children living in Pittsburgh, I saved and invested enough to be comfortably retired by the time I turned 55. And we never worked 12 months a year - not even close.
Stephen Pruszenski that’s awesome!! I hope one day I can be that way with finances. I’m trying to budget and save but I do have kids 5 of them! So it’s a lot harder for someone like me.
Amber Gray , wow! 5 kids?! Yeah, that will be hard to replicate what the original commenter has managed to do! And to be honest, not many nurses would be able to do that anyway. Usually the best money to be made, working as a nurse, is through an agency. Or work as a casual employee. At least that is my experience working as a RN in Australia. Agency nurses get paid way more than nurses who have a contract to work either full time or part time in a specific hospital. And with 5 dependants, it is better to have the consistency of a contract and guaranteed regular shifts. At least in my opinion. However, I would be very happy for you if you somehow managed to make enough money as a nurse to retire at 55. I don’t have any dependants/kids or husband, and I can’t imagine how I would be able to retire early. Although, that would be an absolute dream! That would be so good!! 😃
Leanne Paxton lol!! It would be amazing!! I don’t know I’ll be able to come close but at least I will support my kids! That’s good to know about agencies! Thanks for that information. And yes 5 kids is hard work on top of school and a full time job while going to school full time! But I’m doing it with the help of my husband thank god! If it weren’t for my husband I don’t think I could pull it all off!! He’s absolutely amazing and so helpful and so supportive! He knows how much I love medicine and working in the medical field!!
@@amberdean374 , I'm really pleased that you have a supportive husband, because it would be so incredibly difficult to do everything you are doing, along with having 5 kids to look after without that support. I can only really speak of agency work in Australia, it may be different in other countries, however, one of the reasons why agency work is so well paid over here, is that through an agency you don't get paid holiday leave or paid sick leave or paid maternity leave. Also you are not usually guaranteed shifts or a set amount of hours to work per week. But if you are willing to work in any area of nursing, and you live in an area with plenty of hospitals close by, you should be able to get plenty of work. If you specialise in a specific area, one that not just any agency nurse could go work in for a day, you will be even more in demand. For example, I have worked as a RN in renal dialysis for 12, almost 13 years, it's an area that only experienced dialysis nurses can work in. No dialysis unit would accept any nurse to work there without the experience. Also having experience in intensive care nursing is a huge bonus. Emergency room nursing experience will always be a benefit. Find an area of nursing you love and go from there, get experience first. But if it happens that your passion is in a specialized area, not just on a regular ward (not that there is anything wrong with that , ) you will be in demand. One last thing, I know you have kids, but if you are willing to work public holidays, weekends, nights or even just the evening shift, you should get a higher rate of pay, depending on what country you live in. Especially public holidays. Where I work, agency and casual staff get double time and a half for working public holidays. So if your hourly rate is normally $40/hour, on a public holiday you would earn $100/hour. That's a decent amount of money for one day of working! Anyway, good luck out there. I hope you do really well. 😀
I have no intent of being a nurse but you all have my respect 101%. You guys seriously are heroes, tough as hell, and I more than appreciate all of your hard work!
One time I was so tired and just came home after my morning shift and as soon as I entered the door ( girl, I didn't even put down my bag yet ), my bf asked me if we have food!! Dang I swear I lost it and he saw the side of me he never wanted to see! 😅
Thank you. I’m pre-nursing I felt kinda bummed out about how much I’m missing out with life but you really brought me back to how much I’m passionate about this subject and how I thrive to learn more about nursing. Thank you!
I’m lucky that my boyfriend is in it for the long haul. I’ve just started prereqs for nursing. Second semester starts this month. And we’ve got a long road ahead of us. And he’s 100% supportive of me and my career and I couldn’t be more grateful for him and his support. ❤️
#8-- MANY times I didn't sit down to chart until 7:30 when the next shift took over my patients--- ALL 18!!!!! of them and I had to WRITE my notes with pen and paper!!!!! I very often didn't leave until 9: 00 or later.... sooooooo glad after 35 years, I have pasted that point in my career!!!
2 major summer and 2 winter holidays, rotated weekends, mandatory overtime. After 3 12 shifts, we need a day to recover. We strip down in the garage, shower before we do anything, and launder our scrubs separately. Shifts are 12 hours of work and two hours of charting after report. When working, I can triple my calories and not gain weight. And dont expect me to cook when I get home.
When I was a new nurse, I would call my husband on the ride home, crying about how mean the older nurses could be, how the doctors could be such jerks, and how hard the shift was...He would just put me on speaker and watch TV while I cried and complained...fast forward 20 years later...I am glad that I stuck with it, and God bless my husband's soul for being my practice patient, my shoulder to cry on and my best friend for all of those years!!!!
My fav nurse is Barry; I "think" his specialty was/is something like (I'm sorry I can't remember exactly!) But he was the nurse who took care of my dad after he had a massive brain tumor removed- he was a surgical nurse of some kind- he retaught Dad how to do everything before PT & everybody else ever got ahold of him! I mean, this dear man taught him to swallow his meals, how to use a straw again, got him up & walking...took out his main line (it was intense!) I mean- & made us all laugh! Then, he's chatting to us, teaching a nursing student to be excellent- then a pt next door starts screaming, swearing, and seizing- he runs over there & takes care of that poor guy! (There's A LOT of swearing on the brain trauma/surg floor, folks- pts just swear a lot & don't care- they have damaged brains on that floor) but we just adored him & still talk about him. I think God gave him the best post op, surg nurse! He carried a fanny pack on his waist full of everything including a flash light- he was just so cool! ❤❤❤Thank You, Barry. We never forget your awesome care! You inspire excellence in skill, care, and kindness!
In nursing school and I'm already the nurse for the family! >.< And the snacks! We're doing 12h clinical days and SNACKS ARE THE THING!!. I love my snacks.
So, I live in Australia and half of the stuff you were talking about (working 12-13 hour shifts and not having a break) thats illegal here lol so glad I don't have that issue.
it is illegal. one hospital has to pay their employees big tme for every minutes that they missed to pay their employees thats including those missed meals and overtime when they were reported to the Department of Labor,
Story time: We're going to tell you anyway lol Caffeine: my husband doesn't have it ready when I leave but I have him deliver more sbux during my shift!
OMG...I laughed SO hard at this video because it's SO accurate!!! My husband and I are both night shift RNs...I am SO lucky & thankful to have him because we know how hard being a nurse is. But literally everything you said is SO true!! (Ex. Coming home after work we avoid each other like a plague, get pretty much naked in the garage and hose down every morning before touchin because we have literal pee, blood and MRSA on us😅)
NURSE BLAKE AND DOCTOR MIKE COLLAB. PLEASE. PRETTY PLEASE.
marielle navarro omg that’d be a DREAM. My two favorite you tubers.
I'd watch that
YES
Omg yass
marielle navarro
Ikr
Being with a police officer is like dating a nurse. I’m married to a Captain Police Officer whose always at work 24/7
Gurl, u are so right. Especially the part about nurses ONLY talk in about nursing all day..drives me nuts!
Sharing this with my boyfriend haha! This is great!
Hahaha.
I had to hit subscribe once you talked about snacks... I knew you spoke truth lol
So true of what you say. I'm not a nurse but I know how busy you guys are!
I always love to sleep in. When I took vacations with family and friends, they complain I slept a lot. I told them I felt I was on holidays when I watched commercials with them. Lol.
HOUR SHOWER
that is WHAT i am talking about!!
feel that warmth, wash away that code brown...
Can't wait to start nursing school
This is sooo relatable to teachers! ALL we talk about is teaching. The STORIES we have for every situation 😂
So true!!! I'm lucky to have such a great wife.
Helpful to me because I am considering dating a lady nurse. Thank you for your assistance.
My husband calls me " Yogi da' Bear" ....he says when I'm off, if I'm not eating, I'm SLEEPING, yes, we love sleep !!!
My mom is a nurse and she told about when she was in nursing school she was taking the exams and when she finished she slept from Friday to Monday
I've seen two people die after drinking Monster drinks. They begin to shake and seem to go into a stroke/coma and die within 2 hrs after drinking Monster
My brother went tachy in New Orleans on vacation. He drank two monsters and they were all in a nice restaurant after that. His
v/s were all over the place. 911… Not a good way to exit a restaurant.
Simply put!!! 👏🏾😂😂🎯
Like he said... ‘you don’t even want to know...’ lol so true
Nurse Blake, how are you always so adorable and happy? 😀 And what is your dog’s 🐕 take on nursing? LOL, I love that I found your channel, you are absolutely hysterical. I would likely scream in excitement if I had to be admitted to a hospital and you walked in as my nurse! 🤣🤣🤣
You are a superhero
Umm, yeah, my hubby won't listen to my stories! Lol! But I still love him!
He talks to his 🐶 about nursing 😂 I just imagine the 🐶 face 😂 😂
I'm showing this to my husband! He's constantly stealing my snacks, and complains about what time I get home, lol.
jubed0ll tell your husband to never expect you home if you want me home on time don’t think about me. Because when you do the cosmic energy makes someone code
It’s not just nurse is also PSW too we work hard I’m going to PSW schooling this year and I’m excited to become a personal support worker and I can’t wait but I know PSW work hard as well and also to have 12 hour shifts
Very true
I love u!! Your spot on! No one gets it…. But YOU do!!!! Lol
Ha, this was cute and entertaining. I’ve been married to a night shift nurse for a decade now. The truest thing about this was the sleep. The least true thing is being the nurse for the family. In terms of advice, yes. But it’s hard to get a cup of juice when I’m sick from my husband. Basically, if you’re well enough to be at home, what care do you really need?
5:04 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 meeee toooo
YOUNGLIFEEEEEEE LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
# 10, is the best
„Nurses only work three days a week“ - welllll not in good old Germany. Here you’re average of consecutive shifts is 13 (but we usually have 7h morning- & late shifts and then 10h nights) and if you’re lucky you have one or two days off after that. But oftentimes they need you to come in to replace a coworker who called in sick. Definitely no time for sleep let alone cruises 😅
I got home from my first clinical and my husband legitimately thought I was mad at him because I wouldn't let him hug me. I had to explain that I had been peed on that day before he would believe that he wasn't in the dog house lol
Phone: hello.
Me: what time is it?
Phone: seven fifteen.
Me: in the morning or at night?
4:00 i literally did this once at the breakfast table and his mom almost threw up
In Ghana... 2 days off
when we got to the snacks portions i love this HAHHAHAH
#1 Sleep. Nothing is more true...
Vet techs (animal nurses) are the same‼️
Yup😂😂😂😂😂😂😂love to sleep
“When we work, we ALWAYS don’t get time for a 30 minute break...”
Lols. I love when corporate tells you “take your 1/2 hour! It’s costs us $$$”. Bitch I don’t have time to pee. When I DO pee it’s everyone’s business, it feels like you’re timed, and patients let you know you took time from them. Now you want me to sit down (whitin earshot of the constantly ringing call-lights) and eat?!
Caffeine makes me sleepy...
Please don’t wake me up...............
“Don’t marry us for the money, cuz we ain’t got no money” 🥰
Second that emotion
The accuracy is surreal
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Exactly. We are not rich.
Watching this after a terrible, HORRIBLE 14.5 hour shift with no lunch. I am so emotionally drained that I started crying when you talked about how much you love nursing. And nurses are caring and love our community. That is why I got into nursing. Thanks for that reminder!
Rachel Weber girl I feel this was stuck at work during a snowstorm and ended up being on the floor from 7am to nearly 1am because the person who was supposed to relieve me called out 13 hours in advance. Even worse, they knew they had no one to relieve me but didn’t tell me to the last second. On top of that was supposed to finally leave the floor and my pt fell of the floor into the Mat. The understaffing on my subacute ventilator unit is insane
I understand because I work as a housekeeper at saint Francis medical center
@@Laurinska08 That was very horrible and exhausting. I couldn't imagine myself surviving that. I don't know you but I feel like I want to give you a hug. But it's because of people like you, that nursing has become such a noble profession. The system sucks especially the understaffing in your unit. They should really try to fix that because we, nurses, deserve better. I hope you recover from that. Wishing you all the best!
Yes we definitely need reminders why we became nurses in the first place... I think he sums it up well.. because we're amazing!!
That should be illegal.
I knew I was a real nurse when I was eating potluck, stopped to change a nasty code brown amd then went right back to potluck without a second thought.
HahahHa yes!!!!
Yep
Yup!
How about chewing gum with a chest cracked open looking at a GSW in the pulmonary artery directed by a very excited ER doc
😂
How about a nurse dating a nurse? My wife and I are both RNs
Jon Jeys are y'all wealthy?
@@Namronnnn45 money isn't everything
Really cool did you guys meet at school or work? Or was it just something else.
www.innovatenursing.com/
@@Dbf1339 www.innovatenursing.com/
“We don’t spend money wisely, we spend it on shopping.” 🤣
True
Cause we know how fragile life is, but bills ain't going nowhere.
Yes. It was a question on the NYCLEX. 😉
hahah this part killed me bc it sounds like my friend who’s a nurse lmao
When people wake me up while I'm sleeping after a 12 hour shift it's the worst thing in the world. It's my worst nightmare.
Shonge Chekenyere I HATE being woken up!!! I am such a bear when I get woken up!! My poor husband 😂
I do back to back 16’s on the weekend and I want to smack anyone who wakes me up or moves me or even dares to breathe near me the following day
“When I talk to my dog I talk about nursing” 😂
Married a nurse and found that the best way to get through all of these was to just go to nursing school myself.
"We ain't make that much money" lol favorite line!! 😂😂
LOL
but we SHOULD I mean what would the world do without us
@@NurseBlake I thought you were going to say just kidding after you said that one. I make alot of money and am ebarrassed each time we have to renew our contract and we ask for MORE money!!!
you can have one doritos but not all my doritos lol
Kimberly Rojas no wiser words have been spoken! 😂
I literally had a guy tell me I'm too much for him or too stressful for him because i told him I need me time after I leave work at the hospital since I need time to decompress -_-
I'm not a nurse, but I do understand the need to decompress after work. I actually thought it was a normal thing, so screw that guy. 😂
He is not the right one.
He definitely isn't the right one.
You’re answering call lights, running with a crash cart, giving report, last-minute code brown and pumps beeping at you all the way down the hall and almost to the time-clock. You can’t go from that straight to watching The Voice and eating popcorn. You need CISD. A (critical incident stress debriefing) and a cocktail to unwind all that!
Married for 20 years a nurse for 19 years, and MY HUSBAND STILL DOESN’T UNDERSTAND I NEED SLEEP! 🙄😂
My profs always play your videos in class to break up lectures😂😂❤️
That's so awesome!!
Please don't say profs it's so cringe
My profs totally should😩😩
@@Dbf1339 It's cringe that you spelled survivor wrong in your username >_>
I died when he paused and then said “I eat a lot of snacks”. IF THIS ISN’T ME 😂😂😂
I love sleep!!! 🤣 No one understands what it’s really like to be us nurses haha thanks for sharing!
Haha! Thanks for watching.
The sleep is SO TRUE... And I feel like maybe its because we spend so much mental energy thinking at a critically high level for such a very long time that it can take hours to DAYs of sleeping to truly process and sift through it all enough to where we feel like we are healthy humans again.
I absolutely love sleep too!! Haha
@@NurseBlake Talking about working 5 12 (well more like 13.5 without lunch) shifts in a roll, slept for 29 hours until my cat started to bang the door and thought I was dead. LOL
That's one of the biggest downfalls to nursing. I LOVE what I do... but why do we only get a 30 minute lunch when we work 13 hour shifts??? 🤦🏻♀️
Or it’s just “eat when you can”
@@nude_cat_ellie7417 or “eat if you can”. 😂
You should also get 1 or 2 15 minutes breaks. But good luck in trying to do that as well
Dating a nursing student, I myself am an EMT/Fire major. I think our two careers are the best because we both have these same traits and we both will understand each other and be there for each other
Nurse and police/fire are a good match!
mmmm... maybe I should date a fire fighter
That’s great!!
I have a question
If a person has a headache what’s the best way to get rid of it and what’s the best thing to do for it ?
I was wandering if we can talk on the phone and about nursing I volunteer but I love to tell u about it just ask for my WhatsApp number if u want?
Couldn’t be more accurate. My partner of 11 years (9 while I was in school; 2 as an RN)agrees 100%.
If not for him, I wouldn’t be a nurse today.
Aw! :)
I'm sorry is there anything to talk about beside nursing ??😂😂 Someone could be talking about their meal and say "there's too much fat in this" and I'm gonna end up saying "you mean adipose?"
Nicole Grey you wouldn’t really say adipose in reference to food though 😅
Wouldn't it be like lipids?? But lmao that actually made me laugh
I need an order of lipase STAT
@@rachelt.7408 lipase or lipose? 🤔
Our bodies will naturally wake up. For real!!! Don't wake me up early. 🙄
I was raised by a nurse. At one point she worked the graveyard shift. Sometimes, I'd be leaving for school as she was just coming home. And yes, she did share nursing stories. And yes, she loved her coffee.
The irony of it: doctors, nurses, and trainers recommending us not to have caffeinated drinks because of the risk of kidney stones. Doctors and nurses NEEDING caffeine. 😒😒
Don't forget telling patients that "several to nine hours of sleep per night is mandatory for good health, not a suggestion". Then never experiencing it. Lol
I’ve been a nurse for 29 years. I started in a cardiac ICU. What has allowed me to avoid burn out is reducing the number of hours I work. I’ve known nurses who work 4 & 5 - 12 hr shifts per week. By the 4th shift they’re a mess. Not me! Two 12 hr nite shifts & one 8 hr evening shift was perfect when I had a school age child. Now I work 4 - 8hr shifts in cardiac rehab. At 67, I absolutely love my job & do not plan to retire anytime soon.
After 32 years as an RN, my idea of a good day off is: #1: 3-4 hours at my favorite Barnes & Noble. #2: No company whatsoever. #3: No company whatsoever. #4: NO COMPANY WHATSOEVER! The money is good; the career blows. I laugh when I hear various nurses complain about money. I had to leave Pittsburgh to make serious money, but my girlfriend and I were traveling Operating Room nurses for years. We made "stupid money" working throughout New England. Our best assignments were working small O.R.s up and down the coast of Maine. I made well in excess of 100k annually in those years. For a single guy without children living in Pittsburgh, I saved and invested enough to be comfortably retired by the time I turned 55. And we never worked 12 months a year - not even close.
Stephen Pruszenski that’s awesome!! I hope one day I can be that way with finances. I’m trying to budget and save but I do have kids 5 of them! So it’s a lot harder for someone like me.
Amber Gray , wow! 5 kids?! Yeah, that will be hard to replicate what the original commenter has managed to do! And to be honest, not many nurses would be able to do that anyway. Usually the best money to be made, working as a nurse, is through an agency. Or work as a casual employee. At least that is my experience working as a RN in Australia. Agency nurses get paid way more than nurses who have a contract to work either full time or part time in a specific hospital. And with 5 dependants, it is better to have the consistency of a contract and guaranteed regular shifts. At least in my opinion.
However, I would be very happy for you if you somehow managed to make enough money as a nurse to retire at 55. I don’t have any dependants/kids or husband, and I can’t imagine how I would be able to retire early. Although, that would be an absolute dream! That would be so good!! 😃
Leanne Paxton lol!! It would be amazing!! I don’t know I’ll be able to come close but at least I will support my kids! That’s good to know about agencies! Thanks for that information. And yes 5 kids is hard work on top of school and a full time job while going to school full time! But I’m doing it with the help of my husband thank god! If it weren’t for my husband I don’t think I could pull it all off!! He’s absolutely amazing and so helpful and so supportive! He knows how much I love medicine and working in the medical field!!
@@amberdean374 , I'm really pleased that you have a supportive husband, because it would be so incredibly difficult to do everything you are doing, along with having 5 kids to look after without that support.
I can only really speak of agency work in Australia, it may be different in other countries, however, one of the reasons why agency work is so well paid over here, is that through an agency you don't get paid holiday leave or paid sick leave or paid maternity leave. Also you are not usually guaranteed shifts or a set amount of hours to work per week. But if you are willing to work in any area of nursing, and you live in an area with plenty of hospitals close by, you should be able to get plenty of work. If you specialise in a specific area, one that not just any agency nurse could go work in for a day, you will be even more in demand. For example, I have worked as a RN in renal dialysis for 12, almost 13 years, it's an area that only experienced dialysis nurses can work in. No dialysis unit would accept any nurse to work there without the experience. Also having experience in intensive care nursing is a huge bonus. Emergency room nursing experience will always be a benefit.
Find an area of nursing you love and go from there, get experience first. But if it happens that your passion is in a specialized area, not just on a regular ward (not that there is anything wrong with that , ) you will be in demand.
One last thing, I know you have kids, but if you are willing to work public holidays, weekends, nights or even just the evening shift, you should get a higher rate of pay, depending on what country you live in. Especially public holidays. Where I work, agency and casual staff get double time and a half for working public holidays. So if your hourly rate is normally $40/hour, on a public holiday you would earn $100/hour. That's a decent amount of money for one day of working!
Anyway, good luck out there. I hope you do really well. 😀
Leanne Paxton thank you so much! I have thought of PEDs and PICU and NICU as well as OR and trauma. There’s so much to think about!
You need a PO box so we can send you some love and snacks!
Mom: how was work today
Me: starting a graphic story
Mom: STOP!
You popped up on my feed today! Loveee this! 😁
www.innovatenursing.com/
OMG you kill me haha I love this so much! "You can have one Doritos but not all my Doritos".
hahaha!!
I have no intent of being a nurse but you all have my respect 101%. You guys seriously are heroes, tough as hell, and I more than appreciate all of your hard work!
I'm starting nursing school in August and I'm so excited
Still excited? lol
2nd semester w/ med surgical....it’s murder now.
I too wonder how the excitement level fares 😭😂😊
I started in August. I'm still excited. I'm just dead inside and sick. 🤣😂
I'd love to hear how you're going now 😂 I find out tomorrow how I got on in my exams, if I did well enough hopefully I start in September 😬
Me, a nursing student hearing that nurses get to eat snacks throughout the day instead of meals, which is what I do anyway: 👁👄👁
One time I was so tired and just came home after my morning shift and as soon as I entered the door ( girl, I didn't even put down my bag yet ), my bf asked me if we have food!! Dang I swear I lost it and he saw the side of me he never wanted to see! 😅
Thank you. I’m pre-nursing I felt kinda bummed out about how much I’m missing out with life but you really brought me back to how much I’m passionate about this subject and how I thrive to learn more about nursing. Thank you!
Or.. how about dating in nursing school?
Don't do it unless you're ready for the consequences of it not working out. Pros vs cons, seriously
Other students? Yeah, no. Don't do it.
Yup....
I mean my relationship is pretty good but like he said we sleep when we hang out Bc I’m so drained from school 😅
*U can have one Doritos but not all my Doritos*
I swear I’m making that my senior quote
Love it!!!!! Especially the part of tying any conversation back to a nursing story. My husband hates that 😂
I’m lucky that my boyfriend is in it for the long haul. I’ve just started prereqs for nursing. Second semester starts this month. And we’ve got a long road ahead of us. And he’s 100% supportive of me and my career and I couldn’t be more grateful for him and his support. ❤️
My fiancé needs to watch this video three times 😂😂😂😂
#8-- MANY times I didn't sit down to chart until 7:30 when the next shift took over my patients--- ALL 18!!!!! of them and I had to WRITE my notes with pen and paper!!!!! I very often didn't leave until 9: 00 or later.... sooooooo glad after 35 years, I have pasted that point in my career!!!
Im watching this and my bf loves it. He says it’s all so true. Rofl. I love nursing. Hahaha
Haha. I love nursing too!
2 major summer and 2 winter holidays, rotated weekends, mandatory overtime. After 3 12 shifts, we need a day to recover. We strip down in the garage, shower before we do anything, and launder our scrubs separately. Shifts are 12 hours of work and two hours of charting after report. When working, I can triple my calories and not gain weight. And dont expect me to cook when I get home.
When I was a new nurse, I would call my husband on the ride home, crying about how mean the older nurses could be, how the doctors could be such jerks, and how hard the shift was...He would just put me on speaker and watch TV while I cried and complained...fast forward 20 years later...I am glad that I stuck with it, and God bless my husband's soul for being my practice patient, my shoulder to cry on and my best friend for all of those years!!!!
Lol I work like most holidays 😭 and my 7 to 7 is more like a 7 to 8-9pm with all the documentation..the understaffing is wild out here y’all 😂
Nursing is a lifestyle.
Number 6 goes for all healthcare people. The hospital becomes the conversation...period.
I send this link to my boyfriend...after 16 years he still have difficulty with my job.....And my obsession with Doritos...😜
My fav nurse is Barry; I "think" his specialty was/is something like (I'm sorry I can't remember exactly!) But he was the nurse who took care of my dad after he had a massive brain tumor removed- he was a surgical nurse of some kind- he retaught Dad how to do everything before PT & everybody else ever got ahold of him! I mean, this dear man taught him to swallow his meals, how to use a straw again, got him up & walking...took out his main line (it was intense!) I mean- & made us all laugh! Then, he's chatting to us, teaching a nursing student to be excellent- then a pt next door starts screaming, swearing, and seizing- he runs over there & takes care of that poor guy! (There's A LOT of swearing on the brain trauma/surg floor, folks- pts just swear a lot & don't care- they have damaged brains on that floor) but we just adored him & still talk about him. I think God gave him the best post op, surg nurse! He carried a fanny pack on his waist full of everything including a flash light- he was just so cool! ❤❤❤Thank You, Barry. We never forget your awesome care! You inspire excellence in skill, care, and kindness!
This also applies to teaching. Love your videos. It’s not just 8-5. We do so much more.
Allison’slibraryknook i always said nurses, teachers & first responders are soooo under pair & under appreciated!!! Very grateful for you teachers.
In nursing school and I'm already the nurse for the family! >.< And the snacks! We're doing 12h clinical days and SNACKS ARE THE THING!!. I love my snacks.
HAHAHA! Me too! I LOVE SNACKS!
Get some pens mate. We loose them like we loose our minds in telling stories with no filter.
So, I live in Australia and half of the stuff you were talking about (working 12-13 hour shifts and not having a break) thats illegal here lol so glad I don't have that issue.
it'sOllie it’s actually illegal here I think but...
Kalimba Hamilton It’s illegal here to no have lunch breaks but there are nursing loopholes. Unless you in Cali
it is illegal. one hospital has to pay their employees big tme for every minutes that they missed to pay their employees thats including those missed meals and overtime when they were reported to the Department of Labor,
aaaaah! I needed your energy and smiles😄😄👏💕 Just a 2nd semester nursing student trying not to freak out 97% of the time😱
“Like...you can have 1 Doritos, but not all the Doritos”
I love the "it says 10 servings, but for me it's about 1 serving" omg I can totally relate
Nurses have a lot of stories, but not all are really for your ears 😂
I used to work 16 hour shifts as a caregiver in a retirement home and took care of two floors with just 1 other person😕
Story time: We're going to tell you anyway lol Caffeine: my husband doesn't have it ready when I leave but I have him deliver more sbux during my shift!
As a nurse, this is 100% true!! ❤
I loved the 30 seconds where you listed the snacks you eat
Aka junk food pollozza!
OMG...I laughed SO hard at this video because it's SO accurate!!! My husband and I are both night shift RNs...I am SO lucky & thankful to have him because we know how hard being a nurse is. But literally everything you said is SO true!! (Ex. Coming home after work we avoid each other like a plague, get pretty much naked in the garage and hose down every morning before touchin because we have literal pee, blood and MRSA on us😅)