In this exciting episode, the Gritty Nurses interview the one and only Nurse Blake! If you haven't seen his hilarious, heartwarming and HONEST videos, you have been missing out!

Blake Lynch (aka Nurse Blake) is a nurse, creator, internationally touring comedian, healthcare advocate, and keynote speaker. Earning viral video status via his light takes on his experience as a nurse, he now takes his comedy to stages around the world bringing nurses together through his humor and inspiration. Nurse Blake's sold out 2022 PTO Comedy Tour began as a 14 show run and grew to 55 shows due to demand. He is the creator of NurseCon at Sea, one of the largest and most popular nursing conferences, and the NurseCon App which provides free continuing nursing education courses. Nurse Blake is also the author of the best-selling children's book "I Want To Be A Nurse When I Grow Up" available online and at bookstores everywhere.

Blake is the creator of NurseCon at Sea, one of the largest and most popular nursing conferences, and the NurseCon App which provides the free continuing nursing education courses. He will host the next NurseCon cruise & conference in April 2024.   Blake started Banned4Life to end the FDA gay blood ban, which ultimately contributed to the lifetime ban being lifted in 2015. It recently surfaced in the news again with updates made to the ban.

 He also leads the drive for safer nurse staffing at hospitals.

Chicago Tribune story: https://news.yahoo.com/social-media-influencer-leads-drive-214300674.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall   Nurse Blake talks about how he advocates for underpaid healthcare workers through his online content and comedy shows: https://advocatechannel.com/nurse-blake-opens-up-supporting-nurses-comedy-tour    Follow The Gritty Nurse Podcast!   Website: https://www.grittynurse.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@grittynursepodcast  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grittynurse Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gritty.nurse.podcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GrittyNurse  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grittynurse