The Nurse Blake Podcast

S2E5 Breakroom Gossip: #Social Media

In this episode of Breakroom Gossip (BRG) listen as we each share our own journeys into social media. Find out what Nurse John (TikTok), Kellie (@fabulousrn1), and I love about social media, what we find the most frustrating, and how we each found success over the years.

Discover how we each got started in social media and how we balance work, our time online and our personal lives. Follow along as we break down our favorite platforms, the behind the scenes of creating content and our advice for people looking to create content of their own.

Learn the real reason why we all love creating content and what you, the listener, mean to us.

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S2E4 Breakroom Gossip: Nurses Week Sucks!

In this episode of Breakroom Gossip (BRG) we break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of Nurses Week. Listen as Nurse John (TikTok), Kellie (@fabulousrn1) and I discuss the worst Nurses Week gifts we’ve ever received, what nurses really want, and the most ridiculous gifts you have all submitted.

Discover what shocks Kellie and I the most about Nurse John’s working conditions in Canada (no hints!). Listen as Nurse John gives all the details of what it's like to work as a nurse in Canada and helps us review our knowledge of Canadian geography.

Follow along as we play the game Operation and find who would make the best surgeon in real life. Learn what our favorite excuses are to use when we call in sick to work (diarrhea? Fever? Foreign object?) and to close we all give our take home messages on Nurses Week to all the wonderful nurses out there.

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S2E3 Breakroom Gossip: AMA (Ask me Anything)

In this episode of Breakroom Gossip (BRG) discover all the answers you wanted to know (and even the ones you didn’t) to all your burning questions. Listen as Nurse John (TikTok), Kellie (@fabulousrn1) and I, each reveal what our favorite body part is, our first impressions of each other and who has the hairiest butt. Learn if we’re friends IRL, what we each sleep in and our advice for all the new grads.

Find out what we really think of each other as we play the game ‘Who’s Most Likely To…’ Discover who is most likely to be a Facebook stalker (ahem, Nurse John!), not go to anyone’s funeral and who has absolutely no standards.

We share our favorite Taylor Swift song, the best jobs we’ve ever had and our advice for preparing for the NCLEX.

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Episode 1 Shift Change

Welcome to Breakroom Gossip, a new series of The Nurse Blake Podcast. In this series premiere you’ll meet my very best friends, Nurse John from TikTok (@nurse.johnn) and Kellie from ‘Fabulousrn1’ (@fabulousrn1).

Listen along as I introduce them to the world of podcasting and they introduce themselves to the world. Learn about how we all met, our backgrounds in nursing, social media and where we’re all from.

Follow along as we answer questions from the game “Let’s Get Deep”. Find out who has called 9-1-1 while they were drunk, who believes in conspiracy theories, and if all three of us believe in ghosts and which one of us doesn’t believe in aliens.

We dive deep into finding the ‘wink’, how many penises Kellie has seen (3,152!), and just how clean, tight and fresh, Nurse John really is.

Listen as we discuss which floor in the hospital is the hardest to work on, what’s planned for the future of this new series; all with a riveting play-by-play on the length of Nurse John’s shorts throughout the whole episode.

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I’m back with my husband Brett with Two Ts aboard NurseCon at Sea ‘22, the inaugural sailing of the most EPIC nursing conference. Listen in while we sail away somewhere in the middle of the ocean! Brett and I presented the show in front of a live audience on the third night of the conference. This special live recording was just one small part of an incredible week!

I share why I wanted to create NurseCon at Sea following my own experiences at other nursing conferences. Why not make them more fun?? I also talk about what it feels like to finally put on the event, and you get to hear Brett and I's reactions to everything that has gone down so far. Expectations were definitely exceeded, and we loved seeing all the nurses make connections and make the most out of the experience!

What are we looking forward to next? Could we live on a cruise ship? After asking ourselves some fun questions, we answer some questions from our live audience. It was a blast and I’m already so excited for next year! NurseCon at Sea 2023 registration opens this Friday 6/3 at Noon ET!!

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Happy New Year! I’m sad to say I will be taking a bit of a hiatus, so this will be the season finale for The Nurse Blake Podcast. I appreciate every listener, but I have a lot of other exciting things planned for 2022. Stay subscribed because I’ll be back for NurseCon at Sea in April!

As usual I’m with my husband Brett with two T’s, and I’m going over all of my favorite things this past year. I share my favorite thing this week, which is artificial turf for my pups! Then, Brett and I recap our winter break vacation in the British Virgin Islands. We spotted Jeff Bezos’ mega yacht, and we ran into a bunch of nurses! We also talk about our favorite songs, tv shows, and movies we watched in 2021.

Brett and I reflect on some major milestones from 2021, and our goals for this year. I also cover trends that may shape the nursing profession in 2022. After that, we play a game that quizzes our knowledge on what was searched the most on Google last year.

To wrap up I am reading a BUNCH of shout outs, thank you all for your submissions!

Only a few rooms left on NurseCon at Sea! https://nurseconatsea.com/

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This week’s podcast will be the last one of the year, and it's all about the NCLEX. How is 2021 almost over?? My favorite thing this week is drinking around the world at Epcot! As usual, I’m with my husband Brett with two T’s and we break down our Epcot day with my family. We took my Nan, who has previously been a guest on this podcast and was the star of one of my latest videos. Go check out my TikTok documenting our Epcot trip!

Congratulations to all the nursing students who have recently graduated! Unfortunately, you all aren’t nurses yet. You still have to take the NCLEX. I’m going over the basics of what the NCLEX is, the registration process, and when to take it. I’m also sharing the special trick to see if you passed or failed! Then, I go over the top tips for passing the NCLEX. It’s not like any test you’ve taken in nursing school. Brett and I also play some geographical trivia in honor of drinking around the world.

To wrap up, I answer a “Dear Blake” question and read shout outs submitted on my website nurseblake.com/podcast. Each week we will take on a new nursing topic and bring up questions and stories submitted by our listeners.

Only a few rooms left on NurseCon at Sea! https://nurseconatsea.com/

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What’s up everyone! For this week’s podcast I’m talking all about OB nursing with my husband Brett with two T’s. I’m also mentioning NurseCon at Sea, and the planning cruise I recently sailed on. It's going to be so much fun, and there are only a few rooms left for the sailing in April! Plus, I give a special shout out to the 2021 Nurse Blake Awards winners!

Then I get into the different OB specialties like labor and delivery and postpartum OB nurses, the high pressure around the main event (the birth), and if eating placentas is vegan or not. Our game this week is all about cruising with some true or false Royal Caribbean trivia. I also read some day in the life messages from OB nurses who are NurseCon members.

To wrap up, I answer a “Dear Blake” question from a nursing student. To close out we read shoutouts submitted on my website nurseblake.com/podcast. Each week we will take on a new nursing topic and bring up questions and stories submitted by our listeners.

More giveaways coming soon through NurseCon! https://www.nursecon.com/

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I’m back!! This week I’m in the studio again alongside Brett with two T’s. All good things must come to an end, and the tour is officially over for 2021. Thank you to everyone who came out! My favorite thing is Adele’s new song OMG. I give an update on the Croc saga, I share who’s getting my tour bus next, and Happy Birthday to Brett!

The nursing topic for this week is ER/ED nursing vs. ICU nursing. I go in depth on each specialty and share the similarities and differences. In the ER there’s a lot more unknown, because you never know who’s going to come through the door. I share my experience as an ICU nurse, which is more of a controlled environment. Which specialty would be the best fit for you?

We also play a fun Netflix themed game, and I answer a “Dear Blake” question for a nurse that’s afraid to use her PTO. To close out we read shoutouts submitted on my website nurseblake.com/podcast. Each week we will take on a new nursing topic and bring up questions and stories submitted by our listeners.

More giveaways coming soon through NurseCon! https://www.nursecon.com/

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