HAPPY NURSES WEEK! This is a very special episode, because I’m talking all about Florence Nightingale to kick off Nurses Week. To start the episode, I’m sharing the best method to get the perfect scoop of ice cream with my listeners. I used to microwave my ice cream until I found the ultimate ice cream scooper!
Then I get into the life and legacy of Florence Nightingale. I’m sharing her story in detail to show how her extraordinary efforts in nursing contributed to the development of modern nursing as we know it today.
One part of Florence’s story that remains a mystery is her personal life and relationships. My husband and I share our experience learning more about Florence in London a few years back, and we provide some evidence that may lead some to believe that she was a part of the LBGTQIA+ community. So, was Florence Nightingale queer?
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.
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#8 - Was Florence Queer?

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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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S2E4 Breakroom Gossip: Nurses Week Sucks!

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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S2E3 Breakroom Gossip: AMA (Ask me Anything)

S2 E2 Breakroom Gossip: Life in Nursing School
In this episode of Breakroom Gossip (BRG) follow along as we each share our own nursing school journeys. Listen as Nurse John (TikTok), Kellie (@fabulousrn1) and I, share our advice for nursing school, who had the ugliest uniform (Me!), and what jobs we all held while in school.
Find out who failed their foley insertion skill check off, what the worst thing our nursing school instructors told us, and who barely passed theory.
Play along as we play the game “Culturetags” where we test each other’s knowledge on trending #hashtags. Discover who knows what ‘#yptm’ stands for and listen to all the hilarious guesses at many others.
We look into the future of our careers with help from the Magic 8 Ball and give take home messages to all the amazing nursing students out there.
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S2 E2 Breakroom Gossip: Life in Nursing School

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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#8 - Was Florence Queer?

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