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Hey guys, welcome back to Friends Anonymous. My name is Lindsay and who do I have with me? Hey guys, I'm Nurse Brendan. I'm so excited to meet you. I know, I'm so excited to meet you too. It's crazy. I've literally been watching you since I was in nursing school. So this is insane. When were you in nursing school?
God, when was... I graduated in 2022. Okay. Whenever that was. Okay. Yeah. Whatever. Okay. So not long ago, but also we're not that far apart because I graduated in 2018. Okay. So I feel like we're both...
We're not new grads, but we're not experienced. We're like in the middle, you know? I feel like I'm a veteran. Already? Oh no, you're going down soon. That's not gonna work. So tell us a little bit about yourself. Where did you grow up? Where are you from? If you want, if you want the people to know that stuff. Oh yeah, I would love to share. I'm from a little town in Michigan. I grew up on a farm back in the day.
And I now live in South Carolina and I've been a nurse for almost three years on a step down floor, but it's such MedSurge vibes that I just say I work on MedSurge. Oh, that, okay. That's fair. I was telling you earlier, but like before we started, but I was confused. I was like, is he on MedSurge or is he telling you or does he just understand MedSurge content? Because like, it's perfect. Your content's hilarious, by the way. Thank you. Like, I love it. It's inspiring to me even. So I'm like, oh yeah, I forgot that happened. So you're doing awesome.
Before we get started started, I was going to give you an option of kind of would you rather nurse edition or hot takes nurse edition? I think we should do hot takes. Okay. Ooh, let me pull them up. So one thing I was coming up with and I like got some off Reddit and everything and I was like, this is not necessarily a hot take, but someone might think it is, I guess. Like for instance, one of them was like, this was on Reddit. I was like, this is not a hot take amongst nurses, but yeah.
To the general public. Maybe a hot take. Maybe so. I was like, okay. Like management throwing a pizza party at burnout is offensive. I'm like, not to us. Maybe to admin. Yeah. But that's not a hot take. Like we all... Actually, I do want the pizza. I want the pizza. I still want to eat the pizza, but I want more things to be done too. I'm like, I want higher pay. I want...
I want things to be done. But don't take away the pizza. I still want the pizza. I still want the pizza. Do you think nurses are too nice to people who make our jobs harder? Yes. Yeah. I do. I do think that. Yeah. Do you have an example?
I think we just like get so much shit like thrown at us literally and figuratively and um we're just still have to be nice to the patients like else we could lose our job yeah like if they make a complaint like it's just we're forced to be nice to these people that are just so ungrateful yeah that's a really good point I feel like sometimes the general public doesn't understand just how
And hateful patients can be because not all people would be, they'd be like, I would never treat my nurse like that. But I don't think you realize sometimes a lot of people would treat their nurse like that and they don't care or they're in pain or something's making them act a different way than they typically would. But we still have to just put on a smile and deal with it. Yeah.
CNAs deserve more credit than some nurses. Oh, 100%. I 100% agree with that. I love that too. Yeah, I think that some nurses treat CNAs like they're tech abusers. Like they just make them do their job for them. And that's insane to me.
I also find it so strange some nurses that act like they can't do a quote CNA's job. What is that? Isn't it your job as well? Yeah, no. That's not beneath you. No, we have people that like sleep in the back at our job and make everyone do their stuff. Like why are you here? Yeah, no, literally. Like we're also overworked and annoyed and all the same things too, but we still have to just do it. Yeah. Yeah.
Or like if I have a moment, I'm not going to hunt down my CNA, ask them to get a cup of water and send it. I'm just going to do it. Yeah. Why can't you just do it? Why can't you just? It's two arms, two legs. Yeah. Did you work in healthcare before being a nurse? I didn't. Okay. So this is your first time. It is. I didn't even know how to like roll a patient when I started on my first floor. Like I didn't even know. And I went to school during COVID. And so we didn't go like we were supposed to have clinical in a nursing home.
And we just, we skipped over that. So when I started working on the floor, they were like, we need to boost this patient. I was like, what the fuck does that mean? No, for real. I was like, what do you mean? Like what's going on in this room right now? And so like, I learned a lot of stuff from the techs, like when I was going, so I do have a lot of respect for techs. Yeah. That's a really good point. Going through school during COVID, I always,
oftentimes forgot that a lot of nursing students didn't get hands-on interactions with anyone and then they're just thrown in there and then some of the nurses were so hateful to them and once they're like i i've never walked into patients real room before it was always a simulation yeah it's like it changes everything like you have to like be patient with people and just teach them it's really actually not that fucking hard yeah it's like why are you being a dick
Not every nurse is called to be a nurse. Some of us are just trying to pay bills. Oh, yeah. I think that's true, too. That's me. Yeah. I'll be quite honest. I would say taking care of people is the easy part. I have empathy as a human. Yeah. So I understand taking care of a patient, but I'm also just...
Kind of here to pay my bills. Yeah. To be honest. I mean, at the end of the day, like you're there to pay your bills. Yeah. Like, I mean, yes, I like being a nurse, but like, yeah, that's my job. Right. Right. I didn't like grow up wanting to be a nurse, but some people do. And that's also like, how awesome is it that you get to be paid for your passion? Unfortunately, that's not me. Yeah. No, I agree. I mean, I thought it used to be my passion, but after some of the stuff that we experienced, I'm like, hmm, this is really what it is.
Would you see yourself doing anything else? Honestly, at this point in my life, I would say no. Yeah. Back in the day, I used to think I thought I wanted to be a dentist. But then I was like, I don't want to look in people's mouths all day. After seeing black hairy tongue, if you don't know what that is, it's disgusting. Yeah. Yeah, I could never do it. I think teeth kind of get me too. Like I...
In the ICU, we're always cleaning people's mouths, but I couldn't. And that's different than opening someone's mouth and just looking directly in it. And also, halitosis. Halitosis. Bad breath, if you don't know what that is. Like, all...
I just, I don't know about that. I don't want to deal with that. I didn't realize how many people had such poor dental hygiene until I did work in a dental office for a little bit. And I was like, this is disgusting. It's not your thing. Yeah, this is not my thing anymore. Is there anything in the hospital that kind of makes you, that would make you gag? Or can you cover it up? Can you be like, okay, this is gross, but... I feel like I'm pretty good with everything. I think growing up on the farm, like, helped me. Because a lot of people are, like, over there gagging over, like, smells and stuff. And I'm like...
This is not the anger to what I grew up with. You're in South Carolina right now? Okay, so that's funny. I was talking to my friend Ariel and I was like, we were trying to decide where you were from. But I was showing her your videos and we were like, that's not a Carolina accent. That is like a little maybe north somewhere, but like Michigan makes sense. Yeah. A lot of people think I'm from Canada, but that's not. Do you say A?
I think it's how I say like bag or chapstick. Oh, yeah. Chapstick. That's okay. That's cute. We'll do one more and then we'll get into the other stories. If your whole personality is I'm blank specialty, I'm ICU, I'm ER, I'm whatever. It's really actually only those two. I feel like I'm ICU or I'm ER. You're exhausting.
Yes. I would say yes. It's true though. It's like, I kind of think like. Some people make it their whole personality. Yeah. Yeah. And you could be an ICU nurse and still like have stuff outside of it that makes you a person. But I feel like sometimes people just like, it's just that. Yeah. It's what defines them. Yeah. And I also feel like those are the people that are hard to work with. Oh, a hundred percent. It's like, oh, this is, this is you. Yeah. Yeah.
That's you only. There's nothing past that. So it makes it kind of like, but I feel like obviously if it's just like a part of you, then it's different. You know, like I am an ICU nurse, but I do not want that to be my whole personality actually. Even though that's what my whole like platform is. I'm like, well, I have other things, but that's it. I feel like you do other things though than just like,
that type of stuff though. I try to because I'm like... You don't act like an ICU nurse though. When everyone thinks I'm an ER nurse, I'm like, is that a compliment? Wait a second. I get that all the time too. They're like, oh, you definitely give ER nurse vibes. I'm like, what do you mean? It's because you're funny. I'm telling you. Okay, so I asked some of our followers to send unhinged stories. Left it at that. Like whatever you think is unhinged. So we got a few in. Some of them I actually could not read on here. I was like, that's...
even inappropriate for me like and that's like raising the bar i was like damn so i have this one for you though and so i'm just gonna read it we'll kind of discuss it and if you have commentary feel free okay okay
One of my stories is from a nursing home that I used to work at as a CNA. I had only worked at this place for at least a week, and they already tried to have me train someone, even though I was still figuring things out for myself. So I get assigned to train this guy, and it was his first CNA slash medical job in general. We and another hospital CNA went all together to transfer a woman into a bed so that we could change her brief.
I figured this would be a great teaching moment for this guy since it was his first time doing anything like this. So I was maturely professionally trying to explain to him the importance of cleaning women and their perineal area because of how common it is for us to get infections. He begins to chuckle like a 10 year old boy hearing the word vagina. And I asked what was so funny? And he was just like, I'm not used to the terminology.
While explaining all of this to him, the other hospice nurse is just about to start cleaning the resident herself when I told her to wait a moment. This would be a great opportunity for him to learn to do it. And the way he looked at me was the equivalent to me theoretically asking him to jump off a bridge into shark infested water. So at first, he doesn't want to do it and steps away, holding up his hand, saying he didn't feel comfortable and I wasn't trying to be insensitive, but he would have to do this for his job anyway. Like, get in there.
Finally, I convinced him that he should do this. And after one second of him doing it, he looks up at me mortified. And I asked him what was wrong. He says, quote, well, I should have to ask for consent first, right? And I basically just tried to get him to continue. And he looks at me with the same mortified look and says, wait, so does this make me like a predator? What? What's going on? What is going on? And I'm thinking, what the fuck?
Mind you, this is all being said in front of the resident. Side note, if you don't know, residents in a nursing home are patients. Afterwards, I pull him aside and tell him that if he has questions like this, then we need to not ask in front of the poor lady. So before my 2 to 10 p.m. shift ends,
I had stopped at Jimmy John's to get a sandwich to eat. There's like three major topics. I'm like, wow. I stopped at Jimmy John's to get a bite to eat when I had a second and had a few minutes catching up on charting whenever I was eating this.
He then turns to me and says, quote, you know, it would be best if you finish your meal and then start teaching me. I was confused and asked him why. He says, because I didn't bring anything for me to eat and I'm really, really hungry and you're really hurting my feelings without with not sharing with me. I go in, I go and show him that there are plenty of snacks in the nurse's station and everything. But he just pouted and said he would survive off of his Mountain Dew.
One of the last notable things he said and did during the shift was trying to ask me the same question, but in different ways throughout the shift. So he basically asked me how I was able to work in the medical field and also be married.
I clearly was confused and asked him to explain the question multiple times. So he asks again, quote, how are you able to take care of male patients while being married? And I tell him basically to just ask what he wants because I'm not understanding what he's asking. Well, it's just that throughout this shift, you and I have worked so physically close together and it makes me nervous to work around female coworkers and patients because I don't know if I would be able to fight my temptations.
Luckily, the shift was over soon. But after the level of uncomfortable feelings, I felt working with him and his questions were just insane. I kept thinking I was being pranked because I was like, there's no way someone could really be like him. But unfortunately, it wasn't a prank. Thanks for letting me tell you my story.
Yeah, it was like all over the place. When I first read it, I was like, whoa, is this the same shift, same person? But yeah, there's like a lot going on there. That's the same person. My first question is, does he still work there? I know. I wish I had the time to ask. I would highly doubt he still works there, but there's like so many red flags. The first one being the last part, like how are you allowed to work here while being married? What did you think you weren't going to see here?
anyone's private parts. Like that's part of, that's a big part of our job is, you know, and with dignity seeing someone naked. So it's like, that's, that's very normal. But like, why, what did he think he was signing up for? Right. Right. Consider what? What are you talking about? She needs to be. What are you not doing to her? Why do you need to get?
I'm sorry, what are we talking about? That's just so awkward. I actually wouldn't even know how to respond to someone like this. And I get nursing students, so I'm like, people ask questions. And there are dumb questions, but I will never make someone feel dumb for asking a question. They should always ask questions. I ask stupid questions. But these are strange. Yeah. And the Jimmy Johns thing. Like, why would she have to share? I mean...
are you okay? And also there's snacks. Are you okay at home? Yeah. Are you okay at home? Is everything, do you feel safe at home? Just strange. Yeah. Really awkward. I hope he doesn't work there anymore. And honestly, I hope you don't work there anymore. I know. I know. One of you has to go, but definitely him. Okay. So next story. So PT gets my patient who has not pooped for days up onto the commode, right? Not just the commode,
They shoved a pink basin into the commode and so the correct bowl thing made for it. I already know where this is going to. They proceeded to leave my patient there unattended. I go help me ma off the commode. Me ma. My type of person. I go help me ma off the commode when that little pink basin comes crashing down to the floor with a force like no other. Shit and piss go flying everywhere. We get me ma safe into the bed and I mean covered and saturated in feces.
I end up naked in the bathroom. What? Wait, they ended up naked in the bathroom? Yeah, I think the nurse. Like I was so covered with piss and shit that my underwear was gone and everything except my bra. So I had not read this part. So I had to wait in the bathroom for 30 minutes and strip down naked while EVS came to bring me scrubs. Lesson of the story. Do not shove a pink basin into the commode just because you can't find the right parts.
That would suck. Yeah. But why did she get naked? Why did you get naked? I guess she really must have been covered in shit. Yeah. How much did Meemaw go? Yeah. That's what I thought. What's going on? Honestly, I had a patient once. He hadn't gone to the bathroom in days. And he had a normal commode that he was going in. When he got off, I swear to God, it was three-fourths of the way full of Bristol Stoll. I'm trying to think. Pretty liquid shit. And I was like, how did that come out of you?
Like that's way too much poop. For one person to have inside of them. I'm like, how? Okay. Your stomach really must have been hurting. That's just too much. Have you ever had to change scrubs at work? Honestly, I should have one time, but I didn't because I was just like so overstimulated. We had a code one time and a patient, when we were doing compressions, they like exploded. Oh, no.
yeah and it I don't know if it got on me I really don't know what happened but and I should have probably changed but I didn't and that's so embarrassing to say but no it's not I feel like I've definitely had some type of bodily fluids on me and maybe I should have changed them yeah but we're like whatever I'm just like anyway I'm used to it yeah if I stink let me
know but I really have no clue what's going on when I have to be drenched yeah for me to like change yeah I don't want to get naked at work like I can't and like where's the shower they're not there's not always a shower for us like oh I don't know where that is I'm not doing that at work either I'm not doing that I didn't even do that in high school after I got done with sports I was too scared it's closeted like no no no no this isn't gonna work
Let's see. Okay, so I have a few options for you here. Do you want to read? Most disturbing gifts a patient has ever given you? Wild hospital dating stories. I met a hospital COO on Hinge and he asked me if I was one of those lucky nurses who has had to work three 12s a week. I don't know what's lucky about that. Juicy hospital drama.
Oh, juicy. Wait. Wait, I just thought you told me something before we started this. Yeah. And I want to hear it again. Okay. We could do that. Oh, yeah. 100%. Do you want to read the story first or do you want me? Yeah. Okay. I'll read the story. Let's start with
We'll do the juicy hospital drama, but to tie into your story, we'll do the, I met a hospital COO. It's actually not a long story. It's just people chiming in on things. So it's from r slash nursing. I met a hospital COO on hinge and he asked me if I was one of those lucky nurses who only has to work 12, three 12s a week, taking suggestions on how to respond. Someone else said, not helpful for your situation, but I did match with a pharmacist one time. I asked him where my meds were and he unmatched them.
He's like, I'm not dealing with the tough side of work. I didn't come here to talk work for one. Check the fridge. Yeah. Yeah. If he had told you to check the fridge, he would be the one. Is that what it says? You were right on target.
We'll go into this one. This is from r slash nursing wild hospital dating stories. Coworker nurse dated a locum doctor who said he was in a relationship. They continued dating once he went back to his home site. She said she would routinely take the five hour five plus hours to go see him and hook up with him in a spare apartment that supposedly he and his girlfriend would use for their hookups.
Two weeks before his girlfriend gave birth to their child, everyone learned that he was in fact in an open relationship and was actually just cheating with my coworker. How would you be in an open relationship and be cheating? But maybe whatever. And four other women, two who were in a new hospital in different departments. Dude is a straight up hoe.
Oh.
I feel like these stories actually happen quite often in the hospital. I had a segment. I was doing like confessions for a while on my Instagram. And most of the confessions were cheating stories about people in the hospital, whether it be them or someone they know. And I'm like, oh. Yeah. The hospital is kind of like a glorified brothel in a way. Like it really is. It really is. Yeah.
I don't understand why people... I mean, maybe it's because we spend so much time together and it ends up being like... Maybe so. Something more... Maybe so. But what I find strange is my husband is also a nurse. And when we both started nursing, we started on the same unit. But our unit was split into two floors. So there was like...
fourth and fifth floor. So they would always have a split, which I found interesting. So I was like, I would never do anything sexual here at the hospital. I always thought it was about like, do they think we're getting Grey's Anatomy this? Like we have a house. Like I don't understand. Why can't we work on the same unit? But I thought maybe it's more so for like,
drug diversion and stuff because I didn't ever understand it but then you have people like this and I know they're fucking in like the supply room or something like that so I'm like the massage chair in the break room they're just like you don't sit in that I wouldn't sit in that I would bring like some purple wipes before I sit in that some purple wipes just let them marinate on there
Do you have any dating stories with coworkers? I do. When I first became a nurse, I saw this guy and I was like, oh my God, he looks really familiar. And I remembered that he was from a dating app that I once was a part of called Grindr. You may have heard of it if you're gay. Yes.
And I... We started talking again. One thing led to another and we ended up dating. And this is when he was just a nurse on my floor. And then some time passed on and he ended up becoming my supervisor. And so we...
Still kept our relationship. But here's the thing. He was very closeted. So no one was allowed to know in the hospital. Even if we wanted to go on a date, we had to drive like two hours away to go on a date. But I just kind of like put up with it. It was my first boyfriend. So I was kind of just like, oh, this is fun. Like, this is fine. And so a little time passed and he started acting kind of different. And I thought I was like, oh, maybe it's just because he got this new job. He thinks he's like...
really cool yeah like something and so some time passed and we had this notes app on our phone and it had all our date ideas on it and he opened it up and it ended up being like a hookup list and so it had all these names on it and mine wasn't at the bottom it was like in the middle and
And I noticed one of the names and it was actually a girl and it was someone that worked in the ICU. And so we came together and I found out he was cheating on me, blah, blah, blah. I quit my job, put in the two weeks. Then I moved to South Carolina and I shaved off my hair too. I had a full Britney Spears moment. It was actually crazy. And yeah, but...
I mean, is that why you moved? Yeah, it actually is. But maybe it was for the better. Oh, a hundred percent. You seem to be really happy with where you're at. No, I do. I love it. Like at the time I was just kind of doing it just to like change my life. Like I didn't know what else to do. And, but now, I mean, I'm doing great. Yeah. So thank you.
you're listening to this thank you no thank you that's awesome I mean yeah it turned out to be a good thing for you yeah um I have a lot of stories I feel like that I told Ariel one but after I told her one I started thinking of more being a traveler I hear a lot of drama on the unit yeah but I'm never like
super involved in it because they don't know me know me but I can I hear everything and I'm like oh wow oh so someone's fucking him but he has a husband or a wife and da da da like it's just it's just so much drama one of the travel contracts I worked at there was a girl who had like three kids um
a husband and another traveler who had a baby, a baby mama at home, you know, all the things like he would go home on his breaks and come back. What it's funny when you meet these people, cause you're like, oh, nice. Okay. So like you're married like me, da, da, da. Um, couldn't find two of them one day.
both their patients unattended on an ICU and you're like, okay, that's four unattended patients. Where the fuck are they? And actually I'm really lax. I don't care if you need a break, whatever, but tell me so I know you're gone. But I noticed these patients, their alarms were going off multiple times and I was having to get into the chart, what meds do they need? And I was like, where the fuck are these people?
And I couldn't, we never found them like together, but a week or so later, one of them got fired and I'm hearing them all talk in the nurse's station. And it's because they were leaving the hospital, going to their car, fucking, and then coming back, which I was like, I,
Again, I don't care what you do with your personal life, but also like, tell me you're going to leave. Yeah. Because these four ICU patients totally unattended. What if they like started coding and they're like out with the car? I'm talking like an hour they would be gone. And I'm like,
And this isn't... You're not on lunch break. You're not doing anything. Where are you? Yeah. Like, it's concerning. So this other contract I worked, there was a guy, super flirty. And, you know, I didn't think anything of it because sometimes that's just people's personality. But I got around the unit that he had slept with four different nurses that worked there, two travelers and two staff. On the same unit? On the same unit. What? He had only been there for a 13-week contract. So I was like...
I mean do your thing I'm not judging but I'm just like sister wives nurses yeah literally like do you guys know and they didn't know that oh my god so I was like and he had a kid at home too with a baby mama how do people do this how do you have the time it's a little sketch I'm like what are you doing it was more so just an eye opener I was like okay so this is what people do what people can do I guess what people can do yeah why I have trust issues why I have trust issues which is just like hmm kind
Kind of sad, but I would, I'd kill my husband. Yeah. And I would be there with you. If I'm one night, I'm like, please come on. It's time to bury this man.
Okay, so I have another... We're kind of jumping all over the place with topics, but... Oh, that's fine. That's how my brain works anyways. Me too. That's why I'm like, okay, I'm bored next. So you wanted to read Juiciest Grey's Anatomy-like drama. Some of these are pretty short, but there's multiple of them where I'm like, oh, okay. And sometimes I'm like, are these real? Yeah. Because... But then sometimes I've seen stuff and I'm like, well, that's real. So...
Yeah. I feel like they have to be real. I know. I'm just going to give them the benefit of the doubt. We have to because people are crazy. And it's fun. It's what makes life entertaining. As a patient care tech, I've hooked up with a doctor. He told me to meet him at his hotel and he would be getting us Mexican food. I get there. It was Taco Bell. Before even kissing, he asked me. It's like Taco Bell. Taco Bell.
Okay. I love Taco Bell. I mean, that's how you got to win me over, honestly. You get me a chicken quesadilla. I'm sad. What do you want to do now? He said, before even kissing, he asked me if he can put it in my butt. And that's why I'm like, the Taco Bell? Yeah. Or something else. Which, again, fine. But which one are we talking about? There's no other details. I'm like, you can't leave us hanging like that. Yeah.
Comment below, please. Let us know what you're talking about. Have you ever had a patient slip and fall on anything? Yes. Have you? Yeah. Because I always wondered, do they make it to med surge? They do. And we had one person that said that he slipped and fell on a curling iron. Yeah. It's just like,
I am really not judging you for doing anything like that. But there are like adult toys that you can get back out. Yeah. Like a flare base. A flare base. Well, I was just on the cruise the other day. I did an interview with someone. They said that they had a lemon. Someone come up with a lemon. Yeah. I just feel like all the acidity and stuff. Oh, yeah. They had to go to the OR to get emergent surgery. Yeah. I think people assume that if all else fails, they can poop it out.
But you can't. Yeah. I had a patient with multiple boiled eggs. What? Why would they put a boiled egg? I was like, so they never, obviously a lot of people don't ever like confess or like take accountability for it, which is totally fine, whatever. But I always think just like, I want to know what, where your thought process was. Yes. With the shell on.
The shell on two? The shell was on. How did it not crack when they were putting, how much lube did they use? I know, right? How much lube did they use? And like, why multiple? Why not one? Was one not enough? Was one not enough? They're like, I don't feel that one. Like maybe I can poop one out. But there was three. So I was like, wow, three. And it was like, two wasn't enough. The imaging was like, poop, poop. It was like,
Like maybe you had like a chicken fetish or like I don't understand what the
I don't understand. And again, like some people get really upset whenever I talk about this because they're like, you're kink shaming. I'm not kink shaming. That's not a kink. That's not a kink. It's shoving ass up your ass. Yeah, it's not a kink. If you like shoving shit up your ass, get a flare base. Yeah. That's all we're saying. Have you heard? Sorry, sorry. I don't know. You're good. You're like, I shouldn't say what I was going to say. Have you heard of sounding? Okay, so this is traumatizing. You would be, you'll be like, what the fuck? Um,
When I was a new grad, I got a patient and in the notes somewhere, I don't remember exactly how it said it, but it said something about sounding. And I was like, sounding what? Sounding something out? Like, is this a noun? I don't understand what this means. So I started asking people and it's essentially when someone takes pleasure in shoving things up their urethra. What? Yeah. It's called sounding. Okay.
That's a real thing. It's a real thing. And people find pleasure in that. I've only seen it once in my whole career. And I was literally still in orientation. I was like...
This job is crazy. I get soap up mine sometimes and like I am jumping in the shower because it hurts so bad. Like absolutely not. Yeah, but they just shove it up for fun. Shove it up for fun. And it gets stuck. Well, not to kink shame, but. Yeah, I know. I was like, I guess that is a kink, but again, it's just so unsafe. So I'm like, you're going to get surgery. Like I guess unless it's like a catheter that you can pull out yourself and
Someone does a catheter for fun. They ask for a few to take home. It's like, oh, okay. But it's just so strange. I didn't know that was a real thing. I know. I didn't either. I was like, oh, okay. I learned something today. Right? Thank you. You're welcome. You're welcome. I feel like that's one that I'm like, oh, I've got one you may have not heard of. That's like my one thing. My fun fact for the day. Okay. So the next comment is,
Okay, so weekend option night shift was something extra special where I used to work. Best one was an RN was sleeping with a security guard. Classic. Security guard's pregnant wife works in billing. RN and security guard are doing their thing and in a back stairwell. Security guard's mother-in-law comes bursting out of the elevator looking for him frantically. Wife is in labor one floor up.
I literally can't make this shit up. I swear to God. Small town drama. Small town drama. Small town drama. It's like...
Again, what are you thinking? Yeah. Also, the stairwell. You could go to somewhere a little bit more private. Yeah, a closet. They're like, we're not doing that in a closet. No. And people come up and down the whole time. I know. Do they not get caught the whole... Is it the thrill of possibly being caught? Maybe. Maybe that's what it is. Because I don't fully get it. But I've been married for 10 years, so I'm like, things are not...
what they used to be well as someone that's been single for a while i you don't get it either i don't get it either okay good maybe we're both just out of touch yeah i guess so something it's like okay
We had a neurosurgeon who was super into BDSM. He'd sneak his subs into the call room when he'd do an overnight call. One day, he gagged, blindfolded, and tied his sub to the shower head in the call room's bathroom completely naked while going downstairs to check out a consult. One of the previous residents who was on call came back to the call room to get something. He left behind and found the girl.
blindfolded and tied to the shower head
She's just standing there like, hey, what's up? Why would you stay there? Yeah. That's my thing. I would be like, okay, well, if you have to leave, at least untie me. At least untie me. Close the curtain. Do something. I know. That's so embarrassing, too, because then you're just like, oh, my God, you're back. She probably thought it was him coming back in, and she's just tied up to the shower. It's too much. And why are people doing this at work? At work. That's where I'm like, again, I don't give a fuck what you do with your sexual life. Yeah, go home.
Go home. You got 12 hours off. The hospital's gross. Yeah. Hospital's really gross. You're going to get MRSA in your vagina. No. Oh, no. That would just be so bad. Speaking of MRSA in the vagina. Is that a story? Also, when I was a new grad, I actually don't know what caused this, but I'm like, oh, I wonder if that could cause this. I had a patient that...
This is not funny about the patient. It's just a strange situation, by the way. I was cleaning the patient up. She had a bowel movement. She was vented sedated. Bedrest. Kept cleaning her up and poop just kept appearing. And I was like, what is happening? I've cleaned this patient multiple times. It's not coming out of her ass.
It's coming out of her vagina. And I was like, I've never seen this before. And I was like, maybe I was like gaslighting myself because I was a new girl. I was like, no, that can't be right. That doesn't, that's not how that works. I went and told the doctor. He was like, no, that's not, that's not right. And I was like, okay, well, next bowel movement. I was cleaning her. I was like, no, I swear to God, it's coming out of her vagina. She had a fistula. Yeah. In between. I had never heard or seen that. We had that happen to a guy and it was coming out of his penis. Oh no.
Yeah. I like, I literally was like squirming in the room. That was like the one thing that like, I've never usually like squirming at a patient's room, but like watching him go through that. Like I've, it just makes you realize that it's a possibility. So then you're like,
And then we tried... They wanted us to try to straight calf him. And it literally... You could hear the air coming out, like the gas. But it was too thick to come out. It was crazy. How did... Did he have to go to surgery? He ended up passing away. Oh, because of that? Like infection? Oh, that... I'm...
not sure what happened to my patient. She was a frequent flyer at this hospital. There were a lot of other things wrong with her too, but she had to go to surgery to try to fix it. But they, I do know that they couldn't fix it at least the time that I had her. And I was just like,
like how does it even begin like that what it's just crazy what does the body do yeah what is what is it doing what is it not doing because like how did that happen i wish we could find out what happens to the patients after they leave like i wish there was like you know like at the end of the movie when there's like three months later yeah i wish we had something like that but for the patient yeah that'd be nice because it's
like you kind of get wrapped up in their lives oh yeah especially the ones that are there for like a minute too like we had a patient that was on our floor for like 100 days and i mean we were just talking about him i wonder what he's doing now yeah like is he still alive is he out there is he thriving is he thrive i doubt he's thriving yeah knowing what we know you're like uh um
We also had a patient, have you ever had, this is again, nothing to do, this is ADHD happening with my brain. Have you ever had feces thrown at you? Oh, yeah. Or urine? Yeah. The fact that, so I tell a lot of my friends that are not healthcare workers, it's like pain is relative and we all have like a bad day at work.
But have they had feces thrown at them? And I'm just like, not that they can't complain about their job, but I'm just like the fact that almost every nurse I talked to has had feces or urine or vomit or something, some bodily fluid thrown at them. I'm just like, they don't get it. Get spit on.
uh that actually sends me into almost a blackout rage i'm like do we do we start fighting the patient i want to in my head i am we do not spit on people what the fuck is wrong i mean you don't throw your shit on people either but spitting is so like draw the line right the spit is where i draw the line shit it's like all right i get it i get it i'll do that too you got there but spitting is just i mean obviously it's all disrespectful but it's just so personal like you're by their it was when i'm by their face and they spit at me and i'm like
I can't hit you, but I want to. Yeah. I want to. That's so disrespectful. Catch me outside this hospital. Catch me outside. How about that? This is so disrespectful. I had a lady one time that threw a plate at me with food on it because she didn't like the food. So she literally just threw it at me.
She messed, but she threw it at me. Did you say you messed? I literally was like, well, now your chicken's on the floor. So I don't know what we're going to do. I had a guest yesterday and I was telling her about a, I was floated to ER. I'm an ICU nurse floated to ER. So it's a little bit out of my realm. But I was having a couple ICU holds when they needed me to take another ER patient that was waiting for a room.
i opened the curtain and i'm like hi my name's lindsay immediately episode with me it's 7 00 a.m shift change i'm like oh i haven't even seen you yet how are you mad at me like what have i done to you i get a minute please here for one second literally so i was like and i was in the best mood i was like you know what today's gonna be a great day like words of affirmation all the way to the to the shift i'm like we're gonna have a great day you're gonna like you bitch so
she's really upset just yelling at me a bunch of stuff and I'm like okay calm down I'm trying to help you and that was probably my fault for saying calm down but that just set her off even more so I said you know what I'm gonna turn I'm gonna leave and come back when she said it's almost like with a baby like an infant you gotta set him down and walk away sometimes like she's crying I gotta go so I left um you can still hear her screaming and whatnot I check on her one more time and she threw a tray which I was like
You're not getting more food when you do that. Yeah. Unless you really change your act. But you're not going to get more food when you do that. And I bet you're fucking hungry. Her daughter calls and pretty much just told me she's so sorry. She wants you to come back in there and apologize. And I was like, okay. I'll be in there when I get in there. She's just going to have to wait because I'm still passing meds. I go in there and completely changed. But she was upset about the shift before. And while I understand that you're upset about something, like,
Give your next nurse a fucking chance. I didn't do that. Yeah. Whatever you were upset about. Like we had nothing to do with whatever. Literally nothing. That nurse did. Literally nothing. And she was like really remorseful the rest of the shift. So I was like, okay. But I'm just like, aren't you embarrassed? Yeah. I do wonder that like with some of the, like how some of these people act when they're like A&O, like I just wonder if they're just embarrassed. Right. At a point because there's so many people, if they're confused, like there's nothing they can do about that.
about that. I'm not even talking about the people. Actually, I was going to bring this up to like the general public likes to get really upset when we talk about certain patients. Like, well, maybe they're confused. Maybe they're not with not within their right mind. Not the ones I'm speaking of are alert and oriented times for they know exactly what's happening. They know why they're there.
Some people are just assholes. Yeah. And I think people forget that. Yeah. I'm like, no. I would love to see them go on the floor, a med-surg floor. I literally have said this before that I think that there should be, you know how they have jury duty? Yes. I think that you should have to do that for like a med-surg floor.
I love that. Day shift and night shift. I love that. On a full moon. That's what I think. On a full moon, specifically. And you have to have a confused UTI patient and a combative patient that's anal. Yes, I love that. Those are the requirements. And one throws some bodily fluid at you. Yeah, and you don't get to pick. You don't get to pick. It's random. It's a surprise. Yeah, because I just feel like the general public just really doesn't get it. I also had someone write in to me the other day telling me that...
Her friend's boyfriend, they had like this lengthy conversation about, well, we signed up for it. What are you complaining for? We didn't sign. When I was in nursing school, I don't recall there being a section on shit being thrown at me. No, no. I don't remember anything. Any type of assault. No, thank you. Did not sign up for that. No, I didn't. No. I mean, I learned that the potassium was 3.5 to 5. 3.5 to 4.5? Yeah. But that's it. Yeah. And it's like, no, no, no.
No, that's not true. You could actually get me really angry if people really want to have a conversation like that though. Cause I'm like,
You don't get it. I know so many people do comment like, oh, you signed up for this. Why are you complaining? Like, shut the fuck up. Please shut the fuck up. Come see, go through nursing school and then compare it to what actually happens like in the real world. Yeah. And then we'll talk. And it's like the amount of people who leave this job compared to other jobs, it's astronomical. So like that should tell you something. No, we did not sign up for it because most of us didn't know that was going to happen. Yeah. I remember my first day on my job. I literally walked in and I was like,
just so I didn't know anything at the time but I walked in and the nurse that I was with she asked the patient if we could get her anything and she was like a gun and I was like okay I'm like this is how this is gonna go all right cool it's really set off on a good foot okay so Brendan you're on TikTok yeah yeah how did you get started or why did you want to get started on TikTok I
I've honestly always wanted to do something like creation wise because I've always feel like I've had a creative mind in a way, but I've always been scared to do it. And so then I just decided to jump into it and I kind of did it as a joke, but then I had a video that did really good about raising up a charge nurse. And then that just like,
like a fire in me in a way. And I feel like it was that kind of how it was for you too. It was. I think I started posting in late 2021. I was burnt out from COVID, which is so crazy to say because I was only like a three-year-old nurse, but I was very just over it. And the only reason I would open TikTok was to laugh. I was like, get my mind off of anything. And I came across a funny video. It was actually a waitress, but it resonated with nursing. And I was like,
I could totally make that about nursing. Like, that would be so funny to me. I was like, well, I'm just going to make it, throw it up there. Threw it up there. I didn't actually even really know how TikTok worked as, like, a creator, just as a consumer. So I turned my phone off and then I went to bed. And when I woke up, I was like, oh, wait, that actually did, like, kind of good. So I just kept going with it because it was fun. You know, it's like, I like being creative too. Yeah. It's like, it's just so fun to, like, make stuff and, like, make people laugh. Like, I think that, like, the whole...
of that I'm making someone laugh and like actually like making them smile. Like it just makes me really happy. Like hearing people say they like my TikToks and stuff. It just, that like fuels my passion too for it. - Yeah. Do you have any advice for anyone that wants to start TikTok or? - Just do it. - Just do it. - Yeah, honestly, like I get, I still get nervous to post things sometimes,
but honestly just do it. Like I'm sure someone's going to find your content relatable, funny, something like someone's going to like it. I think a piece of advice I always give too is like you can't please everyone. Someone will be upset about whatever you post. You could wear a pink shirt and they'd be like, why aren't you wearing green? And it's just so strange. Like, so you have to ignore stuff like that because you will find your people as long as you're not being like,
I don't know. A total dickhead. Yeah, racist or homophobic. A total dickhead. But honestly, not a lot of people in healthcare will understand our comedy, especially with dark humor. So if you are like that at all, you just have to keep going. Yeah. Because your people will get it. Yeah, 100%. Yeah.
Do you see yourself doing anything else outside of TikTok? Like, do you have goals or different like things that have started popping into your head or seeing where it goes? I guess we'll see where it goes. I've always dreamed about being on like some type of reality show. I would love to be on like Big Brother. Oh, that'd be awesome. I think I would do so good at Big Brother.
Okay. And that's my dream. Other than that, I don't know. I'm kind of open to whatever. I thought about maybe trying out like stand up. Yeah. I just don't know. It's kind of scary. Like getting in front of it before I haven't done stand up, but I started acting classes and like an improv class. Um,
I wanted to literally the the anxiety I got in my chest because it's one thing filming myself by myself or with my husband I'm like who gives a but like people who don't know me too I'm like oh I have to get up here and like just perform making me want to vomit but it's also cool because it's like challenging in a way so like I feel like if you want to do that you should try you should do something that would lead you that way and see what where it goes
We'll see what happens. So is there anything people really like, especially like new grads, they love watching other creators on here. Is there any advice you would have for a new grad or someone struggling or anything you want to get off your chest?
If you're a new grad, you're going to feel like you don't know anything when you first start on the floor. But just honestly keep going with it. It gets so much better. I remember when I first started and I felt like the biggest idiot on the floor. Like I was like, am I even made out for this? But just ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask. Ask anyone. Ask the techs. Ask the nurses. Yeah. Even ask the doctors if you're really feeling frisky. But like go for it. Like it does get better. I just remember being so nervous back when I first started. Yeah.
And just feeling dumb. Yeah. I mean, I still feel dumb. Don't get me wrong. But it does get so much better. Yeah. I mean, I've been a nurse for six years and I still feel dumb a lot of times. I'm like, oh, it's because you're constantly learning new things or seeing new things. Like I just found out what sounding was today. Yeah, exactly. And it's just different at every hospital and every unit. It's nice to just encourage them because being in that position is hard.
especially when you don't realize that everyone feels that way. Like you think you're the only dumb one there. No, feeling dumb. Everyone feels you're not done. Yeah. It's just new information. So that's good advice. Well, where can everyone find you? You can find me on Tik TOK, Instagram. And I think that's it right now. Okay. I feel like that's it. I will have the links to Brennan's social medias in the description. And thanks so much for being here. Thank you for having me. Bye.
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