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You know one thing, like my intrusive thought wants me to ever like just me fixing a room and do like a whole like content creation about it. If it's not HIPAA or privacy violation, I would like to like knee down a whole bed. Literally. Put a pump in like ASMR. That would be so fun. I want to wear a GoPro so bad. But you know, HIPAA be out here dragging folks down. Yeah, no, no.
Hey, Bessie, it's your favorite caffeinated, medicated and never hydrated nurse. And welcome back to your favorite podcast. I beg your pardon, Bessie. I miss you so much. Another week, another YAP session, another therapy for us to be together. And I'm super excited to be here with you wherever you are right now at work, at home, at home.
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And now, you're probably wondering who's our guest for this week of the podcast. It's none other than the baddest bitch out there. The newest bitch.
nursing okay and he's a content creator he's a model he's a lifestyle creator he's everything Lorenzo hello baby hello hello thank you so much for having me today oh my god thank you so much for coming to the I beg your pardon podcast and coming to the show tonight I'm super excited um
I mean, there ain't nothing else to do down here. Like he said, it's real south. So what else would I be doing other than being at work? We're just looking around. You know what I mean? But thanks for coming into the podcast. I've been, you know, listen, I've been seeing you yap in social media. And I was like, this man is so fun. He just say whatever is in his mind and he just do whatever he wants. And he's so cool. He's so fun. And like you make me.
Being new grad as a nurse, more fun, less anxiety provoking and like, you know, normalizing that shit's going to go down. But guess what? You can still be a bad bitch. Period. That's the number one rule. Thank you. Got to be a bad bitch the whole time. You know, even when you falling apart.
Thank you so much. You still got to be a bad bitch. You know what I'm saying? That's right. Now, Lorenzo, for people listening right now, they're probably going to want to know you deeper just as Lorenzo, a nurse or Lorenzo's lifestyle or a model. But like, tell us more about you.
Let's go down deep south. Deep south. Okay. Deep south, like birth. Like Florida? Like Florida south. Okay. Hold on. I might have to take you up on it. So I'm actually from Ohio, which is crazy to think about. It's been a long time. I was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. And I moved to Georgia probably like 13, 14 years ago.
My mama watching this, you ain't got to correct the camera. It's okay. I don't know. It's been a long time. But yeah, so I came from down there, from Ohio, moved down here, started school. And honestly, that's pretty much it to this point. You know, nothing too crazy. Just kidding.
And do you have any siblings? Yes. So I have two siblings on my mother's side, Lourdes and Terrence. Lourdes is... Wait, wait a second. Okay. You got to backtrack a little bit. Lourdes and Lorenzo. Lorenzo is very Spanish. Are you Spanish? Yes, I'm Mexican. Hold on. You're Mexican...
Oh my God. Holy shit. Hey, please. I don't know medical Spanish though. Don't take that. Don't take that one. That's literally a third language is medical Spanish. Oh, that's literally. I know. Right. So you're half Mexican and half. Yep. Half Mexican, half black. My dad is Mexican and my mom is black. Oh, black from where?
columbus ohio i guess columbus that's all i know i know my friend tia tia shout out to my girl tia i didn't know she's jamaican and haitian yeah and i was like wait a second okay that's my girl yep jamaican and haitian mexican and black now i don't know where my black side is from because i mean the furthest i can think back is like alabama alabama okay and then my mexican side it's called aguascalientes mexico
Oh, shit. Whatever the fuck you said. Yeah. I said Mexico. I mean, it's hot water Mexico, but I don't know what's there. I don't know who's there. I could have a cousin or seven. I really don't know. Oh, that's fine. But they all were living in Ohio for most part of their lives. From what I know, yes. I don't investigate too much now. Not anymore. Yeah. Sometimes the patient history, you just got to get what's going on right now. Oh.
He's so fucking funny. Okay, so you have siblings in your mother's side and any from your father's side? Nope. Nope, nothing? Just me. Oh, just you. So you're basically a single, not a single, stupid. You're an only child. Yes, on my dad's side. Me too.
I'm an only child. I don't know what my dad did and if I have any siblings from there. That's why when you asked me, I was like, I'm the only one. I don't know where my dad at. I don't know if I got siblings, half siblings or anything, but I know I'm an only child right now. No. So I know where my dad at, but I don't know what he did up to this point. So... No. No. No.
No knowledge. No knowledge. Okay. And so growing up, was there any influence in your life that made you want to become a healthcare worker, a nurse? Like, is there any influence like that? Like what's, what's. So,
So my great grandmother, who is still alive, she was an LPN retired. I want to say she retired twice. She retired, I know for sure, and then went back to working again as LPN. That lady will never sit down. It's giving boomer. Yeah. Boomer extreme. She took care of people forever. And, you know, she's always just been like the sweetest soul. Right. Everybody knows that.
grandma loves the best, okay? Like, great-grandma got love to go around. It didn't matter who you were, where you were, what you were, how you were. Grandma has some love to share. Thank you. I grew up with my grandma. She raised me. My grandma raised me. Yeah, my grandparents raised me too. Oh my god. I don't...
What? Yeah. I love my grandparents. Listen, they be feeding me. They be doing everything for me. If my mom ever fucks me up, they're like, come to me then. Literally. She'll fuck my mom up. I was committing crimes left and right with my mama because my grandma would be like, what you going to do about it? And I'm like, yeah. Yeah.
And if I'm broke, she gives me the money. My grandpa gives me the money. The last dollar. Thank you. But no, so she worked in healthcare. And then my grandmother on my dad's side, she worked for the healthcare industry for as long as I can remember. And so it was just like constantly surrounded with healthcare workers, being in healthcare, physical therapists, occupational therapists on the business side, on the nursing side. So it's been a lot of...
A lot of involvement in it. I think it's just kind of one of those things that you kind of get attached to. Right, right. And then, you know, my grandmother being on the direct care side really just, I don't know, it's one of those things that really just, she stitched in me just a little bit. She did. It was a bigger stitch than I thought because here I am. She got lit you basically. She did. She did. She's like, we are too short staffed, so why not work with us? Should have told you a minute though. Nursing ain't what it used to be. I'm like, please. Please. Please.
Please. Y'all wearing that skirt all white and you got time. Y'all look good. Now we don't got time for that. Okay. No time. Okay. So there was an influence in your life before you became a nurse. Yes. And this helped. And what did she say when you became one?
- That I think is like her number one thing in her mind these days. I don't think there's anyone who's more proud of me for becoming a registered nurse than my grandmother. - Aw, that's so sweet. - Every time I talk to her, she's like, "How's nursing going? Are you doing okay? I know you're just doing such a good job taking care of folks." And it just lights her whole entire world up and seeing her world light up, lights mine up because she is, like I said, she is the glue for our whole family.
So I love that I get to make her proud every day. Every time I talk to her, she's so excited. That is the sweetest little thing ever. I love my great grandma. Honestly, like a grandma's love is so like, again, like my grandma loves my mom.
But my grandma loves me more than she loves my mom. And she won't admit it. No. Oh, she admits it or she don't? Oh, no, she don't. Girl, I know what's going on. You don't have to say it. That's right. Shout out to my grandma. I know you're in the Philippines right now drinking your coffee in the ground. Yeah. Okay. So that's it. So that's... Wait, wait a second. So it was an influence why you went to healthcare? Yes. Okay.
was it nursing the first choice? Like what's going on? Was it like, do you want to be a veterinarian, dentistry? Cause healthcare is big, right? Why nursing? Like, you know what I mean? So at first it was a vet, but then I was like, could I put a dog down? Yeah.
Don't. Listen, I watch those Hope Corps and TikTok. They get me every time. No, I don't want to do that. No. So I would say that was one of the first things was a vet. And then, you know, you want to be 101 things by the time you turn 18. And so when I finally got into college, my plan was to go to medical school. Medical. Yes. Doctor. No. No. Yeah.
Yeah. I thought about it and I went, I literally did everything for it. Like in high school, I took the dual enrollment courses, you know, like all the things so that I could just go ahead and I would be like fast track pretty much to graduating so that I could go to medical school. Yeah.
And then I was in there in a lab and then I was in the lab again. And they were talking to graduates and I was like, but you want me to go back to the lab. And so I was like, okay, if I touch another Bunsen burner, I'm going to turn into one. So we got to figure something out. I couldn't do it. Then it hit me. I'm so poor while I was in school. And then I had to graduate and be poor again. Thank you. Thank you. We got to call the cops because something's got to be figured out.
And so after talking with my advisors and kind of looking through, nursing was suggested. And it was like, you know, you can still advance your practice, but you can make a little bit of income, be comfortable. Like if you want to take a break, you can. You don't have to go so hard for so long. And so I did. I went and I my grandma told me, like, you'll know if it's for you after that first clinical.
Oh, okay. And I stayed. You stayed. What was the first clinical? Med-surg. In a hospital. It was... You...
You know that, Will, that you love nursing when you went to med-surg. Okay. I feel like that should scare the shit out of you. Or insanity, which I'm not denying, but like... Right. We're not denying any mental illness in here. We are all insane at some point. Okay. But yeah, so it was med-surg, and it was insane. For sure. Because I was like...
Is this play about us? Like, what's going on? Bed baths for the floor. Why? Like, what's going on here? And did you do it here in Augusta? I did it in Aiken. Aiken Regional Hospital was my very first clinical. Shout out Aiken Regional Hospital. Look at your boy. Successful. You made a betty. I do have to say. Thank you. And then, you know, you continued with nursing and you loved it.
Every single time or what's going on? So I loved it all the way up until I was precepting and transitioning into being a licensed nurse and orienting like preceptors.
precepting was absolutely the hardest thing that I ever had to do. And that was the only time that I really like question like, oh my gosh, like, did you get a whole degree and you're not going to use it? Like what's going on here? And so that was my only time that I really was doubting it. Now we could go back to like when I was taking tests and I was like, I hate this, but that's just school. Everybody. Right. But yeah, it was precepting. And then when I started orienting, I had some doubtful moments, but like, that's when I was like, okay,
We can do this. We can do this. Yeah, we can survive it. We can survive. A few more steps and we can make money. Yes. So that's the only time that I think I was really down. And I was like, yeah. You always have this crash out in nursing. Like, you know, am I really meant for this one? Like, is this really something I'm going to be doing? Can I really save people's lives? How can I even save mine? Heavy on can I even save mine? Right. Like, you know, the funny thing is, like, for me, it's like,
I see my patients medicated with the same mental illness that I got and they on one and I'm not like, how, how is this fair? I'm supposed to be coming in that room feeling like I'm the insane one, baby. I'm more insane than you are. And I don't know how I played it. I play good. Maybe I'm just meant for Hollywood.
Amen. Maybe I'm an actor. I'm a good actor. I can fake it till I make it kind of thing. Honestly, you are a good actor if you work in a hospital. Sometimes you just got to be like
mm-hmm you go to one room you fight one bitch and then you go to the second one you smile the third you cry the fourth you frown the fifth you lose it like i literally like you can ask any of my co-workers i tell them like i have multiple personalities oh yeah like you have to be that movie split like you have to that's literally who i am you have to have 18 okay australian in one room jamaican in the next
Lorenzo in the crazy room. Before, I could be a Karen too. Listen, when I get those family members and they tell me they're nurse and then they start telling me what to do to my job. Okay. So Karen, take my fucking job then.
Put that medication down. Chart for me. If you know what I'm doing, do it for yourself then. Charting. Yeah, charting. Okay, so going back to nursing school, you passed it. You made it. As a student, how were you as a student? Are you more of an alone person studying? Are you a group person? How did you handle this whole nursing school? So I was a mix.
I did really good. I would normally study the material by myself to start, and then I would integrate group studies to help each other out. Maybe if there's a point we're not understanding, we would get back together and be like, okay, well, that's funny that you said that because that's not how I interpreted it, and that's how you work through things. Yes. But off the bat, by myself. And then if somebody ever wanted to study, because I have a couple friends who they just need to be in the room with somebody to study. That's me. That's fine.
But you get five words and then after that I got to put my hair like I can't. Yeah. But it just depends. I would say towards the end of it I was more cool with just studying with people all the time. Right. But also there's such a tax on your mental health on the last like
two semesters of nursing school oh yeah for sure that's like the taxing it's okay we can be together like don't go home yeah literally because i have adhd like i cannot focus so if i have someone there who's focused and who got their shit together and they're like listen it's time to study guys it's time for pharmacology pharmacology i was like yeah but i'm scrolling on tech talk give me a minute we did and we definitely had those days where like we would study and then
We would spend 90% of the time on social media or doing something crazy. Oh, my God. And then we would just eat. Hold on. Yeah. I was so big bag. My bag's so big. We were in a library, a professional library, 24-hour library. We would order those 50 chicken wings and we would be eating that. Okay. Because in the library that we go to, you can rent a space. Yeah.
So then when they opened that door, they're like, wait a second. We got Asian. We got Chinese, Indian, everything in here smelling. We would literally get in the car after class and have like a room to ourselves. We would get in the car and stop at like three different restaurants. Oh, God. I want this. I want this. And you know what? That's how you cope. We need a sweet little treat to finish it off. So let's go ahead and stop here and grab a cookie or seven.
And, you know, just get through it. But the studying got done. Thank you. And we made it. Might be some munching through it, but that's fine. Exactly. We might have, you know, got some cholesterol higher up than the usual. But guess what? So is our grades. Yeah.
Amen. Thank you. So then you became a nurse. How long have you been a nurse now? I've been a nurse for a year and some change, probably like a year and two months. I graduated in December last year, started in like February 1st-ish, and then...
Yeah. So I've been a nurse for a little over a year. Oh, my God. That's insane. I've been saving lives for over a year. For a year. How was that? How do you feel? What was the first unit that you work at? So I was a PCI, an intern, patient care intern in the neuro ICU. First ever job. Neuro ICU? You're fucked. That's crazy. It's like a bad bitch, you know? Yeah. And then I ended up accepting a job and working as a registered nurse in the medical ICU. Wow.
Wow. Yeah. Wow. So you've always been an ICU person. Listen, so nursing is like you got to pair it up to your personality. Like I'm crazy. I'm ADHD. I got shit going on in my life. I like chaos. So I stayed in med search and ER. Yeah. Are you like one of those people who like to organize together? I am...
I would say I'm like a hybrid, you know? It kind of depends on the day. I love a hybrid. It depends on how clean the haircut and the brows are, you know what I'm saying? Because in the ICU, like...
The patients just be doing shit, you know, whether it's their blood and body just doing shit or they're just doing shit. And I'm that I'm the same way. Like, I just be doing shit. And so it works out. But like, there's some point in the just doing shit that we need. And that's where the ICU is, you know? Okay. I like that take because, you know, people are always like, I went to ICU because I don't like chaos. I like my fucking lines straightened up. I like I like you're right. I never heard it.
ICU and ED are literally both chaos. It's just one's an organized chaos. And then the other one was a fucked up chaos. It's both chaotic. And I salute every ICU nurses because y'all can manage like 20 different pumps and 12 fucking machines going on in that one patient's room. But for me, I cannot even put two pumps together.
And not fucking mix those two fucking lines. Please. And that's totally fine for me. And that's fine. That's how my head works. Let me tell you something. If you put me on a med search floor today, I would be in shambles. Literally in shambles. Yeah. Med search isn't for everybody. I mean, you got to be from the gutter. You got to know how the fuck it works in the gutter. I came from a very poor life. And I know...
I know the streets. And so I was like, you know what? Med search is for me. I've seen that in the Philippines. I'm going to survive this in a hospital here. I think the ICU, and don't beat me up for saying this, but I think the ICU is for control freaks.
They is. I'm not going to tell you again to crisp my linen on the side when you help me with this bed bath. This has got to be straight. And pull an iron out if you got it. Flat iron, regular, like crisp it. We're not leaving the room until the linens are crisp. He want that lifestyle TikTok where they like iron the whole fucking thing. Literally. Tuck it, roll it, everything. And honestly, call the family and tell them to come look right now.
You know one thing, my intrusive thought wants me to ever just me fixing a room and do a whole content creation about it.
If it's not HIPAA or privacy violation, I would like to like knee down a whole bed. Literally. Put a pump in like ASMR. That would be so fun. I want to wear a GoPro so bad. But, you know, HIPAA be out here dragging folks down. Yeah. No, no, no. I wish we could have done that, but we can't. But, you know, that's some of my intrusive thoughts telling me like, damn, that would be so much fun. Like, I feel like people would watch it. We can make it so aesthetic too, like.
Thank you. Me spraying like lemon, lemon spray lavender in my patient's room. Full PPE down. Thank you. Let me show you how I put my PPE. You just got to get active. Exactly. And so you became a nurse and now here. Now my next question to you is how did social media come about?
Okay, because you're very natural. I've always dabbled in just like posting things. You know, I grew up with the YouTube era. Not that it's a way, but like, you know, there was like a YouTube like... Are you an iPad kid?
No, I didn't get that luxury. Oh, okay. No. Okay, okay. But you love YouTube? Yeah. Well, that's all we really had. My mom was definitely one of those where she was like, you can't have an Instagram until you're 85. And now my little brother and sister just be doing whatever. Anyway, so, you know, there was like...
You couldn't always be on electronics and stuff. So when I finally did get on there and got to like do things and create as I was younger, it was like super cool. I actually had a YouTube channel. I deleted all the videos because I was so embarrassed. Listen, I've had my YouTube face. I was singing Britney Spears. I posted it. I got 20 views, baby. I've never felt like, you know, so famous with my 20 views. And my voice is like cracky. It was a webcam from my desktop. You walk in light distant aesthetically.
Windows XP, I was like, toxic. That's funny. That's how it was. You literally just did the most random stuff ever. I swear. It was insane. My favorite was when I did a telephone by Lady Gaga when it came out. Do you still have it?
it's up there please don't roll the clip back roll the clip if you roll back please and i used to do like prank challenges because it was so such a thing in youtube before everything i know i did a bucket challenge remember the bucket challenge when they're like i saw over you yeah and they're like i i nominate my cousins that was it yeah all the stuff um and so you know it just was fun then i gave it up for a little while because i had to get
serious when i moved to georgia yeah my dad was not on that my dad was like weed eating cook grass now and i was like i can't like i just can't do it it's really it was so hard moving here you're too sassy for that you're too sassy for that lifestyle listen me my mother and my grandmother our fun on the weekends was like to the mall to the salon to the barber thank you i love the mall okay well then i moved here and my dad was like to tractor supply
To the nearest flea market. And I'm like, okay, that's fun. But like, what about the mall? And he was like, what about the mall? And I'm like. That's where we want to be. There's this picture that was floating around to me. Floating around. Okay. No, somebody went on my Facebook. One of my friends found this picture. And I was literally like bawling tears, pushing the lawnmower like a push mower. Horrible. Your dad said like blue collar. He was like. Blue collar at 10. Yeah.
Oh my god. He put you to work. Physical labor. But you know, baddies are built from all sides. Thank you. It's a lifestyle. You know, you gotta rise up from where you were so you can tell a story. You cannot just be a baddie from day one. Our baddie got a story. They always got a story. So you can write a book. I can cut the grass at 5pm and then at 9pm up martini on the rocks bruised.
See what I'm saying? Like, you got to be able to live multiple lives, but that could be the personalities. I don't really know. That's why, that's why, you know, that's why we can multitask as a nurse because we can do things. I can be your bank account teller. I can also fix your iPhone password, your remote in your room. I can deal with your family problems and shit. Like you, you can ask me everything. Okay. But I,
All I wish is that you guys tip us. That's one thing I want. Imagine we ask patient tip whenever they ask us something that's not within our job description. I'll be balling. Please. I will be balling. I will buy the whole unit and I will run it myself. It will be the Otero Hospital if we run off tips because there's no way. Can I please get some ice chips, please?
18, 20, or 22. Okay. No, mine's starting at 50%. 50, 100, 150. You got to think big. Think big. He's a businessman. He's a businessman. He knows what he's talking about. He knows what he's talking about. Especially in the ICU, most of y'all are on vents. So if we're asking for... Yeah. Large tip. Thanks. I think the only thing I cannot deal with ICU is when a family member comes.
And they act like they act the whole thing for this person. I was like, yeah, but I'm on night shift. Oh, yeah. I'm not. I'm a night shifter. You're a night shift baddie. I haven't had. See, you just you get it. You know? Yeah. I haven't really had any crazy interactions with family. I have had a couple of nurses come in. But truthfully, the nurses that I've had as, you know, like family members, honestly, they're really understanding. And a lot of them, they kind of just mind their business now.
They do get crunk with the doctors. I do apologize for that. Actually, I'm not sorry, but they do get crunk with the doctors. And sometimes, you know, I think it's just like they know what to not do. Like, I think people are starting to realize, like, you know, I really shouldn't be tackling the nurse unless they're just doing something outrageous. And so I haven't really had any problems with families. I think everybody's been super chill.
That's nice. Thank God. But I think a lot of the younger nurses now gets in trouble with that just because they think because you're young, you're uneducated. Or you don't know what you're doing. How old are you? They always ask me, how old are you? I was like, 29. It's like, okay, well, you look 20 to me. Do you know what you're doing? I was like, yeah.
Yes, ma'am. That's why I'm wearing these scrubs. And that's why I'm here standing next to your husband. So yes, I do know what I'm doing. Yeah. I'm a little anxious. I'm a little depressed. I'm a little bipolar, but it's working. I got it done. Exactly. This heartbeat will be the same when I leave. Okay. Thank you. Oh my God. So that's that. And how did the social media come about?
I just started posting. And honestly, I was really doing it for fun at first. And then one day. One day. One, literally one singular day. It's always the one singular day. I posted a video just talking smack. And then not even the next day, like a few hours later, I was in like the thousands. Now, mind you, I was getting in like the hundreds with the first, you know, videos I was posting.
And so then I checked it again. And then I was in like double digit thousands. And I was like, hold on, hold on. Are y'all seeing this? And then I checked it the next day and it was...
Even further higher. And I was like, wait a minute. Let me find out y'all like me talking shit. Because I do this all day for free. I love this. Yeah, possession. And so that's when I was like, okay, cool. Well, then I tried to post something regular and it didn't do nothing again. And I was like, I see what's going on here. They just like it that I talk smack. I see what's going on here. Yeah. Y'all just want me to be a hood rat. Y'all want me to be my natural self. And so I did. I just started posting just...
my thoughts about whatever was going on in the hospital or what I experienced and people loved it. And at first it was like, you know, you can use audios, you know, and audios were like a really big thing. Yeah. And now people want more like of you talking and stuff like that. So when it was audios, I would just make like, I remember one was me being a student and I put like, itis is inflammation. When people ask what I'm in nursing school and what I know,
And it did numbers. And I'm like, please, the way I would have said this free of charge, like... Like, you don't have to even ask me. I will do it. I will do it for free. Oh, my God. That's so funny because honestly, like, I feel like people connect more now on people who just, like, are able to talk to camera because it's like FaceTiming your best friend, right? Yeah. And like, you know, I could be lying down in bed. I could be driving. I could be doing anything. And I put that in and then you just talk to the camera. And you have this...
confidence in you and aura this just feels like it makes me it makes someone feels comfortable being able to just watch and talk to you yeah
Well, that's the goal is, I mean, we're all in it. Inevitably, we're all in it together. That's it. And like, even though I'm not a student anymore, I still experienced it. And like, I still got my ass beat through it. Like, it's a universal experience. And I think that a lot of times people feel shunned. Like they can't be honest about how something felt or what they experienced or like,
that was insane but you can like it's fine because you're not the only person who feels that way and exactly you know you're gonna keep feeling that way like i still will get home and be like what did i just do at work like what is happening right now right my favorite is like when i you know when i say something in a room of a patient i was like did i just fucking say that okay it was like oh yeah that's not the smartest decision i could have ever said but guess what i did and
We'll try it again next time. And that's all you can do. Exactly. Exactly. And then you started your yap videos and the yap videos just sells because now you have a whole community of people just loving you saying anything. Who also like to yap. Exactly. That's all it is. And that's why I think like people like you, Tia, Eunice, all these people, I
I love you guys so much just because you guys are just like the intrusive thoughts that the millennials, the Gen X, the boomers have, but they cannot speak it. Yeah, they don't want to say it. And the Gen Z's are just like, yeah, I fucking hate my patient today. And guess what? I will hate them forever. And then there's literally at the nurse's station, I'm like, is this thing on? Turn the call light off. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, it's just like, what's going on? You do. But then you say it and they're like,
I know, right? And the rest of the Gen Zers are just like, hell yeah. Yeah, dead ass, dead ass, dead ass. And I just love the Gen Zs, you guys' generation of nursing. It's just because, like, you know how, like, they look down, like, content creators of healthcare content creators just because, like, oh, my God, why do you guys do this? If you guys are complaining that you're burnt out and you got no time, so why do you have time to put your camera on? Tell us how the fuck is this going on?
Because this is the only way people can actually find out what the fuck is going on inside a hospital. Because apart from that, all you guys know is we just sit there on our computer, do nothing. And that's why I love every single content creator who's out there and sharing things about the nursing profession and telling us all the shit that you guys are going through because there's...
Then people can understand us. Like, they can understand how shitty. Like, oh, my God. They had to do that? Yeah. Which you will never find the fuck out unless you are with a healthcare worker or a nurse. And now they have more compassion towards us. I think that's the biggest thing is, like, moving forward. Obviously, there's, like, the entertainment side of the content always. For sure. But...
I think people are starting to be more mindful of what's going on when they are at the hospital. You know what I'm saying? Yes. And it really honestly boils down a lot more past the patient because you have to remember like a lot of these patients, for me at least, are completely disoriented. You know, like they have no idea really what's going on. Like, and it might seem like they're there, but like once you start learning and you, you know, you become a nurse, you do these assessments, you start realizing like, okay, something's still not right here. And so for them, you really can't,
It's harder for me to get frustrated with them. But the frustration comes in when the people from the outside are like, what the hell? And I'm like, girl, I'm asking the same thing. What the hell? Like, I'm trying to figure it out with you, you know? So it just brings a lot of awareness. But that's the key of all of it, too. And who else you know is going to laugh at the trauma and then go back to work? Thank you. Nothing. Nurses. That's it. So I just love that we are now in this generation of, like,
putting ourselves out there and honestly, like, you see so many, like, you know, past generation, like, millennials, Gen X, boomer, like, thank you so much for going out there on the internet and telling us
our story and the things that we're going through because honestly this is something that we wish we could have done but we were too scared because of hip-hop because of all of these things but you know there are also some dumb healthcare creators out there who doesn't think whenever they post things in the internet and they just be doing something like record themselves while they're on shift um
I know. I'm scared of you. I know. And that's why I'm telling people. I was like, you can create because I used to create content when I was, you know, in the hospital. Right. But like what I keep telling people, I was like, nobody can tell if you're on break, if you're out of the house, if you're off your shift or anything like that. So please don't do it in your hospital.
That's what I keep telling them. I was like, if you want to keep the job and people will be in your ass every single year, coworkers, they be jealous. They will talk about you. They will bring those fucking videos of yours and put it in a motherfucking HR.
And that's what I'm telling people. I would say create videos, but create it at home, in your car, when you get off from shift, but don't do it in a hospital. Okay. Because, again, people are jealous when you are getting success. Because success makes people envy of what you have. And that's why I always try to keep myself and my business within me. I talk about it all the time. The less they know...
the better. Okay. Exactly. Sometimes you just got to pop out and show them, you know? Thank you. Sometimes you got to pop out and show them. Kendrick, thank you.
Say Drake. Thank you. Even though I'm Canadian. He kind of embarrasses. Yeah. Yeah. A little bit. A little bit. He's a little sassy. I love Drake, though. He's sassy as fuck. Every time I see Drake, I should be like, here you go again. What are you going to do this time? I know. He is funny. Honestly, he is funny. He is funny, though. I love him. Like, the Anita Max win. Yeah.
He's like, what's going on? I was like, you are the sassiest rapper. One day, he literally was like a half Spanish album. And the next, it was house music. I'm like, what's going on here? There's a lot happening at one time. And guess who be playing him? Me. Okay. The new song that he has, Nokia. Is it Stacy? Is it Keisha? Is it Becky? What the fuck the function? Okay. I love him. That's me all the time. What the function?
Anyways, going back to social media. So apart from making nursing content, what else content do you make? Because I see a lot of lifestyle from you. So I do. I try to integrate it with lifestyle and honestly just making my life aesthetic because people have this perception. This is an ongoing thing on social media, which is like content creators only share the blissful parts of their lives, which to an extent is true. But the purpose of that is because
That is what's going on in my life. You know what I'm saying? Like, obviously, everybody, even all the way up to the wealthiest, have days that I'm sure that's like this was a shit day. Like, exactly. But if at the end of the day, I'm getting dressed, I'm getting my new car with my jewelry on my expenses. You know what I'm saying? And I'm going to eat a steak dinner. That was still a part of the lifestyle. That's the day. You know what I'm saying?
Exactly. And you guys are asking for it. You're like, please show us a day in your life. And then somebody show you a day in their life and they're like, oh my God, are you flexing your shit? Like, no, you ask for this. You want to see it? You get it. Another thing too, though, is I feel like for a lot of the creators coming up,
like myself, a lot of people that watch the content were watching it when I was in the nursing school phase where I didn't have the funds to do certain stuff. Like I couldn't just go buy X, Y, Z. Like I couldn't get a new car. And so really what it boils down to is perception because, you know, the difference in my comments are the difference in who's been there for a while and who hasn't, because I'll see comments all the time. They're like,
you're reminding me that like once I graduate, I can do the same thing that you're doing. And that's the goal. Like you don't have to be born into X, Y, Z and flex this money that you either have or you don't have. Like we all started when we were in nursing school, like it's a progression. And so the people who are joining me now, either they love it or they hate it and that's fine. But the people who were there, this is not a flex. This is me being proud that I did the work that was put in. And that's, that's the perception. Like,
I'm proud of what I've gone through to get to this point because nursing school and life getting double teamed by the two baddest bitches out there, school and life, and still making time to like do the things I want to do, spending my money how I want to. Exactly. You would do it too. Exactly. And I think like –
I get what you're saying because like, again, people tend to, it's like you share the bad of you and then they're like, oh my God, I didn't know you're going through this. This is so crazy. Like, why would you post you crying? And then now they shared a positive of them and it's them like shopping for themselves, doing things for themselves. Like, oh my God, are you flexing? Like there's never like a happiness for people in social media to just appreciate what you give them. Like we are spending our time,
To share y'all a part of our life. And the only thing you could have done is to leave something positive. Encouragement. Or like, you know, appreciation. And like, again, like what you say. Like, you work hard for the money that you've earned. And you get to decide what the fuck you want to do with that money. You want to buy a $20,000 Cartier ring. That's your fucking money. And yes, yes.
Shit's struggling. People are struggling in life. But guess what? He working hard. He doing what he want to do. If you want to buy a Lamborghini right now, you're like, oh my God, didn't you just graduate it? Well, he got the money.
What you going to do about it? Okay. You want him to buy a Honda Civic? That's not what he wants. What he wanted was a Lamborghini. He got the Lamborghini, as he should. And the real ones know the Honda Cat. You know what I'm saying? Hey, Honda Cat. Like, I was a Honda Catty for a while. You know what I'm saying? And you got a Bronco in that. I did. I did. You guys, I've seen the Bronco in real sexy as fuck. She's stunning. I named her Denim.
then because she's blue yeah yeah yeah that eight that eight but like she she's shiny as fuck outside she looked good he was just sitting there he's like i saw him like pulling i was like okay i i i know this with the shades on i know but yeah and also like your style you you love fashion too i love fashion oh my god i saw them pictures i saw them i was like okay he's everything he's
Multi-talented man, I would say. Like, man of all trades. Man of all trades. Lawnmower. Stylish. Lifestyle. Nurse. What else? He can drive a good car. Yeah.
Hey. Bilingual. Bilingual. Okay. A bad bitch. Hey. See, like, the list is ever going. Exactly. And I think that's the more and more thing. It's like enjoying your life. Honestly, like, life is too short. And, like, so many shit's going on in this world right now. So much. There's literally, like, I just be doing shit. The world just be doing shit. Exactly. So you just got to mind your business. Do what makes you happy. Yeah.
You know, do things that will satisfy you because that's something that I regret that I didn't do for myself is that I keep saving money. But I was like, why do I keep saving money?
When I could have just spent that money for something that I actually want, but I stopped myself from doing it because I feel like saving is more important. Saving is more important. Don't get me wrong. Like you should save if you want a car, if you want a house and all this stuff. But don't forget to treat yourself. Have a little sweet treat for yourself. You know what I mean? Whatever that is. It could be a designer thing. It could be you going on a trip. It could be anything.
But if it makes you happy and it gets you out from like a really, really dark place in your life, do it. It could be a Hershey bar.
thank you that's fine that's fine bars what you want it and that's designer for you and that's all that matters that's it don't forget you make the brand the brand don't make you oh he ate he ate that one that's been my new motto is like you make you make things things don't make you okay because i mean all it takes is for you to eat something down one time and then everybody's like
Hold on. Where did you? And I'm like, okay. Because I know y'all know half of these brands that are out now, they used to be in Walmart. Don't forget. Thank you. Because before Crocs was what they was, Walmart. Before Champion was what it was, Walmart. But somebody put that shit on and made it. And then it escalated from there. That mentality should be what you do in for everything that you do. You know what I'm saying? She's a poet. I'm just, you know. Philosopher.
Period. I love that mindset. That's true. That's why I tell everybody, like, this sounds insane, but every time I do something I, like, add baddie behind it because this year is just about being a baddie. Now, being a baddie, not doing bad because a lot of people get that confused. You got to be a baddie. Don't do bad. But, yeah, you might as well nurse baddie, work baddie, going to sleep baddie, waking up early baddie, running baddie, like...
You add baddie to the end of it. And in motivation, you think a little bit harder about it. You know what I'm saying? I love, I love that. I love that. Oh my God. That's just so funny. And I think that's motivational. It sounds so basic. It sounds so like cliche. It sounds like fun. Just joking around, joking around. But honestly, that's true. Like whatever, like, cause whatever you tell yourself in front of that mirror is what's going to be successful.
Seriously. And what's going to happen to you. Like if you tell yourself you're ugly today, you'll be ugly for the rest of the fucking day. If you tell yourself you're sexy as fuck and you, you know, you don't need no motherfucking man, you won't need a motherfucking man and you will stay beautiful. You know what I mean? Sometimes those motherfucking relationship eats you up too. So just stay single. Focus on yourself.
focus on your growth focus on making yourself the baddest bitch out there and when you're the baddest bitch you can find another bitch you want to be with okay live your life live your life and another thing that you told me is like you like modeling what's up with that come on spill it first of all okay i met him for the very first time he got the height he got the face
He got the hair. He got the body. He got the fashion. He got everything. We complete. We're complete. That means this is all that's left. That's it. That's it. It's a work in progress. It is. It's dealing with a childhood, not a childhood trauma, but like, you know, being a model was always a thing. I felt like at a certain point, but because of the world that we live in, it was never really like a let's do it. Like you can do it. It was more of a like,
That will be fun, but what are you going to do for work? That's always what it kind of was. Okay, that's a nice dream, but let's be logical. That was what it was. Let's be realistic. That's what it was back then. Let's be realistic. And so I was realistic, and I got a degree, which is...
I got a degree. You know what I'm saying? There's just no losing here. But there's I do have bigger things that I want to accomplish. So it's something that's in the works. It's going to take some time like everything else does. But that's it. As long as you have a dream. And like, you know, people always confuse things of like.
Let's say you're a nurse and then become a content creator and then you focus on doing content creation. So now you're not a nurse. You're not doing nursing. You left nursing. No, baby, but I can pursue other things other than nursing. I'm not stuck in being a nurse. If you want to be a flight attendant tomorrow, do it for yourself. If you want to be a florist tomorrow, do it for yourself. Does it make you happy? Yes is the answer. Then you are doing it right. And the beauty of it is...
You only have to work three twelves. Yes. And guess what? You can quit nursing today and next year, next week, next month, next 10 years. They will still need your ass because you got that degree. Don't forget that. That's it. That's why even though nursing is like a lot of suffering, a lot of like shit, like literally and like metaphorically, they will still need you forever. Forever.
Because you know why? We're the backbone of motherfucking hell, Kale. I always tell people, you can have a job by tomorrow. That's it. And they will also replace you tomorrow. So just remind yourself that whenever you're about to take an overtime shift and you're about to burn out yourself, that they can replace you tomorrow. So you know what? Take that vacation. Take that PTO. Don't regret it. Do whatever you want.
Love, love. Oh my God. That was so fun. Now to end this episode, but cause I think like, oh my God, people are going to love this. All the new grads, everyone. Now I want you to leave with a beautiful message to anyone who's listening right now to the new grads, the new nurses, to all the nurses, to anyone who wants to be a healthcare content creator. What would you tell this people? Honestly, I'm going to focus more on the new.
Neil. Neil. Neil. Because that's where I resonate the most is with the new. Neil. New grads, new nurses, new to a hospital. Don't put your earmuffs on and just tell yourself that you fucking got this. And I'm emphasizing the F in fucking got this because it is so hard and being new can be so degrading in your own mind. But like,
Don't punish yourself for what you don't know. That is why we learn. And I think a lot of times people forget that I forgot that I did. I forgot it so bad. Like I forgot real hardcore to the point where I would go home and be so upset. Like, what am I even doing this for? Don't do that to yourself. Give yourself grace. Be okay with not knowing, but know that you need to learn it. You know what I'm saying? So like, just don't, don't beat yourself up.
at all when you feel your worst that's how you know you're doing your best because if you didn't feel bad about being new and starting out and not knowing it would mean you didn't care which means you don't need to be there so it's okay take a take a swim go eat a chocolate cake or something but don't beat yourself up when you're in the new because the new is going to be hard that's what it is it's new figuring it out though and dedicating yourself to it is what matters the most
I love that. I love that. And again, the imposter syndrome in nursing will always be there. No matter how long you've been a nurse, you will always still have something that you don't know in the healthcare system. And I think that is the beauty of it. It's because if you think...
And 100% sure that you know every fucking thing and what you're doing. You are dangerous as fuck. I don't want to work with you. I don't want to be associated with you. You are not supposed to be where you are. Because you know what? If you know everything, nobody fucking knows everything. Okay, that's all I'm saying. Like, nobody knows everything. Like, even the 20 years, 30 years, 40 years in nursing or healthcare, they still ask questions.
Ask your fucking question. You're not stupid for asking questions. If somebody makes you feel like you're stupid for asking questions, they're fucking stupid. Because everybody still doesn't know. There are times that I've done an action for 20, 40, 50 times. But if my mind ever tells me, you better check that with someone else, I will.
Because at the end of the day, you're saving lives. Somebody else's lives is in your hand. And that is the truthful thing about it. So you better make sure that whatever you're doing is saving someone's life instead of ending it. And not only that, the doctors don't even know everything. That's why we consult other teams. Yeah. Did you...
Did you hear that? You didn't think about that, did you? When they consult, baby, we don't know what else to do. Baby, I remember doctors asking me, should I give potassium pills or IV? I was like, you should have fucking no. Like, why am I supposed to answer that for you? It's like, well, you know the patient best. I was like, yeah, but you're the doctor, right? Like, you're the one ordering it. Like, you're asking me to order that?
Am I getting paid the same, you know, pay as you? Yeah, because I can order that, but give me your paycheck for this week. But yes, but yes, but yes, for all the people listening right now, new grads becoming a nurse soon and all this stuff. Again, what Lorenzo is saying that, you know, trust yourself. Don't beat up yourself too much when, you know, things gets hard. Listen, we all go through it. And I think the beauty of nursing too is that
You can go to social media and find this nursing influencers like him and other influencer and feel related to them. Because guess what? Every single one of us goes through the same exact fucking thing. And that's why there's a thing called trauma bonding, because that's what connects us all. The trauma that we experience makes us feel less alone and
And more related to a bunch of other people. Because then if you see someone struggling with the same shit that you just experienced, you're like, okay, so I'm not fucking crazy. No, I'm not the only one, you know? And yeah, that's beautiful. Yeah. Oh my God. Now,
Since we're ending this, people are probably going to want to follow you and all your social media account. What is your app? Because they're going to want to know that for sure. So Instagram is at Renz, R-E-N-Z dot Otero, O-T-E-R-O. And then my TikTok is Renzo, R-E-N-Z-O dot O-T-E-R-O.
Period. Otero. O-T-E-R-O. Amazing. You should make your Facebook. You should make your Snapchat. You should make your YouTube. You should make all this other thing. Yeah, I probably should. They make money. They're all about the same. It's just Renz with a different something. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. Go find him. Follow him. He's amazing. Listen, he's living an authentic, truthful, happy life as a nurse, as a model, as a lifestyle creator, as everything.
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