Wakanda's Wrld
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Wakanda's Wrld
Two nurses unpack patient pushback, NCLEX-at-home drama, and why content creation doesn’t make you unprofessional
Laughter isn’t a luxury in nursing—it’s survival gear. We sit down with ScrubTales, a 12-year RN who’s worked everywhere from hospitals to home care, to unpack the wild contradictions of bedside life: patients who refuse the meds they need, the strange power of a scrub cap, and the delicate art of staying kind when the day gets loud. If you’ve ever wondered why nurses lean on humor, or how we hold the line between compassion and burnout, this one hits home.
We dive into the real friction behind medication refusal and AMA walkouts, especially when drug tests get confused with punishment instead of treatment safety. From geriatric med color mix-ups to the way some patients go silent for doctors but let their frustrations fly at nurses, we explore trust, autonomy, and the emotional labor that rarely makes the chart. We also get candid about identity: as Black male nurses, being mistaken for doctors—or athletes—says as much about bias as it does about bedside etiquette. Respect the title, respect the work, and let the care speak for itself.
Then we tackle the NCLEX-at-home controversy and why testing integrity still matters for public trust. Is remote proctoring the future, or a shortcut that invites doubt? We share pragmatic takes on evolving standards, the aftermath of COVID-era training shifts, and why rigorous licensure isn’t gatekeeping—it’s patient safety. Finally, we map out a code of ethics for nurse content creators: no patient info, no whiteboards, no gray areas with HIPAA. Creating is not the opposite of professionalism; with boundaries, it’s a bridge that educates, advocates, and brings a little light to hard days.
Come for the stories, stay for the perspective—and leave with a deeper respect for the people in scrubs who keep showing up. If this resonated, subscribe, share with a colleague, and drop a review to help more listeners find the show.
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Welcome in, welcome in, whichever condor in. I got a lot on my mind, but I'm not here to waste your time. I got a special guest, man. I've been doing this solo for like the last couple of months or so, but I'm excited, man. I I got my man Scrub Tails, man. Introduce yourself, let the people know who you are and what you do, man.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, I'm my my page of ScrubTales, and been an RN now for a little over 12 years. Been through probably every type of healthcare you can think of. Hospitals, home care, private nursing. Um my preferences to hospital. I like a structured setting. And uh just venturing out into this content creating world, trying to make people laugh, trying to make people think, just uh seeing where it goes. So enjoying the ride.
SPEAKER_00:That's what's up, what's up? Scrub Tails, man. Tell me about tell me about the name. How'd you come up with some Scrub Tails?
SPEAKER_01:So a lot of pages I would see would have something related to their their niche. And uh, and I didn't want to just be like nurse my name, because number one, it was already like a couple of those. And then number two, like some of the bigger pages, I think like one of the first people I really ever started watching was uh Scrub Hacks, the girl Scrub Hacks. And uh so and my first page was Pixas Tales. And uh because I was like, okay, what's something that only people in nursing or healthcare would know about Pixas Tails? But some of I was like, every hospital doesn't use a Pixas or have a Pixas. So I was like, okay, so I kind of rebranded with the scrub tails, and then it it kind of went off from there. So scrub the tails part is just I I like to tell stories of crazy stuff that happened in healthcare because we see all kinds of stuff.
SPEAKER_00:You ain't lying. You ain't lying. So what I enjoy about your content, man, it is exactly that. It is it is humor. It is humor, it is laughter. We are in a serious field, a serious um career choice for for the both of us. And we we know we see the news. Whether you follow a lot of news pages or not, I feel like every week or at least every other week, you're seeing something crazy within the news, which of course I report a lot on those things. So it's refreshing to see humor. You know what I'm saying? I feel like you you bring a lot to the table, man. So I appreciate you. I appreciate what you what you bring to the nursing space. And uh, so yeah, man, I do want to ask you, like, uh, you know, talk about a couple of your videos, talk about a couple of your skits, man, because to me they're hilarious. And uh so one one right off the bat that that comes to mind, man. So you talked about uh a particular patient using uh uh meth and a complaint about Lacinoprille, man.
SPEAKER_01:And you know that it was crazy is like that's the video that kind of took off. And honestly, in my mind, I don't know, like I I really wanted the center focus to be just make people laugh. And when I made the video, I I honestly didn't like it at first. I was like, you know what, I'm gonna throw this at because I put it on TikTok. And because I I feel like TikTok's algorithm is a little bit different than Instagram and stuff kinda grabs a different audience, but TikTok like immediately took it down because I guess saying the word mess, they took it down. Yeah. So I was like, okay, whatever. So I was I didn't have anything that day to post on Instagram. So I just I said, well, I'm gonna throw it up here. Ain't nobody gonna watch it because it's Instagram. And then it just like blew up and all these comments, and I got a few people like DM me that they felt a certain way about it. And honestly, the the the content of the what I was trying to say was not specific to meth or lecentapril. It was just using those as a benchmark of like you'll have patients that are doing things that are clearly adverse to their health, and then when you try to, you know, do something that's beneficial to their health, they give you a lot of pushback. And as a nurse, it's frustrating because we don't write orders. You know, we don't prescribe meds. And so it's not even about the medicine itself, it's about the the friction that patients have with the nurse. Right. And it's like, I wish there was a way we could explain to patients that I understand you're upset. I understand you don't like a certain thing, but take that frustration out on the sources that actually could help you. Like, yes, I can advocate for you, but your doctor is the one that's going to be the deciding factor on what meds you take or don't take. So when you have a patient that you know is doing something wild, and then they like, I don't want prescribe meds, you know, and they yelling and cursing at you, and it's like, come on, man. Like, why are you yelling at me? I didn't prescribe this med, but you clearly willing to take some kind of drug. Like, so that was kind of the mindset behind that video. It was just like you get a lot of pushback from patients a lot of times with with the nurse, but the doctor comes in the room and they church mouse.
SPEAKER_00:Yes.
SPEAKER_01:But they they're gonna curse us out. Yes. They think we giving them the pills, you know?
SPEAKER_00:Right. Yep, yeah. I felt that. So I want to piggyback off that, man. It's because when I worked uh at a stint in ER, and the thing that used to really make me laugh, and you know, I understand, which I want to explain to people that, you know, hated humor, dark humor, it's a thing that we as nurses we do. It helps us cop, you know, cope with it better because it's a dark world out there. I want y'all to know that, man. Unless you've been in that, unless you've been in our shoes, it's kind of hard for people to understand. So just real quick, I remember there was a patient wanting to leave AMA because, you know, they didn't want to take a drug test. They thought that we were going to turn them into the police because we needed a drug test. I mean, obviously, this patient shows signs of substance abuse. And but the thing is, it's like, look, man, we're not going to turn you into the cops. We're not going to turn you into the cops. It's just that we need to know what you took so we can treat you properly. And they they get they freak out. Like some of them literally legit freak out whenever you mention drug tests. And you know, so they just they just leave, they leave AMA, man. They just leave.
SPEAKER_01:And those records don't go anywhere but their chart. And a lot of times, like you said, those people, I'm not gonna say those people, but people that, you know, sometimes you have transient patients. They don't need that, you can John Doe's. Like, I just need to know how to treat you. I don't care about nothing else.
SPEAKER_00:Yes, you know. Yes, yeah. So that that right there is kind of like that's what that reminded me of, too. And just real quick, just think about funny stories. So, I mean, I've also taken care of uh geriatric, the elderly patients too. Like, medications for them is is interesting because a lot of them they'll look at they'll look at their little medicine cup and they can't tell you what the pill is, but they can say, like, okay, I know what that red pill does, I know what that blue pill does, I know what that yellow pill does, or that's my water pill, or that's my vitamin. The funniest thing is though, is like, you know, it's hard for even a regular person to know like side effects, adverse effects. It's hard for a regular person to to, you know, know that information. But the funniest thing for me sometimes is watching elderly patients refuse medications because they'll be like, if that certain pill is a different color than the pill that they normally take, like if they say they take a, they won't take that pill. They won't take it. You can tell them, no, no, no, this is just our pharmacy brand. It just happens to be a different color, but they get in the hospital or whatever, they will not take that medication.
SPEAKER_01:That, or it'll be like their home pharmacy will get them a 30 milligram tablet, but we've only got two 15 milligrams. You're trying to give me extra meds. Yes. I'm not trying to do nothing. I'm just trying to help you. So yeah, it's it's I I literally had a situation like that yesterday. And and my other favorite thing is you tell them every pill and you pop them out, and they want to shake the cup and to ask you again. I'm like, sir, once they popped out, honestly, unless it's a really weird shaped pill or something, I'm not gonna remember what all these different pills are once they popped out.
SPEAKER_00:Yes, and they expect you to. They expect you to know exactly what this pill is, how many milligrams, why you're taking two of them. Well, this isn't what my doctor prescribed at home, so why I gotta take this here, you know, or any med change whatsoever. So yeah, yeah, that's that's what that reminds me of.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, definitely a source of, and and I honestly at this point in my career, it's not a frustration anymore. It's more so I it's I use it for content, but it's like you you just kind of try to envision at what point a person, that's what I always try to envision. Like at what point in your life did you get to this mentality? Because you clearly need help. You clearly were sick enough to be admitted to the hospital. So if I'm telling you I'm doing something that's to help you, like I'm not saying accept anything a doctor or nurse tells you, but to a certain degree, like where did that mistrust come from where you think I'm trying to do something to you when I'm giving you meds? You know, it's like I what benefit would it be for me to give you the wrong pill, to give you, you know, meds you don't want. Like, I don't gain anything from that. So I just wonder where that mindset started to creep into the person where it's like this mistrust of a system that you clearly came to for help, you know?
SPEAKER_00:Yes, yes. That I mean, that's like describing to patients that they, you know, they go in the ER for whatever issue, they agree to be admitted, and then they get to the med surge floor, and then they decline all treatment. Mm-hmm. Like make that make sense, man.
SPEAKER_01:I don't want lab word, don't wake me up, you know, whatever. But why why did you initially and I think a lot of times too, especially with a certain demographic of people, it is just an escape. They they just want to come to the hospital. They know they can get a bed, get food. It's the only place where they have control in their life, or they feel like they have control in their life, to then take that out on the staff. It's like, yes, I'm here to, in a sense, to serve you, but it's not my job to be abused by you, you know? And uh so I just I try to take it on the chin a lot of times, but some days can be a little a little trying than others.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, for med surge, especially. So I wanted to ask you, man. So you you had a skit that I I I got a lot of laughter out of. You said you asked the patient in a hospital, what are they doing for their birthday when it is their birthday? Did that did it happen or what? Tell me about that, man.
SPEAKER_01:It's in a in a variation, it's happened. Like you'll see, because our our system, I don't know everybody uses ethic, but ethic will give you like the little birthday cake when it's a couple days from their birthday. And I it's just like such a like uh like a reflex. You know, you'll ask the patient their name and date of birth, and they'll say it, you're like, oh, it's your birthday. Like you're not even because you're so oblivious to the situation. This is just your day, you know. And the patients in the hospital, it probably on their worst day, and you're like, oh, you doing something for your birthday? And they just kind of like, I'm in the hospital. You know, it's like you kind of gotta, you know, yeah, it's situated like it's happened, or or I've had people tell me it's their anniversary. I've had people tell me they're missing their kids' birthdays or whatever. And you trying to find some common ground, but uh sometimes it don't always come out the way you want it to. And the patient kind of looking at you like, are you crazy? Or like, yes. Sorry, I didn't trying to offend you.
SPEAKER_00:Hey, hey, at least you didn't do what I did, man. Uh, one day, not even thinking, man, I was I saw uh there was a patient that I was giving meds to. I was just going room to room, trying to just exchange uh pleasantries. I was just like, hey, you know, it's a nice day outside. I think it's you know, it's beautiful outside. It'd be a good day for a walk. This patient was double, this man, this man was double BKA, man. Like and and I mean he trying to turn real slow. He looked at me, and I was like, my bad, my bad. I'm so sorry. I didn't know.
SPEAKER_01:Because we're so oblivious to what's just our day.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, he was double BKA, and I was like, man, I'm so sorry. I I didn't mean it. I was exchanging pleasantries. He accepted my apology, but I remember I never forgot that day. I never forgot me saying that.
SPEAKER_01:So it happens. Yeah. Definitely happens. I've had like, you know, some some really sad situations too, like getting a patient right after a miscarriage or something like that. And you just kind of like really have to find out where you're gonna navigate how to talk to them because you don't want to say something that's gonna be hurtful. And uh, you know, depending on what your day is, you might be a little teed up because of something else. And it's like this person that's the that's the biggest thing I always try to keep in my mind. It's like if they actually admitted to the hospital, some doctor felt like they were sick enough to be here. So you you are sick. No matter how you act towards me, you are a sick person. That's my job is to take care of you. So just try to find a uh some people you can't. You just you can say whatever pleasantries you want, they're gonna always have a bad attitude. But some you can kind of get them in a good space. So that's the ones I I I gravitate towards where I'm like, well, I'm gonna try to make you like me, but if you can't, if you don't, hey, at least I can take solace in the fact that hey, I know I'm actually taking care of somebody that that is sick, you know?
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, yeah, I I I second that. So when you walk into a patient's room, do they do they know, like when they first look at you, do they make the assumption like you're a nurse or do they make the assumption you're a doctor? What happens to you first normally?
SPEAKER_01:It kind of depends. I think I always make sure when I walk in the room, I present myself as the nurse first. So it just is right off the bat, hey, I'm your nurse for today. Um I see a lot of videos online, especially from female content creators where they get really miffed about people thinking they're a nurse and they're a doctor and stuff like that. I honestly have not really encountered that. The biggest misconception I ever had was I started off as an LPN before I got my RN, and people just did not know what that meant. They would think an LPN was a doctor. They're like, oh, your licensed practice, that's better than a registered and like actually step below. I don't know, I guess maybe because our hospital has uniforms or I just always present, but I personally I I'm sure it happens, but personally I've never really had that um that miscommunication with the patient to where they they assume I'm something I'm not. I every now and then I might get, are you the tech? But even that's rare because I I think I just carry myself in such a way where I come in, introduce myself, and they kind of know right off the bat where we at. And a lot of times, for me, every now and then you'll get like the people that just don't like male nurses. But nine times nine times out of ten, people like, oh, I got a strong man today. Like they happy, so they know the doctor not gonna take care of them like that. So they they excited to have a a male nurse. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00:I think uh I think it's kind of been like for me early in my career, um, especially during my like you, uh LPN days, a lot of people like they would look at me and of course I would get uh I they ask me, you know, you're a CNA, because uh my early part of my career is a lot a long time in long-time care. So they would ask me, Am I a CNA? Even though I have a badge or you know, I would introduce myself. And then uh the this later part of my career, most people when they first see me, and I don't know if it's because of my stature or what, because I'm not a I'm not a little guy whatsoever. Uh I'm 6'4, I'm I'm not gonna say exactly, but I'm north of of you know, two, two thirty. I'll say that. North of 230. And so I'm not a small guy walking into a room. So I think some people look at me now and they're just like, and like, oh, that there's the doctor. And compared to earlier in my career, like I didn't wear like a scrub cap, but normally like I wear a scrub cap everywhere I go. Since COVID, that's been like my thing. I wore a scrub cap everywhere I go. So some people just assume doctor. And I'll tell them, like, you know, uh, I I'm the nurse, I'm not a doc. And then especially elderly patients, they crack me up, they'll say, Well, thanks for coming in, doc. And I and I'll be like, you know, okay. You're gonna, you know, you may forget here in five seconds. So yeah.
SPEAKER_01:Now the scrub cap does have powers. I will say that. Because I I used to, I used to hate wearing scrub caps. But like you said, since COVID, I kind of I I off and on wear it. And uh now in the hospital setting, I don't think it's but every now and then, like you said, if I'm out before I go to work or after, I've had people in the store. But I had a girl the other day, she was like, Oh, are you a surgeon? I'm like, I I wish. But I and I was like, it's the scrub cap, because otherwise they don't I think it's that that one piece of outfit is what they associate with, you know, that nurses don't wear. But um now, like since COVID, I think a lot of nurses wear scrub caps. They do.
SPEAKER_00:So they do.
SPEAKER_01:I get hot real easy, so it's hard for me to have some on my head all day.
SPEAKER_00:I know that's the other part too. It's like my my head gets hot. So but it's kind of like you want to keep that superpower. I don't know, it's like what you said, man. It's like when you when you put it on, it's like people want to respect you more. They treat the, they treat you with honor. They they just want to treat you better, it feels like. When you take the description, yeah. It's like, oh, he's a regular black guy now.
SPEAKER_01:Like it has powers, man. I'm telling you.
SPEAKER_00:It it has its powers. Uh I'm I'm right there with you. I'm I'm 100% right there with you. I will say where I'm located, I will say the other thing. If people don't call me doctor, they'll ask me the number one question. They'll be like, Did you play ball? Did you play ball? I get that a lot. Did you play ball? You know, they the football, basketball, any any type of ball. They want to know if I've played anything.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, I get that a lot. Especially, like you said, I got stature, so it's like, especially an elderly patient. Oh, you look like a football player. And I'm like, I wish I got paid like one.
SPEAKER_00:Right.
SPEAKER_01:Uh it's one of those little things where it's kind of like a video I made about, you know, saying a little corny stuff to patients. Whenever people say something like that to me, I I either one, I say, I wish I got paid like one. Or two, I'd be like, I prefer putting people back together. Like football players, they all they like to hear break people. I like to put people back together. Yeah. But uh and I and I think that too comes with being black male nurses because I don't think that's one of those things where like I don't look for race in a lot of situations, but with that particular thing, I think that is, it does have a a racial component because that assumption that like, oh, my worth or my value comes from my physicality and not my intelligence. Yeah. And it's like, no, I wanted to be a nurse. The career path I chose, I I mean, I like sports, but I never had an interest in going that route. Yeah. That that thought for, oh, you look like you should play this. Like, no, I look like I should be taking care of you. Like put those two together, you know?
SPEAKER_00:Yes. So respect my title, man. Respect my title. You know what I'm saying? So yeah, but I I agree with you 100%. It's just uh, you know, people look at who you are, what you are, you know what I'm saying? They want to associate a title with it. Like, you look like you play sports, you look like you play basketball, you look like you play football. It's like, none of that matters because I'm right here with you. You know what I'm saying? I I'm right here with you. If I was as good as you you think I am, I wouldn't be here. Right.
SPEAKER_01:I'm telling you, trust me getting paid.
SPEAKER_00:Trust me, trust me, trust me. That you know, that's the whole uh, you know, nurse, you know, nurse pay myth and things like that. Some people associate, you know, all nurses, they they make bank or nurses, you know, they make a lot of money. I'm just like, that's few and in between. That that's few and in between the nurses that actually make really, really good money. So you know what I'm saying? But so uh listen, man, I had done a little humor thing about the NCLEX, nursing IncLEX at home, and I I talked about it, I covered it. And the little skit that you did that you did about the enclex at home, man, that that was hilarious for people who people who ain't seen it, man. Talk talk a little bit about what you did with that.
SPEAKER_01:I because, you know, I I saw some of the, like I think of you, I saw yours first and a couple other people that were talking about it. And, you know, since we're in this environment, it was popping up in my feed a lot. And I remember taking my Inclips, because, you know, you say you were an LPN, me too. So we've we've taken Inclicks twice.
SPEAKER_00:Yes.
SPEAKER_01:Because we took the PN Inclicks and then the RN Inclicks. So I remember when I took my LPN Inclicks, I took it on a Saturday morning, and I had to drive like an hour away from my house because it was the only place that was close enough in the time frame I needed. And I sat in my house from Saturday to Monday morning in the dark, just waiting for my results. And then my RN Inclicks, it wasn't far, but I I think it was the opposite. Like I was like, oh, I've been an LPN, I'm gonna be an RN now, I'm gonna ace this test. And I walked out feeling like I don't know if I really did well or not. It was uh, you know, I that that unique experience. And a lot of people are saying, well, it doesn't matter if you take it at home. I honestly, if you're if you're a person of a certain caliber, you're gonna pass the test no matter what the situation is. The the the video was satire. I I would hope that people aren't aspiring to cheat on their tests. But it is it is funny the thought that like nobody would try. Like we got people out here faking to be nurses. So of course somebody gonna try to, you know, if they got to that point, they're gonna try to cheat on the inflants if it's at home. They're going to. Now if they get caught, that's on them. But to say, because a lot of people are like, well, nobody's gonna do that. No, it's people that will.
SPEAKER_00:Oh, they will.
SPEAKER_01:And yeah, and there are ways to cheat on online tests, like they make whole videos about it. So the I think the testing center, I'm not one of those, you know, crotchety old nurses, like, you gotta take it like I took it, you know. But but I do think there is a certain level of there's a certain measure that comes with taking it at a testing center that gives people a security that you passed your tests the correct way than if I told people I took my test at home. It just the perception is gonna be there that it's not as easy if you took it at home. And they've changed the enclex like three or four times. So I think the test itself is already easier. Um so it's it's gonna be an interesting. I I think COVID re-changed it changed the landscape of nursing a lot. So many nurses that came through not having in-hospital clinicals, now trying to do in-home, you know, enclex. I'm not gonna say dunk there won't be good nurses, but there will be some that are gonna slip through the cracks that are gonna cheat or try to fake it or figure out a way to, you know, get around some of those things they put in place to keep you from cheating. So I'm just glad I'm past that. I I took my Eclipse twice already now. Like I I'm not looking back, hopefully never take it again.
SPEAKER_00:I'm 100% right there with you. 100%. I it was what's funny is I mean, I remember the first time I heard about it, because I had a there was another nurse that covered it before I did. And um I was like, you know what, I gotta do some research and then I'm gonna make my own video to it. And uh first I kind of sat there a little bit in disbelief, then I thought about where nursing is actually headed. You know, it's not the same nursing that when we first started, you know, it's it's evolved and it's changed and it's always changing, it's always evolving. I mean, when we started, I mean, you know what I'm saying? I mean, that I mean, so it depends on where you're at, but you know, from paper to computers, from you know, computer systems to AI, and just just the so many technological advances that have happened. So now I sat back, I was like, wait a minute, you know, this this um whether I like it or not, this is the future. This is what's happening, this is what's coming. So I don't know. Well, I'm curious to see how it goes. I cannot wait for the first news report that says student nurse got caught cheating.
SPEAKER_01:It's gonna happen. I can't happen.
SPEAKER_00:I can't I can't wait for that because I know I know that's gonna come down the line. I I will say though, man, um, you know, if you ever are looking for any type of nursing humor content, just look up Florida. I I there's always to look up something for satire. I feel like Florida is always in the news for something, man.
SPEAKER_01:With those stories of people, number one, I'm always like, now I've known people that couldn't get through nursing school or couldn't pass in clicks, and that can be, you know, demoralizing. But the thought of somebody to then try to pretend to be a nurse is just like I don't the the the level of mental hoops you had to go through to now, like we don't get paid enough. We get abused, yes, we deal with bodily fluids on a regular basis that most people could not handle. Why would you want to pretend to do that? Like the pay is not enough. Like the just to say I'm a nurse, no, you could have found something else. The the the thought and energy you put into pretending to be a nurse, you probably could have got a better job. That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying. I would never pretend to do this. I did it because I wanted to, but pretended? No.
SPEAKER_00:No, no, no, not not at all. And you know, for my uh Florida peeps that happen to either watch or get a clip of this somewhere. Look, man, I'm not that I'm not dissing the state. I'm just saying there's things that happen there. Conveniently. It's a different part of the U.S. Just happens in Florida. We got people pretending to be nurses in Florida. We got the lowest NCLEX pass rates that are in Florida. We got uh schools that are not accredited in Florida, like there's Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:And and that's another like a lot of people were saying, let's do away with the NCLEX. And I don't have that mentality because the whole purpose of the NCLEX is if you went to a college that wasn't up to speed, it's supposed to weed that out because it's a test of every level. Right. So for the people that went to you know certain universities that either weren't accredited or didn't teach well, that's how you weed out those those schools, is the NCLEX. So I don't subscribe to that school or we don't need the NCLEX if you pass nursing school because it is a different level that you have to reach. And um yeah, when I I had a video about I was joking about how much money I made, and everybody was like, Oh, you must work in Florida. I was like, what's going on in Florida?
SPEAKER_00:Florida always gets the bun of the jokes, especially, especially from me, especially for me, because I have to I report on a lot of different things, and it's just like conveniently happens, it just happens in Florida for whatever reason. I don't know what it combined factors that create this magical potion that all this stuff happens in Florida, but it just happens to, man. So if you're listening to this in Florida, man, I shout out to y'all because it sounds like y'all on the gutter down there or something, man.
SPEAKER_01:To the good nurses in Florida, we we salute you.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, to the good nurses, I we salute you, we salute you. And I got a couple of people that follow me, uh particularly on lives, and they're nursing students in Florida, always give them a hard time. I'm like, man, I am so sorry. I am like almost like they've lost a part, like they lost somebody. Like, I am so sorry that you're doing nursing school in Florida. I am so sorry. And they're like, Well, I'm doing good, I'm doing well. I said, Well, keep that up because most of your peers are not compared to uh national state scores or national scores because they're they're not doing well. So, yeah, man. Florida, Florida, Florida's pretty crazy, man. So let me ask you, man, what you've been making content for for how long now? How long you made content?
SPEAKER_01:What is this? This is no we're in October. I I think I started like at the beginning of the year. Okay. But then I uh I took a little break for like two months and then kind of reinvigorated, came back heavy with it. Um and now I I I feel like I'm at a good place where I know what I want to make. The biggest thing is just time, just because my I like making skits. It just they take time. They do. Uh the little snippets, one-offs, little little quotes and stuff. Those are easy to make. I'll record like three or four of those in a day and just have them saved up. Um and I, you know, I would see different pages and I'm like, this person's funny, this person's funny, and I feel like I'm funny, you know. Like, so I I was like, I want to I want to join this this rank. And that's how I look at it too. Like I love unless you're just saying something crazy, I I love everybody's page. Like, I I like to see people come from different creative perspectives. Because to me, when you have a certain career, but then you have a talent or you have a a creative outlet outside of that, like that's beautiful to me. Because you can save somebody life, you can tell them something educational, and you can make them laugh, like that's the trifectus. I, you know, a lot of people are like, oh, healthcare people, when should y'all be on the internet? Oh man, I'm not sure. I work three hours a week. I work three days a week. Like, I on my days off, I may make 10 little one-off videos and just have them saved up and and go on about my day. Like, it's not like I'm taking time away from my life to a you know, to a high degree to be making content or or the the thought that you can't be a professional nurse because you make content. When I'm in the hospital, I'm as professional as they come. There's you couldn't find a nurse that would tell you I'm unprofessional. So I I don't know where that concept came from that. You can't have more than one talent, you know?
SPEAKER_00:Man, you know what? You know what I think it is? I'm just gonna be honest. I think it's because nursing is is a lot of that viewpoint is misogynistic. I'm gonna be honest. I think it's because if you really think about it, like there's firefighters, predominantly male, they make content, nobody says anything. You know, policemen, they make content, nobody says anything. But you know, there's even doctors that make content. They don't say anything. Why? Because these fields are predominantly male, in my opinion. And so when you have nursing that's predominantly female, I feel like people will find a way to scrutinize it, pick on it, and just just being honest. And I think people look at nursing like, oh, how dare you do this? You should be helping somebody, cleaning somebody up, or whatever, nursing somebody. So that's where I think a lot of that comes from. And so I'm glad you brought that up because I was gonna ask your your perspective because you I made like a series based upon another content creator. Another particular content creator, vers Jazzy. And so it really I got to see a lot how people feel. And it was weird because you got to see people in healthcare comment on it. You gotta see people, a lot of people outside of healthcare that were commenting. So what so what do you got to say to people that are overly, I've this is my opinion, that overly sensitive, and they're like, you shouldn't make content at work at all. What do you what do you gotta say to those people?
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, I you know, because we talked about this before, and I think I joined you live, and it did make me pause and to think about how my content would be viewed if somebody were to see it, especially like a patient. Because sometimes I'll say something about a patient frustrating, you know, causing me frustration, but I never try to like be mean about a situation. And so I don't want a patient to ever see my content and be like, I wouldn't trust him as a nurse because that that would, you know, that defeats the purpose of my my career. And so I did look back at some of my videos and anything that I filmed in a hospital setting or work setting, I was never at work. Like I was always either on lunch or I would be off the clock and in a supply closet or a hallway or part of the hospital to shut down. Uh, because I I, you know, I never had the thought that I'm gonna film something like in patient areas. I'm not filming a patient, I'm not risking HIPAA overhearing something, somebody say something. So I think people that do stuff like that is kind of risky. I'm not gonna tell anybody what to do, but I've seen certain nurses like have a whole production in the hospital. And I'm like, where do y'all work where you can do this? And uh so I, you know, to that degree, I'm like, I can't risk my livelihood like that. But to but outside of that, like I've had even people tell me you shouldn't film in your scrubs. I'm like, they're my scrubs.
SPEAKER_00:Like, why would I mean I've been told, I've been told, uh, I've been told that too. I got told on the live, shame on you for filming in your scrubs at home. Yeah, like I'm gonna be.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, I'm in a blank wall, you know, in my scrub. And and the only reason why a lot of times I even wear my scrubs is because that's what generates the algorithm to know where to push my content. It's like if I'm just wearing a t-shirt, you're not gonna associate that with me talking about healthcare. And so it's more so for the the visual than where I am. And uh, I'd say 99% of my videos are somewhere in my house, a blank wall, or if I am, you know, near work, it's like I'm off work, off the clock, in a closet, in a part of the hospital that's shut down. And now honestly, I don't even do that anymore because I don't even want someone to misconstrue that, like that they thought I was on the clock filming content. So I it really did make me a little more conscious about the perception of what kind of nurse I am and where you can tell I am in my content. It's like I'm just in a blank wall, so you can't assume anything. I don't want you to think I'm a call light going off and I'm back here making videos, you know, because that's that was I've never done anything like that. So um I I think it is important for nurses. I I think a lot of nurses see a lot of content and want to do it. And I would if you want to do it, great, but just be careful because you do have snitches, you do have people that are gonna have the perception that you can't be professional if you, you know, make content. And I've seen like the girl that went live, talking to a patient. It's like, come on now, you gotta know better than that. Even filming in the med room, like I had a video where I filmed in the med room, nothing specific, but I took it down because I'm like, you know what? Now thinking back, like I don't want anybody to think the perception is is there that I'm not being professional. So it it there's a fine line between making sure you can pursue your passion of wanting to content create, but also secure and the the you know, having security in the job that you've worked hard to get.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, yeah. I I second that. I just to piggyback on that a little bit, I think for me it was just kind of eye-opening because it kind of made me think like, what is my position? You know, where do I stand? Do it is there anything I want to change on that. And really my position is the same. It's just uh I know myself because I've I worked hard for my license. So I didn't want I didn't want to record um, you know, at work. I've always had the belief that if somebody recorded on their break or lunch or whatever, it's I mean, who who really cares? But it was the nurses that were literally recording like whiteboards. I mean, I've seen people post videos of whiteboards, patients' information on it, recording literally, literal patient conversations, um, recorded patients at the nursing station with them, you know, like that that kind of stuff, I was like, man, it's it's you know, we're kind of getting out of hand. And and when the public sees that, I'm not saying the public perception is always correct, not saying that, but there's a time and place. And I feel as though if if you're a nursing content creator and you want to get to a certain space, it's like you need to be consciously aware of this is how people feel about certain things. You know what I'm saying? I just want people to be aware. It wasn't like I'm not gonna follow you or I'm not gonna support you, or not gonna, you know, when it went like that for all my other nursing content creators who do that. It was just I wanted people to be aware. Like this is what the general public seems to think, just based upon the space that I have. But anyway, that's another story for another day. We can keep going forever, man. I don't I don't want to keep you much, much, much longer at all. So where can people find you, man? If they want to follow you, where can they find you?
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, so TikTok and Instagram for now, uh, scrub underscore tails underscore, and uh just try to keep this thing going, man.
SPEAKER_00:Make people laugh. Hey man, so that hey, go ahead, follow him, support him, man. Are you gonna are you gonna go to do some stand-up comedy one day or what you gonna do, man? What you gonna do?
SPEAKER_01:You know, it is a dream of mine. I and I've seen like, you know, Nurse John, uh nurse Stank, and it it really just, you know, and even uh what's I think it's uh Joseph, I think it's how you say his well he's on his tour. So the thought that there's something that you could use beyond this does appeal to me. Um still got a ways to go before I could see myself doing something like that, but I I definitely am not opposed to it. I'm I'm I would love to be in that space, you know.
SPEAKER_00:Man, keep man, just keep grinding, man. You're gonna get there, man. I I've I've been watching your content for a few months now, and I'll be looking at the views. I'll be looking. I said, man, he's gonna be on his way. He's gonna be. I'm trying.
SPEAKER_01:I just like man, I just like making people laugh, making people think, and that's the biggest thing too, I think, with content creation. A lot of people assume that you're just trying to get rich. And I don't think that's I I haven't made a dime from content. Like I've gotten, I've gotten people send me some stuff, which is cool. Yes, but I I really was doing it for the strength. I'm like, I like to do this. I think I have a way of making people laugh. And right now, that's what I enjoy doing, just trying to make people laugh.
SPEAKER_00:I feel you. I feel you. Well, scrub tails, man. Appreciate having you on the pod, man. I appreciate it. Hey, man. We'll have to have to do this again sometime. Oh, yeah. Hey, man. Much love, bro. Appreciate you. All right.
