Nurse Erica Exposes the Healthcare System: How It Fails All Nurses

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erica welcome back thank you i'm excited to be back thanks for coming back on yeah you

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um this business is wild because podcasting because you get into like a little groove of okay here's my niche and here's what i'm talking to and then we we got together and it was just magical it was Right.

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And like I said,

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you're an annuity for me.

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Like it's just the people keep coming back on and it keeps getting likes and shares and comments.

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I got a comment,

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I think yesterday on something either on TikTok or on Instagram.

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And this was over six months ago.

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And so,

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yeah,

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well,

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and it's,

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you're just the smartest person in the room,

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I think,

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who is a public face for nurses.

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for nurses and advocating for nurses'

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rights on a national level.

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Thank you.

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You're welcome.

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I think that there's just no one better than you,

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than what's going on.

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Because the thing I love about you is you bring it like you've got the biggest dick in the room.

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And also,

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you're not afraid to go in the comments and clap back at people.

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Oh,

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yes.

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That are misinformed or jaded.

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Yeah.

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Right?

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Absolutely.

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And so you stand by what you believe in.

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I do.

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This isn't just for show and for clickbait.

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And so I love that about you.

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You.

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You're welcome.

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And we've become friends,

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which is a bonus.

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Yeah.

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You know,

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that now like you and Brandon had dinner together.

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It was awesome,

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which we have to do again.

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Yes.

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It was just,

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so just you're a good person.

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And you have,

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I've always done this with a few other people,

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but that seat is open for you.

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Literally,

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whenever you have something to talk about,

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get off your chest,

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let people know about it.

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Let me know and we will get you in here.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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All right.

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Let's begin.

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Why are nurses forced to work while sick and who benefits from that insanity?

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What happens when you're treating cancer patients or ICU patients while you're contagious?

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Well,

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oncology patients have virtually no immune system to fight anything off,

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right?

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So their nurse should be what we call a clean nurse that doesn't have any quote unquote dirty patients,

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which are infectious patients,

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because,

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you know,

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you don't want to spread that to them,

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of course.

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But they will and they being management for staffing purposes will completely disregard best practice and say,

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oh,

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if you just wash your hands properly in between patients,

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it's not an issue.

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Are you not comfortable?

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Do you not think that you can wash your hands appropriately?

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You know,

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it's the victim blaming all the time.

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Yeah,

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but they will force us to work sick.

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There are extremely punitive attendance policies that are pervasive throughout the nursing profession with various organizations.

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So you may only have three call-in days,

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sick days per year.

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Yeah,

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there's a lot of places.

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It's that stringent.

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Yeah.

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Or you don't even get sick days.

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They give you your PTO days,

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but it's combined with your time off.

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And so if you are nearing that point,

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they will threaten you.

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They will write you up.

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They will give you disciplinary action.

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And so the result is nurses are forced to come to work sick,

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which,

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first of all,

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imagine how difficult that is for the nurse,

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because these are grueling 12 hour shifts.

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on your feet,

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no break,

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right?

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But for the patients that are often immunocompromised or susceptible to all manner of hospital acquired infections,

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we are putting them at risk.

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It's terrible.

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Take out being sick.

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What about the single mom who's a nurse and- That's me.

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Child is sick.

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Yeah.

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Child has a-

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doctor's appointment child has what the myriad of things that were both parents that kids have and you have only a finite amount of pto sick days whatever so then what do you do to take an unpaid day off to

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get stuff you know to take often give you that opportunity it's you know truly it's you have this amount of days and there are a lot of places now we're going to a crazy point system.

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So it's this cumulative effect where if you're tardy one minute,

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you get this many points.

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If you miss a day,

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you get this many points.

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If you are,

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I don't know,

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written up for something completely opposite,

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this many points.

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And so once you reach the threshold of 15 points or whatever it is.

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they terminate you.

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They term you.

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But that is something I struggled with for years because I was a single mom working bedside for years and years.

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And they give zero fucks,

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like sub-zero fucks about what's going on in your personal life.

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It is just so black and white with management and healthcare.

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And they don't care that they'll get rid of a nurse that maybe has worked there 15 years that is a huge resource to everyone else.

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They don't care.

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Is the rationale from management and the administration that they have a laundry list of people,

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a queue of people that they can hire and that's better?

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Not exactly,

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because they don't really want to hire anyone.

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You know,

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that's that's the dirty little secret.

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Right.

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I told you before,

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there's no nursing shortage.

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Right.

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There's tons and tons of nursing nurses to fill all the vacancies.

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But.

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There's a component of we can hire and replace you for cheaper with a new grad for much less money.

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But there's also a component of maybe we'll just let that vacancy sit there for a few months.

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See what happens.

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Gaslight the staff and breadcrumb them and say,

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oh,

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well,

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we've got the position listed.

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We're interviewing.

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Meanwhile,

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all of our friends have been applying that we know are qualified and they're not even getting a call back.

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They purposely will leave positions vacant.

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and short staff to increase their profits.

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Wow.

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It's a business model.

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Who are the biggest culprits?

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And again,

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I don't want to get you in trouble.

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So if you're like,

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you don't want to say it's fine,

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but like I've been married to a nurse and I don't want things to come back onto her because I love her and

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I enjoy having sex with her.

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And I don't know if she enjoys it back,

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but I enjoy it.

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So I never want to rock the boat with her,

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but she's mentioned certain healthcare companies that always come up.

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Yeah.

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HCA is probably allegedly the biggest offender.

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Any major healthcare organization,

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they all do this.

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All of them.

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The small ones,

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the big ones.

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they all do.

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They're all guilty.

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They all are.

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Okay.

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How does it make sense that boards of nursing punish nurses for needing mental healthcare?

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Why are 30 states...

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asking about mental illness on licensing applications and what actually happens if you answer honestly.

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so about 30 state boards of nursing have mandatory questions when you apply for your nursing license and renew it every two years.

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Then it's a series of questions.

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Have you been treated for any mental health related issues in the past two years?

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If so,

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fill out these 10 questions.

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Have you sought medical treatment for this,

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for this?

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You know,

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it's a screening.

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The problem is that it very often triggers mandated programs and monitoring for the nurse.

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So it puts essentially their license in jeopardy.

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Okay.

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Now,

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it can be something like you had a DUI five years ago,

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one time.

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before you even became a nurse.

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But now they're asking,

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have you ever had anything that fits into that category?

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you have to answer yes,

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because a lot of the questions are ever in the past or within the past two years.

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And you have to answer because if you lie to the board of nursing,

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that's it.

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It's over.

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And then that triggers a mandatory monitoring program.

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So they'll throw you into,

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you know,

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like a drug,

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alcohol,

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rehab monitoring thing.

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where you maybe just had this one incident and you're not actually a drug addict or,

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you know,

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and then they force you to pay for drug tests at a drop of a hat and they're expensive.

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And you have to do it every week.

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Whenever they call you.

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You're paying for that.

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Oh,

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yeah.

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And they'll call you and give you till the end of day to do it.

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Doesn't matter if you're at work.

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Figure it out.

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Figure it out.

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Yeah,

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they're terrible.

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Some states are worse than others.

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But essentially,

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it.

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puts your license in jeopardy.

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And now you're being monitored and it just doesn't go away.

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It never falls off.

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And it's a money grab.

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They're using it to make money off of nurses with these monitoring programs.

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So the end result is that nurses who know that they have depression or whatever else,

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maybe suicidal thoughts,

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will not seek treatment.

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They blatantly will not seek treatment because they know

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that that means the state board of nursing could very well find out,

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and then their license and their livelihood is put at risk.

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So the people that you have taking care of you in the hospital,

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because we're human,

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And we have mental health issues just like everybody else don't get the treatment that they need for it because the state boards of nursing that are supposed to represent us often.

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And again,

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it's not every state and some are worse than others.

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They often use it as a form of retaliation almost.

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Do the state boards own the monitoring systems?

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Like how is it a money grab?

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Yeah,

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it's often contracted.

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They subcontract it to a third party.

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Is there kickbacks,

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do you think?

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Probably.

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That's bananas.

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It just seems like it's like this,

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like when you let the,

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you pull the drain thing out and that whirlpool that gets formed.

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And it's just like there's this sucking of just of people and talent and people that care,

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that give a shit,

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that want to help,

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that are pleasers.

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And that you just,

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you're fighting this like gravitational pull against you.

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Yeah,

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that's what it feels.

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In the name of a profit and loss statement.

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There's nurses that have lost their lives over this.

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Really?

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Oh,

272
00:11:13.455 --> 00:11:14.018
absolutely.

273
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And not isolated incidents.

274
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A lot.

275
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A lot.

276
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That have not gotten the help that they need.

277
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Well,

278
00:11:20.269 --> 00:11:20.659
they won't.

279
00:11:21.096 --> 00:11:21.221
Yeah.

280
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They're afraid to for retaliation.

281
00:11:24.627 --> 00:11:25.205
Wow.

282
00:11:25.487 --> 00:11:25.987
It's terrible.

283
00:11:29.978 --> 00:11:34.945
Do you believe boards of nursing are protecting patients or protecting their revenue streams?

284
00:11:35.687 --> 00:11:40.265
Tell me what you've seen when nurses get forced into monitoring and recovery programs.

285
00:11:40.710 --> 00:11:41.367
Who profits?

286
00:11:42.773 --> 00:11:43.515
Not the nurse.

287
00:11:44.109 --> 00:11:44.359
Ever.

288
00:11:44.890 --> 00:11:45.171
Never.

289
00:11:45.781 --> 00:11:53.343
There are nurses that have actually left the profession entirely because they have been put into these monitoring programs for years.

290
00:11:53.727 --> 00:11:56.589
And they satisfy all the requirements and they can't get out.

291
00:11:56.810 --> 00:12:01.494
They just keep extending it or adding on more requirements and they're going broke.

292
00:12:01.994 --> 00:12:13.033
I've talked to nurses that are living in their car because they are spending so much money paying for all the mandatory testing and requirements that they can't afford to live and pay their bills in addition to that.

293
00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:17.314
So it's really a problem in some states.

294
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Is it something you've talked about on your podcast or something you've talked about in the content you're putting out?

295
00:12:21.814 --> 00:12:21.939
Yeah.

296
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Talked about on the podcast.

297
00:12:23.567 --> 00:12:23.708
Yeah.

298
00:12:24.068 --> 00:12:27.493
What's the feedback you're getting from your audience?

299
00:12:28.071 --> 00:12:29.294
Thank you for talking about this.

300
00:12:29.352 --> 00:12:30.677
No one talks about this.

301
00:12:31.052 --> 00:12:31.255
Yeah.

302
00:12:31.419 --> 00:12:33.255
We need to be talking about this.

303
00:12:33.419 --> 00:12:37.059
It's we need to get out there because there's a lot of shame attached to it.

304
00:12:37.442 --> 00:12:37.684
Right.

305
00:12:37.762 --> 00:12:44.723
No one wants to advertise that they maybe have a mental health concern or an addiction issue,

306
00:12:45.333 --> 00:12:51.442
but now they're forced to almost advertise it because like you have to inform your employer.

307
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Because you might get that call that says,

308
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go get a drug test by the end of day.

309
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Well,

310
00:12:56.594 --> 00:12:59.074
your employer has to know why you're leaving suddenly,

311
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you know?

312
00:13:00.195 --> 00:13:02.312
So now everybody knows your personal business.

313
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Yeah.

314
00:13:03.750 --> 00:13:03.875
Yeah.

315
00:13:03.876 --> 00:13:04.617
No one keeps secrets.

316
00:13:04.976 --> 00:13:05.093
No.

317
00:13:05.617 --> 00:13:05.796
Lord,

318
00:13:05.976 --> 00:13:06.757
nurses love to talk.

319
00:13:06.890 --> 00:13:07.195
We do.

320
00:13:07.554 --> 00:13:07.726
Yeah.

321
00:13:07.914 --> 00:13:08.242
Yeah.

322
00:13:08.243 --> 00:13:08.898
Chatty Cathy's.

323
00:13:08.961 --> 00:13:09.132
Yeah.

324
00:13:09.133 --> 00:13:09.836
As my mom would say.

325
00:13:10.570 --> 00:13:11.148
Bless your hearts,

326
00:13:11.257 --> 00:13:11.648
but oh,

327
00:13:11.898 --> 00:13:12.492
good heavens.

328
00:13:12.882 --> 00:13:12.992
Hey,

329
00:13:13.054 --> 00:13:13.961
it's a coping mechanism.

330
00:13:14.539 --> 00:13:15.117
I'm okay with it.

331
00:13:15.242 --> 00:13:15.351
I'm,

332
00:13:15.352 --> 00:13:15.570
you know,

333
00:13:15.632 --> 00:13:15.976
whatever.

334
00:13:16.492 --> 00:13:21.336
um why why do so many nurses suffer in silence instead of speaking up

335
00:13:21.983 --> 00:13:23.084
And what's it costing us?

336
00:13:23.164 --> 00:13:28.148
Is fear keeping nurses quiet and our patients ultimately paying the price?

337
00:13:28.910 --> 00:13:29.109
Yes,

338
00:13:29.172 --> 00:13:29.328
yes,

339
00:13:29.390 --> 00:13:29.570
yes,

340
00:13:29.590 --> 00:13:29.953
and yes.

341
00:13:32.093 --> 00:13:37.015
Fear is the motivation behind nurses not sticking up,

342
00:13:37.218 --> 00:13:37.945
fighting back,

343
00:13:38.195 --> 00:13:38.898
speaking out,

344
00:13:39.539 --> 00:13:42.039
because we are constantly faced with the fear.

345
00:13:42.242 --> 00:13:42.898
It's not even fear.

346
00:13:42.945 --> 00:13:43.586
It's reality.

347
00:13:43.945 --> 00:13:51.351
We all have seen or been the victim of nurses being retaliated against for doing the right thing.

348
00:13:52.011 --> 00:13:54.372
for reporting a safety concern.

349
00:13:55.231 --> 00:13:58.391
And then you are now blackballed,

350
00:13:58.473 --> 00:13:58.954
essentially.

351
00:13:59.731 --> 00:14:00.235
They suddenly,

352
00:14:00.430 --> 00:14:02.329
I need to speak to you about your performance.

353
00:14:02.829 --> 00:14:04.415
Your performance has been suffering.

354
00:14:05.251 --> 00:14:05.493
Really?

355
00:14:06.016 --> 00:14:06.337
How's that?

356
00:14:06.376 --> 00:14:07.430
It's been fine for years.

357
00:14:08.212 --> 00:14:12.821
So now that I reported this really unsafe condition that had nothing to do,

358
00:14:13.149 --> 00:14:15.680
it's because of the way the hospital is choosing to operate.

359
00:14:16.180 --> 00:14:16.555
Suddenly,

360
00:14:16.680 --> 00:14:20.712
I'm a problematic employee and I'm then put on a performance improvement plan.

361
00:14:21.099 --> 00:14:22.499
You're under the microscope.

362
00:14:22.540 --> 00:14:23.841
They're pulling you in the office.

363
00:14:24.101 --> 00:14:27.945
They're essentially making it so miserable that you quit.

364
00:14:28.406 --> 00:14:29.148
And most of the time,

365
00:14:29.149 --> 00:14:29.726
that's the outcome,

366
00:14:29.984 --> 00:14:34.132
which alleviates any of the responsibility from management.

367
00:14:34.515 --> 00:14:36.312
So they don't have to terminate you.

368
00:14:37.132 --> 00:14:37.679
They quit.

369
00:14:37.851 --> 00:14:38.742
We didn't do anything.

370
00:14:38.851 --> 00:14:40.210
They were a problem employee.

371
00:14:40.601 --> 00:14:41.101
They quit.

372
00:14:42.132 --> 00:14:45.085
What are some of the most documented,

373
00:14:45.726 --> 00:14:50.148
glaring instances of retaliation that you...

374
00:14:50.643 --> 00:14:51.003
know of?

375
00:14:56.273 --> 00:14:57.995
I think I talked about this before when I was here.

376
00:14:58.136 --> 00:15:00.499
When you're the victim of an assault at work.

377
00:15:01.226 --> 00:15:02.087
silence at work,

378
00:15:02.088 --> 00:15:02.787
in the hospital,

379
00:15:02.848 --> 00:15:03.287
wherever.

380
00:15:03.748 --> 00:15:04.690
And then they ask you,

381
00:15:04.691 --> 00:15:05.830
what could you have done differently?

382
00:15:07.010 --> 00:15:10.776
And here's some mandatory health stream modules.

383
00:15:11.955 --> 00:15:14.260
Do this in your free time at work,

384
00:15:14.721 --> 00:15:15.557
which we don't have,

385
00:15:16.104 --> 00:15:24.151
and pretend like you're learning from it so that we can then weaponize those learning modules against you in the future and say,

386
00:15:24.635 --> 00:15:24.854
well,

387
00:15:24.994 --> 00:15:25.198
look,

388
00:15:25.291 --> 00:15:27.291
we provided you this education.

389
00:15:27.802 --> 00:15:29.903
And yet you still allowed this to happen.

390
00:15:29.944 --> 00:15:34.205
You still put yourself between the patient and the door or whatever.

391
00:15:34.283 --> 00:15:38.842
You weren't following procedure all the time.

392
00:15:39.147 --> 00:15:43.225
It's almost like a victim of sexual assault being accused of dressing slutty.

393
00:15:43.545 --> 00:15:44.287
What were you wearing?

394
00:15:44.350 --> 00:15:44.490
Yeah,

395
00:15:44.491 --> 00:15:45.069
they had it coming.

396
00:15:45.569 --> 00:15:45.709
Yeah.

397
00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:47.006
You're asking for it.

398
00:15:47.287 --> 00:15:47.444
Yeah,

399
00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:49.006
it's exactly like that.

400
00:15:49.194 --> 00:15:52.928
How do the people at the administrative level,

401
00:15:53.069 --> 00:15:54.115
at multiple levels,

402
00:15:54.147 --> 00:15:55.053
like this is coming from,

403
00:15:55.069 --> 00:15:55.287
you know,

404
00:15:55.288 --> 00:15:56.709
the CEO all the way on down.

405
00:15:57.390 --> 00:15:58.832
How do you think they live with themselves?

406
00:15:59.653 --> 00:15:59.772
Oh,

407
00:15:59.773 --> 00:16:04.217
I think they live very well high on the hog with no concerns.

408
00:16:05.299 --> 00:16:06.518
They are paid very well.

409
00:16:07.401 --> 00:16:09.760
They have a lavish lifestyle often,

410
00:16:10.526 --> 00:16:10.807
you know,

411
00:16:10.940 --> 00:16:12.643
at the expense of patient lives,

412
00:16:13.049 --> 00:16:13.846
nurses lives.

413
00:16:14.565 --> 00:16:16.268
I don't think that they care.

414
00:16:16.393 --> 00:16:16.502
Now,

415
00:16:16.612 --> 00:16:17.705
there's some good ones out there,

416
00:16:17.815 --> 00:16:18.065
sure.

417
00:16:18.815 --> 00:16:20.471
But by and large,

418
00:16:21.471 --> 00:16:24.033
I think to operate at that level.

419
00:16:24.702 --> 00:16:26.344
and be successful at that level,

420
00:16:26.445 --> 00:16:28.206
you have to sell a part of your soul.

421
00:16:28.947 --> 00:16:31.490
You have to sell out nurses and patients.

422
00:16:31.790 --> 00:16:31.911
Well,

423
00:16:31.950 --> 00:16:33.568
look at the CEO of UnitedHealthcare.

424
00:16:34.716 --> 00:16:34.872
Yeah.

425
00:16:34.935 --> 00:16:35.232
You know,

426
00:16:35.810 --> 00:16:36.911
he's assassinated.

427
00:16:37.154 --> 00:16:37.294
Yep.

428
00:16:37.638 --> 00:16:38.740
And the,

429
00:16:39.818 --> 00:16:40.966
I forget the kid's name.

430
00:16:41.138 --> 00:16:41.497
Luigi.

431
00:16:41.794 --> 00:16:43.904
Luigi is edified,

432
00:16:44.763 --> 00:16:45.029
you know,

433
00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:45.919
by people.

434
00:16:46.169 --> 00:16:47.763
They're making a musical about him.

435
00:16:48.060 --> 00:16:48.654
Are they really?

436
00:16:48.872 --> 00:16:50.435
I want to be there opening night.

437
00:16:50.950 --> 00:16:51.654
Opening night.

438
00:16:53.898 --> 00:16:55.020
This is like a Mel Brooks thing.

439
00:16:55.040 --> 00:16:55.180
Like,

440
00:16:55.181 --> 00:16:56.061
this is hilarious.

441
00:16:56.180 --> 00:16:56.920
Are you kidding me?

442
00:16:57.041 --> 00:16:58.124
Nope.

443
00:16:58.323 --> 00:16:59.784
Someone's making a musical about it.

444
00:16:59.846 --> 00:16:59.963
Oh,

445
00:17:00.206 --> 00:17:00.764
my God.

446
00:17:00.765 --> 00:17:01.885
I think it's the best thing in the world.

447
00:17:02.463 --> 00:17:02.604
Well,

448
00:17:04.206 --> 00:17:08.831
I'm a big fan of bringing awareness to an issue.

449
00:17:08.932 --> 00:17:11.073
And if this helps bring awareness to an issue,

450
00:17:11.338 --> 00:17:11.573
like,

451
00:17:12.057 --> 00:17:12.573
Mazel Tov,

452
00:17:12.635 --> 00:17:12.760
go.

453
00:17:13.213 --> 00:17:13.370
Yeah.

454
00:17:13.885 --> 00:17:14.385
Do the music.

455
00:17:14.463 --> 00:17:14.573
No,

456
00:17:14.823 --> 00:17:15.198
I mean,

457
00:17:16.463 --> 00:17:17.448
no one wants to hear it,

458
00:17:17.495 --> 00:17:19.885
but God bless Luigi.

459
00:17:20.410 --> 00:17:22.353
No one is condoning the violence.

460
00:17:22.372 --> 00:17:24.134
We all know that's wrong.

461
00:17:25.316 --> 00:17:27.277
But when and who knows if he did it,

462
00:17:27.278 --> 00:17:27.558
you know.

463
00:17:28.339 --> 00:17:32.323
But when you are pushed long enough,

464
00:17:32.722 --> 00:17:33.441
far enough,

465
00:17:34.066 --> 00:17:35.167
you will snap.

466
00:17:36.144 --> 00:17:37.730
That applies to anyone and everyone.

467
00:17:38.042 --> 00:17:38.323
Right.

468
00:17:39.511 --> 00:17:44.855
We need to stop as a society constantly pushing people past their limit.

469
00:17:45.594 --> 00:17:48.836
And I think that's what's happening in other areas now.

470
00:17:48.955 --> 00:17:49.514
Like politically,

471
00:17:49.615 --> 00:17:52.654
like people are just losing their minds about stuff.

472
00:17:52.736 --> 00:17:53.154
And I mean,

473
00:17:53.580 --> 00:17:54.635
Luigi wasn't a nurse,

474
00:17:54.760 --> 00:17:55.017
was he?

475
00:17:55.096 --> 00:17:56.275
Like was he in the health care?

476
00:17:56.736 --> 00:17:56.853
No,

477
00:17:57.057 --> 00:17:57.674
he had,

478
00:17:58.494 --> 00:18:02.705
I want to say a master's degree in like economics or something.

479
00:18:02.783 --> 00:18:03.736
Not medical at all.

480
00:18:03.971 --> 00:18:05.299
I don't know that much about the case.

481
00:18:05.439 --> 00:18:06.017
Engineering,

482
00:18:06.064 --> 00:18:06.346
I think.

483
00:18:06.814 --> 00:18:07.033
Okay,

484
00:18:07.080 --> 00:18:09.064
so if he's an engineering major,

485
00:18:09.127 --> 00:18:09.721
master's,

486
00:18:10.064 --> 00:18:12.596
what prompted him to assassinate the CEO?

487
00:18:13.510 --> 00:18:14.551
Of a health care company.

488
00:18:14.552 --> 00:18:15.031
Allegedly,

489
00:18:15.071 --> 00:18:21.351
he had health problems and his back had been messed up from surgery and he had insurance issues.

490
00:18:21.453 --> 00:18:22.250
From what I've read,

491
00:18:23.031 --> 00:18:24.695
I'm sure it'll all come out in trial.

492
00:18:24.750 --> 00:18:26.070
And his mom did as well.

493
00:18:26.836 --> 00:18:39.172
And so I think he saw the suffering and experienced the suffering himself firsthand and really kind of tied it together to,

494
00:18:40.531 --> 00:18:40.781
you know.

495
00:18:41.302 --> 00:18:42.123
The organizations,

496
00:18:42.124 --> 00:18:43.583
the big healthcare organizations.

497
00:18:43.584 --> 00:18:44.464
It's just a mess.

498
00:18:44.784 --> 00:18:44.944
Yeah.

499
00:18:45.223 --> 00:18:46.485
It's just a mess.

500
00:18:46.665 --> 00:18:47.063
And I mean,

501
00:18:47.563 --> 00:18:49.840
I guarantee you after that happened,

502
00:18:50.005 --> 00:18:56.286
every CEO of every healthcare company on the planet was hiring an ex-SEAL team,

503
00:18:56.348 --> 00:18:59.090
six team to surround them whenever they go out in public.

504
00:18:59.200 --> 00:18:59.325
Oh,

505
00:18:59.326 --> 00:18:59.450
yeah.

506
00:18:59.451 --> 00:18:59.887
From now on.

507
00:19:00.184 --> 00:19:02.653
And their families all have targets on their backs now.

508
00:19:02.654 --> 00:19:06.215
A lot of nurses are being assaulted,

509
00:19:06.481 --> 00:19:06.872
killed,

510
00:19:07.090 --> 00:19:10.075
raped at work all the time around the country.

511
00:19:10.490 --> 00:19:16.196
Do they provide even an extra security guard the day after someone is murdered in the hospital?

512
00:19:16.517 --> 00:19:16.638
No.

513
00:19:17.857 --> 00:19:22.544
But the CEO gets gunned down and they all have private security teams now paid for by the organization.

514
00:19:23.903 --> 00:19:24.044
Yeah.

515
00:19:24.325 --> 00:19:24.521
Yeah.

516
00:19:26.107 --> 00:19:26.982
I'm baffled,

517
00:19:27.185 --> 00:19:27.935
baffled by that.

518
00:19:28.950 --> 00:19:30.638
Let's talk about the real infection,

519
00:19:30.950 --> 00:19:32.950
cowardice in the nursing culture.

520
00:19:33.919 --> 00:19:36.450
You've said nurses are often afraid to speak up.

521
00:19:37.122 --> 00:19:38.935
How do we get their sense of justice?

522
00:19:39.434 --> 00:19:41.456
to finally outweigh their fear.

523
00:19:42.238 --> 00:19:42.378
Yeah,

524
00:19:42.497 --> 00:19:46.863
that's my constant everyday struggle is trying to get through to nurses.

525
00:19:46.984 --> 00:19:47.820
And they always,

526
00:19:47.843 --> 00:19:48.062
you know,

527
00:19:48.063 --> 00:19:50.585
they always have excuses and the excuses are legitimate.

528
00:19:50.663 --> 00:19:50.882
It's

529
00:19:51.507 --> 00:19:52.507
I'm a single mom.

530
00:19:52.945 --> 00:19:54.249
I have bills to pay.

531
00:19:54.749 --> 00:19:55.070
You know,

532
00:19:57.218 --> 00:20:00.062
I don't have a lot of sympathy because I have been in that position.

533
00:20:00.554 --> 00:20:04.374
And it never stopped me from having courage and doing the right thing.

534
00:20:04.394 --> 00:20:05.597
And I have paid the price.

535
00:20:05.815 --> 00:20:10.218
I have been terminated for doing the right thing and for fighting back.

536
00:20:11.179 --> 00:20:12.319
But I would do it again.

537
00:20:12.773 --> 00:20:13.679
I have done it again.

538
00:20:14.937 --> 00:20:23.194
The only ones that I think maybe I can kind of understand a little bit is they live somewhere that's very rural.

539
00:20:23.757 --> 00:20:29.257
And there really only is the one organization that you can work at in that.

540
00:20:30.474 --> 00:20:31.576
geographical area,

541
00:20:31.896 --> 00:20:32.175
right?

542
00:20:33.097 --> 00:20:34.640
So you can't burn that bridge,

543
00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:36.538
but you could,

544
00:20:36.601 --> 00:20:39.882
maybe you could go do home health instead or something else.

545
00:20:40.101 --> 00:20:40.328
I mean,

546
00:20:40.329 --> 00:20:41.148
that's what I would do.

547
00:20:42.828 --> 00:20:43.624
It's tough.

548
00:20:43.749 --> 00:20:48.593
It's so hard to get nurses to show up to anything,

549
00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:50.453
to put their name on anything,

550
00:20:50.468 --> 00:20:51.328
a petition,

551
00:20:51.921 --> 00:20:53.203
to come to a rally,

552
00:20:53.343 --> 00:20:54.578
because unfortunately,

553
00:20:55.656 --> 00:20:56.499
management is there.

554
00:20:56.687 --> 00:20:58.078
They have people hiding.

555
00:20:58.558 --> 00:20:58.958
Looking,

556
00:20:59.058 --> 00:20:59.679
taking notes,

557
00:20:59.719 --> 00:21:00.299
who's there.

558
00:21:00.719 --> 00:21:03.403
They report back and then you're called into the office.

559
00:21:03.723 --> 00:21:06.004
The next time you work about your performance,

560
00:21:06.024 --> 00:21:07.086
like I mentioned earlier,

561
00:21:07.688 --> 00:21:09.625
it's very retaliatory.

562
00:21:10.328 --> 00:21:11.453
And blacklist,

563
00:21:11.649 --> 00:21:13.196
being blacklisted is a thing,

564
00:21:13.774 --> 00:21:14.750
even though that's illegal.

565
00:21:14.891 --> 00:21:15.297
Wow.

566
00:21:15.594 --> 00:21:15.735
Yeah.

567
00:21:17.157 --> 00:21:17.375
Wow.

568
00:21:17.422 --> 00:21:20.063
So then they affect your future employment.

569
00:21:21.407 --> 00:21:22.000
That's insane.

570
00:21:22.375 --> 00:21:25.797
The retaliation is on another level.

571
00:21:26.250 --> 00:21:26.641
It is.

572
00:21:27.202 --> 00:21:43.200
leaps and bounds above any other industry really nursing yeah it's it's vindictive absolutely that's the perfect word for it it is it's vindictive it is erica yeah i mean i'm just i'm i'm blessed in that my

573
00:21:43.263 --> 00:21:56.513
wife's a nurse she's a hospice nurse here with choice hospice shout out choice hospice here's your pen and the the people that she works with are amazing like they have calls in the morning they have calls in the afternoon and

574
00:21:57.398 --> 00:21:57.998
She's happy.

575
00:21:58.219 --> 00:21:59.099
She's supported.

576
00:21:59.781 --> 00:22:00.421
There's really no.

577
00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.501
It's amazing.

578
00:22:01.502 --> 00:22:01.943
And rare.

579
00:22:02.763 --> 00:22:04.244
It's like the needle in the haystack.

580
00:22:05.044 --> 00:22:05.165
Yeah.

581
00:22:05.166 --> 00:22:05.802
She found the one.

582
00:22:05.826 --> 00:22:06.786
She found the one.

583
00:22:06.787 --> 00:22:07.044
The one.

584
00:22:07.388 --> 00:22:07.724
Because

585
00:22:08.169 --> 00:22:08.552
I was,

586
00:22:08.630 --> 00:22:08.927
and I mean,

587
00:22:08.951 --> 00:22:10.490
and she kind of knows this.

588
00:22:10.568 --> 00:22:10.872
When she,

589
00:22:11.771 --> 00:22:14.396
she came out from Tampa and she was a hospice nurse there.

590
00:22:14.693 --> 00:22:15.568
And when she was coming here,

591
00:22:15.569 --> 00:22:15.818
I'm like,

592
00:22:15.974 --> 00:22:16.677
oh man.

593
00:22:16.943 --> 00:22:21.818
Like all I've heard is just nightmare stories about the healthcare here in Las Vegas.

594
00:22:22.083 --> 00:22:26.927
And the fact that she found a company that at least here.

595
00:22:27.642 --> 00:22:44.477
gives a shit yeah and supports her yeah is unbelievable um because that that's unheard of that's unheard of if any of y'all if any of y'all are in health care and looking for a job yeah i don't know if they're hiring but choice hospice in vegas is 10 out of 10 and

596
00:22:44.478 --> 00:22:57.149
i know from personal experience because i want my my it's i i hate the term happy wife happy life that's horse shit fuck that i want my wife just happy in general as a human being and i know that she's happy right now in her position.

597
00:22:57.634 --> 00:23:00.334
which goes against everything we're talking about right now.

598
00:23:00.354 --> 00:23:01.455
So that's why I'm just like,

599
00:23:02.135 --> 00:23:02.475
and again,

600
00:23:02.576 --> 00:23:04.096
I love and trust you implicitly.

601
00:23:04.936 --> 00:23:05.057
So

602
00:23:06.018 --> 00:23:13.572
I love hearing it because it gives me better balance and just more of an objective view of what's going on on a national level in healthcare.

603
00:23:14.744 --> 00:23:15.338
Yeah.

604
00:23:15.354 --> 00:23:15.760
She's very lucky.

605
00:23:15.761 --> 00:23:16.322
Because you're like,

606
00:23:16.651 --> 00:23:16.791
well,

607
00:23:16.854 --> 00:23:17.526
they're vindictive.

608
00:23:17.527 --> 00:23:17.760
I'm like,

609
00:23:18.213 --> 00:23:18.682
Jesus Christ,

610
00:23:18.932 --> 00:23:20.979
her boss makes fucking these great sourdough brownies.

611
00:23:21.057 --> 00:23:21.791
Like we're talking about.

612
00:23:22.354 --> 00:23:23.385
Sourdough brownies.

613
00:23:23.386 --> 00:23:23.432
Oh,

614
00:23:23.433 --> 00:23:24.057
they're fantastic.

615
00:23:24.166 --> 00:23:24.885
I'm never happy.

616
00:23:25.222 --> 00:23:27.545
She made these cinnamon buns that are like,

617
00:23:28.045 --> 00:23:28.765
they should be illegal.

618
00:23:28.865 --> 00:23:29.705
They're so fucking good.

619
00:23:29.767 --> 00:23:31.228
I now,

620
00:23:31.728 --> 00:23:33.412
I know where their office is and I have a,

621
00:23:33.591 --> 00:23:33.748
like,

622
00:23:34.209 --> 00:23:35.310
I know where Brandy is.

623
00:23:35.834 --> 00:23:36.990
We do it for safety reasons,

624
00:23:37.334 --> 00:23:37.537
right?

625
00:23:38.037 --> 00:23:39.459
And whenever I know she's at the office,

626
00:23:39.474 --> 00:23:40.498
if I'm driving around,

627
00:23:40.857 --> 00:23:41.724
now I start to be like,

628
00:23:42.037 --> 00:23:42.240
hey,

629
00:23:42.459 --> 00:23:42.865
what are you doing?

630
00:23:42.866 --> 00:23:43.505
Are there any brownies?

631
00:23:43.537 --> 00:23:44.021
What are you doing?

632
00:23:44.177 --> 00:23:44.896
Is there any treats?

633
00:23:45.068 --> 00:23:46.787
And there's a 99.9%

634
00:23:46.788 --> 00:23:47.724
chance there are treats.

635
00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.662
That's amazing.

636
00:23:48.663 --> 00:23:50.490
So I just happen to slide in and then I,

637
00:23:50.491 --> 00:23:50.865
and they're all,

638
00:23:50.990 --> 00:23:51.505
they're good to me.

639
00:23:51.693 --> 00:23:52.443
And so I don't,

640
00:23:53.005 --> 00:23:53.427
I'm never.

641
00:23:54.166 --> 00:23:54.826
Full disclosure,

642
00:23:54.947 --> 00:23:58.051
I'm never observing anything that's HIPAA related.

643
00:23:58.090 --> 00:23:59.332
Of course.

644
00:23:59.371 --> 00:24:00.012
I go in there,

645
00:24:00.453 --> 00:24:01.274
we say hi,

646
00:24:01.414 --> 00:24:01.875
cordial,

647
00:24:02.297 --> 00:24:03.438
I grab my treats,

648
00:24:03.836 --> 00:24:04.813
hang out for a little bit,

649
00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:06.516
and off I go.

650
00:24:06.961 --> 00:24:09.578
But that's the culture that she's in.

651
00:24:09.781 --> 00:24:10.656
That's amazing.

652
00:24:10.719 --> 00:24:10.985
Right?

653
00:24:11.422 --> 00:24:15.735
And so there is hope because I assume there's pockets like that around the country.

654
00:24:16.125 --> 00:24:16.750
There are.

655
00:24:16.891 --> 00:24:17.047
Yeah.

656
00:24:17.172 --> 00:24:22.469
And California is a big one because the vast majority of nurses there.

657
00:24:22.994 --> 00:24:24.175
are unionized.

658
00:24:24.176 --> 00:24:29.260
So they have that protection and they have the mandated nurse to patient staffing ratios.

659
00:24:29.682 --> 00:24:31.119
So those nurses,

660
00:24:31.526 --> 00:24:37.088
I went to speak at an event there for nurses in Northern California last year,

661
00:24:37.627 --> 00:24:39.854
and they are amongst the highest paid nurses.

662
00:24:40.479 --> 00:24:42.369
They probably are the highest paid in the country.

663
00:24:42.869 --> 00:24:43.729
And they have the union.

664
00:24:43.760 --> 00:24:46.104
And so many of them have only ever worked there.

665
00:24:47.151 --> 00:24:51.947
I think that they often think the stuff like I talk about is exaggerated.

666
00:24:52.446 --> 00:24:57.498
Or they can't quite wrap their head around or appreciate it.

667
00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.099
And I'm like,

668
00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:58.841
you guys don't know how.

669
00:24:59.308 --> 00:25:00.930
good you have it here.

670
00:25:01.190 --> 00:25:01.430
And yeah,

671
00:25:01.490 --> 00:25:03.192
there's always room for improvement.

672
00:25:03.272 --> 00:25:03.533
Yes,

673
00:25:03.912 --> 00:25:05.674
it still has a long ways to go,

674
00:25:05.975 --> 00:25:08.760
but you have it so good here compared to

675
00:25:09.557 --> 00:25:11.479
80% of the nurses out there.

676
00:25:12.502 --> 00:25:14.721
Let's talk Nevada.

677
00:25:15.143 --> 00:25:15.736
Let's do it.

678
00:25:15.846 --> 00:25:17.924
Let's talk Nevada SB 182.

679
00:25:18.127 --> 00:25:18.611
Yes.

680
00:25:18.768 --> 00:25:20.690
And why should everyone care?

681
00:25:21.283 --> 00:25:28.424
What would nurse to patient ratio laws actually change in the daily lives of nurses and for patients.

682
00:25:28.812 --> 00:25:28.972
Yeah,

683
00:25:29.072 --> 00:25:33.156
so SB 182 would establish minimum nurse to patient ratios,

684
00:25:33.215 --> 00:25:35.980
meaning the number of patients a nurse can have.

685
00:25:37.242 --> 00:25:40.164
This is by far the one thing,

686
00:25:40.687 --> 00:25:45.203
if I had to pick one thing that would change health care for patients and nurses,

687
00:25:45.312 --> 00:25:49.078
it would be mandated nurse to patient ratios across the board.

688
00:25:49.906 --> 00:25:56.547
Every year they reintroduce a federal bill and every year it dies in the Senate.

689
00:25:58.768 --> 00:25:59.809
There is California.

690
00:26:00.490 --> 00:26:01.129
There is,

691
00:26:01.311 --> 00:26:04.414
is it Washington or Oregon just became the second state.

692
00:26:06.274 --> 00:26:06.860
But that's it.

693
00:26:07.219 --> 00:26:08.399
That's it in the country.

694
00:26:08.594 --> 00:26:11.297
So this bill is now pending in Nevada.

695
00:26:11.782 --> 00:26:14.563
It has passed the Senate Assembly.

696
00:26:14.750 --> 00:26:16.703
So it has gained some traction.

697
00:26:18.063 --> 00:26:21.938
But we really need all the residents in Nevada.

698
00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:22.610
I'm going to tell you,

699
00:26:22.611 --> 00:26:24.219
I have it written down here to go to

700
00:26:25.828 --> 00:26:26.235
LEG.

701
00:26:27.056 --> 00:26:32.960
dot state dot nv dot us and click who's my legislator.

702
00:26:33.542 --> 00:26:34.343
Enter your address.

703
00:26:34.363 --> 00:26:36.269
You'll find your state senator or assembly member.

704
00:26:36.769 --> 00:26:38.105
Click on the legislator's name.

705
00:26:38.106 --> 00:26:39.027
You'll get their email.

706
00:26:39.949 --> 00:26:40.472
Email them.

707
00:26:40.667 --> 00:26:42.831
Write them at them on social media.

708
00:26:42.925 --> 00:26:43.738
Tweet them.

709
00:26:44.300 --> 00:26:49.238
Send snail mail and do it regularly and tell them they need to support and pass

710
00:26:49.925 --> 00:26:54.878
SB 182 because the opposition to that is outrageous.

711
00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:57.222
They had their first hearing a few weeks ago.

712
00:26:57.683 --> 00:27:04.007
When I tell you every chief nursing officer in the state showed up in opposition,

713
00:27:05.734 --> 00:27:05.851
the

714
00:27:06.312 --> 00:27:07.335
Hispanic

715
00:27:08.171 --> 00:27:09.312
Chamber of Commerce.

716
00:27:10.015 --> 00:27:10.296
Why?

717
00:27:10.937 --> 00:27:14.843
Why is the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in opposition to this?

718
00:27:14.905 --> 00:27:15.562
I have no idea.

719
00:27:16.265 --> 00:27:18.843
They brought out all the guns.

720
00:27:20.062 --> 00:27:23.749
Now they had two days ago a new one.

721
00:27:24.444 --> 00:27:27.606
a new hearing about it.

722
00:27:28.106 --> 00:27:30.329
And our state senator,

723
00:27:30.649 --> 00:27:31.770
what is her name?

724
00:27:31.872 --> 00:27:32.673
Robin Titus,

725
00:27:34.712 --> 00:27:35.735
who is a physician.

726
00:27:36.977 --> 00:27:37.657
She's a physician.

727
00:27:38.181 --> 00:27:39.579
I believe she was an obstetrician.

728
00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:41.274
Stood up,

729
00:27:41.884 --> 00:27:42.618
opposed to it,

730
00:27:42.727 --> 00:27:48.821
went on a rant saying that all the hospitals are going to have to close if this gets approved,

731
00:27:49.384 --> 00:27:51.509
which are age-old scare tactics.

732
00:27:51.510 --> 00:27:53.431
That's what they said about California and they've had them.

733
00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:55.602
the mandated ratios for 20 years.

734
00:27:55.922 --> 00:27:57.504
So clearly that's not the case.

735
00:27:58.885 --> 00:28:01.666
Claims that it's going to be the destruction of everything.

736
00:28:01.986 --> 00:28:06.189
We won't be able to have like rural health care facilities,

737
00:28:06.572 --> 00:28:10.635
that there's no proof that it helps patient outcomes,

738
00:28:10.682 --> 00:28:11.822
which is absolutely not true.

739
00:28:11.916 --> 00:28:22.213
Study after study after study consistently shows that for each additional patient a nurse has above the recommended ratio for that specialty.

740
00:28:23.424 --> 00:28:26.566
all of those patients have between a 7%

741
00:28:26.608 --> 00:28:27.408
and 10%

742
00:28:27.748 --> 00:28:30.791
increased risk of death or serious complication.

743
00:28:31.373 --> 00:28:36.318
So if the recommended ratio is one nurse to four patients,

744
00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.420
and you give that nurse,

745
00:28:38.600 --> 00:28:39.842
let's say six patients,

746
00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:41.139
which is very common,

747
00:28:41.561 --> 00:28:43.545
it sometimes will be seven,

748
00:28:44.951 --> 00:28:45.139
eight,

749
00:28:45.264 --> 00:28:46.186
nine,

750
00:28:46.187 --> 00:28:46.420
I've seen 10.

751
00:28:46.421 --> 00:28:51.795
That means all six of those patients now have up to a 20%

752
00:28:51.904 --> 00:28:53.014
because it's

753
00:28:53.148 --> 00:28:55.070
per each extra patient,

754
00:28:55.450 --> 00:28:56.131
20%

755
00:28:56.231 --> 00:28:59.553
increased risk of death or serious complications.

756
00:29:00.194 --> 00:29:00.315
Now,

757
00:29:00.316 --> 00:29:00.815
I don't know about you,

758
00:29:00.834 --> 00:29:02.116
but I'm not okay with those odds.

759
00:29:02.780 --> 00:29:05.076
Chiron uses young for life wellness,

760
00:29:05.162 --> 00:29:06.983
and now he's literally glowing.

761
00:29:07.944 --> 00:29:08.483
Meanwhile,

762
00:29:09.045 --> 00:29:11.483
my glow comes from studio lighting and desperation.

763
00:29:13.108 --> 00:29:13.655
Called wellness,

764
00:29:13.670 --> 00:29:13.889
Jeff.

765
00:29:14.873 --> 00:29:15.670
I prefer denial.

766
00:29:17.436 --> 00:29:18.576
I wonder if

767
00:29:18.936 --> 00:29:19.780
Senator Titus,

768
00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.951
if we were to look at

769
00:29:22.452 --> 00:29:24.655
Her publicly disclosed donation list,

770
00:29:25.155 --> 00:29:29.460
what healthcare companies and how much have,

771
00:29:29.741 --> 00:29:30.557
what they've donated.

772
00:29:30.604 --> 00:29:30.800
I mean,

773
00:29:30.901 --> 00:29:32.182
that's been a big one now.

774
00:29:32.221 --> 00:29:32.425
I mean,

775
00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:34.604
it's free of information act.

776
00:29:34.643 --> 00:29:35.042
It's there.

777
00:29:35.043 --> 00:29:35.425
Yeah.

778
00:29:35.628 --> 00:29:36.987
And we can see who.

779
00:29:37.268 --> 00:29:38.464
I wouldn't be surprised at all.

780
00:29:38.807 --> 00:29:40.448
And that's something that for you down the road,

781
00:29:40.510 --> 00:29:42.526
if you do a clip about her.

782
00:29:43.135 --> 00:29:43.339
Okay.

783
00:29:43.807 --> 00:29:44.432
And this is just,

784
00:29:44.495 --> 00:29:44.729
again,

785
00:29:44.760 --> 00:29:46.370
because I have friends in Carson City.

786
00:29:46.682 --> 00:29:48.042
So full disclosure,

787
00:29:48.057 --> 00:29:48.917
I have friends in Carson City.

788
00:29:49.526 --> 00:29:49.792
Nice.

789
00:29:49.996 --> 00:29:53.167
You always go back to the donor lists to see.

790
00:29:53.914 --> 00:29:55.456
Not just by company,

791
00:29:55.756 --> 00:29:56.717
but individuals.

792
00:29:57.016 --> 00:29:57.176
Yeah.

793
00:29:57.397 --> 00:29:59.801
If you see individuals that are putting in certain,

794
00:29:59.821 --> 00:29:59.938
like,

795
00:30:00.282 --> 00:30:02.040
go on LinkedIn and see what that person does.

796
00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.383
Yeah.

797
00:30:03.102 --> 00:30:06.344
Cross-reference that person's name from the donor list to LinkedIn,

798
00:30:06.727 --> 00:30:09.227
which is the number one B2B social media platform on the planet.

799
00:30:09.633 --> 00:30:09.836
Well,

800
00:30:09.837 --> 00:30:10.649
this person is,

801
00:30:11.024 --> 00:30:11.274
you know,

802
00:30:12.274 --> 00:30:13.430
senior VP at,

803
00:30:13.790 --> 00:30:14.055
you know,

804
00:30:14.821 --> 00:30:15.618
Vern Flanagan's,

805
00:30:15.993 --> 00:30:16.243
you know,

806
00:30:16.336 --> 00:30:16.993
healthcare company.

807
00:30:17.102 --> 00:30:23.383
um you know i think that's a that would be a good one for you for content because

808
00:30:24.314 --> 00:30:24.574
Again,

809
00:30:24.755 --> 00:30:27.217
look back at like what's going on outside of health.

810
00:30:27.218 --> 00:30:27.338
Well,

811
00:30:27.397 --> 00:30:28.158
some of healthcare too,

812
00:30:28.697 --> 00:30:33.924
but people like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren that are going at the Republicans for stuff.

813
00:30:33.925 --> 00:30:34.182
And again,

814
00:30:34.346 --> 00:30:35.268
I'm middle of the road,

815
00:30:35.549 --> 00:30:37.244
but I'm Republican right now because it's just,

816
00:30:37.268 --> 00:30:38.151
they're making changes.

817
00:30:38.510 --> 00:30:38.627
Yeah.

818
00:30:39.252 --> 00:30:43.377
Bernie and Warren are both coming at the Republicans about stuff where meanwhile,

819
00:30:43.455 --> 00:30:48.033
they're getting millions of dollars from healthcare from,

820
00:30:48.158 --> 00:30:53.143
from the healthcare companies and lobbyists and PACs are donating millions.

821
00:30:53.586 --> 00:30:57.131
So I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing is going on here in Nevada.

822
00:30:57.132 --> 00:30:57.728
I wouldn't be surprised at all.

823
00:30:58.271 --> 00:30:59.033
But just follow the money.

824
00:30:59.814 --> 00:31:01.052
Always follow the money.

825
00:31:01.072 --> 00:31:01.674
Follow the money.

826
00:31:01.814 --> 00:31:01.955
Yeah.

827
00:31:02.338 --> 00:31:05.916
And we'll make a clip of what you said,

828
00:31:06.002 --> 00:31:07.619
and we'll put in the website.

829
00:31:08.361 --> 00:31:11.580
We'll put that link in along with what the website looks like so people can know what it looks like,

830
00:31:11.705 --> 00:31:13.283
and then so people can go ahead and do that.

831
00:31:13.330 --> 00:31:14.127
Yeah.

832
00:31:14.189 --> 00:31:14.299
Yeah,

833
00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:15.064
of course.

834
00:31:17.611 --> 00:31:21.767
Do hospitals treat nurses more like liabilities than lifesavers?

835
00:31:22.438 --> 00:31:25.560
Is the modern hospital system set up to discipline,

836
00:31:25.742 --> 00:31:26.142
threaten,

837
00:31:26.242 --> 00:31:28.986
and silence nurses more than support them?

838
00:31:29.904 --> 00:31:30.064
Well,

839
00:31:30.065 --> 00:31:32.209
it's intrinsically paternalistic,

840
00:31:32.310 --> 00:31:32.630
right?

841
00:31:33.693 --> 00:31:36.990
It's a constant condescension,

842
00:31:37.396 --> 00:31:39.209
condescending tone in general.

843
00:31:39.677 --> 00:31:43.646
Nursing being a female-dominated profession,

844
00:31:44.287 --> 00:31:46.084
we have forever,

845
00:31:46.459 --> 00:31:47.896
since the dawn of the profession,

846
00:31:48.365 --> 00:31:50.662
historically been treated.

847
00:31:51.910 --> 00:31:52.571
Lesser than,

848
00:31:53.091 --> 00:31:53.472
you know,

849
00:31:55.513 --> 00:31:57.935
not given a seat at the table.

850
00:31:59.599 --> 00:31:59.778
This,

851
00:32:00.501 --> 00:32:02.962
I'll tell you the perfect way to illustrate this.

852
00:32:03.298 --> 00:32:04.743
We just had Nurses Week,

853
00:32:04.845 --> 00:32:07.126
National Nurses Week earlier this month.

854
00:32:07.946 --> 00:32:08.540
And,

855
00:32:09.181 --> 00:32:09.431
you know,

856
00:32:09.432 --> 00:32:11.149
this is a nationally recognized thing.

857
00:32:11.165 --> 00:32:12.290
It's been around forever.

858
00:32:12.868 --> 00:32:18.884
And it used to be a nice little celebration to acknowledge nurses by the employer.

859
00:32:20.165 --> 00:32:21.259
It has now become.

860
00:32:21.602 --> 00:32:37.694
a laughingstock and the the gifts quote unquote that they give nurses rocks rocks what that was a big one a couple years ago a rock a literal rock they walked outside got rocks maybe

861
00:32:37.741 --> 00:32:44.319
they washed them off maybe they didn't i don't mean to laugh but wait i gotta laugh they took paint and wrote on the rock you rock

862
00:32:49.326 --> 00:32:50.327
That was their gift.

863
00:32:50.487 --> 00:32:55.752
The only thing better than that would be bringing back like candy stripers and give them the old uniforms back.

864
00:32:56.072 --> 00:32:56.271
Yeah.

865
00:32:56.334 --> 00:32:59.135
We talked before about like the hats that nurses had to wear a long time ago.

866
00:32:59.275 --> 00:33:01.221
Like bring back candy stripers and here's a rock.

867
00:33:01.361 --> 00:33:01.557
Yeah.

868
00:33:01.775 --> 00:33:02.697
Like what the shit,

869
00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.057
man?

870
00:33:03.182 --> 00:33:04.119
Speaking of hats,

871
00:33:04.221 --> 00:33:04.424
they,

872
00:33:04.643 --> 00:33:08.322
in addition to the just insulting gifts for nurses week,

873
00:33:08.338 --> 00:33:13.291
they will often come up with activities as if we have time to go do any.

874
00:33:13.713 --> 00:33:14.666
It's so ridiculous.

875
00:33:14.744 --> 00:33:15.635
Team building activities.

876
00:33:16.338 --> 00:33:17.557
Sidewalk chalk.

877
00:33:19.091 --> 00:33:21.194
I shit you not.

878
00:33:21.233 --> 00:33:22.815
And this is not isolated.

879
00:33:22.854 --> 00:33:24.096
A lot of places do this.

880
00:33:24.155 --> 00:33:24.436
Yeah.

881
00:33:24.437 --> 00:33:25.237
I shouldn't be laughing,

882
00:33:25.276 --> 00:33:25.756
but I'm laughing.

883
00:33:25.757 --> 00:33:30.983
Go outside and paint the sidewalk instead of treating your patients.

884
00:33:31.264 --> 00:33:31.827
Fuck you,

885
00:33:32.405 --> 00:33:32.928
HVAC.

886
00:33:33.241 --> 00:33:33.569
Right?

887
00:33:34.725 --> 00:33:40.319
And one place this year had arts and crafts to make your own paper nurse's hat.

888
00:33:40.553 --> 00:33:40.928
Oh,

889
00:33:40.929 --> 00:33:41.194
my God.

890
00:33:41.288 --> 00:33:46.991
Like we're in kindergarten with our little safety scissors and our glue and our red pen.

891
00:33:47.382 --> 00:33:49.842
To do the cross.

892
00:33:49.843 --> 00:33:58.561
It just shows it's a glaring demonstration of how out of touch senior level hospital administration is with nurses.

893
00:33:59.006 --> 00:33:59.225
Well,

894
00:33:59.561 --> 00:34:01.022
and they just don't care.

895
00:34:01.545 --> 00:34:01.905
You know,

896
00:34:02.201 --> 00:34:05.530
imagine doing that to a doctor during National

897
00:34:06.092 --> 00:34:06.686
Provider Week,

898
00:34:06.764 --> 00:34:07.389
Doctors Week.

899
00:34:07.467 --> 00:34:08.280
They would never.

900
00:34:08.826 --> 00:34:10.030
They would never think.

901
00:34:10.670 --> 00:34:11.342
Here's a rock.

902
00:34:11.873 --> 00:34:13.233
Here's some sidewalk chalk.

903
00:34:13.264 --> 00:34:15.311
Picture giving a surgeon.

904
00:34:16.026 --> 00:34:16.186
Yeah.

905
00:34:16.187 --> 00:34:17.927
A rock and some sidewalk chalk.

906
00:34:17.928 --> 00:34:18.087
Yeah.

907
00:34:18.347 --> 00:34:19.146
They'd fucking kill you.

908
00:34:19.427 --> 00:34:21.167
Yeah.

909
00:34:21.648 --> 00:34:21.769
Yeah.

910
00:34:21.770 --> 00:34:24.425
But the surgeons generate a lot of revenue.

911
00:34:24.988 --> 00:34:27.652
Nurses cannot bill for nursing services.

912
00:34:28.667 --> 00:34:31.730
And that would be a huge game changer if we could.

913
00:34:31.964 --> 00:34:33.042
Immediately overnight,

914
00:34:33.043 --> 00:34:34.917
we would be respected and treated better.

915
00:34:34.964 --> 00:34:35.323
That's,

916
00:34:35.527 --> 00:34:36.183
and I had,

917
00:34:36.573 --> 00:34:38.308
we covered the question about with Nurses Week,

918
00:34:38.309 --> 00:34:41.964
but that is bananas.

919
00:34:42.089 --> 00:34:42.245
Yeah.

920
00:34:43.073 --> 00:34:44.198
Bananas.

921
00:34:44.454 --> 00:34:46.981
There was one place this year that actually there was a couple.

922
00:34:47.983 --> 00:34:49.989
I swear they go to the same convention every year,

923
00:34:50.207 --> 00:34:51.090
the same conference,

924
00:34:51.313 --> 00:34:52.793
and they all get together and they're like,

925
00:34:52.832 --> 00:34:53.075
okay,

926
00:34:53.137 --> 00:34:56.223
so this year the theme for Nurses Week gifts.

927
00:34:57.801 --> 00:34:58.842
Personal massagers.

928
00:34:59.321 --> 00:34:59.441
Oh,

929
00:34:59.481 --> 00:34:59.941
Jesus.

930
00:35:00.961 --> 00:35:01.861
They gave him vibrators.

931
00:35:01.924 --> 00:35:02.221
Let's be real.

932
00:35:02.222 --> 00:35:02.322
Well,

933
00:35:02.323 --> 00:35:02.822
I was going to say,

934
00:35:02.982 --> 00:35:03.584
but come on.

935
00:35:03.585 --> 00:35:05.662
Let's be real.

936
00:35:05.682 --> 00:35:05.842
Hey,

937
00:35:06.084 --> 00:35:07.904
if you're a woman and you want to double click your mouse,

938
00:35:08.021 --> 00:35:08.443
God bless.

939
00:35:08.881 --> 00:35:09.225
Have fun.

940
00:35:09.686 --> 00:35:10.561
Whatever relaxes you,

941
00:35:10.982 --> 00:35:11.264
you know,

942
00:35:11.326 --> 00:35:11.826
you enjoy.

943
00:35:13.404 --> 00:35:14.623
That's hilarious.

944
00:35:14.764 --> 00:35:16.357
About three places this year.

945
00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:19.779
Did it have the brand of the facility on there as well?

946
00:35:19.842 --> 00:35:20.639
They always have it.

947
00:35:20.640 --> 00:35:21.764
Always.

948
00:35:21.826 --> 00:35:25.982
How funny is that in terms of like the ultimate dystopian novel?

949
00:35:26.248 --> 00:35:26.404
Yeah.

950
00:35:26.529 --> 00:35:26.904
is that

951
00:35:27.269 --> 00:35:34.098
you're masturbating with a tool that is actually the cause for you wanting to masturbate in the first place.

952
00:35:34.356 --> 00:35:36.559
That's a great analogy.

953
00:35:36.598 --> 00:35:37.918
That's like something out of The Hunger Games.

954
00:35:38.137 --> 00:35:38.457
It is.

955
00:35:38.520 --> 00:35:39.262
Jesus Christ.

956
00:35:40.324 --> 00:35:40.465
Oh,

957
00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.121
my God,

958
00:35:41.184 --> 00:35:41.520
Erica.

959
00:35:42.348 --> 00:35:42.465
Oh,

960
00:35:42.481 --> 00:35:42.606
HCA.

961
00:35:42.684 --> 00:35:44.582
There you go.

962
00:35:44.864 --> 00:35:46.192
Holy Jesus.

963
00:35:47.192 --> 00:35:48.598
I'm okay.

964
00:35:49.410 --> 00:35:50.332
We touched this a little bit,

965
00:35:50.333 --> 00:35:52.489
but I wanted to double click on this.

966
00:35:53.114 --> 00:35:55.676
You call the management style in hospitals paternalistic.

967
00:35:56.726 --> 00:36:06.832
break that down for us what's it look like day to day and why doesn't the MBA mindset work in health care well you know so they take these

968
00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:23.676
35 year old without any kind of health care background clinical experience that has an MBA degree and they put them in charge and they try to apply this business model to health care

969
00:36:23.989 --> 00:36:25.530
It simply doesn't work.

970
00:36:25.889 --> 00:36:26.009
Now,

971
00:36:26.089 --> 00:36:26.230
yeah,

972
00:36:26.290 --> 00:36:31.031
you have to be financially strong,

973
00:36:31.109 --> 00:36:31.292
right?

974
00:36:31.312 --> 00:36:33.749
You have to be able to support the business,

975
00:36:33.851 --> 00:36:35.109
and that has to be a concern.

976
00:36:36.249 --> 00:36:41.554
But their only goal is to increase the profit margin at any cost,

977
00:36:41.835 --> 00:36:43.070
often the cost of lives,

978
00:36:43.148 --> 00:36:43.414
right?

979
00:36:43.898 --> 00:36:50.117
So the difference is when you put someone with the clinical knowledge and experience in charge,

980
00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.898
they are approaching it.

981
00:36:52.341 --> 00:36:56.988
From the perspective of doing it for humanity at large,

982
00:36:57.046 --> 00:36:58.085
for the community.

983
00:36:59.230 --> 00:37:07.355
But you put the little MBA graduate in charge and they're doing it to get their bonus that year.

984
00:37:08.855 --> 00:37:13.902
To impress the investors because hospitals all employ professional investors,

985
00:37:14.042 --> 00:37:15.605
even the nonprofits.

986
00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.167
Really?

987
00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.011
Yes.

988
00:37:19.542 --> 00:37:19.871
Yes.

989
00:37:21.221 --> 00:37:22.763
That claim that they are,

990
00:37:23.183 --> 00:37:23.423
you know,

991
00:37:23.503 --> 00:37:24.185
destitute,

992
00:37:24.186 --> 00:37:25.403
they're going broke.

993
00:37:25.907 --> 00:37:26.325
Of course.

994
00:37:26.446 --> 00:37:26.606
Yeah.

995
00:37:26.825 --> 00:37:27.509
Of course they are.

996
00:37:27.510 --> 00:37:30.810
They employ professional investors most of the time.

997
00:37:30.927 --> 00:37:31.192
They do.

998
00:37:33.614 --> 00:37:34.731
We need to work on,

999
00:37:35.036 --> 00:37:35.919
this is off topic,

1000
00:37:35.958 --> 00:37:36.716
but on topic.

1001
00:37:37.411 --> 00:37:38.583
We need to have coffee sometime.

1002
00:37:38.802 --> 00:37:39.021
Okay.

1003
00:37:39.022 --> 00:37:39.817
And I want to help,

1004
00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.083
again,

1005
00:37:40.567 --> 00:37:42.161
I like business stuff and helping stuff.

1006
00:37:42.302 --> 00:37:43.021
That's why I'm a pleaser.

1007
00:37:43.458 --> 00:37:44.302
All right.

1008
00:37:44.364 --> 00:37:49.864
How can we get you enough money to give you a national platform to just.

1009
00:37:50.721 --> 00:37:50.961
you know,

1010
00:37:50.981 --> 00:37:54.384
be the megaphone even at a larger level to let,

1011
00:37:54.425 --> 00:37:57.067
because people need to know this stuff.

1012
00:37:57.688 --> 00:37:57.829
Yeah.

1013
00:37:57.989 --> 00:37:58.509
And it's just,

1014
00:37:58.567 --> 00:38:00.411
it obviously it's falling on deaf ears if it's still,

1015
00:38:00.412 --> 00:38:01.591
this stuff is still going on.

1016
00:38:02.231 --> 00:38:04.372
I think I scare a lot of,

1017
00:38:04.997 --> 00:38:05.114
well,

1018
00:38:05.115 --> 00:38:10.255
I know I do groups and organizations off because I am very direct.

1019
00:38:10.567 --> 00:38:12.864
I am very blunt in my communication.

1020
00:38:13.458 --> 00:38:15.146
I am very transparent.

1021
00:38:16.661 --> 00:38:18.896
And that's off-putting for a lot of people.

1022
00:38:19.073 --> 00:38:19.934
I recognize that.

1023
00:38:20.034 --> 00:38:20.334
And so,

1024
00:38:21.816 --> 00:38:22.057
you know,

1025
00:38:22.076 --> 00:38:22.957
as much as I,

1026
00:38:23.057 --> 00:38:23.658
for example,

1027
00:38:23.717 --> 00:38:25.197
support unions,

1028
00:38:25.198 --> 00:38:30.846
I'm the biggest pro-union person out there and I do anything and everything for nursing unions.

1029
00:38:32.408 --> 00:38:34.025
They don't often reach out to me,

1030
00:38:34.291 --> 00:38:40.596
even though I am probably one of their best resources at getting the message out,

1031
00:38:41.330 --> 00:38:41.658
you know,

1032
00:38:42.096 --> 00:38:43.955
because I don't think they want to be.

1033
00:38:44.753 --> 00:38:46.313
associated with a loud mouth.

1034
00:38:46.353 --> 00:38:46.754
I don't know.

1035
00:38:48.094 --> 00:38:48.215
Well,

1036
00:38:48.533 --> 00:38:49.633
I think devil's advocate,

1037
00:38:49.715 --> 00:38:54.035
I think it portrays them as a whistleblower,

1038
00:38:54.879 --> 00:38:56.035
someone that's going to rock the boat.

1039
00:38:56.699 --> 00:39:01.676
And so when they're going to the table across from the administration for salary negotiations,

1040
00:39:01.738 --> 00:39:02.801
benefits and all that,

1041
00:39:03.598 --> 00:39:08.863
it gives them kind of maybe one arm tied behind their back because of who they're affiliating themselves with.

1042
00:39:09.160 --> 00:39:11.191
But desperate times,

1043
00:39:11.254 --> 00:39:11.457
man,

1044
00:39:11.504 --> 00:39:12.191
desperate measures.

1045
00:39:12.363 --> 00:39:12.894
Come on,

1046
00:39:12.957 --> 00:39:13.254
y'all.

1047
00:39:14.077 --> 00:39:14.217
And,

1048
00:39:14.297 --> 00:39:14.538
you know,

1049
00:39:14.578 --> 00:39:18.422
I'm keenly aware always that I only have this path in life,

1050
00:39:19.645 --> 00:39:27.067
this kind of career that I've created for myself by accident because nurses have been systematically abused for generations.

1051
00:39:27.668 --> 00:39:34.238
I only have this platform because nurses have been systematically abused for generations.

1052
00:39:34.332 --> 00:39:34.957
Think about that.

1053
00:39:34.958 --> 00:39:38.004
It would be nice if you worked yourself out of a job.

1054
00:39:38.504 --> 00:39:39.129
It would be great.

1055
00:39:39.598 --> 00:39:40.176
I would love that.

1056
00:39:40.301 --> 00:39:40.567
Right?

1057
00:39:40.770 --> 00:39:41.176
I would love that.

1058
00:39:41.177 --> 00:39:42.301
I think we'd all love that for you.

1059
00:39:42.817 --> 00:39:53.871
I would love to go to the celebratory party after the federal legislation is passed for nurse to patient ratios and to make it a felony to assault a health care worker and say.

1060
00:39:54.823 --> 00:39:55.865
It's my swan song.

1061
00:39:56.084 --> 00:39:56.605
It's been great,

1062
00:39:56.645 --> 00:39:56.986
guys.

1063
00:39:57.386 --> 00:39:57.826
I'm out.

1064
00:39:58.187 --> 00:39:59.146
What do you think of,

1065
00:39:59.287 --> 00:40:00.310
at a national level,

1066
00:40:01.630 --> 00:40:02.451
RFK Jr.?

1067
00:40:04.255 --> 00:40:10.662
Is he going to have an impact on health care and the ethical and fair treatment of nurses?

1068
00:40:13.576 --> 00:40:14.107
For nurses,

1069
00:40:14.279 --> 00:40:14.404
no.

1070
00:40:15.826 --> 00:40:16.169
I mean,

1071
00:40:16.326 --> 00:40:18.310
I don't know if you followed any of Dr.

1072
00:40:18.451 --> 00:40:21.451
Oz's Senate appointment hearings.

1073
00:40:21.466 --> 00:40:21.904
Did you see?

1074
00:40:21.982 --> 00:40:22.935
Did you hear what he said?

1075
00:40:23.107 --> 00:40:23.232
No.

1076
00:40:25.183 --> 00:40:25.303
So

1077
00:40:25.844 --> 00:40:32.969
Dr. Oz said we don't necessarily need to get more nurses in long-term care in nursing homes.

1078
00:40:33.508 --> 00:40:34.852
What we need is more

1079
00:40:35.290 --> 00:40:38.633
AI nurses and remote nurses.

1080
00:40:39.540 --> 00:40:42.001
So we don't need you there in person to be a nurse,

1081
00:40:42.016 --> 00:40:43.235
to do the nursing skills,

1082
00:40:43.236 --> 00:40:44.298
to assess the patients.

1083
00:40:45.063 --> 00:40:48.251
We're going to put some AI technology in there,

1084
00:40:48.704 --> 00:40:53.954
some remote nurses that can hopefully communicate through a computer to the patient.

1085
00:40:54.103 --> 00:41:14.278
that can't probably communicate back you know and so he's in support of that kind of crap you know um how how would ai help out a dementia patient that the ai say say it's like like you know tesla's making the robots now whatever like the ai being yeah say that comes in with little nurses hat on that

1086
00:41:14.324 --> 00:41:23.590
they made at arts and crafts they made an arts and crafts week because they don't want to the pet the rock so they instead they have they have that and the ai thing comes in and sees a Dementia unit.

1087
00:41:24.307 --> 00:41:27.130
a dementia patient eating their own feces.

1088
00:41:28.652 --> 00:41:29.331
That happens.

1089
00:41:29.332 --> 00:41:29.714
I know.

1090
00:41:29.715 --> 00:41:31.476
They keep painting on the walls.

1091
00:41:31.535 --> 00:41:31.675
Yeah.

1092
00:41:31.976 --> 00:41:32.132
Like,

1093
00:41:32.312 --> 00:41:32.452
yeah.

1094
00:41:32.632 --> 00:41:32.796
Yeah.

1095
00:41:33.218 --> 00:41:33.374
Like,

1096
00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:34.038
how,

1097
00:41:35.382 --> 00:41:35.538
like,

1098
00:41:36.038 --> 00:41:37.077
the toxic chemistry,

1099
00:41:37.078 --> 00:41:39.406
the toxicity of that in terms of the environment,

1100
00:41:41.101 --> 00:41:41.257
like,

1101
00:41:41.367 --> 00:41:42.492
how does an AI,

1102
00:41:43.038 --> 00:41:43.210
like,

1103
00:41:43.242 --> 00:41:43.788
not break,

1104
00:41:44.367 --> 00:41:44.632
you know,

1105
00:41:44.742 --> 00:41:46.085
over time without getting,

1106
00:41:46.132 --> 00:41:46.288
like,

1107
00:41:46.429 --> 00:41:47.851
fecal matter in your,

1108
00:41:48.554 --> 00:41:48.804
you know,

1109
00:41:48.898 --> 00:41:50.226
little finger units?

1110
00:41:50.570 --> 00:41:52.257
Even hands-on in that way,

1111
00:41:52.335 --> 00:41:53.570
they will then...

1112
00:41:53.851 --> 00:41:57.191
call the nurse that is there or the CNA,

1113
00:41:57.271 --> 00:41:57.732
whomever,

1114
00:41:58.033 --> 00:42:02.654
and interrupt them in whatever task they're in the middle of and tell them they need to go do something.

1115
00:42:02.670 --> 00:42:04.216
So how is that remotely helpful?

1116
00:42:04.576 --> 00:42:04.693
No,

1117
00:42:05.795 --> 00:42:07.412
it spreads that person even more thin.

1118
00:42:07.513 --> 00:42:07.912
Correct.

1119
00:42:08.552 --> 00:42:09.881
On what they're doing with their workload.

1120
00:42:10.115 --> 00:42:10.271
Yeah.

1121
00:42:10.459 --> 00:42:12.631
Now they're working with,

1122
00:42:12.662 --> 00:42:13.021
let's say,

1123
00:42:13.521 --> 00:42:14.193
six patients,

1124
00:42:14.240 --> 00:42:14.834
which is too many.

1125
00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:15.209
Yep.

1126
00:42:15.521 --> 00:42:16.396
And then on top of that,

1127
00:42:16.412 --> 00:42:20.490
they have an AI unit that they're also working for that's going to grab them.

1128
00:42:21.191 --> 00:42:22.851
not knowing where they're at and what they're doing,

1129
00:42:23.191 --> 00:42:26.152
and that they're already busy with patient care,

1130
00:42:26.711 --> 00:42:26.934
right?

1131
00:42:27.211 --> 00:42:27.371
Yeah,

1132
00:42:28.031 --> 00:42:28.152
yeah.

1133
00:42:28.153 --> 00:42:28.273
Like,

1134
00:42:28.312 --> 00:42:28.851
what the shit,

1135
00:42:29.031 --> 00:42:29.351
Dr.

1136
00:42:29.391 --> 00:42:29.633
Oz?

1137
00:42:30.016 --> 00:42:31.351
It's absolutely insane.

1138
00:42:31.375 --> 00:42:31.711
He says,

1139
00:42:32.476 --> 00:42:33.476
I think his argument was,

1140
00:42:33.531 --> 00:42:33.672
well,

1141
00:42:34.133 --> 00:42:34.312
look,

1142
00:42:34.391 --> 00:42:39.516
they're so severely understaffed in long-term care that essentially there's nothing we can do about it.

1143
00:42:39.531 --> 00:42:45.609
You're not going to be able to get more nurses in there because the quote-unquote nursing shortage and all of that.

1144
00:42:46.031 --> 00:42:48.094
So the solution is

1145
00:42:48.578 --> 00:42:49.672
AI and remote.

1146
00:42:50.279 --> 00:42:50.720
nursing,

1147
00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:51.541
telehealth,

1148
00:42:51.721 --> 00:42:52.621
telehealth and all that.

1149
00:42:54.322 --> 00:43:01.588
The solution is pay them appropriately and give them safe working conditions.

1150
00:43:02.111 --> 00:43:06.822
Give them a reasonable safe amount of patients and some basic security.

1151
00:43:07.213 --> 00:43:07.979
And guess what?

1152
00:43:08.244 --> 00:43:10.400
You will have all the nurses that you need.

1153
00:43:10.932 --> 00:43:12.947
It's really not that complicated.

1154
00:43:13.369 --> 00:43:14.260
It's something that,

1155
00:43:14.322 --> 00:43:14.588
again,

1156
00:43:14.650 --> 00:43:17.744
it's basic economics for me with business plans is

1157
00:43:18.507 --> 00:43:39.232
um what's the hospital here southern hills hospital my son jack was born there and we had such an amazing experience with their labor and delivery that that's where i went i think i had my um my appendix taken out there okay and at the time i was living in henderson all the way across town i drove myself because

1158
00:43:39.247 --> 00:43:43.185
i was with at that time in a not good relationship with my wife and she was off doing whatever.

1159
00:43:43.575 --> 00:43:46.700
And so I drove myself knowing you had with an

1160
00:43:46.923 --> 00:43:47.204
And I,

1161
00:43:47.244 --> 00:43:48.525
but I drove past

1162
00:43:49.386 --> 00:43:50.406
St. Rose Dominican.

1163
00:43:50.988 --> 00:43:51.128
St.

1164
00:43:51.129 --> 00:43:51.687
Rose Dominican,

1165
00:43:52.249 --> 00:43:58.492
I'd rather be treated by a leper colony in the Seychelles than fucking go to St.

1166
00:43:58.554 --> 00:44:00.679
Rose Dominican to get treated for anything.

1167
00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:01.617
And that's on me.

1168
00:44:01.695 --> 00:44:02.578
And if you want to come after me,

1169
00:44:03.296 --> 00:44:05.374
eat a bag of dicks because they're awful.

1170
00:44:05.749 --> 00:44:06.578
They were awful to me.

1171
00:44:06.999 --> 00:44:07.296
And so

1172
00:44:07.890 --> 00:44:10.406
I drove myself all the way,

1173
00:44:10.407 --> 00:44:11.687
half an hour drive across town,

1174
00:44:12.171 --> 00:44:12.656
got there.

1175
00:44:12.734 --> 00:44:13.171
They got me.

1176
00:44:13.187 --> 00:44:13.687
They admitted me.

1177
00:44:13.828 --> 00:44:14.093
They said,

1178
00:44:14.094 --> 00:44:15.046
if you'd have waited one more day,

1179
00:44:15.047 --> 00:44:15.812
your appendix would have burst.

1180
00:44:15.937 --> 00:44:16.124
Yeah.

1181
00:44:16.203 --> 00:44:32.375
you would have been done yeah first done so i go there because we had such a good experience with labor and delivery now they're gonna get my business whenever i'm sick yeah and so that's like wait a minute provide

1182
00:44:32.376 --> 00:44:44.750
a good service right and you're gonna get business from that it's pretty simple i don't have an mba erica but i don't wake up but you have common sense i just i i'm not the smartest guy

1183
00:44:45.348 --> 00:44:45.648
You know,

1184
00:44:45.808 --> 00:44:46.229
in the room,

1185
00:44:46.329 --> 00:44:47.571
but I'm not the dumbest guy either.

1186
00:44:47.871 --> 00:44:48.813
It's common sense.

1187
00:44:49.194 --> 00:44:49.373
Yeah.

1188
00:44:49.553 --> 00:44:50.916
And that's the part that just,

1189
00:44:50.936 --> 00:44:52.740
there's a big disconnect there.

1190
00:44:53.022 --> 00:44:53.197
Yeah.

1191
00:44:53.619 --> 00:44:53.979
Huge.

1192
00:44:54.041 --> 00:44:54.440
Right?

1193
00:44:54.721 --> 00:44:55.026
Huge.

1194
00:44:56.049 --> 00:44:56.330
Okay.

1195
00:44:58.246 --> 00:45:00.267
I love these questions because it's questions I've come up with.

1196
00:45:00.469 --> 00:45:03.613
A couple of them I have had to cross off because you've already answered them like wonderfully well.

1197
00:45:03.750 --> 00:45:04.351
I love that.

1198
00:45:04.512 --> 00:45:05.273
I love your brain,

1199
00:45:05.312 --> 00:45:05.492
man.

1200
00:45:06.012 --> 00:45:12.160
Is it fair to say that many nurses are in an abusive relationship with their employer,

1201
00:45:12.863 --> 00:45:13.980
working off the clock,

1202
00:45:14.137 --> 00:45:16.668
being written up for 15 minutes of overtime,

1203
00:45:16.965 --> 00:45:18.027
constant threats?

1204
00:45:18.402 --> 00:45:19.808
How is this tolerated?

1205
00:45:20.762 --> 00:45:20.902
Yeah,

1206
00:45:20.965 --> 00:45:24.746
there's a lot of parallels between an abusive relationship between,

1207
00:45:24.855 --> 00:45:25.137
say,

1208
00:45:25.793 --> 00:45:26.512
two partners.

1209
00:45:26.558 --> 00:45:26.668
or

1210
00:45:27.558 --> 00:45:30.220
husband and wife and being a nurse.

1211
00:45:30.241 --> 00:45:30.520
You know,

1212
00:45:30.620 --> 00:45:31.142
it's like

1213
00:45:32.261 --> 00:45:33.663
I have to stay for the kids.

1214
00:45:34.843 --> 00:45:36.366
I have to stay for the patients.

1215
00:45:36.710 --> 00:45:38.249
Who's going to take care of the patients?

1216
00:45:39.350 --> 00:45:41.413
There's a lot of that of,

1217
00:45:41.929 --> 00:45:42.233
well,

1218
00:45:42.733 --> 00:45:44.710
they're saying that they're working on it.

1219
00:45:45.147 --> 00:45:46.038
They're trying.

1220
00:45:46.460 --> 00:45:47.179
They're getting better.

1221
00:45:47.194 --> 00:45:48.179
They're going to therapy.

1222
00:45:49.272 --> 00:45:50.397
Your manager is telling you,

1223
00:45:50.866 --> 00:45:52.647
we just listed two positions.

1224
00:45:52.710 --> 00:45:53.538
We're trying.

1225
00:45:54.366 --> 00:45:55.491
We're going to get you guys help.

1226
00:45:55.507 --> 00:45:55.897
They just keep.

1227
00:45:55.981 --> 00:45:58.383
breadcrumbing you and nothing ever changes.

1228
00:45:58.684 --> 00:46:00.407
So there's a lot of parallels there.

1229
00:46:01.926 --> 00:46:02.407
But yeah,

1230
00:46:02.629 --> 00:46:07.813
it's so toxic and I don't think people understand.

1231
00:46:08.250 --> 00:46:10.899
So you mentioned the overtime.

1232
00:46:11.954 --> 00:46:18.868
They will absolutely scrutinize if you have any fractional overtime.

1233
00:46:18.883 --> 00:46:20.039
So you clock out

1234
00:46:20.461 --> 00:46:23.430
15 minutes later than the end or shift.

1235
00:46:23.852 --> 00:46:24.149
Why?

1236
00:46:24.565 --> 00:46:26.167
Because you have too many patients,

1237
00:46:26.247 --> 00:46:26.507
right?

1238
00:46:26.927 --> 00:46:28.931
And it's impossible to get the work done,

1239
00:46:29.130 --> 00:46:31.013
but they don't want to acknowledge that.

1240
00:46:31.673 --> 00:46:31.794
So,

1241
00:46:33.298 --> 00:46:38.181
and granted from a facility organizational standpoint,

1242
00:46:38.735 --> 00:46:42.001
fractional overtime adds up to millions of dollars.

1243
00:46:42.188 --> 00:46:42.610
It does.

1244
00:46:42.642 --> 00:46:44.485
And so you do need to be aware of it.

1245
00:46:45.173 --> 00:46:52.767
But what they'll do is they will start micromanaging nurses and every single day call you in the office.

1246
00:46:52.768 --> 00:46:52.985
You know,

1247
00:46:53.145 --> 00:46:57.128
in the middle of you're in the middle of a million things and you get a phone call from the manager,

1248
00:46:57.171 --> 00:46:59.831
I need to speak to you in my office in front of everybody,

1249
00:46:59.893 --> 00:47:00.190
you know,

1250
00:47:00.972 --> 00:47:01.831
so it's embarrassing.

1251
00:47:02.034 --> 00:47:02.698
And you go in,

1252
00:47:03.893 --> 00:47:07.417
you had eight minutes of fractional overtime.

1253
00:47:09.284 --> 00:47:10.128
We are going to,

1254
00:47:10.347 --> 00:47:10.565
you know,

1255
00:47:10.597 --> 00:47:11.800
sometimes put you on a PIP,

1256
00:47:11.925 --> 00:47:13.643
a performance improvement plan.

1257
00:47:13.706 --> 00:47:14.925
We're going to be monitoring this.

1258
00:47:15.206 --> 00:47:16.487
If this doesn't improve,

1259
00:47:16.534 --> 00:47:19.675
you're going to have progressive discipline.

1260
00:47:19.878 --> 00:47:20.909
You're going to be written up,

1261
00:47:21.097 --> 00:47:21.565
whatever.

1262
00:47:22.045 --> 00:47:32.234
And so what often happens is nurses will clock out when they need to clock out and stay in work for free off the clock,

1263
00:47:32.375 --> 00:47:33.195
which is illegal.

1264
00:47:33.719 --> 00:47:34.273
It's illegal.

1265
00:47:35.859 --> 00:47:37.500
Management knows they're doing that.

1266
00:47:38.258 --> 00:47:39.117
They know it's illegal.

1267
00:47:39.164 --> 00:47:40.070
That's wage theft.

1268
00:47:41.023 --> 00:47:46.977
They don't care because it's good for their bonuses if their unit doesn't have fractional overtime.

1269
00:47:47.383 --> 00:47:49.727
It's good for the organization's profit margin.

1270
00:47:51.258 --> 00:47:51.617
but

1271
00:47:51.781 --> 00:47:55.561
That is how beaten into submission nurses are,

1272
00:47:55.983 --> 00:47:59.760
very much like victims of abuse in relationships.

1273
00:48:00.042 --> 00:48:04.346
We are beaten down long enough that we start to do those things.

1274
00:48:04.964 --> 00:48:05.362
I don't care.

1275
00:48:05.385 --> 00:48:08.346
I can't get called into Kathy's office one more time.

1276
00:48:08.487 --> 00:48:09.003
I don't care.

1277
00:48:09.143 --> 00:48:12.049
I'm going to clock out and stay and finish my charting.

1278
00:48:12.846 --> 00:48:14.628
And sometimes they'll stay for an hour and a half,

1279
00:48:15.003 --> 00:48:15.440
two hours,

1280
00:48:15.487 --> 00:48:19.628
because they're so behind because of the workload for free.

1281
00:48:20.773 --> 00:48:25.094
Or they're told that they have poor time management skills.

1282
00:48:25.113 --> 00:48:26.676
That's a really common one,

1283
00:48:27.234 --> 00:48:27.895
really common.

1284
00:48:28.254 --> 00:48:30.012
They gaslight the hell out of them and say,

1285
00:48:30.113 --> 00:48:30.356
you know,

1286
00:48:30.457 --> 00:48:31.918
you need to work on your time management.

1287
00:48:32.379 --> 00:48:34.738
If you had appropriate time management skills,

1288
00:48:34.816 --> 00:48:36.434
you would be able to clock out on time.

1289
00:48:36.895 --> 00:48:44.957
Maybe you need to come in early and look all your patients up ahead of time so that you can get through a shift change report quicker.

1290
00:48:45.395 --> 00:48:45.520
Well,

1291
00:48:45.535 --> 00:48:45.832
again.

1292
00:48:46.657 --> 00:48:50.601
They're not allowed to clock in when they get there because you can't clock in until the appointed time.

1293
00:48:51.261 --> 00:48:52.402
So they're coming in early.

1294
00:48:52.625 --> 00:48:55.004
They're accessing medical records,

1295
00:48:55.668 --> 00:48:56.847
electronic health records,

1296
00:48:56.886 --> 00:48:59.410
which is actually a HIPAA violation.

1297
00:48:59.433 --> 00:49:01.715
They should not be doing that because they're off the clock.

1298
00:49:03.113 --> 00:49:07.644
But the manager has been encouraging that and telling them that to do that.

1299
00:49:08.238 --> 00:49:09.675
So we're working for free.

1300
00:49:10.254 --> 00:49:12.863
We're putting ourselves in jeopardy because,

1301
00:49:12.910 --> 00:49:13.379
like I said,

1302
00:49:13.425 --> 00:49:14.738
HIPAA violations.

1303
00:49:15.081 --> 00:49:15.682
wage theft,

1304
00:49:15.762 --> 00:49:16.323
all of that.

1305
00:49:16.442 --> 00:49:18.145
We're complacent with that,

1306
00:49:18.544 --> 00:49:24.028
but we're so beaten down into submission and always told it's our fault.

1307
00:49:24.029 --> 00:49:24.231
You know,

1308
00:49:24.309 --> 00:49:25.091
we are the victims.

1309
00:49:25.372 --> 00:49:26.395
Poor time management.

1310
00:49:26.872 --> 00:49:30.177
I was told I had poor time management after I'd been a nurse 15 years.

1311
00:49:30.958 --> 00:49:31.153
Like,

1312
00:49:31.794 --> 00:49:32.794
be for real.

1313
00:49:33.013 --> 00:49:33.294
Come on.

1314
00:49:33.513 --> 00:49:34.106
Be for real.

1315
00:49:35.138 --> 00:49:36.247
I can do this in my sleep.

1316
00:49:37.388 --> 00:49:38.903
It's not my time management,

1317
00:49:39.122 --> 00:49:39.419
you know,

1318
00:49:40.153 --> 00:49:40.919
but that's what they do.

1319
00:49:42.075 --> 00:49:42.934
And is this going on?

1320
00:49:43.901 --> 00:49:44.242
everywhere.

1321
00:49:44.482 --> 00:49:45.143
It's just epidemic.

1322
00:49:45.144 --> 00:49:45.223
Yeah,

1323
00:49:45.224 --> 00:49:46.885
it's very pervasive.

1324
00:49:47.184 --> 00:49:51.789
Every healthcare company is practicing time theft.

1325
00:49:52.727 --> 00:49:52.867
Oh,

1326
00:49:53.008 --> 00:49:53.234
that,

1327
00:49:53.313 --> 00:49:53.492
yeah.

1328
00:49:53.508 --> 00:49:55.570
And there's been a lot of class action lawsuits.

1329
00:49:55.836 --> 00:49:56.734
But that's another thing.

1330
00:49:57.094 --> 00:49:59.641
Nurses are afraid to pursue the class action lawsuits.

1331
00:49:59.642 --> 00:50:00.781
The few that have.

1332
00:50:01.645 --> 00:50:02.045
And actually,

1333
00:50:02.085 --> 00:50:02.766
where I worked,

1334
00:50:02.906 --> 00:50:03.606
they had one.

1335
00:50:03.706 --> 00:50:05.389
And it took years to go through the court system,

1336
00:50:05.390 --> 00:50:06.530
but it was very successful.

1337
00:50:06.811 --> 00:50:08.671
And they were awarded millions of dollars,

1338
00:50:08.714 --> 00:50:15.260
which then gets split between the employees that had the courage to put their name on the class action.

1339
00:50:15.839 --> 00:50:18.815
But most of them don't have the courage to do that because,

1340
00:50:19.143 --> 00:50:19.440
again,

1341
00:50:19.721 --> 00:50:20.440
retaliation.

1342
00:50:20.503 --> 00:50:23.081
Management's going to see who put their name on it.

1343
00:50:23.221 --> 00:50:30.846
And then there's going to be retaliation for putting your name on the lawsuit that you were a thousand percent a victim of that.

1344
00:50:31.177 --> 00:50:33.318
Alleged crime.

1345
00:50:33.319 --> 00:50:33.680
You know?

1346
00:50:35.201 --> 00:50:35.420
Wow.

1347
00:50:35.541 --> 00:50:36.201
It's insane.

1348
00:50:36.240 --> 00:50:36.443
Wow,

1349
00:50:36.482 --> 00:50:36.682
wow,

1350
00:50:36.721 --> 00:50:36.900
wow,

1351
00:50:36.943 --> 00:50:37.103
wow,

1352
00:50:37.142 --> 00:50:37.303
wow.

1353
00:50:38.424 --> 00:50:41.767
Why are nursing students taught theory and fantasy,

1354
00:50:42.689 --> 00:50:44.330
but not real world chaos?

1355
00:50:44.728 --> 00:50:46.291
You've said it's borderline criminal.

1356
00:50:46.510 --> 00:50:46.689
Yeah.

1357
00:50:46.932 --> 00:50:50.135
What kind of damage does that do to new nurses?

1358
00:50:51.119 --> 00:50:51.244
Oh,

1359
00:50:51.338 --> 00:50:52.432
it's so damaging.

1360
00:50:53.260 --> 00:50:54.072
Something like

1361
00:50:55.244 --> 00:50:58.228
40% of new nurses leave nursing,

1362
00:50:58.275 --> 00:50:59.057
not just a job,

1363
00:50:59.166 --> 00:51:00.307
nursing within the first year.

1364
00:51:01.333 --> 00:51:04.236
After spending years and how much money to become a nurse and get that degree?

1365
00:51:05.156 --> 00:51:05.795
Up to 60%

1366
00:51:06.217 --> 00:51:07.018
by the second year.

1367
00:51:08.221 --> 00:51:08.420
Yeah,

1368
00:51:09.303 --> 00:51:10.162
it's outrageous.

1369
00:51:10.163 --> 00:51:11.826
And then they claim there's a nursing shortage.

1370
00:51:11.865 --> 00:51:11.983
No,

1371
00:51:12.022 --> 00:51:16.045
it's a shortage of nurses willing to work in the toxic conditions.

1372
00:51:17.467 --> 00:51:17.686
Yeah,

1373
00:51:17.951 --> 00:51:21.592
they don't prepare nursing students for reality.

1374
00:51:21.654 --> 00:51:22.467
They teach them theory.

1375
00:51:22.561 --> 00:51:23.795
Theory is very important.

1376
00:51:24.029 --> 00:51:24.670
Nursing theory,

1377
00:51:25.029 --> 00:51:25.733
very much so.

1378
00:51:26.654 --> 00:51:29.983
But it's this perfect textbook world.

1379
00:51:31.301 --> 00:51:32.822
where A and B will equal C.

1380
00:51:33.562 --> 00:51:35.644
And that just doesn't happen in reality.

1381
00:51:35.925 --> 00:51:39.566
So they're thrown out there without knowing basic things like,

1382
00:51:40.128 --> 00:51:40.371
you know,

1383
00:51:40.372 --> 00:51:42.730
you really need to have a copy of your nurse practice act.

1384
00:51:42.769 --> 00:51:44.136
You need to have that on you.

1385
00:51:44.175 --> 00:51:44.652
You need to,

1386
00:51:45.097 --> 00:51:48.277
which is basically the rule book for nurses in that state,

1387
00:51:48.324 --> 00:51:49.402
what you can and can't do.

1388
00:51:51.339 --> 00:51:53.261
You need to know that it's different state to state.

1389
00:51:53.277 --> 00:51:54.183
So if you travel,

1390
00:51:54.777 --> 00:51:55.199
you need,

1391
00:51:55.480 --> 00:51:56.324
if you're a travel nurse,

1392
00:51:56.339 --> 00:51:58.652
you need to get familiar with that state.

1393
00:51:58.964 --> 00:52:00.089
You need to know your

1394
00:52:00.393 --> 00:52:02.154
individual state labor laws.

1395
00:52:02.455 --> 00:52:07.281
You need to know if they can force you to work mandatory overtime or not.

1396
00:52:08.878 --> 00:52:13.308
You need to have professional liability insurance.

1397
00:52:13.324 --> 00:52:14.425
That's a big one.

1398
00:52:14.488 --> 00:52:15.730
They lie to nurses and say,

1399
00:52:15.746 --> 00:52:22.714
you don't need your own liability insurance because the hospital has it and you'll be under the hospital's policy.

1400
00:52:23.199 --> 00:52:24.574
And while that's technically true,

1401
00:52:24.652 --> 00:52:27.793
that's just not the way it plays out because that's their insurance policy.

1402
00:52:28.355 --> 00:52:29.714
So of course it's going to.

1403
00:52:30.401 --> 00:52:32.742
default to protect the organization.

1404
00:52:33.063 --> 00:52:37.930
And what they do is they throw the nurse under the bus and make them the scapegoat almost every time.

1405
00:52:38.766 --> 00:52:39.969
And so then they can say,

1406
00:52:40.008 --> 00:52:40.188
well,

1407
00:52:40.531 --> 00:52:41.367
it was the nurse's fault.

1408
00:52:41.368 --> 00:52:42.196
We got rid of them.

1409
00:52:42.735 --> 00:52:42.852
So,

1410
00:52:43.196 --> 00:52:43.430
you know,

1411
00:52:43.477 --> 00:52:44.672
like we've washed our hands of it.

1412
00:52:44.696 --> 00:52:45.774
We did our part.

1413
00:52:45.797 --> 00:52:46.992
We got rid of the problem.

1414
00:52:47.242 --> 00:52:47.477
Right.

1415
00:52:48.117 --> 00:52:50.274
So they need to be told things like that.

1416
00:52:50.275 --> 00:52:52.617
You need your own professional liability insurance.

1417
00:52:52.867 --> 00:52:55.180
You need to know your rights in your state.

1418
00:52:55.461 --> 00:52:58.633
You need to be familiar with what the State Board of Nursing.

1419
00:52:58.961 --> 00:52:59.841
can and can't do.

1420
00:53:00.602 --> 00:53:01.822
You need to have your nurse,

1421
00:53:02.004 --> 00:53:12.432
like all these basic skills that every nurse needs to have and be intimately familiar with are almost never touched on in nursing programs.

1422
00:53:12.932 --> 00:53:17.713
So they get out there completely oblivious to all of it.

1423
00:53:18.244 --> 00:53:20.135
And then someone like me comes along and says,

1424
00:53:20.744 --> 00:53:22.651
you need your own professional liability insurance.

1425
00:53:22.652 --> 00:53:23.260
You need this,

1426
00:53:23.510 --> 00:53:24.088
you need that.

1427
00:53:24.322 --> 00:53:24.869
And they're like,

1428
00:53:25.401 --> 00:53:25.666
what?

1429
00:53:26.244 --> 00:53:26.369
No,

1430
00:53:27.322 --> 00:53:28.447
I was told the employer.

1431
00:53:29.457 --> 00:53:30.117
I don't need that.

1432
00:53:30.998 --> 00:53:31.578
Why do you think?

1433
00:53:32.119 --> 00:53:34.723
Why do you think they don't want you to have your own liability insurance?

1434
00:53:35.602 --> 00:53:44.879
Is it maybe because then you'll have someone fighting for you and standing up for your interests and rights instead of the organization's?

1435
00:53:45.067 --> 00:53:45.238
Yeah,

1436
00:53:45.410 --> 00:53:46.129
of course it is.

1437
00:53:46.410 --> 00:53:47.988
You're letting the fox watch the hen house.

1438
00:53:48.348 --> 00:53:48.535
Yeah.

1439
00:53:49.504 --> 00:53:50.910
They need to know about unions,

1440
00:53:51.317 --> 00:53:53.035
that it's your right to unionize.

1441
00:53:53.036 --> 00:53:53.379
They need.

1442
00:53:53.863 --> 00:53:56.067
It's never taught in nursing school ever.

1443
00:53:59.053 --> 00:53:59.473
Wow,

1444
00:53:59.493 --> 00:53:59.813
wow,

1445
00:53:59.834 --> 00:53:59.973
wow,

1446
00:53:59.974 --> 00:54:00.095
wow,

1447
00:54:00.096 --> 00:54:00.294
wow.

1448
00:54:02.016 --> 00:54:06.723
How many medical errors are linked to untreated nurse mental health?

1449
00:54:07.442 --> 00:54:09.747
If the system scares nurses out of getting help,

1450
00:54:10.122 --> 00:54:11.723
how does that impact patient safety?

1451
00:54:12.786 --> 00:54:12.966
Well,

1452
00:54:12.989 --> 00:54:22.653
we do know that untreated mental health conditions in nurses does lead to medical errors,

1453
00:54:22.794 --> 00:54:22.934
right?

1454
00:54:22.935 --> 00:54:23.138
I mean,

1455
00:54:23.153 --> 00:54:24.153
that's just common sense,

1456
00:54:24.216 --> 00:54:24.497
right?

1457
00:54:25.213 --> 00:54:31.752
If you suffer from something long enough and it's untreated and it's compounded every day in these horrible,

1458
00:54:31.795 --> 00:54:32.233
toxic,

1459
00:54:32.315 --> 00:54:33.791
unsafe working conditions,

1460
00:54:34.393 --> 00:54:39.354
the inevitable result sometimes will be an unintentional error.

1461
00:54:39.932 --> 00:54:40.158
Right.

1462
00:54:40.557 --> 00:54:41.651
That's just common sense.

1463
00:54:41.869 --> 00:54:42.682
We do know that.

1464
00:54:42.854 --> 00:54:46.213
So it's a it's a patient safety issue.

1465
00:54:47.073 --> 00:54:47.994
It really is.

1466
00:54:48.073 --> 00:54:49.713
It's not even about nurses.

1467
00:54:50.135 --> 00:54:50.479
It is.

1468
00:54:50.541 --> 00:54:51.791
But it's about patients.

1469
00:54:52.338 --> 00:54:52.713
So you,

1470
00:54:52.854 --> 00:54:53.573
your loved ones,

1471
00:54:53.604 --> 00:54:54.573
when you're in the hospital.

1472
00:54:55.689 --> 00:55:00.596
may very well pay the price for nurses not being.

1473
00:55:01.367 --> 00:55:04.150
given the freedom to get the help they need.

1474
00:55:05.853 --> 00:55:06.252
Wow.

1475
00:55:06.771 --> 00:55:07.552
Yeah.

1476
00:55:08.435 --> 00:55:08.615
Yeah,

1477
00:55:09.033 --> 00:55:09.256
yeah.

1478
00:55:11.017 --> 00:55:13.220
What happens to a nurse who simply says,

1479
00:55:14.002 --> 00:55:14.822
I'm not okay?

1480
00:55:15.978 --> 00:55:19.283
What's the risk of being honest in today's healthcare system?

1481
00:55:20.142 --> 00:55:24.627
Reported to the Board of Nursing under the guise of,

1482
00:55:25.252 --> 00:55:25.392
well,

1483
00:55:25.424 --> 00:55:26.517
maybe they need help.

1484
00:55:26.595 --> 00:55:29.736
Maybe we need to get them the help that they need.

1485
00:55:29.979 --> 00:55:33.219
Or you report it to the manager because maybe you have genuine concern.

1486
00:55:33.741 --> 00:55:43.662
But then the manager goes to the board of nursing or makes them go on some kind of monitoring thing or meet with them weekly,

1487
00:55:43.983 --> 00:55:45.741
basically put them under a microscope,

1488
00:55:45.764 --> 00:55:47.037
which isn't helping anyone.

1489
00:55:47.991 --> 00:55:48.506
Or they say,

1490
00:55:48.507 --> 00:55:48.756
you know,

1491
00:55:48.803 --> 00:55:51.209
we have an EAP counselor for the hospital,

1492
00:55:51.210 --> 00:55:52.881
an employee assistance counselor.

1493
00:55:53.225 --> 00:55:53.350
Well,

1494
00:55:53.351 --> 00:55:59.162
they have one for hundreds and thousands of employees and you can barely get an appointment with them.

1495
00:55:59.487 --> 00:56:01.089
But they'll say like,

1496
00:56:01.129 --> 00:56:01.270
well,

1497
00:56:01.271 --> 00:56:01.949
we did our part.

1498
00:56:01.950 --> 00:56:03.611
We offered you resources.

1499
00:56:04.592 --> 00:56:04.713
Oh,

1500
00:56:04.771 --> 00:56:05.412
you mean Kenny?

1501
00:56:06.174 --> 00:56:10.635
Kenny down on the first floor whose next available appointment is November 5th?

1502
00:56:10.636 --> 00:56:12.299
2027?

1503
00:56:12.300 --> 00:56:12.580
Yeah.

1504
00:56:14.119 --> 00:56:25.354
It's almost like the healthcare administration system is set up to make nurses vulnerable to the point of self-harm.

1505
00:56:25.916 --> 00:56:26.150
Yes.

1506
00:56:26.416 --> 00:56:28.182
And then when those nurses.

1507
00:56:28.843 --> 00:56:36.672
reach out for help or try to get things changed for the betterment of them and for the betterment ultimately of the patients that is weaponized against them.

1508
00:56:37.294 --> 00:56:38.114
A hundred percent.

1509
00:56:38.231 --> 00:56:38.450
Yes.

1510
00:56:40.575 --> 00:56:41.794
We are set up for failure.

1511
00:56:41.856 --> 00:56:42.715
From day one,

1512
00:56:42.716 --> 00:56:43.919
we are set up for failure.

1513
00:56:44.215 --> 00:56:45.192
Has it always been this way?

1514
00:56:45.239 --> 00:56:48.067
Has healthcare always been this way as far back as you can remember?

1515
00:56:49.145 --> 00:56:49.317
Yeah,

1516
00:56:50.067 --> 00:56:50.583
it has.

1517
00:56:50.911 --> 00:56:51.130
I mean,

1518
00:56:51.239 --> 00:56:54.442
I have been in nursing now for close to 30 years,

1519
00:56:54.630 --> 00:56:57.833
first as a nursing assistant and then as a registered nurse.

1520
00:56:58.219 --> 00:56:59.000
It has been,

1521
00:56:59.100 --> 00:57:01.882
this has been my experience from day one.

1522
00:57:02.162 --> 00:57:02.302
Yeah.

1523
00:57:02.623 --> 00:57:02.783
Now,

1524
00:57:02.865 --> 00:57:05.427
did things get even worse with COVID?

1525
00:57:05.627 --> 00:57:05.927
Yes.

1526
00:57:06.326 --> 00:57:07.185
And unfortunately,

1527
00:57:07.388 --> 00:57:09.068
it has not gone back down.

1528
00:57:09.607 --> 00:57:11.896
But this has always been the case.

1529
00:57:13.834 --> 00:57:14.568
Speaking of COVID.

1530
00:57:15.037 --> 00:57:15.162
Yeah.

1531
00:57:15.818 --> 00:57:16.584
What do you think of The Pit?

1532
00:57:17.459 --> 00:57:17.677
Oh,

1533
00:57:17.724 --> 00:57:18.787
it's such a good show.

1534
00:57:18.834 --> 00:57:20.037
I've seen every episode.

1535
00:57:20.038 --> 00:57:20.709
I'm obsessed.

1536
00:57:22.131 --> 00:57:23.099
I'm a Noah Wiley guy.

1537
00:57:23.412 --> 00:57:23.521
Yeah,

1538
00:57:23.662 --> 00:57:23.912
me too.

1539
00:57:23.927 --> 00:57:24.084
ER.

1540
00:57:24.349 --> 00:57:25.271
I love it.

1541
00:57:25.287 --> 00:57:26.427
Full circle.

1542
00:57:26.568 --> 00:57:26.881
I'm in,

1543
00:57:27.084 --> 00:57:27.209
I'm...

1544
00:57:27.683 --> 00:57:28.805
I'm not a show guy,

1545
00:57:28.924 --> 00:57:29.485
but I'm like,

1546
00:57:29.526 --> 00:57:29.826
I was like,

1547
00:57:29.827 --> 00:57:29.946
okay,

1548
00:57:29.947 --> 00:57:30.627
I'll give it a shot.

1549
00:57:30.628 --> 00:57:30.906
And I was like,

1550
00:57:31.326 --> 00:57:31.447
go

1551
00:57:31.865 --> 00:57:32.990
HBO. Right.

1552
00:57:33.108 --> 00:57:33.268
Like,

1553
00:57:33.350 --> 00:57:34.088
oh my God.

1554
00:57:34.291 --> 00:57:34.510
Yeah.

1555
00:57:34.811 --> 00:57:35.451
And it was.

1556
00:57:35.592 --> 00:57:37.053
It's very realistic.

1557
00:57:37.272 --> 00:57:37.912
I was going to say,

1558
00:57:38.092 --> 00:57:40.639
how realistic was it?

1559
00:57:40.819 --> 00:57:45.576
I would say it's the most realistic medical show that I've ever seen.

1560
00:57:47.123 --> 00:57:47.936
They clearly,

1561
00:57:48.389 --> 00:57:51.451
not only are the little details being addressed.

1562
00:57:51.467 --> 00:57:53.061
So like the right equipment,

1563
00:57:53.123 --> 00:57:54.530
the right placement of whatever.

1564
00:57:54.608 --> 00:57:56.670
Clearly they have medical staff.

1565
00:57:57.151 --> 00:57:59.613
on set that is directing all of that,

1566
00:58:00.015 --> 00:58:02.976
but they are tackling some of these really big issues,

1567
00:58:03.238 --> 00:58:05.878
like violence in hospitals,

1568
00:58:07.722 --> 00:58:09.082
the nursing shortage.

1569
00:58:10.605 --> 00:58:11.964
They're addressing those.

1570
00:58:11.988 --> 00:58:13.105
They have men coming down.

1571
00:58:13.246 --> 00:58:13.371
Yeah,

1572
00:58:13.402 --> 00:58:14.746
I think in the first episode.

1573
00:58:15.449 --> 00:58:16.183
They did that.

1574
00:58:16.293 --> 00:58:17.636
It was amazing.

1575
00:58:17.652 --> 00:58:17.793
Yeah,

1576
00:58:17.871 --> 00:58:19.574
I have one criticism for the show,

1577
00:58:20.699 --> 00:58:22.933
and it's that there's not a lot of nurses.

1578
00:58:22.980 --> 00:58:23.964
And yeah,

1579
00:58:24.558 --> 00:58:25.621
it's a doctor.

1580
00:58:26.191 --> 00:58:41.155
focused physician focused show so that makes sense but a lot of the procedures that you see them doing would actually be done by a nurse really yeah but the accuracy otherwise on point is on yeah it

1581
00:58:41.178 --> 00:58:51.834
was one of the clips i saw was and it was noah wiley saying their approach was unlike any other any other medical show yeah er

1582
00:58:52.435 --> 00:59:09.760
um st elsewhere like gray's and gray's anatomy is so i think my anatomy is still on for five seasons like 27 jesus christ yeah it's that was always from the purview of the patient yeah a lot of times is what it was uh

1583
00:59:09.838 --> 00:59:14.885
where this is more the purview of the health care provider the nurse the doctor.

1584
00:59:15.072 --> 00:59:15.338
Yes.

1585
00:59:16.072 --> 00:59:16.322
You know,

1586
00:59:16.338 --> 00:59:19.588
it's how an ER is actually like run.

1587
00:59:20.010 --> 00:59:20.603
And that's why

1588
00:59:21.557 --> 00:59:21.885
I think.

1589
00:59:22.155 --> 00:59:23.015
After watching that,

1590
00:59:23.055 --> 00:59:25.995
and I've just heard that to be a nurse,

1591
00:59:26.674 --> 00:59:28.878
ER is not your first choice.

1592
00:59:29.339 --> 00:59:31.741
It might be your first choice in the beginning for the first year or so.

1593
00:59:31.999 --> 00:59:34.796
There's a lot of nurses that gravitate towards ER.

1594
00:59:36.022 --> 00:59:36.921
I am not one of them.

1595
00:59:39.257 --> 00:59:42.303
But a lot of nurses thrive in that environment.

1596
00:59:42.741 --> 00:59:43.944
The adrenaline rush,

1597
00:59:45.257 --> 00:59:46.382
the total variety,

1598
00:59:46.803 --> 00:59:48.257
never knowing what you're going to get.

1599
00:59:48.258 --> 00:59:48.819
That makes sense.

1600
00:59:48.866 --> 00:59:49.147
Yeah.

1601
00:59:51.308 --> 00:59:51.748
I forgot.

1602
00:59:51.889 --> 00:59:53.148
I want to ask you about that because

1603
00:59:53.711 --> 00:59:54.351
I love the show.

1604
00:59:55.191 --> 00:59:55.512
Love it.

1605
00:59:55.531 --> 00:59:55.832
So good.

1606
00:59:56.191 --> 00:59:56.414
Well,

1607
00:59:56.715 --> 00:59:59.254
my son actually just texted me yesterday,

1608
00:59:59.293 --> 01:00:01.176
and he's not in the medical world at all.

1609
01:00:01.715 --> 01:00:02.902
And he started watching it.

1610
01:00:02.996 --> 01:00:04.480
And I think he got to episode three,

1611
01:00:04.504 --> 01:00:04.879
and he said,

1612
01:00:04.902 --> 01:00:05.840
I can't watch it anymore.

1613
01:00:05.841 --> 01:00:06.480
It's too sad.

1614
01:00:07.402 --> 01:00:07.746
And I said,

1615
01:00:07.747 --> 01:00:08.449
it's reality.

1616
01:00:09.121 --> 01:00:09.402
He said,

1617
01:00:09.418 --> 01:00:10.058
people are dying.

1618
01:00:10.683 --> 01:00:11.293
They are dying.

1619
01:00:11.324 --> 01:00:11.965
People are dying.

1620
01:00:11.966 --> 01:00:12.449
They are dying.

1621
01:00:12.605 --> 01:00:15.387
Like how they handled a mass casualty event.

1622
01:00:15.605 --> 01:00:15.887
Yeah.

1623
01:00:17.058 --> 01:00:17.371
Yeah.

1624
01:00:17.730 --> 01:00:36.728
bananas because then i'm thinking i go back to when we had october one i was i was they were working at the level one trauma center that when that happened so you're at umc yep um i had my most watched youtube clip is a friend of mine phil ulrich and shout out to phil he was he was shot multiple

1625
01:00:36.775 --> 01:00:43.837
times yeah and so we put together police body cam footage of at that time his girlfriend Now they're married and they have kids.

1626
01:00:44.322 --> 01:00:45.212
Her getting the...

1627
01:00:45.774 --> 01:00:47.915
Like the one guy to go like off,

1628
01:00:48.275 --> 01:00:49.194
go off reservation.

1629
01:00:49.255 --> 01:00:49.495
Please,

1630
01:00:49.496 --> 01:00:50.374
my husband needs help.

1631
01:00:50.375 --> 01:00:54.855
And they packed a bunch of people in the back of his car and they're going to go to Centennial.

1632
01:00:55.597 --> 01:00:56.956
And then either Phil or one of them said,

1633
01:00:57.058 --> 01:00:57.175
no,

1634
01:00:57.214 --> 01:00:57.995
we need to go to UMC.

1635
01:00:58.339 --> 01:00:58.519
Yeah.

1636
01:00:58.816 --> 01:01:01.175
And so he's going like a hundred down the strip.

1637
01:01:01.214 --> 01:01:01.558
Yeah.

1638
01:01:01.792 --> 01:01:02.542
Get into UMC.

1639
01:01:03.261 --> 01:01:06.323
And like it was a medically induced coma.

1640
01:01:07.120 --> 01:01:09.292
He was in for like two weeks.

1641
01:01:10.042 --> 01:01:10.183
Yeah.

1642
01:01:10.214 --> 01:01:10.823
Like wild.

1643
01:01:10.917 --> 01:01:11.886
And the wildest part,

1644
01:01:11.887 --> 01:01:13.667
the clip that got the most views was.

1645
01:01:14.794 --> 01:01:18.457
Phil ended up reconnecting with the metro officer that saved his life.

1646
01:01:18.537 --> 01:01:18.697
Oh,

1647
01:01:18.717 --> 01:01:19.119
awesome.

1648
01:01:19.236 --> 01:01:20.440
That got him to UMC.

1649
01:01:21.139 --> 01:01:21.561
And he says,

1650
01:01:21.562 --> 01:01:21.779
you know,

1651
01:01:21.799 --> 01:01:23.026
I own a mortgage company in town.

1652
01:01:23.065 --> 01:01:23.526
What can I do?

1653
01:01:23.541 --> 01:01:24.565
Can I get you a free mortgage?

1654
01:01:24.666 --> 01:01:24.846
Like,

1655
01:01:24.861 --> 01:01:25.408
what do you need?

1656
01:01:25.409 --> 01:01:25.526
Yeah.

1657
01:01:26.307 --> 01:01:27.026
He pulls out.

1658
01:01:27.027 --> 01:01:27.268
He goes,

1659
01:01:27.330 --> 01:01:27.526
well,

1660
01:01:27.705 --> 01:01:29.010
we're actually looking for a house now.

1661
01:01:29.447 --> 01:01:33.971
Pulls out a pre-approval letter from First Option Mortgage signed by Philip Ulrich,

1662
01:01:34.018 --> 01:01:34.471
president.

1663
01:01:37.893 --> 01:01:38.674
That's amazing.

1664
01:01:39.565 --> 01:01:40.143
So it was just,

1665
01:01:40.174 --> 01:01:41.346
and they're friends to this day.

1666
01:01:41.565 --> 01:01:42.158
I love that.

1667
01:01:42.424 --> 01:01:42.721
And so,

1668
01:01:43.065 --> 01:01:43.627
but it was.

1669
01:01:44.522 --> 01:01:47.906
Even though we have horrific health care here in Vegas,

1670
01:01:48.445 --> 01:01:50.328
UMC is a really good facility.

1671
01:01:50.668 --> 01:01:51.629
It's great for trauma.

1672
01:01:52.011 --> 01:01:54.472
Am I wrong in saying that at the trauma level?

1673
01:01:55.074 --> 01:01:58.816
If I or a loved one was a victim of a trauma,

1674
01:01:59.199 --> 01:02:00.543
I would want to go to UMC.

1675
01:02:01.558 --> 01:02:02.715
That is all I will say.

1676
01:02:02.777 --> 01:02:03.136
Well said.

1677
01:02:03.699 --> 01:02:04.027
Well said,

1678
01:02:04.043 --> 01:02:04.386
my love.

1679
01:02:04.855 --> 01:02:05.355
Moving on.

1680
01:02:06.480 --> 01:02:06.636
Oh,

1681
01:02:06.761 --> 01:02:08.293
this segues great into our next question.

1682
01:02:08.746 --> 01:02:10.090
What's the cost of silence?

1683
01:02:11.949 --> 01:02:12.293
Right here.

1684
01:02:12.433 --> 01:02:12.996
Button 13.

1685
01:02:14.686 --> 01:02:18.128
Both for nurses and the patients they're trying to protect.

1686
01:02:18.929 --> 01:02:24.690
Why do so many nurses keep their heads down and what happens when they finally can't?

1687
01:02:27.128 --> 01:02:28.792
It's that fear of retaliation again.

1688
01:02:30.065 --> 01:02:36.050
The general apathy amongst nurses is off the charts.

1689
01:02:36.597 --> 01:02:37.972
Very apathetic in nature.

1690
01:02:38.269 --> 01:02:39.456
And that's a generalization.

1691
01:02:39.534 --> 01:02:41.253
Nurses get mad at me when I say that.

1692
01:02:41.890 --> 01:02:42.671
But unfortunately,

1693
01:02:42.731 --> 01:02:43.171
it's true.

1694
01:02:43.552 --> 01:02:44.273
Not for everyone,

1695
01:02:44.814 --> 01:02:45.833
but it's true.

1696
01:02:45.834 --> 01:02:47.497
A lot of nurses lack courage.

1697
01:02:49.537 --> 01:02:54.005
And we pay the price because we don't stand up and we stay silent.

1698
01:02:54.443 --> 01:02:55.404
We pay the price.

1699
01:02:55.880 --> 01:02:57.247
Our careers pay the price.

1700
01:02:57.607 --> 01:02:58.247
And ultimately,

1701
01:02:58.372 --> 01:02:59.763
patients pay the price.

1702
01:03:00.513 --> 01:03:02.497
It's a patient safety issue.

1703
01:03:04.044 --> 01:03:04.497
It's crazy.

1704
01:03:04.826 --> 01:03:05.076
It is.

1705
01:03:05.185 --> 01:03:06.060
It's crazy.

1706
01:03:07.419 --> 01:03:07.982
Last question.

1707
01:03:09.122 --> 01:03:10.576
What do you want every person?

1708
01:03:11.358 --> 01:03:14.718
watching or listening to this to do right now to help.

1709
01:03:15.281 --> 01:03:16.218
Give us action.

1710
01:03:16.359 --> 01:03:17.460
Give us the action step.

1711
01:03:17.859 --> 01:03:20.718
Who do we call email tag pressure?

1712
01:03:21.702 --> 01:03:21.898
Well,

1713
01:03:21.937 --> 01:03:22.804
if you're here in Nevada,

1714
01:03:23.038 --> 01:03:25.960
the SB 182 that we mentioned earlier,

1715
01:03:27.038 --> 01:03:30.265
there are three key pieces of federal legislation.

1716
01:03:30.281 --> 01:03:32.249
I think I mentioned it last time I was here.

1717
01:03:33.249 --> 01:03:33.702
It's the

1718
01:03:34.109 --> 01:03:34.984
Safe Staffing Act.

1719
01:03:34.999 --> 01:03:36.890
It has a long actual name.

1720
01:03:36.906 --> 01:03:37.437
That's a nickname.

1721
01:03:37.438 --> 01:03:40.437
It's like Nurse Patient Safety Quality of Care Act.

1722
01:03:40.666 --> 01:03:41.066
something.

1723
01:03:41.646 --> 01:03:44.869
I've got them all on my website on nurseerica.com if you want to look.

1724
01:03:45.748 --> 01:03:47.869
There is the Workplace Violence

1725
01:03:48.525 --> 01:03:50.588
Act and then the PRO Act,

1726
01:03:50.728 --> 01:03:54.767
which would make it substantially easier to unionize for anyone,

1727
01:03:54.908 --> 01:03:55.689
not just nurses.

1728
01:03:56.049 --> 01:04:03.377
So these three pieces of legislation would be game changers for the whole healthcare sector.

1729
01:04:04.408 --> 01:04:06.986
If you can pressure your representatives,

1730
01:04:07.049 --> 01:04:09.205
your legislators to support this.

1731
01:04:09.674 --> 01:04:11.717
And you can't just send that one email.

1732
01:04:12.096 --> 01:04:14.900
You've got to keep on them every week.

1733
01:04:15.260 --> 01:04:16.002
Resend it.

1734
01:04:16.400 --> 01:04:17.240
Make an appointment.

1735
01:04:17.342 --> 01:04:19.525
You can go and meet with your representative.

1736
01:04:20.588 --> 01:04:21.806
At them on social media.

1737
01:04:22.549 --> 01:04:23.611
That gets their attention.

1738
01:04:24.291 --> 01:04:25.510
Send the snail mail.

1739
01:04:25.744 --> 01:04:26.728
But keep doing it.

1740
01:04:26.775 --> 01:04:29.369
And you end every single communication with,

1741
01:04:30.010 --> 01:04:32.635
if you fail to support this bill,

1742
01:04:32.744 --> 01:04:33.713
this legislation,

1743
01:04:34.056 --> 01:04:38.228
myself and my family will not support you in all future.

1744
01:04:38.510 --> 01:04:41.052
election campaigns because that's what they care about.

1745
01:04:41.074 --> 01:04:42.054
That's great.

1746
01:04:42.515 --> 01:04:42.656
Yeah.

1747
01:04:42.894 --> 01:04:43.355
That's great.

1748
01:04:45.195 --> 01:04:46.460
And I don't do like work.

1749
01:04:46.499 --> 01:04:49.523
Everybody finds you like it's you're going to be tagged on everything.

1750
01:04:49.538 --> 01:04:51.085
We collab on everything.

1751
01:04:51.670 --> 01:04:51.991
already.

1752
01:04:53.312 --> 01:04:54.193
Thank you for coming in.

1753
01:04:54.194 --> 01:04:55.253
Thank you.

1754
01:04:55.254 --> 01:04:55.513
I just,

1755
01:04:55.615 --> 01:04:56.415
I admire you.

1756
01:04:56.697 --> 01:04:57.615
I love your brain.

1757
01:04:58.076 --> 01:04:59.056
I love you as a person.

1758
01:04:59.216 --> 01:04:59.579
You're just,

1759
01:05:00.162 --> 01:05:01.318
your heart's in the right place.

1760
01:05:02.037 --> 01:05:02.240
And

1761
01:05:02.779 --> 01:05:07.505
I know that you are sometimes fighting or all the time fighting overwhelming adversity,

1762
01:05:08.662 --> 01:05:08.865
but

1763
01:05:09.490 --> 01:05:10.130
I'm a fan,

1764
01:05:10.208 --> 01:05:10.474
man.

1765
01:05:11.146 --> 01:05:15.052
The Fargo's are fans of you and what you're doing.

1766
01:05:15.208 --> 01:05:17.943
And the door is always open for you to step in here.

1767
01:05:18.750 --> 01:05:22.133
If there's something that is really getting at you and schedules align,

1768
01:05:22.194 --> 01:05:23.975
let's get you in here and let's talk about it.

1769
01:05:24.334 --> 01:05:24.537
Right?

1770
01:05:24.557 --> 01:05:24.877
I just,

1771
01:05:26.198 --> 01:05:28.701
I can't thank you enough for doing what you do.

1772
01:05:28.944 --> 01:05:30.584
And I'm not even in the healthcare field,

1773
01:05:30.662 --> 01:05:32.264
but the person I love.

1774
01:05:32.342 --> 01:05:33.162
Vicariously you are.

1775
01:05:33.264 --> 01:05:33.623
Well,

1776
01:05:33.725 --> 01:05:35.826
the person I love more than anything in the entire world.

1777
01:05:36.842 --> 01:05:37.092
I mean,

1778
01:05:37.170 --> 01:05:43.717
it's the only thing better than being married to a nurse is looking at a nurse's ass in purple jegs.

1779
01:05:45.534 --> 01:05:46.295
The greatest thing ever.

1780
01:05:46.296 --> 01:05:46.796
The best.

1781
01:05:46.816 --> 01:05:47.497
She's going to be like,

1782
01:05:47.536 --> 01:05:48.536
he's an asshole for saying that,

1783
01:05:48.537 --> 01:05:49.237
but it's the truth.

1784
01:05:49.337 --> 01:05:50.138
Or black is good,

1785
01:05:50.139 --> 01:05:51.259
but purple is my favorite on her.

1786
01:05:51.661 --> 01:05:51.982
And so

1787
01:05:52.681 --> 01:05:53.564
I love that the best.

1788
01:05:53.626 --> 01:05:56.626
So thank you for getting rid of all the old uniforms and all that stuff.

1789
01:05:56.627 --> 01:05:57.782
And now at least like somewhat.

1790
01:05:57.783 --> 01:05:58.728
You like the joggers.

1791
01:05:58.751 --> 01:05:58.868
Oh,

1792
01:05:58.907 --> 01:06:00.931
with the cuffs on the bottom.

1793
01:06:01.032 --> 01:06:01.150
Oh,

1794
01:06:01.173 --> 01:06:01.517
hell yeah.

1795
01:06:01.518 --> 01:06:02.157
Cute.

1796
01:06:02.173 --> 01:06:02.329
Hell,

1797
01:06:02.407 --> 01:06:02.595
oh,

1798
01:06:02.610 --> 01:06:02.907
hell yeah.

1799
01:06:02.908 --> 01:06:04.017
A little bit of ankle showing.

1800
01:06:04.032 --> 01:06:04.829
A little bit of ankle.

1801
01:06:04.830 --> 01:06:05.642
I'm not even a foot guy,

1802
01:06:05.657 --> 01:06:06.095
but ankle.

1803
01:06:06.220 --> 01:06:06.329
Oh,

1804
01:06:06.376 --> 01:06:06.798
hell yeah.

1805
01:06:07.939 --> 01:06:08.235
Done.

1806
01:06:08.876 --> 01:06:09.157
Thank you,

1807
01:06:09.158 --> 01:06:09.532
my love.

1808
01:06:10.001 --> 01:06:10.423
You're welcome.

1809
01:06:10.424 --> 01:06:10.798
Very much.