 What is up, everyone? Just waiting for some more peeps to come on here. I'm eating dinner, clearly. This is like something I do on my Instagram live chat, so I figured might as well continue the tradition and do it on here as well. Ooh, we've got one person, yay. I've never done these before, so let me see. Oh, nurse Cisco, yes, the vest. So if you guys have heard of the company WearFigs, they're on Instagram, well, they're on the internet, but Instagram's kind of their main social media. I'm doing a review video for them, and they sent me this vest. So this is crazy, I've never done one of these before. It's kind of cool. Hello, Leah. I'm gonna try to answer you guys' questions and just chit chat. I'm eating dinner at the same time, so excuse me. But this is like what I do, you know, on Instagram we do this all the time. So if you are from, if you guys watch my Instagram live chats, let me know, and yeah, because I recognize a lot of you guys, so. Hello, Jasmine, Hannah, Marshala. So someone asked why I, but maybe started a YouTube channel. Honestly, I started one over Spring Break, like two years ago, and Marshal will be two years, and I was just like bored and wanted to do something, and I was like, oh, I should do, I was doing a ton of different videos, and I had one nursing video that was popular, and so then I just started doing nursing videos to kind of document my journey, and here we are, two years later, pretty crazy. So if you guys have questions or things you just wanna chat about, let me know. Did anyone attend the NRSNG webinar tonight for test-taking tips, and how was it? I was not able to. I was at the dog park with some friends, but I am eating, I'll show you kind of, breaded chicken, sorry, my cat's in the way, breaded chicken that I did, and quinoa and some roasted veggies. It's potatoes and broccoli and tomatoes, which these little cherry tomatoes, I throw on in the last few minutes in the oven. It's so good. Oh, oh, and, oops, sorry, my cat's in the way. Fine, done. So how about y'all tell me what you're up to tonight? On this beautiful, is it Tuesday? Yeah, it's Tuesday. I love quinoa too. This is rosemary olive oil quinoa, it's just from a box, but I have made regular quinoa as well. But this is really good. So how's work going? Work's going good. Just, you know, working three days a week, which is nice, having time off. You just had your first float on telemetry. Where are you floating from? So if I had a float from telemetry from the ICU, I would be like, oh my gosh. I'm pretty sure this chicken is cooked all the way. We'll see tomorrow, if I'm throwing out. Just kidding. I have a weird texture. It's really weird actually. It should be done, I cooked for like 20 minutes. Anyway, sorry. Let's just eat it from the other side. Usually my chicken's like super tender. I just think it's like, I don't think I overdid it. Anyways, so, what's everyone up to? Just knight. Sorry. Nurse Bass, Nurse Bass is on. Have I thought about medical school? Yes, and that answer is a no. I do not want to go to medical school. Okay, my cat is like right here. So you guys are like, what is she waving at? So I have a video out on why I chose nursing and not to not become a doctor. But basically, I wanted to be at the bedside. I liked being hands-on. Also, there's other factors too. You know, I could do a four-year degree and have a career afterwards, whereas to be a doctor, it's a lot more. Obviously you make more, but I also have to usually take out a little more money. I did nursing loan-free, so, you know, there's that. You guys are so many questions. Would I ever want to work in the ER? So, this is a great question. Yes and no. When I applied to the ICU, I did, I applied for the ER and the ICU and I got the job at the ICU first. So, I accepted it. I really like the ER, but I like the sick people. And I think in the ICU, or in the ER, sorry. I really like ER, but I think I would get kind of tired of the people that are not really sick that come to the ER, that use it as a non-emergency doctor's office basically. So, at least in the ICU, people are typically really sick. So, I like that part of it a lot. Sorry, these questions keep going like they pop up and then they go away. When do I not drink wine? Actually, I know it looks like I drink wine a lot maybe I do to some people, but I probably only drink it like twice a week and I usually have like a glass, maybe two. So, maybe that's for a lot for some people. I feel like I just always share when I'm drinking wine, like on social media, and like my Instagram stories and stuff. So, it looks like I'm drinking a lot. But, you know, I don't usually drink a glass when I come home from work at night. Sometimes I do, but actually maybe I do. Maybe I drink more like three times a week. Maybe I'm in denial. No, I'm just teasing. Say hi to you, Carrie, hi, Carrie. What kind of wine am I drinking? I am drinking, this is called Holly's Way. It's from Postino's. I don't know if you guys have Postino's where you are, but they do $20 border bruschetta and bottle nights. And you get a bottle of wine and a border bruschetta for $20. And like, this is a $39 bottle of wine. Well, at Postino's, if you bought it for its full price. For $20 an a border bruschetta. So, I was there last night with friends, or one friend, friends, makes me feel like I'm so popular. I was there with one friend, and we had about a one. This is the last glass of it. Sorry, so many questions here. Oh, move, she wants my food. Once I'm done eating, this will not be as there. No, I'm kind of close. Um, when does my husband come back home? I can't say the exact dates, but we are about three quarters of the way done, I would say. If I had to go back to school, what would I do? I would be do a nurse practitioner, but I don't know when or if I want to go back to school. I'm trying to find the fence about it. Man, I don't like how the questions pop up, but then they like disappear unless I might hold my finger on here. So let me do this. Oh, nope, it's mad, it's mad. Said rotate your device. I know how many people are in the chat right now. I don't know, I can't like, I can't see. It says 105, but I don't know if that's 105 people in the chat or 105 people who have come onto this live chat and like watched it, because it's my first time doing this. Sorry, this is so close, but if I put it back here, my cat keeps coming in front of the camera. So, I'm not about that life, not today. See the question, don't see, move. 105 people are on this chat. Ooh, that is a lot of people. Okay, ugh, you love my shirt. So this vest is from WearFigs and like honestly, I'm obsessed with it. I wore it yesterday and then I washed it and I'm wearing it again today because I'm just like that obsessed, but I know she wants to vlog. As my husband and nurse too, no. And honestly, I'm glad I think we would compete too much, we're both competitive people. What about CRNA? I do like CRNA, but I don't know if I, I don't know, I just don't know. We'll see. I think it'd be great to flirt with my education, but it's like, how long is it gonna take me to do that? How much money? How long is it gonna take me to recoup that money? You know, there's so many questions other than just like, you know, like further your education. Where can you get these vests? This vest is on WearFigs website. Go to wearfigs.com. I am in Arizona. Man, I wish these questions would stay up. Does anyone know how to make these questions stay up? They keep like disappearing. I wonder if I, let's see. Show, is my husband in the medical field? No, not at all. So, Kaley asked, how long she should wait to start applying to other facilities? She just had an interview at her, at a facility and which is awesome, by the way. I personally, I would just keep applying until you secure a job, to be honest, you minus well. You could always, if they contact you for an interview, say sorry, I already accepted a position out of place, but at least you have the options. Cause if you don't get that job, then you're just like that many days or weeks behind cause you were just in limbo waiting. Ooh, if you scroll up, it should stay where it is well, still updating me on time. So like the questions are like, I see them in real time, but then they like disappear. So I keep having, like you see my hand here, I keep having to like hold my finger on it else they just disappear, which is annoying. You took the tease today, which is awesome. So many questions on here, I'm sorry, I can't answer them all. So can this be a weekly or two? Yes, I would love to start doing this more. I do a lot on my Instagram, my nursing Instagram, so go on there. All right, Millie Grande, Millie Grande, I definitely have seen your question. I'm sorry, there are just so many people on a scale of one to 20, how hard would I rate nursing school? Compared to what? So I feel like everyone's scale is different, you know, it's kind of like your pain scale. Everyone's pain scale is different. So I can't answer that, you know, I feel like there's always gonna be things hard in life, just like I feel like there's always situations in your life where you can be in more pain. I feel like I would never rate my pain in 10 out of 10 because I'm like, well, I'm sure the pain has to be worse sometime. How long have I been a nurse a year and a half? Since August 2015, oh my gosh, so many questions. What's your favorite brand of scrubs non-sponsored? My favorite brand of scrubs right now is Barco ones, but I just got some wear fig scrubs and they may be my new favorites, seriously. Like I haven't worn them to work yet, but they're so soft. I was like very much impressed. I see a patient ratio, two to one or one to one, depending on how sick they are. If I wouldn't have been a nurse, what do you think I would have been? That's a great question. I'd consider doing music. I'd consider doing music therapy. I'd consider going to med school. Those are pretty much the top ones that I considered. So I plan on having kids, yes. Sorry guys, sorry, there's so many questions. It's hard to read them all. Has my YouTube channel conflicted with your job? That's another great question. No, it's actually been kind of, I don't say beneficial to my job, but I don't tell people about it right off the bat just because it's kind of a strange thing to tell a lot of people. But everyone has kind of found out recently because after I did that video with the doctor, a lot of people found out about it. A lot of people have been super supportive. Some people have wanted to start a nursing, not a nursing channel, a YouTube channel themselves and asking me for a lot of advice, so which has been cool. So I think it's, if anything, it's helped. It's given me kind of a, I don't say a one up, but people are really interested in it. I work three shifts a week. No, Elia, yes, we do CRRT, and I want to get certified, but I have to be working a little longer. I'm trying though, I'm like, put me in the class. How far away do I think kids are in my future? I don't know. Honestly, it could happen anywhere within the next, I don't wanna say a year, but anywhere from in the next two years to possibly four or five years away. Just don't really know, there's lots of factors. Does nursing conflict with my social life or is it a good balance? I think it's a great balance. I only work three days a week. So I have four days off. How old am I? I am 22, 23 at the end of this month. Almost my birthday. I know this is totally bad, but I love ranch. Making a healthy meal, kind of unhealthy, but it's cool. Thanks, Cole. Thanks for filling everyone in. What else do you know about me? Just kidding. When does hubby come home? I can't say on the internet, but we're about three quarters of the way down with deployment. Have I considered getting another pup? Yes, but not seriously, because two is a lot and they're expensive. Pets are expensive and we don't have that. Big of a house and we already have two cats and two dogs. It's like, if one gets sick, you're dropping like $100, $200, $300 on the vet. It's just a lot. Hashtag February Baby Club, yep. It's birthday month, birthday month. How long have I been married? I've been married for three years in March. Yes, we, both my hubby and I's families are close by. Which is nice. So many questions. I wonder if these go on the, when I, does this video publish? Does anyone know, like, once it's a live video, if it publishes on your actual YouTube channel and do all these comments show? Yeah, Cole, I'm on to you. I know you're a stalker. I'm just kidding. I'm teasing. Taking NCLEX this month, any advice on test anxiety and how did you prep? I prepped by doing a ton of NCLEX questions. I also would recommend checking out NRS and G Academy. They have all the questions on there and you can also reference all their other great materials. Test anxiety, that's hard because I felt like I had a little of a test anxiety, but not major where some people have it. And so I feel like it's really a hard thing. I don't know, other than like, just being prepared and having a good routine, you know? Cause I feel like if you take out the stress and worry of like everything else in your life, you can just focus on the test. Like you have a solid routine, so you're not worrying about, you know, changing it up like the same day of a test, that's gonna increase your anxiety. So we got married very young. I was a week into my 20 year old age when we got married, crazy, I know. You just started nursing school and honestly feel so lost and confused and clinical as I'm worried, I'm not going to be smart enough to learn how to think critically, does this feeling go away? Yes, you will be so surprised at how much you know when you get out of nursing school. And you'll also be surprised at how much you don't know, but it's important to know what you know and it's important to know what you don't know because if you think you know everything, then you're a dangerous nurse, honestly. People that don't ask questions are dangerous and I worry about those people. But you'll get used to critically, like you'll just like, you just do it honestly, like you'll be, it's like instinct almost and you don't even realize it. And then there'll be times where you're also like, oh crap, like someone also brings something up to you and you're like, oh, I should have thought of that. But that's just, it's a learning curve, you know? Just learning about everything. So one of my favorite TV shows, I like The Bachelor right now. I also just watched a really good documentary on Netflix called Tony Robbins, I'm Not Your Guru. And it was really, really good and motivational. I recommend you guys check it out. When I go to nursing school at Arizona State University is my cat drinking my wine. Did she? No, sometimes she does, but they're both like sitting right here. Like, they're like, mm, when are we gonna get food? And the dogs are tired because of the dog part. One's there, and one's right there. So they're all tired. Have I specialized? I'm in the ICU, so I guess that's kind of specialized. I'm medical surgical. Do I like burritos? Duh, I like burritos. I like pretty much every single food, really. Oh, just the scariest thing I've experienced during my career, that's a good question. I can't really like, I'm sure there's other, I don't know, lots of things, but like a few weeks ago, I gave a blood pressure med IV push because the patient's blood pressure was like 200 over like 110. And then like within like 30 seconds, it dropped to like 80 over, their blood pressure was like 80 over 40. And I was like, stop going lower. Please go up. It was fine, but I was just like, uh, oh wait, got the doc. I'm like, this like dropped actually like way too quickly and way more than I anticipated. I was worried that maybe I gave it too fast. I don't know. It's actually good for someone with ADHD who needs to be on their feet. I think it's good if you want to be on your feet. I mean, you usually are. Did I watch the Super Bowl? No, I was working. Trump, Trump, somewhat that's funny. Do I like to play video games? No, not really. Is Doggie eating my food? No, but she's eating my food. And honestly, the chicken like wasn't that good. I'm kind of disappointed. I'll probably, you know, it sounds bad. I'll probably end up throwing away. Do I ever doubt myself? Yes. I think it's common to doubt yourself and wonder, am I doing the right thing? It's all about questioning yourself to make sure you are doing the right thing. What do I think of Grey's Anatomy? I loved Grey's Anatomy while I was in nursing school. I had kind of stopped washing and after like, I think five or six seasons, it's really hard for me to watch medical shows because I feel like they're just so fake unless it's like the real medical shows. But who do I think is going to win Nick's heart on The Bachelor? I don't know, like, okay, so wait, I haven't seen this episode, so don't ruin anything. I haven't seen Monday's episode. I like Vanessa. I like, what's the one, I hope no one takes offense to this, but the one black girl that he went on a date with, in New Orleans, I forget her name. I really, really like her. I like that one, Nicky Nurse Danielle M, I think, but I don't know, I don't think she's gonna win. I can't really see them together that much. At first I thought the other Danielle was really good, but I was like, ah, I don't know. Anyways, I know the show's so fake, guys, but you just feel like, just think about how fake it is the whole time, it just ruins it. If you just let yourself immerse into the fakeness, you'll just, you'll love it. What med was it that I gave? It was low-pressure. You hate Corinne on The Bachelor? I know, she bugs me. But you have to think, they play it so much, so that way she's supposed to bug everyone, and she's gonna be so famous. She'll be one that comes up back on The Bachelor Paradise. You know who else I like, but I know she's like, definitely not, I shouldn't say I know, I haven't read any spoilers, anything. Is Alexis, the girl, she's like really funny. I see her coming back on Bachelor Paradise. The video won't load, it stops and freezes. Is it doing it for anyone else? Anyone else having issues? Do I remember both Baron and generic names, like of all meds in general? You kinda learn them over time, but not, I don't know all of them. You know, you just kinda get to know the different names. How old am I? Where's Cole? Cole, update everyone, how old am I? Sorry, I'm reading questions. Do I not remember my patient's names and that's that okay? It kinda really depends on the patient and the day I have. If I'm like using their name a lot, then I remember. Like for example, if I have a patient I'm trying to like test their neuro status and they're like totally not with it and I'll say their name. Like for example, I'd be like Doug or whatever. Then I'll get to know their name. But honestly, I'll go home and I won't really remember their name that well. I know it's bad. I try to be good about it, especially if I'm introducing myself or I ask them what they wanna be called and things like that. But I go home and I forget everything. The everything that nursing would be a challenge before I started, considering all the signs and big words. So that's a good question because I felt like going into nursing school it was gonna be a piece of cake because I was always really good at school. Nursing school was challenging. Like I did well, I did really well. But it was definitely like a challenge for me. So I was surprised, so to speak of that. But you know, it's great. Do I exercise? Yes, I do. Cool, thank you for updating everyone. Yes, I exercise. So I work three days a week. So I don't exercise on those days because I'm so busy and just like, yeah. But I exercise probably three to four days like on my days off. I usually try to take one day off where I just don't do like anything but that doesn't always happen. Did I wanna do nursing in high school? Yes. I knew my like junior year. Anyone who's watching this right now you should give this video a thumbs up and we should see how fast it like the thumbs up goes up. Because it's at 27. We all should just go like it right now so we can just watch it like, there's 114 of you. There we go. See, good job guys. Keep thumbs in it up. There we go. Y'all are my favorites. So funny like watching it go up. Are my thoughts on getting into debt for nursing school? I think every situation depends. Honestly, some people have to and some people don't. And you just gotta do what's right for you. You gotta weigh the benefits and the risks and the pros and the cons. And just decide if it is right for you. Like also then decide like, well, what else am I gonna do? Is that route better or not better? Look at all those likes. Good job people. There's still like a bunch of you that didn't like this video. So keep liking it. There's 120 of you on here. We should be at least 120. How long after nursing school did I do a job offer? I actually kind of had a job set up before I graduated nursing school. So that I didn't actually get the job offer till like a week after I passed the NCLEX, which I passed the NCLEX like two weeks after I graduated. So I started working less than a month after I graduated nursing school, which was very quick compared to a lot of people. Did I apply for nursing jobs while I was in nursing school? Yes. That was in a rural area because I graduated from Arizona State and I moved up to Washington right away. Like literally like two days after I graduated. And I had to, it was a small area. So there's literally like two hospitals that I could apply to and they're both super small. Is going to Ivy League School for Nursing worth it? I don't know. I mean, I'm sure it looks good, but I don't think it's necessary. There's people that go to community colleges that get nursing jobs that are fantastic nurses and nothing against community colleges. That's just what happens. Right, 99 likes. Who's gonna be the 100 like? Come on guys. Well, part of Washington, I was in Whidbey Island. Or on Whidbey Island. This one is so good. Seriously, I used to just drink reds and I've been branching out and drinking whites. And it's like so good. You heard of California child nurses who make so many bucks an hour. Yes, they do make a lot of money. I am drinking Holly's Way from Postinos. For those of you who heard my Postinos story and oh my gosh, 111 likes. Good job guys, I'm proud of you. You are the 24th like, good job, Lillian. Way to get in there early. Let's see, what are some things I would have wished to know before starting my nursing journey? Honestly, like just learning, like just, I was so naive. I was so, so naive and innocent to like what really goes on in this world. And not that I don't wish I would have known anything I guess before starting my nursing journey because it just is what it is and it's water into the bridge. But you know, I guess I didn't really answer your question but I was just like so shocked at a certain nursing like the kind of people that are in this world and like how 6M people are and like what people do to themselves and just like crazy stories but I love it. Have I watched The Baby Bachelor? Yes, I have. Am I married? Yes. Lillian, you did get a shout out. Now you got two shout outs. Space nurse, I honestly never heard of that. Like I have no idea but sounds interesting but. I should ask you guys questions because you guys are asking me questions. So how about everyone tells me how old you guys are? We'll start with that. Tell me how old you guys are. And I'm just gonna sit here and drink my wine and wait for all of your little things. Oh, my comments are staying all of a sudden. That's kind of interesting. 15, 19, 26, 17, 18, 35, 21, 20, 26, 17, 26, 21. 16, 19, 27, 16, 41, 18, 29. Sounds like I'm saying my social security. Nine, oh my goodness. Nine, oh my gosh. I didn't realize I had such young people on here. That's awesome. I better behave. Just kidding. 78. I think you're BSing me. I try to look at your picture to see how old you are. Can't tell. Wow, this is crazy. Your boyfriend's in the wine business? Oh my gosh. Drinking wine in front of nine-year-olds. Sorry, guys. Don't drink until you're 21. Okay, so now that everyone told me their age, silence? Just kidding. Let's see. What are your goals? Okay, but let me answer this first or let me elaborate. Do you want to be a nurse? Do you want to be a doctor? And if you already are a nurse, what are your goals for what type of nurse you want to be? If that makes sense. Ready, go. Trauma, maternity, neonatal, NICU. You want to be a PA, CVICU, OB. That's awesome. CRNA, surgical nurse, LPN going to LRN. Wow, isn't that the amazing part of being a nurse? Is that there's so many routes you can take, honestly, there's so many routes. This is crazy. Any kind of nurse. Okay, so now reverse that question. What type of nurse, or for those of you who said you're our nurse or want to be a nurse, what type of nurse do you absolutely not want to be? That you for sure are like, no, I'm not doing that. Anything? I guess it's going to be kind of hard to tell when people stop answering my question about, oh, you never want to be a wound nurse? That's funny. Mental health, I'm with you there, psych. A lot of ERs, I didn't realize a lot of people don't want to do ER, ICU. Psych, yes, psych, that'd be mine. I don't want to do psych. This is crazy. Okay, so let's see. What is your guys' favorite dessert? My favorite dessert is, I love dessert. I'm such a sweet, I'm such a sweet person. I'm such a dessert lover, but on any night, I can have cheesecake, but I also love ice cream. I'd say ice cream and cheesecake are probably my favorites. Like, I love pie, I do like cake, I like cookies and things like that. I don't really, I'm not a huge candy person. You know, I don't just go out and buy a candy bar or anything like that, but cheesecake, especially cheesecake factories, cheesecake. Oh my gosh, I'm just talking about it. I'm like, I need some in my life. And then like, I, what was I going to say? What was I going to say? So I'm like, I'm more like chocolatey desserts and things like that versus like fruity desserts. You know what I mean? I mean, I do like fruity desserts. I'm not saying I wouldn't have fruity dessert, but like I definitely prefer like chocolate, peanut butter, caramel, things like that. So cheesecake factories, cheesecake, oh my gosh. Someone dislike this video? I can't see the dislikes. So if you haven't liked it yet, you guys should go like, we have more likes than people watching, which is kind of cool. So I was going to say it. My favorite type of cheesecake is like, I love the Oreo one or anything like peanut buttery, like racies, oh my gosh, just talking about it. Okay, so now what's the next question? I should ask you guys. Where are you right now? Like not like what state or what city, but like are you sitting in a chair? Are you on the floor? Are you in your room? Are you at Starbucks? Where are you? You're in hell. I'm sorry. Home, bed, Alabama in bed, in your room, bed, desk, couch, bed, bed, bed, bed. Wow, lots of people are in their bed. I should be in bed. What am I doing? No, honestly, after this, I'm going to probably take a bath and I've, oh, I've got Ben and Jerry's ice cream to eat. And I'm going to watch The Bachelor. So I've been getting Ben and Jerry's ice cream at the store and it's a little bit more pricey, but I don't eat as much of it and it's so good. So I have their cherry Garcia, which is the first time I tried it, which is funny because you know, I said I don't really like fruity desserts, but it's not really fruity. It's more like, I don't know. It's so good, so good. All right, let me ask you guys one more question and then I'll answer some of your guys' questions and then we'll call it a, we'll call it a deal. Cherry Garcia, yes, oh my gosh. I feel like that's like a name, like someone's name, Cherry Garcia. Cherry Garcia is my friend. Okay, let's see. I'm trying to figure out creative questions. What's your biggest life fear? What do you fear the most in life? If anything, do you fear anything in life? I would say I probably fear losing a loved one. Like I don't fear, just because like you have so much emotional attachment to certain people in your life and like to see, like I see this on a daily basis, like people losing their loved ones, but like for me to go through personally, just couldn't imagine, so. Dying alone, dying. See, dying doesn't scare me. Like if I was, if I died right this second, I wouldn't be affected by it. Other people would be, which I know sounds terrible, but being put to sleep. Courtney, I'm coming for you. I'm just kidding. Divorce, calculus, I like it, chemistry. It's funny, it's funny like the different like perspectives people have, you know what I mean? Questions, you know what I mean? My loved ones would be sad, yes. But like, so I had another, she's actually an RT at my work prison. Marshall, could just behave and nothing will happen. I am, what was I saying before this? Who, okay, I totally don't even remember. Oh, about when I loved ones being sad. Oh, and then, okay, so the, an RT that I worked with was saying how death isn't hard for the patients. It's hard for their families and their loved ones and the people that care about them. And it's so true, like patients know when they're ready to die, they really do. It's amazing. But it's harder for the families. A lot of times the families, hold on. You're too pretty for jail. Oh my gosh. Okay, I'll answer a few more of your guys' questions and then we'll call it a night and move on with our lives, I guess. How about we'll answer five more? I'll answer five more questions. So everyone ask your questions. One thing that you wanna know, write a book. I've thought about it, but I have so many things going on my life. I'm working on so many things for YouTube and nursing and everything else. It's just a lot. Actually, while everyone's asking questions, I wanna tell you guys something exciting. I guess some of you may think it's exciting. Some of you may not, is that my husband and I are starting to get backpacking gear and stuff because we really wanna go backpacking and like start that as a hobby because we love hiking and stuff like that. Is our cafeteria food good? That's question number one. I've seen this one come up a few times. Yes, actually the hospital I'm at has a huge cafeteria. We have a grill, we have a deli. There's like a salad bar. There's a pizza pasta area. There's a Mexican area. There's so, and then there's also like a ton of just snacks and little quick things that like you can go and grab that are like already pre-made or things like that. And like on every Thursday, we have a hummus bar, which is really good. I mean, there's yogurts, chips, tons of things and it's really, really, it's really, really good and pretty healthy if you eat correctly, obviously. Like if you just go and get chicken nuggets, that's not that great. But, okay, I'm reading questions. I wanna answer ones that a lot of people are asking so I can kinda, how to ask a nurse coworker for help. I like this. So actually, when I started working in the ICU, I told my preceptor, I was like, cause it's so easy, like I have my preceptor there, I can just ask her, hey, can you help me clean up this patient or turn them or do this or do that? And I feel like, I feel bad like when I'm off orientation, how am I going to possibly like ask other people to help me, like what if you have a patient that is needing a lot of two person assistance and you're asking your neighbors, your neighbors like meeting the nurses next to your left or right. And I feel bad, she's like, just think of it this way. There's gonna be days that you need your neighbor or your buddy nurse a lot more than they need you. And there's gonna be days where your buddy nurse needs you a lot more than you need them. And it just all works out, like you just have to, you just, you know, aren't gonna be there for them. So honestly, like when I ask my coworkers, I just am usually like, I'm not like, hey, I need you right now. Unless I like really didn't need them right now. I'm like, hey, when do you get a second? I need to help turn this patient. When did you mind helping me? Like I do, I make it, you know, like at their convenience. I'm not like, hey, come here right now. Unless it's an emergency, obviously. Then I'll be like, okay, come here right now. Like the other day I had a patient whose NG2 started to come out and like the tape had fallen off and I needed a new tape thing. But I didn't want to leave the room because they were not with it enough to like hold still. And I was waiting, it's gonna come out. And so I call about my little vocera, my little like walkie-talkie thing, the nurse that was next to me. And I was like, hey, can you bring me? We call them, what do we call them? Like, they call them NG2 stat locks, which is so weird to me, but whatever. So I was like, hey, can you bring me an NG2, like securement thing like kind of soon because my patient's NG2 was almost falling out and I'm just stuck in here. And he brought it to me right away, but it was fine. Sorry, reading through questions. So that was two questions, we've got three more. Three questions. Not like ignoring questions, I just want to pick ones that people ask a lot or that like really appeal to me. Not that your questions don't, but. Do I recommend a career in nursing for someone who moves often, your husband's also in the Navy and you're considering nursing school? Honestly, yes, it is so, I don't wanna say so flexible, but like it's so easy to work somewhere for two years and then you can just go apply to another place or you can even do travel nursing or things like that. So it's, you know, you're always gonna have a job. There's always gonna be a military hospital wherever you go, so you know you're gonna have that and then you usually get the first priority for getting hired there as well. So absolutely, it's a great career for when you're moving around. I'm like so tired, it's probably the wine. Do you become desensitized to blood, et cetera over time? For me, I never was really sensitive to these things, but I would say over time they just don't phase me that much anymore, like I never was like grossed out like throwing up or gagging or anything like that, but over time you just like, you don't even realize, like you couldn't like literally be eating a sandwich and watching someone throw up at the same time. You're just like, it's not a big deal. So you do become desensitized but I already kind of was desensitized, if that makes sense. So travel nurses, travel nurses travel and nurse, I like that road. So basically travel nursing, you could either be a travel nurse in just your local area, it just depends or you could travel all over the world, but basically you'll sign, you'll be contracted with a company who then gets you contracts with other hospitals and they're usually like three months long commitments or 13 weeks, 14 weeks, 12 weeks, some of them are six months and depending on the company or what hospital you're working for, you'll definitely get paid more than what you would if you were just hired like as a core staff member there and you usually get a stipend for living and things like that. So you definitely make more money doing that. However, you only have that securement of a job for a couple months and then you gotta find a new one and you're moving around a lot potentially, but I mean you could do travel nursing just in your area, like I'm in the Phoenix area and there's tons of hospitals, I could totally do a travel job and just work somewhere for like three months at a time, but that's not really what appeals to me at this point in my life, I really like being a part of a job and also travel nurses get called off usually first compared to like other nurses or you'll get floated first because you're not core staff. So even if you're an ICU travel nurse, you could still end up going and working at telemetry floor like 80% of your shifts and I've seen that happen. You get called off first because you're the most expensive, they're paying you more and so if they call you off, they're saving more money than if they call off a general nurse. So just some things to consider, it really depends on the area you're in so look into that, but it's a great thing and I've honestly, I've definitely considered it down the road, but at this point in my life, I need more experience to do it. You need a couple, you can't just become a travel nurse right off the bat as a new grad. You need to like get some experience in a certain field and then you can become a travel nurse. So look at Ivy, she's like, mom, can you pay attention to me? Pay attention to me. Okay, she's like, it's time to go mom. Anyways, so yeah, that is this live chat. Thank you guys for watching. We'll definitely have to do more of these. I'll try to plan on doing more. I do a ton of live chats on my Instagram stories and stuff like that. So go follow my nursing Instagram, Ashley at Kids RN and you'll get notifications when I do chats on there because these I think publish on my actual YouTube channel which is fine, but I can't like do these like twice a day. Like it would clutter up my YouTube channel. But you know, definitely want to do these maybe once a week or once every two weeks. And then I do a ton on my nursing Instagram. So go follow that. But thank you guys for watching. And if you aren't, well actually you have to be subscribed to watch this I think, but make sure you're subscribed. Give it a thumbs, this video thumbs up really quick before you go. So that way you can, I don't know, give it a thumbs up or whatever. There we go, more thumbs up, lots of thumbs up. So thanks for watching guys. I'll see you in my next live chat.