EP 13: This is above my pay grade 

This podcast has given me a lot of comfort during a hard time in my life. I'm not a nurse, but I am a chemist and my job can be a lot in other ways. I really appreciate this podcast.

We fellow RNs love your shorts, i never laughed so hard watching them lolol please never stop making them! ♥

I just a basic caregiver/Qmap but I love with all my heart and want the best for my residents. Thank you ❤

This episode makes me so tearful… so wholesome 😭❤️ I love going above and beyond for my patients and these stories make me so glad that those patients experienced love from their HCW ❤️

I used to be an ent then a medical assistant and now work for managed care Medicaid as a coordinator. I love watching your videos it brings back so many good memories or years gone by. Thank you for your wonderful podcast making me smile every week.

I'm not a health care worker. However, I love ur videos and just knowing that there are ppl like u caring for ppl makes my heart happy. I had 2 heart attacks laat yr and i was not involved in my care. They would not update me on my condition. I was afraid for the 1st time in a long time. I couldn't speak properly and my 15 year old daughter was with me. That's what scared me, seeing her so afraid and NO 1 helping us. I winded up walking out IV and all! Im ok now but my poor baby wouldn't leave my side for MONTHS! I wish there was more ppl like U! Love u bestie ur amazing! ❤❤❤

I wish a podcast like this existed for retail workers because...well I'll leave it there 'cause I can get dark. Keep fighting the good fight, peeps, of keeping yourself intact despite all the hurdles and BS of life.

This episode made me cry, I’m not a nurse and I really admire and appreciate all of your kindness and hard work to help people.

John, I love your videos!! Your amazingly funny!! Make me laugh Soo hard !! LoL!! I have been a nurse for 34 years and yes nursing is really HARD but really rewarding!! I love being a nurse and very proud of it..Take care and be blessed!! 😊

I’m a registered behavior specialist that works with kids on the spectrum in schools. I just got assigned to a new school to a special Ed class and the 2nd day a kid went missing. The teacher asked me and others to search for her all over campus -nothing. We started the search off the school in our own cars and I ended up finding her and ALMOST GOT ARRESTED. I thought quick on my feet called my coworker and got the principal on the phone and cleared it up with the officer and escorted me back.

Nurse John, you are the best. Love your short videos so much, your positive view of things happening and your sense of humor.

Currently a CNA at a very nice nursing home (looking to become RN). When i say nice nursing home, i mean it is nice for the patients. The staffing situation is obviously shit, like it is everywhere else, so we get travel nurses frequently and they all suck, are rude to patients, don't put an effort in and so on on top of that they get the bare minimum on boarding. So today i had to work with this traveller whos basically close to being in a home herself, she just smoking, drinking energy drinks etc. so we are both on a ward with dementia patients and one of us has always to be there because we got runners. She says "i gotta do this and that" and is gone for an hour and i'm on the ward alone and i have to feed the people, do toilet walks and so on, then i got the runners, she comes back with the medication, does not know the names of the people so she takes a shit ton of time. in addition i need to show her around the home. Then literally EVERYONE SHITS. Ok i have to clean them up. On top of that, new people start working on my floor and the charge from one of the other floors comes down while i'm charting an hour later, talks to my charge and tries to make her give up all the good people that start and swaps them out for her shit.. i just fucking can't... management doesn't give a fuck about how good my ward runs, OH and i have double shifts this weekend .. working 6 am to 12 am and then 2:30 pm to 7 pm. I love my job, i love my patients, id punch some cunt travel nurse if i see them treat my patients like shit, but i can't take how normalized this all is, i go complain to my charge .. she just says "i know". But i will, if its the last fucking thing i do, become an RN. So since this is a therapy session, thank you for reading and take care, it will get better!

Here for the first time from Wisconsin! Thank you for the reality checks and laughter!

I'm not a RN but I'm in college for PCA and I currently work in home care. I love your videos ❤

I love this series, it gives me confidence as a nursing student ♥ plus the laughs ♥

Much love to all the health care workers ❤true idols! This episode has made me so emotional in a positive way! So heartwarming

When I worked at the hospital, previously a home health nurse, I listened to the nurse's report and I wouldn't let the negative part of it influence me. I believe there is an underlying reason why a person is acting a certain way, you just have to assess the reason for it.

You're a beautiful soul 💖 thanks for being here for us bestie ✨

If my husband and I got sick, and he had cdif, I don't care. I would want to be in the same room. In sickness and in health. That you for getting Mr. Smith to his wife. ❤️❤️

Thank you bestie❤❤ uplifted me today when I needed it. I love you love you so much! Notifications on all! 42:45

I love your videos too funny...learning a lot more about Nurses. My mother was a Nurse, she loved her job.

Yea we fix everything. I helped a guy in the lab to set up excel for auditing today. It’s just What we do. I’d never thought I fix everything but I do.

As a teacher (sorry not a nurse) I can relate SO much. But I’m the phrase would be “why am I doing this? I’m not your parent” 🙄

Ya know, your a good guy,sweet,handsome & so funny. Bless you dear!!!!

My elderly neighbor from one floor down in our apartment building was lying in her door, crying for help. Her legs stopped working and she had to crawl to the door. Yes, she had dementia and had several weird episodes previously. But. This time we had to call our local 911 equivalent three times! Each time explaining that the person was on the cold floor in December, unable to walk! They just plain refused to come for a demented person - my husband had to threaten them with police. Later I vistited her in the hospital, where she was in a sorry state - tied to the bed and, practically, abandoned. Found her relatives. Took care of her for a few days (the hospital staff even demanded I fed her myself). Brought all the necessary hygiene stuff. I'm not bragging, I just firmly believe that human beings should help each other. And yes, I neither am or never was ever a nurse, but those who work in our system just don't give a flying f*ck(

true dat on Canada disastrous waiting times, check news on people leaving ER without treatment after waiting many hours, many have died

Congrats on getting married, and best of luck finding an apartment together for this new chapter in life! ❤🎉

Greetings from the UK ❤

This guy saved me 😊

Cubans are super tight with their kids and family

Yes, spread positivity and good message, 🎉🎉🎉

Greetings from S.A

❤fav podcast

Pinoy/Pinay Pride ❤

It's just so hard b/c ppl are in some of their worst moments. Like maybe they are being angry or pushy b/c they are scared n really care. In stuff it's like ppl are being over dramatic...or not caring enough and you never know how ppl are going t view it. Like in true crime....some one's in shock n they are like....this person didn't cry about their loved one....i would go t my obgyn appointments pregnant. N one of the nurses tried to say that I didn't care b/c i told her i wasn't going to make a appointment n be flacky until i knew for sure n had bus passes. N could make a for sure date. She's trying t say I don't care n I'm riding the bus there n back carrying a lawn chair b/c the bus outside the obgyn and hospital the bus stop had no seat n i about passed out standing waiting on the bus.....but I don't care....

When i used to work in the hospital transportations always took forever for discharges so i used to tell them double the eta that the transportation company told me and when they come earlier they’re not that mad 😅😅

If you can, I would seriously recommend getting a moving company!!!

That last story is so 🤯 that person who covered didn’t do a good job and didn’t get in trouble

I luv you huns❤ Omg this podcast so sweet and tender. I love my healthcare family. Sending my teachers, healthcare firefighters and cops a huge warm hug! God is so proud of he's children doing good on Earth. God bless y'all and everyone.

First one here! Yessssss! Im finally early! Love your podcast Nurse John! Keep up the good work!

Luv you, John ❤❤❤

You're adorable!!

You articulate so well how corporate culture weaponized your capabilities and dedication .

Greets from Cologne/ Germany How ıs Mr. Smith ceılıng

Thank you for talking about how free healthcare is not free 😭

YESSS❤️!

😢also crying

Free health care doesnt mean good health care as well. I live in Cherokee, NC on a Native American reservation we get "free health care" its not the best. I made my daughter a dentist appointment but its not until June 2024?!! So yea thats the health care we are getting, I appreciate that its free but damn.

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i know that Healthcare is paid with tax, but Canadian population is 39 million? United States were about at 340 million. our taxes would be spread out wayyyy more evenly. but at the same time, I pay tax for school and I've had multiple landlords (somehow) who can't read. so the discussion is a massive grey area. would I pay tax for health care? absolutely. I paid 3k for 2 staples. do I trust the taxes being paid being used correctly, absolutely not

Bestie, that's not Just nurses, social workers, etc. Food industry, retail workers, etc, we deal with consistently as well. We ALL get the same demo graphic. If we aren't the "top elite" monetary wise....we All get szhit on by said top elite forks..... smh 🤦‍♀️ like they weren't there at first too?!?!? Unless they were some silver spoon fed dirt bags. 😆😅🤣😂

This was a really heavy episode...

Omg you did work really hard on your podcast #ROOM# and 😅you are going to leave it now? I have Filipino roots but born in the US. I know something else is going on. Inyaketden meaning. So sorry. I kinda can guess but choosing not to reveal. But good luck. Try compromising the amount. You know what I mean…bestie. Hold your interaction comments too. It might work…but if the blank is gone, then best to split. Filipino roots 4 ever

did he say Wife??!

Wife? I thought nurse John was gay?!

So beautiful 🥹 love to all kind people 🙌🏼🫶🏼🙏🏼🕯✨️💐