- Tell people what's the funnest moment that we've shared together, working together, for four years. What's the fun, or
funniest moment, we had? - When you graduated. - Why was that funny? (fun jam band music) - Today's the kick off
for National Nurses Week, where we honor and
celebrate all the many roles that nurses play every single day. They truly are the backbone and front line of the healthcare industry. Why was that funny? - Because I had to give a speech. - And what did you say? - And Micheal did not get it. I said "Right now I could use
a nice, tall White Russian." People who got the joke loved it, but then, you know. - Well, not everyone's an
alcoholic like you, Ginny. - (laughs) Especially my White Russians. - As you can tell, I'm
really close with the nurses I've been working with
for the past few years. I truly appreciate the work that they do. And that's why I get so mad when I watch Grey's
Anatomy, or the Good Doctor, and I see that their work is minimized. It shouldn't be that way and I think nurses deserve more credit. All right, Yvette. It's late, but I have a question for you. What would you think one of your duties that would surprise other people, that you do as a nurse? - Where do you want me to start? - I don't know. Give me something. - The nurse does the
majority of the education when it comes to medications, wound care, and with the vaccines that we
administer to the children. - Right. When was that last time you
seen a doctor give a vaccine? - Only our residents, when
they're making their numbers. - Exactly. - That's it. - Unless you've been personally
admitted into a hospital, or maybe spent time with a loved one who's been admitted to a hospital, it's difficult to know the entire scope of what a nurse does day to day. And those duties are really remarkable. They care for your physical health. They care for your emotional health. They evaluate how well
your treatment's going. And something maybe some
doctors are reluctant to say, but they really do alert
us when we make mistakes. In reality, doctors don't
save lives, you save lives. - Doctors save lives as well. - Well, teamwork. - It's absolutely teamwork. - Yes.
(smack) - Absolutely. - Yay! What makes it a lot easier
to get up in the morning and come to a 16 hour
shift, or a 12 hour shift, is that I have fun with my nurses. We have a good time. Like, a genuinely good time. We're laughing, we're talking, we're sharing our experiences. I think that ability to take a very stressful situation,
a very somber situation, and turn it into something light-hearted, and fun, and interesting, is a great quality for a nurse to have. Not only for patients, but also for other members
of the healthcare team, like us doctors. Now I know some of you may be in nursing, or considering becoming a nurse, and there's a couple points I want to make about the career. It's one of the most noble,
rewarding careers out there. It has amazing job security. For the next few decades,
the demand for nurses is only going to go up and up and up. On top of that, you have such
a broad scope of practice. Meaning you can work in a hospital, in the nursing home, in administration. The medical world is truly your oyster. People are often quick to
write off the nursing field based on others' expectations
of what the job is. Or, they're quick to love the field based on something that
they have overheard, or something that they've
projected onto the field. I think you really need to
spend some time with a nurse. Walk into a hospital,
volunteer at a nursing home. Spend some time with nurses to find out what they're day to day is like. If you're gonna make this your occupation, and you're gonna practice this for 20, 30, maybe even 40 years, you need to know if you
truly love this field or not. And the way to find
that out is by diving in and stepping outside of your comfort zone. So, if they're curious, or think that they wanna become a nurse, what's a good step for
them to take, preliminary? Should they just apply right away or should they do some more research? - I mean, definitely encourage you to try to get, you know,
experience on the bedside. That develops your assessment skills, your communication skills, not only with the patient
themselves, but family members. - Now, even though I'm a doctor, I do have some advice for
aspiring nurses out there. Before you take someone else's advice of why you shouldn't go into nursing, or why you should go into nursing, you really need to figure out if it's a career that's right for you. Being a nurse is a demanding occupation. At times you're working
crazy, long shifts. Spending that time standing on your feet. Sometimes you have to
give up your holidays where you would be spending
time with loved ones, and instead are taking
care of complete strangers. And sometimes, worst of all, you may not receive the
gratitude you truly deserve, both from patients and doctors. I've heard this said once before, I don't even remember the context, but being, and becoming, a nurse is hard. But it's the hard that makes it special. To all the nurses out there, happy Nurse's Week, and from the bottom of my heart, thank you. - Thank you. - Thank you. - Thank you. - Thank you. - Thank you. - Thank you. - Thank you. - Thank you. - Thank you. - Thank you. - Thank you. - Thanks everybody, for all you do. (beep) - Do you still party? I know you party. - Micheal. (Micheal laughs) Go away now. - Okay. (slow funk music)
not to be that guy - but there wasn't a single male nurse in that video.
stereotypes