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There's been a lot of anticipation and divided opinion leading up to MTV's new travel nurse reality show, "Scrubbing In," which premieres on October 24 . So we thought it would be cool to get in touch with one of the cast members to chat about the show and travel nursing in general.
Tyrice is the sole female airline ticket sites travel nursing veteran airline ticket sites featured on "Scrubbing In." Armed with her BSN, she has been a Critical Care Registered Nurse for six years, and a travel nurse for three years. Besides airline ticket sites an accomplished professional life, she is a normal 20-something who likes to have fun and see the world while on assignment. Fun fact about Nurse Tyrice: Her favorite MTV show (besides Scrubbing In of course) is Catfish.  We talked to Nurse Tyrice about hospital politics, the travel nurse industry, safe patient ratios, positivity, and more.
Nurse Tyrice: "From the age of nine I was kind of the primary caregiver to my grandmother — from that very young age to [when I was] 20, when she passed. Taking care of people was the only thing I knew, so at the end of the day I don't really think I chose my profession at all, I think it chose me. I think I was destined to take care of people. I love it and I'm very passionate about it."
"I was a staff nurse for three years in my hometown (Shreveport) airline ticket sites in Louisiana, and it really began to take a toll on me — just the politics of everything at a hospital. It really got to the point where I felt like everything was taken away from the patient being at the center of everything, so I kind of had this epiphany one day that there had to be something better out there and I was like, 'OK, I'll travel.' It sounded like with travel nursing I wouldn't have to deal with the politics and I could put my patients back at the center of the care, because that's who comes first at the end of the day."
"Travel nursing has been my outlet. I don't have to deal with the politics; I don't have to miss doing patient care to go attend meetings, and things like that. Also, it's great because I get to have fun and make money and see the world."
"Sometimes it's just spontaneous and on a whim. But, I really like California, obviously, because of the safe patient ratios. I am from the South and we don't have safe patient ratios here. Most of my career airline ticket sites as a travel RN has been spent in California, but I have also done Nevada — Las Vegas — and Dallas, but it's all about the safety, the location itself, and the pay."
"For one, I am hoping to enlighten the public on what nurses airline ticket sites really do and that we're not these glorified bedpan passers and that there's so much more to our profession. That we're healthcare managers. That we're some of these patients' families at the end of the day. And I hope to shed light on that aspect of nursing. At the end of the day, I just hope that these teenagers that are the demographic for MTV, that it will help them to hear of this profession because there is a shortage."
"We were all in an apartment complex. Some of us had roommates and some of us didn't. As far as the hospital goes, I particularly didn't work with anyone because I was in the Intensive Care Unit, I was the only one in the Intensive Care Unit, so I didn't work with any of the travelers — thank god (laughs). And we would switch between two different hospitals. airline ticket sites I know that MTV normally airline ticket sites puts everyone in a house, but it wasn't like that for us, although we were in the apartments in close vicinity to each other, but not in the same house."
"It was very difficult for me because I was the only other female airline ticket sites on the outside. The others all came together and they were a group of best friends so it was very difficult for me to kind of cross those boundaries. airline ticket sites It was difficult but I got through it in the 13 weeks. It wasn't the typical travel assignment that I would normally go on but I got through it."
"I think [that because of] the experience, in a whole, because it was a different experience, I will always have a connection to the eight regardless of if I made friendships or not because it was such a great opportunity. And even if I didn't leave with any friends — and I did — the experience in itself will make me always have lifelong connections with those eight other individuals."
A lot of what's featured in the show's trailer airline ticket sites is definitely partying and stuff, do you feel like that's sort of the lifestyle that you normally maintain while on contract or was the show environment a little different?
"The root word of 'reality' is 'real' and the show did not dissuade me from anything that I don't normally do. I am in my 20s and I have fun, I live my life regardless of the camera being on or not. I go on travel assignments, I make friends, I have fun. The show did not do anything to make me defect from my normal character. Anything I did, I would do it again, without the camera being on me."
Opinion on "Scrubbing In" has been divided. What would you say to the nurses who have said they worry that "Scrubbing In" will paint travel nurses in a negative light, despite not having seen the show yet?
"I would say to those with negative opinions that even though it's a cliché, you can never judge a book by its cover and before you give your opinion, make sure it's an informed opinion. You have not seen the show yet, watch an episode or two and then make an informed decision after you watch an episode. I don't think our personal lives should in any way intertwine with our professional lives. At the end of the day, our personal lives, that's ours . We are the authors of our personal lives. Now, professionally, if we make mistakes, I am all for constructive criticism from our colleagues, airline ticket sites but for my personal life, I am the sole proprietor. [People] have no say so in my personal life."
"I wouldn't say upsetting, but I would say that it's very disappointing because instead of that energy that they're using to cancel a show, let's form alliances and petitions for stuff that really matters in the nursing world. airline ticket sites You know, we have so many nursing airline ticket sites issues that are going on right now that we should be fighting against. We need to have safe patient ratios, we need to be fighting airline ticket sites for these legislative laws for advanced practice RNs, there are so many real issues in nursing that their energy could be redirected to, so it's very disappointing."
"I incorporate positivity because I really think that you get what you give, and if you're giving airline ticket sites positivity you're going to get that back; that's just one of my life mottos. I would rather put positivity into this universe than negativity. Like, you get what you give. If you want to be negative airline ticket sites that's what you'll get back; if you want to put out positive energy that's what you'll get back. When I'm with my patients I talk to them about maintaining positivity about their health conditions and about their diagnosis, and to have faith that it will work out."
"I think I was able to demonstrate positivity on the show, you do have to keep in mind that we're all human so there will be times where stuff won't be positive, airline ticket sites but I think overall I had a lot of positive moments — especially professionally."
"I would tell them to go out and do it. It definitely takes a lot of adjustment and adapting to get used to it, but the overall airline ticket sites benefit of travel nursing is awesome. You get to see so many different things and you get to see things so differently and you become so much more experienced than just staying at one set hospital. It's a very challenging and rewarding career, and I think for any nurse, it just would be awesome [for them] to experience that."
"The show speaks for itself, airline ticket sites about my professional life and my personal life, and about travel nurses. I would ask my colleagues, again, not to judge a book by its cover and just to give us a chance."
Oh, one more thing: You said that you do want to get back to travel nursing, but do you also have any further entertainment industry aspirations? Or was "Scrubbing In" just kind of a one-off for you?
"I don't know what the future holds, I really airline ticket sites did have a fantastic time filming and I wouldn't be opposed to doing something in entertainment, but at the end of the day, nursing will always be in my heart. I don't know where I will go from here, but wherever I go I am ready for the ride."
Hi, I'm Sarah Wengert , a creative airline ticket sites content writer for the amazing Medical Solutions based in Omaha, Nebraska. While I'm not a travel nurse, I love to travel and I truly appreciate the hard, important work that nurses do. I'm very happy to represent a company that cares so much about its people. airline ticket sites Thanks for reading!
Both as president of the Canadian Nurses Association, airline ticket sites which represents more than 150,000 registered nurses (RNs), and as an RN of 36 years, I am truly saddened to learn of your network's new program, Scrubbing airline ticket sites In. First hearing of this show from a young nurse, I am especially concerned about its impact on the new generation of nurses.
RNs provide expert care to their patients, helping them and their families through life's most difficult days. RNs work with people to help them heal and live healthier lives. Between birth and death, the number of interactions RNs have with their patients are among the highest airline ticket sites of all health-care providers. Scrubbing In's dramatized account of nurses' lives trivializes the critical work they perform. All of their hard work, from studying and gaining experience to answering nursing's call, will be overshadowed by typical 'reality' show fodder.
Moreover, both the American and Canadian nursing professions are facing real challenges — such as tighter health-care budgets, ever-evolving legislation that governs our practice and increasing demand from growing populations who are living longer lives (often with more complex, chronic illnesses). As we work to fight these real battles that affect our capacity to deliver the best care to patients, it's a shame that we have to add sexual objectification and negative stereotypes to the list because of Scrubbing In.
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