(NewsNation) — Nurse turned international comedian Blake Lynch — known to his millions of social media followers as “Nurse Blake” — is bringing other nurses together for his annual cruise event.
“We rent out the whole ship. We pack it with 3,000 nurses on board … we are the safest cruise ship ever,” Lynch told “Morning in America.”
Dubbed NurseCon At Sea, the event is set to sail next month from Miami to the Bahamas. This year’s trip will be the fifth since its 2019 launch, as there was no cruise in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lynch said the cruise allows students aspiring to enter the field and retired nurses in their 80s alike to talk with, learn from and inspire each other.
Previous attendees have said the experience was “so safe and so inclusive,” according to Lynch.
Nurses aboard the ship can attend up to 40 hours of CNE courses, participate in the ship-wide talent show, attend a drag brunch and more.
“They could be themselves, and they could balance out being a professional as a nurse, but also still being a person and having a great time,” Lynch said.
The conference cruise was borne out of Lynch’s internet stardom, which he told NewsNation launched because he “needed a way to connect and share my story.”
“Nursing is hard. It’s challenging. We work 12 hours, and sometimes don’t even get a break or a lunch … I would get comments that nurses from Australia or Canada or Europe were going through the same thing,” Lynch said.
“And I’m like, you know what? I should bring nurses together on a cruise ship. Oh, wait, we could do a nursing conference. Oh, wait, we could go to the Bahamas,” he added.
The “ultimate nursing conference” cruise will run from April 7 to 11, making stops in CocoCay and Nassau in the Bahamas.
