Blake graduated with his BSN from the University of Central Florida in 2014. While he has worked in a variety of nursing roles ranging from medical-surgical to trauma and ICU, he doubles as an internet sensation known as “Nurse Blake”. With content that reaches more than 12,000,000 people every month, Nurse Blake has over 2.5 million followers and his videos have been viewed more than 250,000,000 times. In 2019, Nurse Blake sold out his funny and entertaining Call Light Tour to packed theaters of nurses and nursing students. Due to the success and interest, he is going back on the road with a new comedy show called The PTO Comedy Tour that will stop at over 30 cities around the US. For more information, visit: nurseblake.com In addition to delivering entertaining videos and hilarious shows, Nurse Blake is an advocate for nurses and patients everywhere. He has founded several successful social campaigns including Nurses Support Their Young and Banned4Life. “As other nurses follow in our footsteps, we need to always inspire, motivate and help them. We are all in this together,” said Nurse Blake about changing the culture of entry level nursing through his Nurses Support Their Young initiative. The campaign strives to end the ‘nurses eat their young’ cliché, and build healthier work environments. In 2013, Blake founded Banned4Life to raise awareness about an outdated FDA policy that permanently bans gay men from donating blood. After being turned away from donating blood because of his identity as a gay man, Blake decided to take action. The movement’s passionate energy has since led to a revised FDA policy, lifting the lifetime ban in 2015.
