‘Nurse Blake’ brings comedy tour to Baton Rouge on Saturday | Entertainment/Life

Blake Lynch has taken the saying “laughter is the best medicine” to another level.

The trauma center nurse turned stand-up comedian will bring his funny business to Raising Cane’s River Center Performing Arts Theater on Saturday. Under the stage name “Nurse Blake,” he promises the 8 p.m. show, a stop on his 50-city tour, will be 90 minutes of laughter.

“To the point where you might just shit yourself,” Lynch, 33, said Thursday from Florida. “But nurses are used to holding back because they don’t get bathroom breaks during 12-hour shifts. So most of them are perfectly fine.”

“Nurse Blake” jokes about what he knows and focuses his plot on the nursing profession. He estimates that 70% of his audience are nurses, with the other 30% being friends and family of nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals. Lynch gives the show a PG-18 rating.

“I think what’s so cool is the mix and ages in my shows because like your 20-year-old nursing students, you stand next to a 78-year-old retired nurse and you can just laugh at the same jokes that I have.” “I think it’s so cool, so special,” said the 33-year-old Orlando, Florida native.

As a 10-year-old nurse, he explained that his comical act came about at the bedside of an asthmatic.

“I told her this joke and she laughed so hard I gave her an asthma attack and that’s when I realized I was really funny,” Nurse Blake said. “I’ve been telling jokes to patients and their families ever since.”

Lynch said as a nurse, he is well aware of how difficult medical situations can be and that sometimes you really need to laugh.

“Then I became the nurse clown on the ward and through online videos I would read all the comments and nurses would watch my videos and it would make their day,” he said. “Then I not only made videos, but also released them live.”

Lynch started his Facebook page while working at the Texas Medical Center in Houston. He has also worked in trauma centers in Florida, South Carolina, Texas and Seattle. With the success of his comedy career, Lynch’s nursing career has taken a different direction.

“They don’t hire me because I have a big mouth,” he said of the reason he isn’t currently working at a medical center. “I consider myself an advocate for caregivers and patients. I can say what all the other nurses want to say, but they can’t because they work in a hospital. So I could be that outspoken voice on their behalf.”

He also owns and runs NurseCon at Sea, as it’s called – a nursing conference aboard a cruise ship.

“It takes place every spring. Over 3,000 nurses come from all over the world. And it’s definitely the perfect balance between education and just having fun, letting go and socializing,” he explained.

The next conference will sail from Miami to the Bahamas aboard a Royal Caribbean ship in April.

Additionally, NurseCon Orlando, the first land-based conference at Universal Resort, took place last week.

Lynch’s interactions with nurses keep him and his jokes fresh throughout conferences and tours, although some punchlines still stand the test of time.

“The jokes I could tell about nursing 10 years ago are still just as relatable today,” he said. “I took the perspectives of all these different places. Essentially, nursing is the same everywhere and everywhere. My jokes can land when I’m in Australia, Europe or Canada. So it’s so interesting how similar our experiences are.” ”

Certainly, whether on the street or at sea, nursing or on stage, wherever “Nurse Blake” goes, laughter always follows.

First, however, there is training before the show.

“It puts me in the right mood, in the right mindset and gives me the energy I need to keep going and stay healthy,” he said. “It’s so easy to just stay on the bus and eat Doritos. But I have to get out of the bus.”

Nurse Blake: Shock Advised Tour

Saturday, 8 p.m

Raising Cane’s River Center Performing Arts Theater, 396 St. Louis St.

$27 and up

ticketmaster.com or nurseblake.com.