191. ICU Nurse Stands Up For Medical Freedom w/ Ivan Didyk
Evolve With Emily
Emily Hayden
4.9 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Emily has guest Ivan Didyk on the show. Ivan's 7 year career as an ICU and critical care transport nurse recently ended due to standing up for medical freedom and choosing to not get vaccinated. As a child, Ivan came to the United States from the Soviet Union with his family as religious persecution immigrants. He talks about how his family would meet for church in the forest because it was illegal and they could actually be arrested by the KGB and fined. They sought out America as religous freedom seekers, so he and his family have a different perspective on what it's like to not have the freedoms we have here in America. He shares how his father's battle with cancer and the nurses who were there for his family through hospice, inspired him to become a nurse himself. It is very clear Ivan loves being a nurse and is extremely passionate about helping people. He explains his very unique perspective and talks about being with patients at the end of their life and how important those moments are for him to be compassionate, loving and respectful. Listen to hear Ivan's experience, the challenges he has faced as a nurse and his positive outlook on his future.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone and welcome to the Evolve with Emily show. |
| 0:15.5 | I am your host, Emily Hayden. |
| 0:17.5 | And today's guest is somebody who has been labeled a hero in previous years and this year |
| 0:23.7 | is being labeled a threat. This guest today, his name is Ivan Didick. He is from the Soviet Union. |
| 0:31.0 | So he was actually born in the Soviet Union, came to America in 1992 as a religious persecution |
| 0:36.3 | immigrant, went to college in Vancouver, loved being a nurse, |
| 0:40.1 | but due to the COVID vaccine, his career is ending. |
| 0:44.2 | And he is actually, rather than being disappointed and discouraged by it, he's actually |
| 0:49.0 | expectant that a greater opportunity is coming that God is going to bring that into his life. |
| 0:54.4 | So let's go ahead and welcome Ivan Didick. Welcome to the show. |
| 0:58.7 | Hey, thank you for having me. |
| 0:59.9 | Emily. I'm excited to be here. |
| 1:01.1 | I'm excited to interview you today. |
| 1:03.7 | I first came across your page on Instagram when you posted this post of yourself in all of your |
| 1:10.5 | PPE. And it says today is October 1st, 2021. when you posted this post of yourself in all of your PPE. |
| 1:11.6 | And it says today's October 1st, 2021. |
| 1:15.1 | As of today, my hospital put me on unpaid administrative leave |
| 1:19.4 | and has promised to fire me later this month. |
| 1:22.3 | I've been an ICU nurse for five plus years |
| 1:24.6 | and in the past 20 months, |
| 1:26.5 | I have worked long, brutal 12-hour shifts in the medical |
| 1:29.1 | surgical ICU, which we will get into and I do want to talk about with you. And the end of that is |
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