[talaxandra]

There's an Aussie series, All Saints, that's nurse-dominated and that's lasted more than one season (it's been on air since 1998, though marekedly revamped in 2004, with ward 17 closed and the staff movign to ED, and more focus of medical staff). Initially predominantly clinical, I stopped watching when the show inevitably became soapy - tangled love lives, plots and machinations, gun fire and explosions etc.

However, the focus is still on the nurses, the clinical side isn't impossibly stretched, the show has had nurse advisers from the beginning and on every episode since, and the producers are responsive to feedback from the (many) AUssie nurses who watch.

All Saints has featured many prominent Aussie actors, won a slew of local awards, has been successfully exported to a handful of overseas countries (including Iran for some reason), and is a ratings winner. So it can be done!

[rn/writer]

Originally Posted by letina

I'm from the UK, and as I'm sure you know, Hugh Laurie is a very famous British comedy actor. I just can't take him seriously in House. If you ever saw some of the characters he played back home, I think you'd be disappointed. He's certainly not attractive when in his comedy persona.

Having seen and loved him as House, I went looking for the other stuff. Thought he was hilarious as Bertie Wooster (and liked him in Black Adder as well), though, I'll admit I take the easy road and don't even try to reconcile that it's the same man. I guess that's why they call it acting.

BTW, he really does an amazing American accent. The only consistent boo-boo I've heard him make is to pronounce "figure" in the British manner, "figger," rather than the American way, "figyure." Other than that, he's top notch.

[Nurse Salt]

Back in the 80s there was a show called Nurses. It was a Golden Girls spin off and not very dramatic but I remember it being funny. Although I was only about 10 years old and no where near deciding I wanted to be a nurse!!!

[marikat534]

I think there should be a show about nurses and here is the plot.

New nurse comes to work all bright eyed ready to save the world. Just to have some nasty ass doctor on her first day come around and spaz on her because of some mediocre lab. Maybe the BUN/Creat on a renal failure patient. Her friends would be as followed.

Male nurse: out to break the stereotype
PCT: has been doing that job for longer than this nurse has been alive
Recent Grad just off orientation: Sympathetic friend

No set enemies just our typical days with families, pts, doctors, social workers, a couple clock watchers, delirious pts, nursing students, med students, dying patients, complex relationships in family members, etc.

She should fall in love with a paramedic (not doctor) or ER nurse. NO PHYSICIANS.

Here is the Pilot Ideal too:

Nurse Jane comes to first day of work after orientation. She is wearing white scrubs with white new tennis shoes. She meets her preceptor that starts running her around and she can't keep up with her pace. They have 6 patients in for different things. One maybe C. Diff, another with CHF, another with pnuemonia, constipation, one has MRSA, one with Flu, etc.

Family wants ice chips for their family.

Pt with C. Diff has accident while going to toilet and the new nurse slips and falls on it. She has to wear OR scrubs.

She is just shadowing but everything goes wrong. Dr sees she a nurse and wants to know labs, vitals on a patient. She tells him she is shadowing and he looks up at her like she just she was stupid before closing the chart up and walking away.

Pt family requests ice chips AGAIN. When her preceptor rushes with her into the pt who has CHF becomes very symptomatic and unresponsive while the preceptor is speaking with the doctor on the phone, the new nurse is in the room with th pt, ends up crashing and she does CPR and calls the code. Pt dies.

She goes to lunch and meets the male nurse, he laughs and cheers her up a little. Builds up her confidence, etc.

Goes back and day goes meets different staff and variety of the patients.

Then Paramedic comes to transport a pt home or ER nurse brings a patient up. (the love interest)

And now we have a typical day in nursing with a Grey's Anatomy drama line. But I don't know if I could watch a show about how my work days are normally. Hehehe, well anyway hope someone got a good laugh.

[Ginger45]

I do not watch the TV shows. I have tried a few times, and I found it degrading. We do not wear short skirts to work and have sex in closets on our breaks. At least not anyone that I know does that.

[Grace Oz]

Originally Posted by wsuchic1

I would love to watch a medical drama similar to "ER" that would be centered around the day-in-the-life of nurses. It would be cool to see a show that squashed all of the lies, hype, and doctors as superheros myths that shows like "ER", "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scrubs" constantly portray.

I can't even think of one show-ever- that centered around nurses.

I think it's time!

Well, here in Oz, we've got a show; "All Saint's", which has been airing for years, and it's centred around NURSES!

Guess us Aussies are world leaders in things apart from sport, music, medical research, croc hunting ...........

[Grace Oz]

Originally Posted by Ginger45

I do not watch the TV shows. I have tried a few times, and I found it degrading. We do not wear short skirts to work and have sex in closets on our breaks. At least not anyone that I know does that.

Ahhh, THOSE were the days!

[Grace Oz]

Originally Posted by talaxandra

There's an Aussie series, All Saints, that's nurse-dominated and that's lasted more than one season (it's been on air since 1998, though marekedly revamped in 2004, with ward 17 closed and the staff movign to ED, and more focus of medical staff). Initially predominantly clinical, I stopped watching when the show inevitably became soapy - tangled love lives, plots and machinations, gun fire and explosions etc.

However, the focus is still on the nurses, the clinical side isn't impossibly stretched, the show has had nurse advisers from the beginning and on every episode since, and the producers are responsive to feedback from the (many) AUssie nurses who watch.

All Saints has featured many prominent Aussie actors, won a slew of local awards, has been successfully exported to a handful of overseas countries (including Iran for some reason), and is a ratings winner. So it can be done!

Ooppssss........... Just goes to show, one should READ ALL the posts BEFORE posting!!!!

[Spidey's mom]

Originally Posted by Ginger45

I do not watch the TV shows. I have tried a few times, and I found it degrading. We do not wear short skirts to work and have sex in closets on our breaks. At least not anyone that I know does that.

I have to say that when I first became a nurse and started working at a little rural hospital, there was sex going on between some docs and some nurses in some areas of the hospital.

I think it has probably happened in every job. Last year there was a big story about our local city council - sexual email, sexual trysts, at least 3 people were fired (2 males and a female).


steph

[itsmycalling]

My favorite is on TV shows (i.e. Law and Order, Soaps) when there is a victim in the hospital and the police come in to interview the patient, there is always a doctor in the room! As if doctors provided moment to moment care for patients! I am not trying to diminish the role of doctors, but I just find it so humorous. Then the doctor says, 'That's enough, he/she has to rest'. Funny stuff.