ER last night made me mad!

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:rolleyes: did you guys hear nusre sam ask abby if she could take her shift the next day, and dr. weaver said let somebody else do it, "we don't need our residents to be seen slinging bedpans." :angryfire I am so ticked at that show right now I am about ready to write a letter. That was uncalled for and continues the impression that all that nurses do is take care of code browns. When are we going to get a show that treats the nurses like the professional that they are without the snarky comments? :angryfire
I agree with you on this. I think the greatest job I will ever have as a nurse is being a servant to others in need. Servant does not mean waitress, but rather having a servants heart = loving people and humbling oneself. To me this is the greatest work we could ever do for Him. I figure if Jesus can wash someone's feet, hey, don't you think I should too?? :)

Trust me, you will gets lots of opportunities to serve others in need. And that WILL include being a waitress, hand-maiden, foot washer, peri-care provider, etc. You get lots of chances to do God's work, and lots of chances to practice being a saint and biding your tongue at some of the stupid and exasperating comments that patients and doctors will make.

Specializes in Oncology/Haemetology/HIV.
I heard that on ER also, and it made me mad.

I thought they specifically had real MD's and RN's on the set to correct anything that would be wrong. I guess I erred on that thinking - it must be just stuff that is medically wrong. Too bad.

Side note: ER has gone WAY downhill the past 2 seasons. It really went from a good medical drama to a soap opera. They're trying to hard to pull at the heart-strings these past few seasons.

They used to get input from "real" ER nurses and have them as extras on the set. In addition, Michael Crichton (the originator/writer) is an MD.

However, he has lessened his work with ER, and is doing more work with movies and books. They have lessened the use of real nurses also. AND IT SHOWS.

There was a bit of bias for ER nurses vs floor nurses in the earlier episodes. Now, there is no bias for any nurses these days.

to those who understood my irritation thanks for allowing me a small vent about what used to be one of the best shows on tv. ER needs to be revamped or next season probably needs to be the last. I understood Romano being rude to the nurses because he was rude to EVERYONE and that was his character, but now that we have the other docs making comments that are kind of insulting.... I don't know it just seems to be a waste. The show really needs to get back to what made it popular. interesting cases and interactions between the docs interns and nurses, not who is sleeping with who and who's ex husband is taking drugs etc....

so I guess none of u guys were offended by how they protrayed doctors in this series?. Let me see!. One nutter with one arm was racist, a bigot and a general all around fool. One gave the wrong medication to a patient and killed him. Oh yeah, one was accused of , what was the expression T.U.B.E,ing a patient. And one seems to have slept with every member of the nursing and medical staff. Hey nurses GET OVER IT, its only a show and I have to be honest, I dident even notice the remark.

Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

why get upset over a TV show

there is enough real upset in this world without being upset over "ER"

if the show really was any good it would either be on the Discovery Channel or the Golf channel

anywhere else you know its just hogwash

we all know some nurses in real life who are really looking fo MDs to marry, cant imagine why though.

we all know some MD s who are always trying to find a willing nurse

we have all seen some MDs and some Nurses with drug and alcohol problems, this happens.

so why get upset over some silly little TV show, taint worth the fuss at all

fuss over something important

like increaseing college tuition

like increasing green fees

something important in the greater scope of things

Specializes in Rehab, Med Surg, Home Care.

Hey, it looks like the producers of ER (or more accurately ER Doctors) have heeded the complaints about how nurses are portrayed on the show-THERE NO LONGER ARE ANY NURSES ON THE SHOW AT ALL! (Except for the literally ten-second walk-throughs by Hele and a few other very secondary characters. WTF?

Specializes in Child/Adolescent Mental Health.
Hey, it looks like the producers of ER (or more accurately ER Doctors) have heeded the complaints about how nurses are portrayed on the show-THERE NO LONGER ARE ANY NURSES ON THE SHOW AT ALL! (Except for the literally ten-second walk-throughs by Hele and a few other very secondary characters. WTF?

I have noticed that too. This show has jumped the shark and needs to wrap up IMHO.

mona

I have noticed that too. This show has jumped the shark and needs to wrap up IMHO.

mona

I so agree..

I used to love this show when it first aired. Over the last 3-4 years I've watched it less and less.

Now it's peyton place meets general hospital with some blood thrown in to make it good night-time tv.

Oh well, another one bites the dust.

Specializes in Registered Nurse.

I may be one of the few, I don't know...but I never liked ER because I felt in was a totally inaccurate betrayal of the way the ERs and hospitals in general work! It seems like a big soap opera to me. Sure, there are some juicey things happening in some real hospitals...affairs, etc. But not anywhere close to this stuff...only in the writers imaginations. And the drama is played out very briefly in real life...after all, it's only an ER! Short stays. Short interactions with patients then pass them on to OR, a floor/unit, or home. I like to watch "Trauma in the ER," for those of you who have seen it. It's great. It's real! :)

Specializes in Med/Surg, Geriatrics.
This thread turned into something that should be in the humor section on here! It is one of the funnier things I have read!! Long live peri-care!!!!!

Isn't that the truth? I am howling here.

"no one is in HELL if they can't see the "honor, dignity and power" in providing PERINEAL CARE!!! ......There's nothing beautiful or prestigious about POOP!"

:rotfl:

I noticed the remark and I was offended. If that were a real ER, there probably WOULD have been some bedpan slinging. And Weaver would have needed to duck.

The show has turned into a overly melodramatic soap opera. Does anything good ever happen to these people? As soon as Pratt showed off his new car you knew where that was headed. Can't any staff member be shown showing up for work, working all day without any personal crises and going home to a normal family? Surely someone in that ER could have had a normal social life, married and had children without major complications

I can't help wondering with the type of rough life Sam had, when she was able to go to nursing school.

I was working that night and the floor was slow (for once!) so most of our staff watched it together in the break room. You should have heard us yelling at the tv!! That show can be so stupid. And why the heck did they make Abbey a doctor? Why not a nurse practitioner? That comment that Dr Weaver made reminded me of a comment I heard from an INTERN once. The patient was unable to feed herself, and asked the intern for a drink when he was examining her. His response was "I don't give patients drinks, I am a doctor." :angryfire What a little pissant. And he is only an intern!

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