Celebrities who were formerly nurses...

iliel · Dec 23, 2003

I thought I read that Rupert from survivor studied nursing, but I'm not sure if he ever practiced or what the deal was.

EmeraldNYL, BSN, RN · Dec 23, 2003

I read that Wynona Judd (the country singer) was once a nurse-- she got Hepatitis C from a needlestick injury.

BarbPick · Dec 23, 2003

Martha Ray, who passed away recently, tv, movies, known to be a big mouth, so she did polident commercials, would get off duty and then entertain the troops. She went with Bob hope on tour

ShelleyERgirl, LPN · Dec 23, 2003

When I was in the Navy at hospital corps school, we saw many training films. In one of them on how to apply wet to dry dressings, they used REAL nurses to demonstrate, one of the nurses was Shelley Long from "Cheers"! Kind of freaked us out, of course, being a government training film, it was from the late seventies.

Dave ARNP · Dec 23, 2003

I'm almost positive that it was NAOMI Judd who was the nurse.

Dave

LilgirlRN, ADN, RN · Dec 23, 2003

I recall a Miss America Leilanie (sp?) Rae Raphco maybe 10 years ago or so, she was an RN.

BarbPick · Dec 23, 2003

Originally posted by MD Terminator
I'm almost positive that it was NAOMI Judd who was the nurse.

Dave

You are right, it was Naomi, the mother who was an RN. She keeps her license active.

warrior woman · Dec 23, 2003

Tina Turner was a nursing assistant who was studying to be a nurse when she met Ike.

EmeraldNYL, BSN, RN · Dec 23, 2003

Originally posted by MD Terminator
I'm almost positive that it was NAOMI Judd who was the nurse.

Dave

Whoops, my bad (can you tell I don't follow country music??). I read it a long time ago in People Magazine-- at least I got the Judd part right!

Dave ARNP · Dec 24, 2003

During my younger years I was a big Judds fan.

Now I cannot STAND 95% of country music.

Dave

sharann, BSN, RN · Dec 24, 2003

Don't forget Nurse Betty:D

SORRY, I couldn't resist!

I wonder if any nurses used to be celebrities though?