We all know that the way Nurses on television are portrayed is wildly inaccurate and at times even insulting. With that being said, though, watching those shows can also be a guilty pleasure. Think of your favorite television nurse of all-time and give us a bit of an explanation as to why you chose your favorite, submit it in the comments below and you'll be entered to win a $250 amazon.com gift card!
Winner will be announced May 16, 2017
UPDATE May 19, 2017
The winner of the 2017 National Nurses Week Choose Your Favorite TV Nurse is user JenYRN who selected:
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He is the epitome of an amazing charge nurse. He helps to keep the ER running smoothly even in chaos. Keeping everyone from doctors to patients in line and focused.
Morgan Tookers, played by Ike Barinholtz, on The Mindy Project is definitely my favorite TV Nurse! His goofy personality makes the trials and tribulations of daily nursing duties seem light. He is comedic relief and is faithful to all ends in his duty to the practice!
I second Nurse Jackie. I think some nurses felt she had a negative effect on the perception of the profession, but I believe she underscored how easy it is to have an addiction and mask it. She did her job so well that most people didn't know about her problems. I took it as a warning and a good lesson about what can happento some people when under pressure. Also, I envied her critical thinking skills😊
Abby Lockhart from ER. The show depicts her as authentic, genuine, and real. She has the same struggles; the same ups and downs that many of us do. She is wonderfully dysfunctional and perfectly imperfect. We can relate to her because she is like so many of us in this way. She, herself, was an alcoholic who fell off the wagon a few times. During that time in her life, she drinks to cope with life's many stressors. She had a bipolar mother and brother and more often than not was weighted down with the burden of caring for them through their illness. She called out a colleague twice for drug use and diversion, and even though it was incredibly hard for her, she risked losing her friend if it meant saving him. This show gave us someone we could identify with; Abby could BE us (until she becomes an MD). I love characters that are realistic!
Carol Hathaway from ER. She showed the world a new side of medical shows, she showed them nurses. She showed real issues that we as nurses face daily. From the crazy truth of short staffing, to standing up to doctors who look down on us.
Nurse Jackie. She has excellent critical assessment skills and is a great patient care advocate. She is not afraid to speak up to doctors. The only thing bad about her was her addiction. Towards the end of the show she started to get sloppy in her work which made her unsafe. But all in all the show was a real eye opener for me for people with addiction.
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tch1920, BSN, RN
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The nurse on the show "House" Oh wait... there were no nurses on this show because the doctors did everything.... Right