Choose Your Favorite TV Nurse

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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:

Zoey Barkow from the TV show "Nurse Jackie"

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[HippyChick30]

Merideth from Greys- Strong independent who isn't afraid to go above and beyond her duties.

[Bulldog23]

Hands down Jesse Sallander from Code Black.

[KarmicX]

Colleen McMurphy from China Beach

she enlisted as a nurse during the Vietnam war to make a difference. That's what we all want to do as a nurse.

she faced some of the toughest things to see and was unable to save all, yet she wole

up and kept doing it again and again.

she always showed compassion for the people she treated.

[Jenben73]

Meredith Gray is not a nurse.

[Jenben73]

I agree Carol Hathaway from ED!! She was tough and spoke up for her patients and what she thought was right!! (And she didn't let management or physicians push her around!)

[Nalon1 RN/EMT-P, BSN, RN]

Only 2 TV nurses I know of offhand are Margaret Houlihan from MASH and Dixie from EMERGENCY!, neither of which I consider a favorite.

I don't watch medical dramas today, stupid stuff.

[Jayden8139]

Nurse Hawthorne from the show HawthoRNe

[Rew3n]

Kenny from The Night shift. He's not afraid to stand up to the doctors, he has a way of charming his patients, he's funny, and he pulls the best pranks on the doctors.

[angirn72]

Dixie McCall from Emergency

[rschroeder03]

I absolutely LOVE: Jesse "Mama" Sallander (played by Luis Guzmán) on the show 'Code Black

This character is so honest, caring, and truthful!! He takes charge of "his" ER and doesn't take any smack from the new residents or established physicians if they are in the wrong. Truly an almost real-life portrayal of a seasoned nurse and the knowledge that comes from seeing and being a part of many different healthcare scenarios throughout a long career of caring for others. I cry every week when I watch this show!

[Jrross13]

Carla from Scrubs. She was fine with being a floor nurse because it was her passion. When Turk offered to send her to Nurse Practitioner school she was offended because she knew she wasn't "just a nurse" as he put it. She was compassionate and advocated for her patients. She set a good example for nurses and made me want to be a nurse myself! She loved what she did and never wanted to change.

[Jlswims]

She's a doctor