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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[Nancy518]

My fav nurse was Nurse Abby from ER. She was a awesome, kind, tough, dry humor nurse who aimed to be a doctor and became one, at an age that most people would say is too old to go into medicine. I applaud her

[Seads49448]

Nurse Jackie

She tells it exactly how it is but always gets the job done (aside from the addiction part).

[Ravarrato1]

Bobbie on All My Children

[Sarahmaestillion]

Carla Espinosa from scrubs she's a no nonsense nurse not afraid to stand up to doctors in the best interest of patients

[Farawyn]

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.

This. I had an insane Nurse Crush on her. She was incredibly compassionate and a GOOD NURSE, but also flawed. Love her.

Plus, Good Lord, Dana Delaney is beautiful.

Dana Delany - IMDb

[NutmeggeRN, BSN]

Colleen McMurphy -China Beach

Dixie McCall-Emergency

Jessie Brewer-General Hospital

Hot Lips - MASH

Nurse Jackie-Nurse Jackie not sure of she did the wrong things for the right reasons or the right things for the wrong reasons!

[scuba nurse, BSN, MSN, RN]

Bobbie Spencer from General Hospital!!!

[Isakolistic]

Thor from Nurse Jackie. His nursing skills aren't really emphasized in the show, but he cracks me up. He can be my co-worker anytime!

[kpbucket]

China Beach

Dana Delany (Nurse Colleen McMurphy)

Loved that character!

[Heathermirina]

Jesse in Code Black - "Mama"

[ddavis317]

Actually, it's not a nurse, it's a doctor...patch Adams. I strive to be like him on a daily basis. He always wanted to treat the person, not the disease. He helped people heal through laughter. He remembered his patients names and not their room number. This is the nurse I strive to be and why he is my all time favorite medical character (although it's a true story).

[LikeTheDeadSea, MSN, RN]

Carla from Scrubs! She is who inspired me to get into nursing, and even though I don't work in a hospital I use her as my inspiration. I love that she commanded respect from anyone she came in contact with. She deserved every ounce she got, too. She knew her floor inside and out and the doctors trusted her. She also ran her relationship and took care of her mother and was just overall awesome at the balance of nurse life and home life.