ER last night and the nurses!

[smk1]

Did anyone watch ER last night? I thought it was excellent, It really focuse around the RN's job in the hospital, touching on the teaching role the assessment, lobbying for treatments for patients and the stress of being pulled every which way. It also touched on management trying to cut hours for nurses and bring in cheaper labor and going on strike, as well as the nurse knowing more than some of the residents and having to guide them in what to do. It even showed the annoyance that nurses must have when kids only want to be doctors. Abby had a good eye roll for that one:rolleyes: It was a very engaging episode and I think was a very good portrayal of nursing in an ER today. what did you guys think?

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

hmmm . . . Luca is cute but he's been waaaaay around the block and so . .yuck. Carter . . . well, he has some issues to deal with. I was surprised when he admitted that he had lost his virginity at 11 with an older woman who, I think, was a maid. I think that's child abuse, last time I checked anyway.

I thought the older "nurse from geriatrics" in the white cap and white uniform was pretty funny.

I agree about the nurses leaving the ER and abandoning their patients. That makes us all look pretty selfish. This was a future staffing problem that could have been handled another way.

The dynamics between the docs and nurses does leave the impression that nurses work for docs and not that we collaborate and are collegues.

But I still love it . . . .

steph

[smk1, LPN]

I guess i just saw it a different way because I was happy that they focused most of the episode on an rn and what she does. I thought it was important that they showed her catching a sign of a serious problem going on and made the attending handle it, she saved a residents life when the other two were inept, she showed up the med students and showed initiative in suggesting treatments. I just felt that it was a step in the right direction, because usually all the nurses are background characters unless it involves a love story or personal problem. just my opinion.

[cannoli]

eak16, thanks, I'll check it out.

[neneRN, BSN, RN]

I agree with smkoepke, last night's show did a great job showing that nurses don't just sit around waiting on doctor's orders to be carried out- I loved that they showed Abby doing assessments and doing interventions without the mighty doctor directing her. I'm in ER nurse and I thought the episode was a very realistic portrayal of ER nursing. (Although I do agree with the whole nurses walking out midshift abandoning pts wouldn't happen- it did bring up a point to the public that nurses are stretched too far and sometimes not compensated) This is the first episode that really focused on the nurse rather than the doctor- I was impressed with that alone.

[barefootlady, ADN, RN]

I watch Er, sometimes it gets under my skin that only Abby is the nurse with the knowhow. I do not like the way Romano yells, and has complete disregard for staff/patients. In real life, Abby, as CN would be assigning and jump in to help but the other nurses would be more involved with each patient, Codes are a big affair, as we all know, but a general ER patient would be managed by the ER nurses. The suspension was justified due to the "break" but it did not relate the issue that way. Yes, I have had to nurse slap some new residents, even my son in law once, but I tried to do it in a nicer way. I think the romance between Carter and Abby was a sorry spark anyway. Lucca is too brooding for me. I know the part about the cardiac specialist was just too over the top, but man, I found him nice to look at. That Elizabeth sure knows how to pick them. Mark and now this gut. I think the audience was tired of Asian doc and the black doc, all sex and no in depth feelings. I will continue to watch and cringe when something is done wrong, and try to just enjoy it for entertainment. Did anybody catch the blood being taken to the ER, we still have to do some stiff checking and it takes at least an LPN to pick ours up.