I know most healthcare people are not very fond of E.R., but I ws just wondering if anybody watched the last episode. The lady from "Sex and the Cityy" was a guest star. She played a stroke victim.
I really thought that it showed the difference between the nurse and the doctor during that episode. Even though the doctor spoke to the patient, it was the nurse who seemed to be able to "read" the stroke victim's mind, even though the pateint couldn't say a word.
Would anyone agree with that assesment? (Or do most of you think it was way off base?)
I watched it too and I actually thought it showed how no one really made much of an effort to treat the patient as if she could still hear and think. They mostly talked over her and made little eye contact. I really thought it did a good job of showing how isolated she felt. Maybe the nurse did a little more but for the most part, this poor lady was all alone.
I love ER. I've watched it since the beginning. I don't watch it for med errors though - I like the storylines.
Hey all. I LOVE the E.R. I catch it during the day after morning class and have just recently started to watch it monday nights. I saw the episode with the stroke patient and it did kind of annoy me when the whole "shes just a nurse thing" went down. I agree that society looks down upon nurses because when I was researching career options for me, I too looked down upon them. Not until I started doing more and more research about the nursing profession and actually shadowed a nurse did I realize that nursing is made up of special people who take that "road less traveled" and dedicate themselves to the well-being of others. I used to think that to have an established and respected career a doctor was the only way to go. But now I know WAY better, and fully respect what a nurse does. (still many kudos to Docs. it couldn't be done without 'em!) Well, Im done ranting. LOL. Have a good day everyone!
I love ER and have also watched from the beginning. This particular episode annoyed me for some reason. I think it was because they were treating the diagnosis and not the patient.
I watched it too and I actually thought it showed how no one really made much of an effort to treat the patient as if she could still hear and think. They mostly talked over her and made little eye contact. I really thought it did a good job of showing how isolated she felt. Maybe the nurse did a little more but for the most part, this poor lady was all alone.
See, I thought it was the opposite. The staff in the ER and radiology was constantly telling her what they were doing to her (loved the sarcastic "Fantastic!" thought she had when they said they were going to shave her down there). Yes, there were times they talked over her (in the heat of admission and trauma, when getting consent from her husband) but overall I thought they talked to her quite a bit. Sam and Luka especially made it a point to talk to her ("How you doing in there?" "Thought you'd like to see a familiar face.")
They did do a good job of showing her isolation, though. I thought it was a great episode! It took some pretty terrifying situations (having a sedative wear off before a paralytic) and put us in the patient's head. There was some pretty good comic relief, too (the woman thinking to herself how gorgeous Luka was, the whole Fentanyl bit).
Funny enough we were talking about the fact people may hear you even when you don't think they can in the CNA class (required for admission into the RN program here). I think it would be good to show nursing students that show or something similar. Makes you think about what it is like to not be able to communicate but to hear everything around you.
Hello, I know most healthcare people are not very fond of E.R
I have never like ER but didn't realize that most healthcare people don't like it either. I wonder why that is? I don't like it because it seems so fake to me. Doctors where I work don't visit patients in their homes to talk them into having a surgery they really need, nurses don't do it either. Why don't others like the show?
I remember a film in nursing school called "Peaches" in which expressive and recessive aphasia was addressed from the standpoint of the patient. Excellent film and learning tool. As someone who has cared for many stroke victims and coma patients who have awakened I can say I thought the piece was done very well and appropriate. I too didn't like the comment about the nurse, but one has to recall that is what many people think or have experience with in their education. Yet, she didn't want the nurse to leave.. That is how it is mostly and I was struck by the fact that in my experience many docs (and sometimes nurses) wouldn't take the time to do the explanation to the degree it was portrayed. I thought they did an excellent job all around, although it did seem weird to me that once the procedure was done, she would just wake up and be fine...cynthia nixon did a great job....
I remember a film in nursing school called "Peaches" in which expressive and recessive aphasia was addressed from the standpoint of the patient. Excellent film and learning tool. As someone who has cared for many stroke victims and coma patients who have awakened I can say I thought the piece was done very well and appropriate. I too didn't like the comment about the nurse, but one has to recall that is what many people think or have experience with in their education. Yet, she didn't want the nurse to leave.. That is how it is mostly and I was struck by the fact that in my experience many docs (and sometimes nurses) wouldn't take the time to do the explanation to the degree it was portrayed. I thought they did an excellent job all around, although it did seem weird to me that once the procedure was done, she would just wake up and be fine...cynthia nixon did a great job....
I don't know. I think that if a stroke was reversed and it simply involved a clogged artery, I dont see they they shouldn't wake up right away. The debilitating severity of the stroke is brought on fast so why wouldn't the reverse happen just as swiftly? Of course there are different types of strokes where you need rehab. Maybe it depends on the length of time the stroke victim is out of commision. I agree, Cynthia Nixon did a great job! :)
Yes. How quickly she recovered after interventional radiology got done with her did not seem right to me either. Maybe someone else can shed light on this.
The first thing they told me my first day in the OR was the hearing is the last sense to go. Pateints that may look completly out of it may still be hear and remember what you said 'cause the anesthesia hasn't taken full effect yet.
(Actually, the first thing they told me my first day in the OR was don't touch anything!!!! )
I thought it made a good point about patients being able to hear and comprehend what we say when Sam and Abby were gossiping about the radiologist screwing a med student, as they're wheeling the pt down for her potentially life-saving or life-ending procedure.
I didn't even realize it was Cynthia Nixon from SATC! Guess I live under a rock...
The reason she recovered so quickly is because the show has to be over by 2200 CST!! :)
I enjoy ER most of the time, even though it's nothing like the larger, busier trauma center where I worked in real life. I have to remember it's a tv show...it's a dramatization that is written to get ratings.
It's a show about doctors. Any nursing character that gets a main storyline has to be trying to become a doctor or is sleeping with a doctor. It is unfortunate that they haven't taken off on what professional nurses really do. Maybe it's because they don't really know; and would it really generate the ratings if they did? We're the unsung heroes, the vital components that ensure excellence in patient care. Before I could enjoy ER, I had to admit that I didn't need a tv show to validate my contributions.
Here's a toast:cheers: and a standing ovation :yelclap: for all nurses out there!
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I watched it too and I actually thought it showed how no one really made much of an effort to treat the patient as if she could still hear and think. They mostly talked over her and made little eye contact. I really thought it did a good job of showing how isolated she felt. Maybe the nurse did a little more but for the most part, this poor lady was all alone.
I love ER. I've watched it since the beginning. I don't watch it for med errors though - I like the storylines.
I too miss Dr. Green . . . . . .
steph