Fox TV's House

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Hey, do any of you watch "House" on Fox and if so, did you see this week's episode? I've watched it in the past and have overlooked the obvious flaws against reality (e.g. the little doctor underlings giving meds, drawing labs and sitting vigil at the bedside), however this week's episode drew the line for me. The scene is, "Dr. House" is at the bedside of a patient, he gives an IM of something, the pt immediately responds and gets out of bed (a feat which had previously eluded him), the med wears off and the pt falls. "Dr. House" then says "This is why God invented nurses", pokes his head out the doorway and yells "Clean up on aisle 5!" I'll never watch the show again. Who's with me?

Specializes in Pediatrics Only.

Lol..I love this show..although I did want to jump through the screen and strangle him when he said "this is why god invented nurses"..

maybe we should all write to the producers and tell them that they need to praise nurses instead of belittle them...maybe we wouldnt have such a nursing shortage then!

This is the second week in a row that they made comments about nurses not in a positve light.

I watch it every week. I assumed someone would start a thread about it sooner or later. Personally, i laughed when he said clean up on aisle 5. I watch the show for what it is...a drama. if I wanted to watch shows about hospitals that were totally accurate, i would watch discovery health channel. If i got ticked everytime some made a crack against my profession i would be an unhappy person. doesn't bother me what people think. imagine if you were an attorney? you'd be permanently ticked.

Specializes in Critical Care, Pediatrics, Geriatrics.

I LOVE House...but have not been able to watch lately. The comment seems humorous to me...esp. considering the character. "Dr. House" has said much worse comments to his patients and peers than this! Like someone else said, its just a drama...a show...fiction. Don't let it up set you. In the real world if a doc said this, he would get a piece of my mind. If you find the attitude of the show as a whole to be demeaning towards nurses, then that may call for a letter to the producer. However, as far as I have seen, you rarely even see a nurse around...its not really the plot if you know what I am saying.

The thing is ... House is a jerk to everybody on the show, including his colleagues and the head of the hospital, so I'm not sure why anyone would be surprized that he's a jerk to nurses too.

That's the character. Does anyone really expect House to suddenly become polite to anyone?

I don't know why everybody takes this stuff so seriously. It's TV. I guess nurses are thin skinned because any little thing seems to set people off.

:rolleyes:

Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

Wonder if there's any doctors out there that are a little less than thrilled about how this show is protraying a doctor?

Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.
I don't know why everybody takes this stuff so seriously. It's TV. I guess nurses are thin skinned because any little thing seems to set people off.

It might not be serious to you, but it might be to someone else. :rolleyes:

Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.
Wonder if there's any doctors out there that are a little less than thrilled about how this show is protraying a doctor?

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Specializes in 5 yrs OR, ASU Pre-Op 2 yr. ER.

I wasn't asking it to be funny, i was asking it in all seriousness.

Specializes in Geriatrics, LTC.

I've never seen the show....but here is my 2 cents....Doctor's for years have treated nurses like dirt. And people should see nurses in a new light that we can do the simplest of task that even a doctor could not. I have heard all the "nurse" jokes there are, but in reality when I talk to people and they hear I'm a nurse they are impressed.

Specializes in OB, M/S, HH, Medical Imaging RN.

I watched the show last night for the first time. I was shocked when Dr. House gave that patient an injection. It was something for Myesthia Gravis. (sp?) I thought the show was ok. In general I don't like medical shows because they are so phoney. Like another poster mentioned......since when do doctors sit at the patients bedside and like on ER go to the patient's home to check on them or talk them into having some kind of surgery. Oh how totally unrealistic. I do enjoy watching the medical shows on LTC.

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