Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

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Oh my god! I haven't posted in a long time, but I just had to post again. I'm watching the premier of Grey's Anatomy -- any of you see this?? (new show on ABC)

The Doctor, after being questioned by a nurse says, "I'm just a resident, but you take 4 years of medical school, and let me know if I'm right." (Did I quote it right?)

Then, as he walks away he says, "I hate nurses."

Then, he walks up to a female resident and mistakenly calls her a nurse and she responds, with anger and indignation, "Did you just call me a nurse?" As though it were a racial slur!

I mean, nurses have historically been marginalized in many mass media outlets, but this is amazing!!

Specializes in Neuro, Critical Care.

i sent an email too but it was returned..go figure...oh well felt good to vent anyway...it just made me feel kinda crappy even though im sure it wasnt meant that way..i mean ive been working really hard (as im sure you all have as well) and to have that basically looked down upon was a bit unsettling...

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Alot of my peers dont have a high opinion of doctors because of their experiences with them. One of them find that doctors seem to be distant and unsocial (dont look at you in the eye, smile, ect..) However my parents have a high opinion of nurses. It could be that there generation respected doctors more because of how they were raised. This generation may not have the same awe or respect for doctors. I dont know what do you think? In spite of the show my peers still see beyond this. Its just like the crime shows on TV. Do those detectives always dress fashionably and look that good?

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I was wondering if cockiness comes from insecurity. I notice Im most cocky when Im feel my most insecure so I compensate by acting above someone else. Also the post about surgical residents. Maybe they are cocky and competitive because surgery attracts those kind of people. Anyways my main point is cockiness may stem from fragile egos.

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Well, so much for our little koodie secret.

I thought we had cooties . . . . what the heck are "koodies"? :chuckle

Oh man, another infectious disease secretly carried by nurses? I don't think that I can take it. :o :)

steph

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I recommend "The House of God" by Samuel Shem. Yes, sexual tyrsts happen. :)

What is wrong with this show??? Is the writing really so pittyfull as it seems or is there some hidden agenda and at the end of the season some big twist happens and theclever truth will be revealed?

What is their problem? "Oh no, you invited NURSES???" There was so much disgust in her tone... Do nurses suddenly have koodies or what?

And what the heck was that thing with the heart? I'm by no means a cardiac or surgical nurse, just plane ole med-surg, but she "popped a glove as she was holding the heart and as a result might have nicked it"?? ... I would have imagined the result of a "popped glove" (how do you pop a glove while you have it allready on, anyway?) and the direct contact of her hand with the heart to be pericarditis perhaps, but a "ruptured ventricle"??? I don't know, but maybe I'm just not educated enough...

Oh and lastly, Sandra Oh and the handsome surgeon looked at each other a few times during the day and then at the end of the shift they end up having "physical negotiations" in the locker room??? That's just plain tacky... No depth of character, no storyline leading up to it...

Yeah, it's just pi$$ poor wiriting...

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

hey... anyone else think they did a better job of representing the nurses on this last episode? :uhoh21: I really thought so... maybe they ARE listening. It was a good episode in my opinion, although I am definitely starting to "strongly dislike" a couple of the characters...

And, I am starting to understand some of your all's point- that it really is supposed to be a show about the RESIDENTS, not the hospital as a whole- the rest of the folks just aren't as important to the plot, that's what TV is. I'm definitely not saying that's either a good or a bad thing, it's just TV- they don't develop the peripheral characters much.

(and I don't mean to step on any toes here; I realize this may be different from what I posted WAYYY back in the thread, but I have changed my mind a bit, and that last episode gave me a more positive impression of the show...)

ok, I'm shutting up now before I choke on my own foot. Carry on.

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I recommend "The House of God" by Samuel Shem. Yes, sexual tyrsts happen. :)

Whoo..that was definitely an interesting book!!

Did you read his follow up, "Mount Misery?" I've had it for a year or two now, but it's just been collecting dust on my bookshelf. What did you think of it, if you read it?

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Whoo..that was definitely an interesting book!!

Did you read his follow up, "Mount Misery?" I've had it for a year or two now, but it's just been collecting dust on my bookshelf. What did you think of it, if you read it?

I haven't read it . . .have to look into it.

steph

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I thought we had cooties . . . . what the heck are "koodies"? :chuckle

Oh man, another infectious disease secretly carried by nurses? I don't think that I can take it. :o :)

steph

I appologize for the wrong spelling (in this case as in many others).I've been in this country for five years sofar. :uhoh21:

Oh, and thanks for the tip on the book. What is it about again?

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In the instance of last week when Sandra Oh made the statement about inviting nurses, she did insult others as well...including the residents fro Pediatrics and psychiatry.

Kris

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I like the show but can not recall the last time, or any time for that matter that a resident or intern spent any amount of of their day drawing labs or transporting a patient to MRI. I realize that the show is about the doctors and their experiences but I work in a teaching hospital and it is abundantly clear to me that those doctors can attribute much of their learning to the nurses. In fact we are expected to assist with that learing when possible. We are the eyes and ears for the doctors when they are not at the bedside. We provide the cares and perform many of the procedures. We are the voice for the patient when they can not speak for themselves.

No wonder we have an overwhelmimg shortage of nurse. No one outside of the hospital is aware of the compexity of nursing and its importance to society. Will we ever be seen as educated, highly skilled, hard working, capable professionals? I have seen several shows lately that caught my attention with a story line taking place in my unit but they get so many of the details wrong. I guess I can only hope that someday someone gets it right but who am I kidding. Even my friends and family have no concept of what really happens in an ICU.

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I've never seen this program, and really don't care for these "soap opera" type shows. The producers and writers just want all the controversy, because that's what keeps people coming back for more. Look at how many people have commented on this thread, and I have read a majority of them. I agree that they should create something more true to life, and quit trying to sex up everything. Most story lines are about the same garbage, sex, cheating, greed, any thing negative and controversial. How many people are really like that?

Anyway, I really just wanted to know if anyone ever watches Discovery Health? I watch "Paramedics", "Trauma, Life in the ER", The Critical Hour, etc. I rarely watch anything else, because I'm tired of what Hollywood pushes on us. The shows on DH are true to life shows, with real DRs, Nurses and Paramedics. Few act arrogantly, the majority are just good people doing their job. The terminology and situations (life and death) are more accurate and depict what I believe we will see and be a part of, rather than the Hollywood versions. I hope that by watching these shows I will become more aware of how it truely is, and maybe better prepare me for the real world. :)

Here's one gal who does. Have you watched their newest one. "Untold Stories of the ER?" It's awesome!
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