I was just reading another thing about this, but it made me think of how disgustingly nurses are represented by our media.
Example #1) House MD. Sort of entertaining, but oh my lord, most offensive to nurses ever. My "favorite" quote, Foreman asked a little girl to help hold her brother while he did a LP. She asked "Is this all that nurses do?" He answered something like "It's all we trust them to do." I was horrified! Seriously, this is the message we want out there?? Don't even get me started on how the nurses don't exist on these shows. The docs give all injections, all IVs, all vitals... how many patients are now going into the hospital expecting to actually see a dr longer than 10 minutes during the day? They are in for a shock!
Example #2) Grey's Anatomy. Love the show, but still. When Jane Doe was recovering from her burns/pregnancy, she often just watched the nurses stand around and gossip. Really, that's all I do all day, how about you?
And sadly, the other culprit that grinds my gears: ER. It's probably the most accurate depiction I have seen, HOWEVER, ever noticed how the nurses always screw things up? They all have to sleep with their doctors. Abbey decided to become a doctor, b/c nursing wasn't enough. Not even a NP, a doctor. Sam killed a pt by going outside her scope. Even Nurse Hathaway, most famous tv nurse, was a suicidal mess and dropped everything to follow her man who by the way, didn't express an inkling of interest in their twin daughters.
This sort of thing just drives me nuts. Anyone else?
Example #2) Grey's Anatomy. Love the show, but still. When Jane Doe was recovering from her burns/pregnancy, she often just watched the nurses stand around and gossip. Really, that's all I do all day, how about you?
I have to come to the defense of Grey's Anatomy.. There is an episode where Dr. McSteamy tells the interns (I think it's Meredith and Alex) to turn and reposition a pt Q2H and get vitals and such.... and they tell him it's a nurses job.. And he explains to them that he likes nurses and they do a lot of work and that it won't kill them to do it for a day... Anyways that episode goes something like that.. Just thought I would share
I just simply quit watching any kind of medical show a long time ago. Why would I want to spend my leisure time watching something that I did for a living?
This is so true. I am a student and in my first semester, it took me 3 weeks to actually see a doctor on the floor. When he came in the room, he took about 2 listens with the stethoscope and left, only to disappear into whatever land they go to in the hosptal. I was stunned as to how different hospitals are actually ran and what is depicted on TV.
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Example #2) Grey's Anatomy. Love the show, but still. When Jane Doe was recovering from her burns/pregnancy, she often just watched the nurses stand around and gossip. Really, that's all I do all day, how about you?
I have to come to the defense of Grey's Anatomy.. There is an episode where Dr. McSteamy tells the interns (I think it's Meredith and Alex) to turn and reposition a pt Q2H and get vitals and such.... and they tell him it's a nurses job.. And he explains to them that he likes nurses and they do a lot of work and that it won't kill them to do it for a day... Anyways that episode goes something like that.. Just thought I would share