Reality TV : Nurses

SnowymtnRN · May 21, 2005

ya know, why does it always have to be in a mansion in California? I mean i think a nurse reality show would be really good, if they did it right. UGH.

brokeannie · May 23, 2005

The link to the actual site is:

http://nursetv.com

I know it sounds a little "hmm", but I know I'll probably be watching, come fall.

hula · May 23, 2005

I was worried that the show would be a bad representation of nurses as well, but I spoke with Access Nurses about it and I'm convinced that they will keep it classy.

I'll send them this thread and maybe they can respond.

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · May 23, 2005

dang it!!!
i was so excited until I read the premise.
Will they EVER give us a decent tv show about nurses?!?!:angryfire

Apparently that's asking too much of the world.

markjrn · May 24, 2005

I was worried that the show would be a bad representation of nurses as well, but I spoke with Access Nurses about it and I'm convinced that they will keep it classy.

Sorry, I'm confused. Are you talking about Access Nurses, the travel company?

HappyNurse2005, RN · May 24, 2005

Where will this be broadcast? Is that an online tv station?

I don't get it.

RN4NICU, LPN, LVN · May 24, 2005

Sorry, I'm confused. Are you talking about Access Nurses, the travel company?

Apparently the name of the show is going to be 13 Weeks (as in a 13-week travel assignment). If you go to the show's website it specifies that the 6 nurses will be travel nurses from Access Nurses who are on a 13 week assignment in Southern CA.

markjrn · May 24, 2005

Apparently the name of the show is going to be 13 Weeks (as in a 13-week travel assignment). If you go to the show's website it specifies that the 6 nurses will be travel nurses from Access Nurses who are on a 13 week assignment in Southern CA.

I had a scarey experience with Access once, and once was enough!

I used to travel nurse, and I really don't consider it the "reality" of nursing - hence, the "mansion". No one flame me, it's just my opinion.

If someone really wanted to portray nurses realistically, they'd pick a poor slob like me that doesn't live in a mansion! :rotfl:

It sounds like yet another marketing ploy on behalf yet another travel company. Disappointing.

hula · May 24, 2005

I used to travel nurse, and I really don't consider it the "reality" of nursing - hence, the "mansion". No one flame me, it's just my opinion.

That's what one of the Access Nurses in the NPR show said. I don't think anyone will dispute this.

If someone really wanted to portray nurses realistically, they'd pick a poor slob like me that doesn't live in a mansion! :rotfl:

If it were interesting I think it could work. But then again, taking said "slob" (not my choice of words) to a mansion might be an interesting contrast.

In "reality" TV, I think most everyone understands that it is not "realistic" so much as it "really happens".

The people and events are real, even if they are thrust into an unrealistic setting. That's entertainment.

It sounds like yet another marketing ploy on behalf yet another travel company. Disappointing.

I agree and disagree with you here. It does seem like it is inspired by marketing, however I don't think that has to be disappointing.

It's not like I see some grand noble purpose the show could have that it is neglecting in order to be some ploy. It's definitely made to draw publicity, and the CEO of Access Nurses said as much in the interview. But that doesn't have to be a bad thing.

It can still do us nurses proud, and it can still be entertaining (at least to those who are not immediately constitutionally opposed to the very idea).

Cassinia · May 24, 2005

Travel nurses in a mansion in Southern California? I'll bet they're all minimum 5'7" weigh in at about 120 pounds and have the "perfect" figure. This sounds like another piece of garbage which I'll definitely avoid. I'm tired of the unrealistic world they put nurses in. Want to bet at least one of them will be bedding a doctor or resident by the middle of the show? Think I'll go and work on my novel instead of watching this type of drivel. :uhoh3:

hula · May 24, 2005

I'll bet they're all minimum 5'7" weigh in at about 120 pounds and have the "perfect" figure.

I think this is kneejerk negativity. I'm willing to take this bet.

This sounds like another piece of garbage which I'll definitely avoid. I'm tired of the unrealistic world they put nurses in.

Who's "they"? I think you may be projecting your pre-existing sentiments onto this show.

Want to bet at least one of them will be bedding a doctor or resident by the middle of the show?

Again, yes I would. I think this is baseless negativity.

Think I'll go and work on my novel instead of watching this type of drivel.

What kind of drivel? Seriously, you act like you know that it is drivel instead of instinctively just writing it off.

If you have some kind of inside track on the show and know that it's going to be all that you claim it is, then please let us know.

Cassinia · May 24, 2005

Hula, maybe I am putting in my personal opinions about this without giving it a chance but 2 things...1) it's a "reality show" which means there is no reality to it. The show is made for entertainment and, probably in this case, marketing for this company. It also means there is going to be a lot of scripted stuff in there for what they feel the audience wants to see...cat fights between the women, love interests, etc. 2) as of yet, in the many years I've watched tv shows where nurses are portrayed, have I seen a single show which shows the reality of nursing. We're either portrayed as hand maidens, sub-human, sex toys for doctors, or psychos. I've given up on medical shows, unless it's a documentary.

I'm sorry, but this show may actually put nursing backward. All the glamour of being a nurse in South CA, the mansion, etc. How many younger people are going to see this and say "Hey, that's the life for me!" then get into the nursing programs and get hit by the reality of it. If they want reality, let them show the nurses cleaning incontinent patients, getting screamed at by pompous doctors, having to do dressing changes on oozing wounds which you could put a fist in it, cleaning up after someone's emesis, etc. Starting out with a clean uniform and ending the day with hair disarrayed, stains of who knows what on the uniform, and being out of work long after the shift is over because there's a nursing shortage. That's reality.