Members are discussing various TV shows that depict nurses and healthcare professionals, with a focus on the accuracy and portrayal of the profession. Some members mention negative perceptions of nurses in media and society, while others share positive experiences and interactions with patients. The conversation also touches on the dynamics between nurses and doctors, as well as personal anecdotes related to nursing and healthcare settings.
I don't know if it's just me, but it seems like nurses get a bad wrap sometimes. For example, on Grey's Anatomy the nurses are looked down on completely, and one of the nurses even gave syphilis to a doctor. Also, the nurses on the show are generally grumpy and in one episode they go on strike and refuse to work.
I also feel like nurses have a reputation for sleeping around. My dad who is 85 and is a retired general surgeon says that back when he practiced, nurses were known to sleep around a lot. He said it's because nurses are around life and death so much that they get careless in the sexual promiscuity sense. I just think that all of these stereotypes portrayed through TV are really rude and not realistic.
I just started nursing school a little over a month ago and this has been bothering me. Does this bother anybody else? I just was curious to see different opinions on the subject.
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
Ah yes, one of the invisible nurses :)
But would you expect a world-renowned surgeon to be doing it, as happens frequently on Grey's? I think not!
It still happens. At my last place of employment (a drug rehab for teens) an RN that was hired just because she was friends with the owner would disappear & then just sit around.
It still happens. At my last place of employment (a drug rehab for teens) an RN that was hired just because she was friends with the owner would disappear & then just sit around.
Oh, no, I didn't mean the lazy disappearing nurse! I meant 'invisible' as in the nurse who charts quietly at the bedside in the dark because it's the only way she can be sure to keep an eye on a friable patient and still get work done :)
Unless that book is put out by Harlequin Romance, in which case it'll be an overly buxom "nurse" who is hired to watch after a dashing young English lord with a slight cough
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
Oh, no, I didn't mean the lazy disappearing nurse! I meant 'invisible' as in the nurse who charts quietly at the bedside in the dark because it's the only way she can be sure to keep an eye on a friable patient and still get work done :)
She would do both. Also random things I don't remember. Like go to the boys/girls unit & look for things like peeling paint. I don't know, I know she did things at times. But she got on my nerves so I quit paying attention to her. When she disappeared I didn't care what she was doing I was just happy she wasn't bothering me!
Unless that book is put out by Harlequin Romance, in which case it'll be an overly buxom "nurse" who is hired to watch after a dashing young English lord with a slight cough
Also random things I don't remember. Like go to the boys/girls unit & look for things like peeling paint. I don't know, I know she did things at times. But she got on my nerves so I quit paying attention to her. When she disappeared I didn't care what she was doing I was just happy she wasn't bothering me!
OrganizedChaos, LVN
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It still happens. At my last place of employment (a drug rehab for teens) an RN that was hired just because she was friends with the owner would disappear & then just sit around.