Nurse Jackie premiered on SHOWTIME last night. Did you see it? What was your opinion? Personally i thought it was WAY off the mark! There was a lot of potential for some really good story lines and some talented performers such as Edie Falco, but once again Hollywood chooses to trash the nursing profession!
SHOWTIME calls it a dark comedy and it’s supposedly from the journals of a real ER nurse with a bad back and drug problem.
But hey…where can you find a hospital like that one to work for? Nurses get to go to lunch at a real restaurant, and take a long break in the chapel to contemplate the events of the day with a co-worker no less??!!! When was the last time you got to do that on the job????!!!
If you didn’t see it, NurseTogether.com has a link on their site. In my humble opinion, it’s not worth subscribing to SHOWTIME to watch, but you can catch the pilot episode over there. And they have a section of the Forum dedicated to discussion. I was asked to write a review for them and it should appear sometime this week.
(UPDATE: June 12: here’s my review. )
So what’s your opinion?
5 Comments
Lisa.....
I was very disappointed that in an interview Falco said she would want to be taken care of a nurse like her character. And I was disapointed in the show. A nurse with a drug problem is not how I want profession to be portrayed.
DeeAnna
I have another perspective… I am a Respiratory Therapist and I saw a promo still with Nurse Jackie performing bag-mask ventilation and someone about to hand her the ET Tube…in the ER's I've worked in we (RT's) manage airway so RN's can manage med's etc… just my opinion. Now I am in the NICU and the RN's don't think of picking up a laryngoscope or starting a PAL, RT's in turn don't want to start a PICC line
laura.d.
To be fair, who wants to sit down in front of their tv and watch nurses perform actual nursing duties? It's not reality tv, it's supposed to be entertaining, not realistic. I liked it.
LivingDeadNurse
i had saw the previews and wasn't impressed. I didn't even give it a chance. Sorry not a big fan of a druggy nurse considering one almost cost me my job.
KLS
I for one, was so excited about a new nursing show, and then I saw the previews. Now I don't even know if I'll watch last night's episode, waiting patiently thanks to DVR.