In another great post, Sara Ellis at RNDegrees.net has hit the topic on the head once again! Negative stereotypes of nurses really do hurt patients. Nurses don’t get the respect and therefore we don’t get the money to help us educate nurse educators and new nurses to take on the roles that nurses really do in real life. In the long run, the nursing shortage is going to impact more and more lives. And the quality of care will affect too many. If only we could convince viewers to watch the drama and NOT believe everything they see about nurses on TV and in the movies. The writers of these…
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IMHO Nurse Jackie Fails Big Time
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…