I saw HawthoRNe's first 2 episodes. I really wanted to hate it like the plague, but I didn't. Yeah, the Director of Nursing parading around the hospital, from the ER to pediatrics to the floor to the ICU saving patient's lives and all that jazz is really hard to buy. Our director is also a VP and whereas I see her, and she knows me (I chewed her ass out about patient safety and no staff during Hurricane Ike, I'm lucky I'm still working there) she is NOT going to sully her hands by doing any actual nursing. I also find it terribly amusing that they obviously rotate nurses from ICU to ER to the floor to peds. Oh yeah, maybe in a 50 bed rural hospital, but this isn't supposed to be a rural hospital.
Having said that, I commend the writers for making an honest attempt to show the issues facing nursing. Thus far, we've seen an unreasonable abusive patient that made the new nurse on the show cry. We've seen a really arrogant doctor be abusive to nurses when the doctor was in the wrong and there was actually a doctor who was going to address the issue with the doctor in question. We've seen the male nurse try to get his overtime pay out of the money guys sitting around administration who give him 3 different answers on what form to fill out to get his money and string him along. We've seen family members threatening to sue when things don't go their way.
Yes, there is plenty that sets my teeth on edge when I watched this show, but I can't watch any medical show without wanting to slit my throat. This one however, is taking a stab at showing some of the issues that we face on the job.
Not that I plan on being a regular viewer.
What we're seeing with our new BSN grads is that they are selecting students solely based on the GPA of like 3.8 or above. They are also telling these youngsters that they aren't going to have to work very hard and that they will delegate just about everything. These young people are high on brains, but totally crappy on compassion. And they whine like hell that it's SO busy and they have to work SO hard with their 4-5 or God forbid, 6 patients. They aren't trotting water or changing a bed or taking any patient to the bathroom because that's "not their job." My unit makes a concerted effort to train them, be nice to them, and support them, and then have them leave in a year or two because "the work is too hard. We shouldn't have to work like this." Fortunately, my alma mater sent me a questionnaire about the new grads that they are turning out, and hoo boy, I told them. I told them and I told them. They need to select just a little less for book learning and a little more for social skills. motivation and common sense.
I don't know about my hospital, but if I went back and got my Master's Degree, and went looking for a job utilizing it, I'd have to take a pay cut. I don't need more initials behind my name to feel important, I'd want them to show me the money.
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Having said that, I commend the writers for making an honest attempt to show the issues facing nursing. Thus far, we've seen an unreasonable abusive patient that made the new nurse on the show cry. We've seen a really arrogant doctor be abusive to nurses when the doctor was in the wrong and there was actually a doctor who was going to address the issue with the doctor in question. We've seen the male nurse try to get his overtime pay out of the money guys sitting around administration who give him 3 different answers on what form to fill out to get his money and string him along. We've seen family members threatening to sue when things don't go their way.
Yes, there is plenty that sets my teeth on edge when I watched this show, but I can't watch any medical show without wanting to slit my throat. This one however, is taking a stab at showing some of the issues that we face on the job.
Not that I plan on being a regular viewer.
What we're seeing with our new BSN grads is that they are selecting students solely based on the GPA of like 3.8 or above. They are also telling these youngsters that they aren't going to have to work very hard and that they will delegate just about everything. These young people are high on brains, but totally crappy on compassion. And they whine like hell that it's SO busy and they have to work SO hard with their 4-5 or God forbid, 6 patients. They aren't trotting water or changing a bed or taking any patient to the bathroom because that's "not their job." My unit makes a concerted effort to train them, be nice to them, and support them, and then have them leave in a year or two because "the work is too hard. We shouldn't have to work like this." Fortunately, my alma mater sent me a questionnaire about the new grads that they are turning out, and hoo boy, I told them. I told them and I told them. They need to select just a little less for book learning and a little more for social skills. motivation and common sense.
I don't know about my hospital, but if I went back and got my Master's Degree, and went looking for a job utilizing it, I'd have to take a pay cut. I don't need more initials behind my name to feel important, I'd want them to show me the money.