My beef with last night’s HawthoRNe…
- You can’t make ICU rooms out of storage closets…where’s the oxygen, where’s the suction, where are the power-outage-proof plugs? A chief nursing officer should know this…
- Nurses doing inventory in a med room do not wear hot pants and tank tops. And they do not leave said med rooms unlocked and the door wide open to leave for a drink of water.
- A nurse actually told a patient to “only call him for real medical problems”. He resented helping her shower, he resented helping her figure out the remote control, and he impatiently cut off their conversation. Guess what, folks? Nurses do it all!! I’ve helped patients’ families find music channels on the TV, I’ve shampooed someone’s hair, and I sure as heck have listened to patients’ stories. Even worse, the reason he was so impatient was because he wanted to go into the closet with the nurse in hot pants and tank top (see above). If he had had a full patient load, I could understand needing to set limits. But to try to get with a hot nurse named Candy??? C’mon!!
- The storyline about the patient on life support was very confusing. Who was the patient’s health care proxy? Does one adult child say he’s not ready to pull the plug, and another get to swoop in and turn everything off? Who makes the call?
- A teenager walking around and snapping photos of patients with her cell phone camera would catch someone’s notice. HIPAA, anyone?
This episode’s only redeeming quality was “Perky Nurse”…she still annoys me, but at least she stood up for her patient and went with her gut. Go Perky Nurse!
The verdict is not lookin’ good for this one.
July 1, 2009 at 9:57 am |
I completely agree; there are so many holes in HawthoRNe that it’s getting a little hard to watch. I was hoping for a strong nursing show, but it’s not looking that way, after all. Disappointing, yet I’ll undoubtedly continue Ti-Voing until further notice.
July 7, 2009 at 11:03 pm |
I haven’t watched an episode yet. But if the series trailer is any indication, this one seems to have no chance of being the realistic portrayal of nurses that many are hoping for.
In the trailer alone, we learn that Hawthorne is a DON and we see her providing bedside care to critical patients. That combination may be great for some drama to boost TV ratings, but it doesn’t have any basis in real life.
Then again, ER started off on shaky ground and somehow survived 15 years as a favorite among both laypeople and providers. (Anyone remember the early episode where the patient was both receiving chest compressions and uttering his dying words?)
And Grey’s Anatomy continues to do well, even among viewers who are licensed, active nurses. On television, sometimes cool music and an attractive cast will make up for a lot.
July 12, 2009 at 1:27 pm |
I saw this episode and was just confused. I haven’t even started learning in the hospital and I saw it was a load of bull. I love Jada (her mother is a nurse) why hasn’t her mother yanked her chain? This show could be so great. I actually liked Nurse Jackie better, but I don’t have Showtime.