Categories: Scrubs

10 nurse depictions we wish would go away

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9. Soap Opera/Medical Drama Nurse
Remember the days of General Hospital? Do you remember Nurse Amy? The nurses, beautiful and well-endowed, of course, were always hanging around the nurses’ station if they weren’t making out in the treatment room with the newest doctor on the set. The nurses plotted to seduce the doctors, marry them and/or have their babies. A typical day in an American hospital?

You’d think we’d gotten beyond that, but that nurse is still alive and well in some of today’s medical dramas.

FINALLY: What’s this pointy sharp thing again?

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Marijke Durning

Marijke is a professional writer who began her working career as a registered nurse over 25 years ago. After working in clinical areas ranging from rehab to intensive care, as a floor nurse to a supervisor, she found she could combine her extensive health knowledge with her love of writing. Although she has been published in a wide variety of publications for professionals and the general public, her passion is writing for the every day person to promote health literacy.