A gross misrepresentation of the profession.
Process, procedure and standards of care were severely lacking.
It gets a 1/10 only because I can't say ZERO.
The head nurse that greets them is extremely unprofessional, and the nurse behind the desk is horrible. There isn't any introduction to where the nurses will be working, yet we are to believe this is their first day. And no one would call them fresh meat. A nurse would never work alone their first day on the job, they would shadow and be buddied with another nurse for several shifts as part of orientation. Blood transfusions without screening? What?? A bedside nurse would never communicate a patient's diagnosis to family, this is a doctor's job. Running around with fingers in a cooler all shift? This would never, ever happen. Offering a nurse to scrub in to OR who doesn't work in OR?? Nope! Not even the sharps bins were accurate - the lids were closed. How would a nurse use it? Eating at a patient's bedside?? What nurse does this? This is gross and unprofessional. If the ministry were to audit this hospital, there would be so many fines. I find it difficult to believe that even one nurse was consulted in the writing of this script or in the production of this episode. A nurse would never allow any of what was in that episode to represent the profession. Ever! I am a nurse, and was looking so forward to watching this with my mother, also a nurse. We are frustrated, angry, and hurt by what we saw. I hope more attention to detail is paid, more accurate representation of the nursing profession and the work we do. Get a clue!
I can only believe that the creator of the show has a serious grudge against nurses and this protrayal was his intention.
The head nurse that greets them is extremely unprofessional, and the nurse behind the desk is horrible. There isn't any introduction to where the nurses will be working, yet we are to believe this is their first day. And no one would call them fresh meat. A nurse would never work alone their first day on the job, they would shadow and be buddied with another nurse for several shifts as part of orientation. Blood transfusions without screening? What?? A bedside nurse would never communicate a patient's diagnosis to family, this is a doctor's job. Running around with fingers in a cooler all shift? This would never, ever happen. Offering a nurse to scrub in to OR who doesn't work in OR?? Nope! Not even the sharps bins were accurate - the lids were closed. How would a nurse use it? Eating at a patient's bedside?? What nurse does this? This is gross and unprofessional. If the ministry were to audit this hospital, there would be so many fines. I find it difficult to believe that even one nurse was consulted in the writing of this script or in the production of this episode. A nurse would never allow any of what was in that episode to represent the profession. Ever! I am a nurse, and was looking so forward to watching this with my mother, also a nurse. We are frustrated, angry, and hurt by what we saw. I hope more attention to detail is paid, more accurate representation of the nursing profession and the work we do. Get a clue!
I can only believe that the creator of the show has a serious grudge against nurses and this protrayal was his intention.