re: 'HawthoRNe:' Yielding

Cynthia — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:15:30 GMT

I have not watched this show - but after reading your synopsis, I am not sure I want to watch. It sounds like the "same old, same old" for nurses in the hospital. It may be nice TV, but this is not the reality I know of working in a hospital.

By the way - have they done a show about "Night Shift"? or how about a JACHO visit. Now wouldn't that be fun to see on TV

Lost & Found: New Nurse on 'HawthoRNe'

ADVANCE Perspective: Nurses — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:23:43 GMT

The July 7 episode of ‘HawthoRNe’ brought more examples of Christina Hawthorne, played by Jada Pinkett

re: 'HawthoRNe:' Yielding

Kate — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:18:02 GMT

Personally, I like the show Hawthorne better than Nurse Jackie. NJ just seems boring and without any significant plot, like the writers just want to demonstrate their ability to write witty, snarky comments at the expense of what could be a great storyline. Anyway, as far as Hawthorne goes, it seems unrealistic, of course, and I can't understand why Hollywood wants to continue adding in all this unnecessary drama to the field of nursing. If they stuck with more realistic scenarios and interactions, they'd have drama aplenty. It's like the gray's anatomy of nursing...where you have to disconnect from what you really know the world of nursing to be like in order to fully enjoy the show. But anyway, I just wanted to say that the entire thing with Ray just made me mad. Yes, it is true that nurses are not part of the concierge service. We ARE trained medical professionals, but seriously...that entire monologue that he delivered at the end of the show at the expense of his *obviously* lonely and distraught patients sense of worth, was completely out of line, in my opinion. He needed to get his head out of his a@@ and start thinking straight. We may not be concierge service, or room cleaners, or cable guys, or ice fetchers, or whatever it was that was bugging him so much, but we are also not at work to hit on our crushes and try to get laid in a closet. It was despicable, what he did and was trying to do. Is he so ruled by his genitals and inflated sense of worth? He frustrates me to no end, and gives a bad name to male nurses everywhere. (i'm not a male nurse, by the way). We may be medical professionals, but we are also there for the patient. The fact that he couldn't see how distraught that poor patient was (and it was his only patient, for crying out loud) because he wanted to race to that closet so bad, then he disgraces himself and disgraces the profession. There is absolutely nothing wrong with making a patient feel comfortable, no matter how much time it takes. I felt bad for that woman, and not the least bit bad for Ray. He just irked me. I wouldn't want him at my bedside, that's for sure. Save it for out of work, buddy. The only redeeming thing came during Camile's montage where we see that Ray finally did get his head out of his butt and did what was right. Good for him.