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Noah Wyle stars in a buzzy new medical drama called The PittNurses OnscreenThe PittNoah Wyle stars in a buzzy new medical drama set in a Pittsburgh EDThirty years after “ER,” Noah Wyle has returned to the emergency department in a new HBO Max series called “The Pitt,” where he plays seasoned ER attending physician Michael...
Two old photos of novelist and chief nurse Nella LarsenProfiles In NursingNella Larsen Imes (1891–1964)Nurse administrator and novelist of the Harlem RenaissanceNow considered one of the finest authors of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen Imes was also a public health nurse and a respected nurse administrator in New York City. The 1918 Flu...
Pink-and-orange cover of the book Taking Care next to photo of the author Sarah DiGregorio, wearing a black blouse and a big smile.Nursing Book ClubTaking Care By Sarah DiGregorioThe Story of Nursing and Its Power to Change Our WorldFreelance journalist Sarah DiGregorio is not a nurse, but she has had intimate exposure to nursing through the death of her mother, her own emergency surgery, and the premature birth of her...
Nurses and a nun from TV show Call the Midwife care for a woman in labor.FeatureThe Many Lessons of “Call the Midwife”The popular BBC series, set in mid-century London, continues to instruct and inspire modern nursesFirst aired in 2012, “Call the Midwife” is a BBC period drama, shown in the U.S. on PBS, that follows groups of newly qualified nurse midwives living at Nonnatus House, an Anglican...
Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne from a scene in The Good Nurse sitting on the ground talkingNurses OnscreenThe Good NurseA tense thriller about a real-life nurse serial killerIn this Netflix thriller, actress Jessica Chastain plays Amy Loughren, a recently-hired critical care nurse on the night shift at Parkfield Memorial Hospital in New Jersey. Amy is a single...

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Chummy Browne from "Call the Midwife" is sitting and looking at a baby that she is holding in her arms.FeatureOnscreen Moments That Get Nursing Right (and Some That Still Don’t)Movie and tv moments that got nursing right and times they didn'tMovies and TV shows aren’t known for accurately portraying the multifaceted roles of nurses. “Chicago Hope” seems to have only one nurse who works on a different unit each episode....
RN Claire from Outlander covered in blood and holding a bottleMovie & TV NursesThe Time-Traveling Adventures of “Outlander”The nurse heroine is transported from World War II to 1743 (and back again)Other than the occasional period piece, TV shows featuring nurse characters tend to be set firmly in the here and now. Not so with “Outlander,” the popular STARZ series based on the...
RN Hathaway standing next to phone with scrubs on and stethoscope around her neckMovie & TV NursesLife in the “ER”Revisiting the long-running medical dramaI used to think that binge-watching television was for slackers who had nothing better to do with their time. Two years of social isolation, however, has led me to discover the joy of...
Movie & TV NursesRevisiting the TV Show “Scrubs”This popular medical sitcom still delivers more than just laughsI have to admit that when “Scrubs” originally aired on network television (2001–2010), I never once watched it. I was so self-righteous about the way nurses were portrayed in the media...
Nurse Jackie walking towards camera wearing scrubs and stethoscope with pills surrounding herMovie & TV NursesLooking Back at “Nurse Jackie”A former nurse addict and current recovery coach takes a fresh look at the controversial 2009–2015 Showtime series­“Nurse Jackie,” a medical comedy-drama about a drug-addicted nurse in the chaotic thrum of a New York City emergency department, premiered on Showtime in June 2009. For seven...