In reality new interns are scrubbing in and first assisting on surgeries. They aren't doing their own stuff until second or even third year most of the time.
Pretty much the same in Grey's too. I don't think any of them went solo until they were residents.
Surgical residents rotate through multiple services in intern year and beyond.
True but it'd be a pretty crappy show if it was more accurate. The fluff and dreadfully understaffed hospital is what makes I what it is*
The cases in House are substantially better though.True but it'd be a pretty crappy show if it was more accurate. The fluff and dreadfully understaffed hospital is what makes I what it is*
*was
But seriously Grey's can't be worse than House.
Grey's is completely unwatchable garbage. House is watchable garbage.
Scrubs definitely beats those two out. Instead of MASH, I prefer reruns of The A-TEAM
Oh, I meant so far as actual medical shows were concerned. The hospital is basically MASH without the war.
Every house episode starts with hoof beats and ends in unicorns -_-
They're all real cases though. If you pay attention you can often call them early.
I know they are real diseases and conditions but they're portrayed in more dramatized ways to make it more interesting like the episode with the girl who was actually a boy. I've never heard of Klinefelter so I thought it was some rare interesting thing but when I googled it I found out it was just another way of saying xxy and they dont look that feminine. And there was another episode where a man mirrors everyone and he was somehow psychic and knew what the person would say.
That episode was actually complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, not Kleinfelter. Basically the only way you know they are male is their vagina ends in a blind pouch. On scan, they have no ovaries or uterus, but undescended testicles can be found in the abdomen.
It's better than the TV trope of the main character being detestable and gruff but so brilliant he can't afford to be gotten rid of.
Dude had like a 10 year residency.
I for one want a show exclusively about managing copd, chf, diabetes, obesity in outpatient settings
Call it Chronic, starring an awkward 2nd year also "non-communicative" FM resident. Roll clips of Metformin and Broccoli
Depends on the hospital. At the community place I'm at right now, the surgeons are some of the most pleasant, personable, and friendly personalities around. At Big University Medical Center it was a different story- there was a straight-up cruel surgeon that would humiliate nurses to tears on a biweekly basis and shatter the souls of residents. I don't think he did it intentionally, I think he was just somewhere on the spectrum and had difficulty understanding that what he was doing was hurtful, but regardless, he was eventually shown the door- after ten years.
NYC is kind of weird like that. Most of the country doesn't have unionized nurses, and ours were not only not unionized, but our hospital had a reputation as the best place to work in the state income-wise and so far as environment and staffing. So they weren't too keen on getting fired. Not that they wouldn't get aggressive, but this guy you just couldn't get aggressive with- he was a classic case of Asperger's, he literally wouldn't understand you ripping into him, he'd just be like, "I don't understand why you're saying these things, but I assume I must have said something to offend you. That's your problem to deal with I guess." And then maximum shruggery
So they just put in reports on him every time for years and eventually they had enough of a case to ask him to leave.
you sound fun at parties...
NYC is kind of weird like that. Most of the country doesn't have unionized nurses, and ours were not only not unionized, but our hospital had a reputation as the best place to work in the state income-wise and so far as environment and staffing. So they weren't too keen on getting fired. Not that they wouldn't get aggressive, but this guy you just couldn't get aggressive with- he was a classic case of Asperger's, he literally wouldn't understand you ripping into him, he'd just be like, "I don't understand why you're saying these things, but I assume I must have said something to offend you. That's your problem to deal with I guess." And then maximum shruggery
I agree. As an RN I'm not worried about being fired at all, and don't take ****. Its not like when I was in the Army and they owned you. Worst case I'll get written up, and I can quite literally quit my job and find an equally good one within a week. That's the good thing about the nursing shortage. We aren't unionized but its just really easy to find a nursing job. Ive known several known drug addicts that were nurses. A highschool classmate of mine was convicted after licensing of possessing and being under the influence of methamphetamine and he still practices. Just had to go to rehab, and now I'm sure he has limits on his license about administering narcotics. Still makes a good living.
