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Mercy
Oct 22, 2009 8:53:28 GMT -5
Post by caitlen on Oct 22, 2009 8:53:28 GMT -5
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Mercy
Oct 22, 2009 13:16:35 GMT -5
Post by DonnaJo on Oct 22, 2009 13:16:35 GMT -5
I've seen the first two episodes. Meh. I like the lead actress and the doctor who followed her from Iraq. The rest are boring or annoying to me, especially the dim bulb novice nurse. Maybe it gets better. I've heard that is will likely be cancelled. If so, I'm sorry Caitlen.
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Mercy
Oct 22, 2009 15:21:21 GMT -5
Post by idget on Oct 22, 2009 15:21:21 GMT -5
Haven't watched it, but just hearing about a "dim bulb of a novice nurse" turns me off. Nursing school is extremely hard. During the first year alone its not uncommon to lose 1/4 to 1/3 of your class. There are very few dim bulbs in nursing, novice or not.
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Mercy
Oct 23, 2009 0:15:58 GMT -5
Post by caitlen on Oct 23, 2009 0:15:58 GMT -5
Lol, you just have to work your way around dim bulbs i guess, not every show is for all though i understand that.
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Mercy
Oct 23, 2009 15:44:29 GMT -5
Post by idget on Oct 23, 2009 15:44:29 GMT -5
Caitlen I am sorry, I got to thinking and I shouldn't judge a show based on one comment. The only excuse I can offer is that I tend to get rather defensive about my chosen profession. There are so few accurate portrayals of what nursing is really all about. We tend to either get portrayed as nitwits having sex with the doctors in the supply closet or power trippers like nurse Ratchet. I have gotten so disgusted that I usually don't even watch medical shows anymore. But I hope your show does well and that you con't to enjoy it for many seasons.
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Mercy
Oct 23, 2009 16:14:31 GMT -5
Post by tjara on Oct 23, 2009 16:14:31 GMT -5
Don't worry idget. I tend to get touchy when SAR dogs are portrayed on TV. Or dogs in general... I guess it's normal to feel a little protective at times...
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Mercy
Oct 23, 2009 17:13:28 GMT -5
Post by untitled on Oct 23, 2009 17:13:28 GMT -5
I'd seen the commercials for it - seemed like another "Gray's Anatomy" or "ER" to me. Completely uninterested. As for it being canceled...will anything survive on NBC?
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Mercy
Oct 30, 2009 13:26:58 GMT -5
Post by Techguy on Oct 30, 2009 13:26:58 GMT -5
From TV By the Numbers:NBC Gives Parks & Recreation, Mercy and Community "Back 9" Orders To Complete The Season[/b] Posted on 23 October 2009 NBC has given Parks & Recreation, Mercy and Community "back 9" orders to complete their 22 episode seasons.[/color]
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Mercy
Oct 31, 2009 0:37:28 GMT -5
Post by alliehalliwell on Oct 31, 2009 0:37:28 GMT -5
From TV By the Numbers:NBC Gives Parks & Recreation, Mercy and Community "Back 9" Orders To Complete The Season [/b] Posted on 23 October 2009 NBC has given Parks & Recreation, Mercy and Community "back 9" orders to complete their 22 episode seasons.[/color] [/quote] 'Mercy' is the only show I heard of. No surprise the others are having trouble. Never seen Mercy though. I know who the 'Dim bulb novice nurse' is though. I like her as an actress (Michelle Trachenburg) but it did seem odd that they would made a nurse a ditz. My mom's a nurse and I know a lot of nurses. In a lot of cases they know more than doctors. Way overworked, underappreciated, and definitely going in with their eyes open. No one would be a ditz like that and still graduate...a friend told me that in Mercy this girl had a rough time giving an injection into a patient. I'm sorry but any nurse would know how to do that WAY before graduating, and I even know.
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Mercy
Nov 3, 2009 23:45:56 GMT -5
Post by outerbankschick on Nov 3, 2009 23:45:56 GMT -5
My sister is an ER nurse. She saw the previews and nearly gagged. She said she just couldn't watch it. Over the top, unrealistic, and if a nurse did some of those things they showed in the previews, or behaved that way (I think she yelled at a superior) they'd either get severely reprimanded or fired. Incidentally, she watched ER from the beginning, and now that she's been through nursing school and works in the ER as a nurse, she says that they were very realistic on that show. Obviously, things were dramatized and sometimes they did things that you wouldn't do in a RL situation, but overall, they got it right. And you are right, Idget. Nursing school is HARD! I remember encouraging my sister many, many times that she was going to make it. There was so much work, and she had to work at least part time while she was in school, so she had no time to herself at all. Her trip through pediatrics in school was her worst outing. The workload was HUGE! She's awesome! And she is my medical consultant for the basics when I write. She even gives me cool ideas for traumas and stuff.
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Mercy
Nov 3, 2009 23:48:41 GMT -5
Post by outerbankschick on Nov 3, 2009 23:48:41 GMT -5
You're right about that, Allie. The ones who really don't "get" it, don't graduate. And you are totally right about them being underappreciated! Oh, the stories that my sister tells me! Whew!
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