“Change… We don’t like it, we fear it. But we can’t stop it from coming. We either adapt to change, or we get left behind. It hurts to grow. Anybody who tells you it doesn’t is lying. But here’s the truth: Sometimes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. And sometimes, oh, sometimes, change is good. Sometimes, change is… everything.” (Hudspeth, C. n.d.) Greys Anatomy has won 5 awards and been put up for 39 nominations, the show started in March 27, 2005. This medical drama has been around for fifteen years and is still going strong. It is one of the leading medical drama shows on television. (Hudspeth, C. n.d.) The way they pursue drama in the hospital and between the doctors and patients pulls you into the show. This pictures …show more content…
story is about the main character Meredith Grey, played by Ellen Pompeo is struggling through her internship between having to finish her schooling, friendships, and family issues. It is overwhelming for this main character to get it all together. Her primary words in this program is “You’re my person” when I think about Meredith that’s the first thing that comes to my mind. She is very dependent on having a person next to her to help her through tough times. That is how she became friends with Christina, a fellow surgeon. I believe a lot of people wish they could be a nurse, surgeon or doctor but don’t have the patience to go through the schooling.
This show is a perfect way to get your fix of the medical field with all the drama, I watched this show for years and to this day I still want to be a surgeon. I know that this show is not what real life is like with being a surgeon or a nurse, but it is still extremely interesting. I think I fit the best with this show because of the main character not having a normal childhood, there are so many reasons why this show can draw a person in and you can relate to. Grey’s Anatomy was created by Shonda Rhimes, the first sole African-American female showrunner in the history of television. When asked in the early days of the series about her influences, she spoke frequently of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and there’s a healthy dollop of that show’s breakneck pacing and love of wild plot twists in Grey’s. (Grey's Anatomy. 2 n.d.). But there’s also a unique blend of workplace drama and over-the-top soap that has Rhimes’ calling card. In many ways, Rhimes has been rather undervalued as a creator of hugely addictive TV, primarily because of the genres in which she writes, which are rarely among TV’s most acclaimed. Yet Rhimes writes fast-paced, perfectly pitched dialogue as well as anyone working in television, and she’s also great at swooning romanticism, at embracing the kind of deeply earnest, intensely felt romance that made the show’s relationships so …show more content…
great. Meredith’s famous “Pick me, choose me, love me” speech is corny, to be sure, but it’s got tremendous rhythm and absolute conviction. (Grey's Anatomy. 2 n.d.). This TV show started in 2005 with season 1; now in 2015 it is in its 11th season with 8.22 million viewers as an average. (Grey's Anatomy TV show on ABC: Latest ratings 2015, May 16) The creator of Greys anatomy is Shonda Rhimes who was born in Chicago in 1970 and after 9/11 she decided to become a mother and while doing so she watched a lot of TV and wanted to start her very own show. (Grey's Anatomy TV show on ABC: Latest ratings 2015, May 16) The result was Grey's Anatomy, a drama about a bunch of sexy young doctors in a Seattle hospital. Some of her inspiration for writing a medical show came from her enjoyment of watching real-life surgeries on TV and nostalgia for her time working as a candy striper in adolescence. The image of this TV show is very well put and the way they use the camera angles makes it for an easy watch. The technique tends to visually emphasize the presence of the character speaking or reacting, while maintaining a sense of conversation between two characters. It’s a fairly dramatic maneuver that also heightens our understanding of the conversation. They use this technique throughout the episodes to make the conversations look more dramatic. The show is very good quality with showing a lot of different aspects of every different persons story. Ethically this show is based off of medical science and it portrays a lot of the unknown with having these surgical interns starting out fresh to season eleven where they are the ones teaching. I like the fact that it keeps going and going with their lives but they are still surgeons in the end. They have a lot of obstacles they have to overcome and life decisions they need to make throughout the show. I believe that the needs of the viewer are met in this show. If you are looking for a medical dram then you got one. The ethical perspective can hold veil of ignorance because it has empathy and categorical imperative there is always a rule to follow so the director covers everyone’s story. This medical drama is one of a kind so of course what they are doing is justified. There are millions of viewers that sit down every Thursday night and watch this show, I know I am one of them. The picture of this show is aesthetically appealing, not to mention they have attractive actors and actresses to draw everyone into the show. My husband might not be “into” this show but he secretly watches it with me on the couch. It’s funny to me that a man can’t watch a show because it’s known as a chick flick, but woman can watch manly shows. The way that they present this medical drama is appealing to all audiences, young, old and both sexes. Furthermore, the surgeries that are performed during the seasons of Grey’s Anatomy aid in the realistic portrayal. One surgery that is often completed during this show is a coronary bypass. This procedure restores blood flow to a patient’s heart muscle by diverting the flow of blood around a section of a blocked artery in the heart. Coronary bypass surgeries are just as common on Grey’s Anatomy as they are in actuality. Another surgery that the doctors performed was the separation of a set of conjoined twins. This operation took eighteen hours and used multiple groups of surgeons. The separation of conjoined twins is a procedure accomplished is done similarly in real life to the way it was done on the episode. The last surgical task that proves this thesis is the removal of tumors off of a teenagers face. While tumor removals are performed often on the TV show, but this one was much more delicate. Surgeons are still doing tumor removals in hospitals all over the world that are comparable to the ones done on Grey’s Anatomy. The three surgeries previously stated are just a few of the ones done on Grey’s Anatomy and are comparable to real world procedures performed every day. Cultural perspective would be based off the fact that people who are involved in the medical field and don’t have an issue with seeing all the gore that goes into it. You have to be comfortable with that to be able to watch this show and have an interest. The visual imagery of this show is based off of conversations that are dramatic about patients or about their personal life. This show comes close to being a medical drama and a reality show. The season that I recently watched the only relevant information could be the use of the technology from this season to season 1. It is more advanced and is more effective in the work place. Every episode has a meaning, whether or not it’s about cheating, love, and changing their jobs. The symbolism is the patients they are working on usually have a way to help the surgeons figure out their problems. If someone is having issues with their relationship, usually the patient is as well and they work it out which help the surgeons work it out. I know it sounds different but in all reality that’s usually what we do when we have problems. Not go to patients for help but our friends, and since they spend so much time at the hospital it only makes sense. First of all, the filming techniques used to produce Grey’s Anatomy make the show seem practical. Much of the equipment used, like the MRI machine, are real and are used outside of the show for actual patients. This helps the procedures appear more accurate to the audience. Another technique is that the cast uses Bovine organs, which are cow organs, to do surgeries on. This makes it look similar to the doctors operating on real human beings. Without techniques like the ones previously stated, this popular TV show would not be as successful and sincere. In addition, the hospital environment portrayed on Grey’s Anatomy helps the show become more lifelike. The building that is used for filming is an actual healthcare facility. Using this as a set means that it comes with hospital beds, real machines, surgery tools and hospital rooms, which helps make it parallel to a genuine hospital. If the producers were to use a Hollywood set, Grey’s Anatomy would not come off as authentic as it does now. Also, the way the cast interacts with each other helps in creating a precise hospital environment. For example, the doctors treat each other like family and are always there to help out if needed. Doctors in real life act akin to the way the cast does during this series. (Grey's Anatomy. 2 n.d.). Along with these two examples, there are numerous ways that the hospital environment on Grey’s Anatomy helps the show come to life. I have watched every season of Greys Anatomy at least a dozen times.
My husband thinks I’m crazy, but it draws me in because of the drama and they make you think that the cases that come in are so real, and they are always dramatic. That is the way they make the show interesting is having such dramatic scenes. Watching Season 1 Episode 1 it starts off with the two main characters, Meredith and Derrick sleeping together. Later to find out that he was her boss. This is how they start off the show, drama. That’s how it gets everyone drawn into this mystery of what is going to happen. Throughout the show the plot builds and gets deeper and deeper with new characters and new stories. They have done so many different elements with this show, it always a new episode with a new story. I think that’s why I am so involved with this show just how it can draw you into their stories. They also explain the surgeon’s backgrounds which then you feel like you get to know them better as an actor or
actress. Generally speaking, there is one final implication of Grey’s Anatomy on viewers: the audience sees everything that the patient does not. Unless the viewer is a surgeon themselves, Grey’s Anatomy is the only window into the personal and professional lives of surgeons. This show changed the way that medical dramas were looked at and the view of very different stories makes it even more interesting. This show is a viewership made up of a majority of nonsurgeons, then has no baseline whatsoever to evaluate the realism of what goes on “behind closed doors” on a surgical unit. Television series are made to entertain an audience on a daily basis. Producing a realistic series makes it much more intriguing to people all over the country. The fictional show has been made realistic because of its filming, the hospital environment and the surgeries performed. Grey’s Anatomy, saving the integrity of TV, one episode at a time. “It’s an epidemic: Networks can’t stop with the medical dramas.” (Grey's Anatomy | EW.com. n.d.) “There’s a lot more downtime for the residents on the show than in real life. And no shifts are 48 hours. It makes for good TV, but it’s against the law in New York, fortunately for me.” Grey's Anatomy | EW.com. (n.d.) I think that it is entertaining on how everyone has their view on this medical drama. It is very engaging and makes you want more and more after watching the last episode of that season.
Dr. Atul Gawande, a Harvard Medical School graduate and writer for The New Yorker, phenomenally illustrates the unknown side of healthcare professions in his book, Complications: A Surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science. By exploring the ethical and analytical aspects of medicine while entertaining readers with relatable anecdotes, Gawande impresses on his audience the importance of recognizing the wonders of the healthcare field, as well as the fallibility of those within it.
As I continue to watch the show, I find myself identifying myself with some of the characters. Sometimes I even find myself thinking
Running for more than 11 seasons, Grey’s Anatomy is never boring. A dramatic, blood pumping (literally) show that will get you saying, “I learned that medical term from Grey’s Anatomy!” Grey’s Anatomy follows a group of doctors in Seattle. We follow the protagonist, Meredith Grey (played by Ellen Pompeo) struggle with her relationship with her colleagues children, and recently (*spoiler alert*) her deceased husband.
It is good drama show and all of the actors; character is amazing according to the reviews from cite review sanazhalz( Switched at birth).” I remember watching one scene from Switched at birth when Mingo told Daphne at the party that her friends Travis and Natalie got hit by a car. Ask Daphne did you hear anything about what happen to your friends and she said’’ I got to go. Daphne rushed to the hospital to see Travis and Natalie. She ask Travis what happened to you, as a result; Travis said” me and Natalie were walking across the street and then drunk driver got hit by us”.
Furthermore, the show is in its fifth season and cast members change with the wind so to speak, yet the characteristics seem to be of the same.
The key stakeholders for this system change, and to help implement the strategy on providing new patient navigators would be the financial director, chief nursing officer, floor nurses, the hospitalists, and a group of patients and their family. Identifying the key stakeholders is important because with providing new services to a health care facility this group of people will be responsible for accepting the strategy to put in place which includes adding a new job title, approving the salary and the number of people to be hired, on down to how each navigator will be trained and oriented. Although the patients and their may not have much choice in the beginnings of the process of the system change, they can have a say and impact on helping in figuring out the role, and where there are gaps in the care during stays at the hospital, as well as helping in the interview process.
Hospitals are busy places, and with so much going on it is hard to believe that mistakes are not made. However, there are some accidents that should never happen. Such events have been termed ‘never events’ because they are never supposed to happen. This term was first introduced by Ken Kizer, MD, in 2001 (US, 2012). The Joint Commission has classified never events as sentinel events and asks that hospitals report them. A sentinel event is defined as, “an unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physiological or psychological injury, or the risk thereof” (US, 2012). Never events are termed sentinel events because in the past 12 years 71% of the events reported were fatal (US, 2012). Because these events are never supposed to happen, many insurance companies will not reimburse the hospitals when they occur. A study in 2006, showed that the average hospital could experience a case of wrong-site surgery, one example of a never event, only once every 5 to 10 years (US, 2012). This study illustrates how rare a never event is. Hospitals do not want these never events to happen any more than a patient does. To help prevent these errors, hospitals have created policies that, if followed, will minimize the possibility of a mistake. The consequences of never events are devastating and because of this the goal is to make sure that they are eradicated from hospitals and medical facilities.
As a student that is currently seeking a career in the medical professions, I have had to routinely contemplate my reasons for pursuing such an extensive education program in a field that is constantly demanding excessive time and effort. I know of students—many friends and acquaintances of mine included—that have the most sure-fire, inspirational stories that align with their desire to become doctors, surgeons, physician assistants, etc. They always seemed to have a story that emphasized their desire to “give back” what they have received from the medical community. Because of that, ever since the beginning of high school, I have been trying to find an extraordinary reason, a purpose for my medical pursuits. Perhaps I could justify my passion for
In “How Doctors Die,” Dr. Ken Murray explains some different real stories about people having terminal diseases, and how their doctors and physicians treat them. Moreover, the author mentions about difficult decisions that not only the doctors but patients and the patients’ family also have to choose. When the patients’ diseases become critical, the doctors have to do whatever they can to help the patients, such as surgical treatment, chemotherapy, or radiation, but they cannot help the patients in some cases. In additions, doctors still die by critical diseases, too. Although they are doctors, they are just normal people and cannot resist all of the diseases. Like other patients, the doctors having critical diseases want to live instead of
I must admit I really like Greys Anatomy. I love how you used Greys Anatomy for the discussion board. It really helps me put into perspective what we are learning in psychology. I think double-blinded experiments are great. I remember watching a movie about a double blinded study, and it was intense, I remember both parties figured it out and they wanted out of it and couldn’t. Now, that I have better understanding of psychology, and some of its theories and studies. Thank you, for helping me better understand some of chapter one. I enjoy reading other people’s views are on psychology and how they can relate to it somehow.
There is this show that I have been obsessed with for a while now and that show is Grey's Anatomy. If anyone reading this watches this show you can understand why this show is very obsessive. I decided that I want to devote this blog to Grey's Anatomy; I know it sounds very crazy but this is something that I can really have fun writing about. On this blog I will talk about a bunch of episodes that I myself love and maybe episodes that I do not like that much (but every episode is amazing). Basically if you don't know what this show is about let me sum it up for you. It is about a bunch of surgeons who have this job at a hospital named Seattle Grace Hospital and they all start off as interns and over time they become residents so on and so forth.
In conclusion, Doctor Who is a complexed science fiction novel with a spontaneous main character, bold companions, sinister villains, and dedicated fans that support the optimist the show. It gives many of its viewers a sense of hope for the future while still entertaining. Like the Doctor says, “This is one corner… of one country, in one continent, on one planet that’s a corner of a galaxy that’s a corner of a universe that is forever growing and shrinking and creating and destroying and never remaining the same for a single millisecond. And there is so much, so much to see” (The Doctor, Season 7, Episode 4).
Theories are used to create an awareness and progression about the situation of the nursing practice and to manage the condition effectively (Meleis, 2007). However, the demands of healthcare required nurses to work in constantly changing environments; this includes adapting to different demands of organisation policies and other innovations (Bowers, 2010). This is important to discover the fundamentals of the change process and manage a meaningful change to the current pervasive element in the healthcare practice (Nagelkerk, 2006).
This reflective essay will discuss three skills that I have leant and developed during my placement. The three skills that I will be discussing in this essay are bed-bath, observing a corpse being prepared for mortuary and putting canulla and taking it out. These skills will be discussed in this essay using (Gibb’s, 1988) model. I have chosen to use Gibb’s model because I find this model easier to use and understand to guide me through my reflection process. Moreover, this model will be useful in breaking the new skills that I have developed into a way that I can understand. This model will also enable me to turn my experiences into knowledge that I can refer to in the future when facing same or similar situations. Gibbs model seems to be straightforward compared to the other model which is why I have also chosen it. To abide by the code of conduct of Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) names of the real patients in this essay have been changed to respect the confidentiality.
I, who thrive on responsibility and friendship, have the makings of an outstanding physician. A near straight-A student, I held several paid research internships and led a team to first place in a nationwide design contest. This semester, I won an unprecedented three national awards.