Identities Of Nurses In The Television Show Hawthorne

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It is common knowledge that a person forms their ideas and thoughts of something based off their experiences dealing with the specific object or event. When it comes to such an idea as nursing, most of the general public would describe the field based from their personal experiences. Nurses might be described as caring, compassionate, and patient. However, often overlooked or not taken into account, is how influential the media can be pertaining to shaping such perceived identities of nurses to its viewers. In the television show HawthoRNe, the show often portrayed nurses, a majority of its main characters, in accordance with these identities. And yet, as many nurses would provide witness too, the identities of nursing can, and often are, far

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