Nurses In Jennifer Worth's Call The Midwife

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According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, nurse is defined as “a person who cares for the sick; specifically a licensed health-care professional who practices independently or is supervised by a physician, surgeon or dentist and who is skilled in promoting and maintaining health” (Nurse. 2017.). This is a true definition of who a nurse is along with a few other characteristics. To many males being beautiful, stunning, or a sex image characterizes a nurse. Along with these characteristics, males assume that nurses wear short cut uniforms or tight scrubs, which help form the sex image in their imagination. Older people believe that male nurses are not smart enough to become a doctor, and younger people sometimes assume that male nurses are …show more content…

Just like everything else, people have their own definition for a nurse just like they do about law enforcement officers. Like nurses, the female officers are looked down on because of their occupation. In the beginning of episode one, season one of Call the Midwife, they show a great example of this. As Jenny, a nurse and midwife, is walking along the port many men stop and stare or whistle at her as she walks by.
Call the Midwife is a television series based on Jennifer Worth’s book trilogy, Shadows of the Workhouse. Both the book and the television series are based on Jennifer Worth’s work and life during the 1950s and the early 1960s. Worth was a British nurse, midwife and musician. Worth became a district nurse and midwife at a convent in East London. Worth worked with a group of …show more content…

The first time Jenny made a home visit to Mr. Collett, he offered her a glass of tea that had dirt and debris floating in it. Jenny returned that night to drink some wine and eat some crackers with Mr. Collett and when Jenny went to pour the wine for the two of them she found an invitation for a veteran reunion. Jenny asked Mr. Collett if he was planning on attending the reunion and was shocked by his answer, no. Although Jenny still had a feeling of disgust due to Mr. Collett’s living condition she volunteered to take him to the veteran reunion and from that day on she grew very fond of Mr. Collett. When Mr. Collett had to move out of his flat Jenny continued to visit him in his new home and she visited him when he was in the hospital for a double amputation of his legs where he died as well. In these two particular situations, with Pearl and Joe, Jenny experienced conditions she did not even know existed. Since she had never experienced these conditions she at first showed the patients the shock and horror on her face and this offended the two patients. The people during this time period expected the nurses to be very polite, caring, selfless, willing and nonjudgmental. With Peal, Jenny earned her trust and satisfaction by providing her with the Epsom salt and calling her a heroine which changed her mind about the nurse. Mr. Collett was first shocked by the

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