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Nursing Image Analysis

Image of Nurses (As Depicted in the Movie Million Dollar Baby

Introduction

Whenever we encounter the term nurse , what usually come into our minds are individuals who actively takes part in the proceedings of the medical or healthcare industry . However , it can be noted that in movies this not always the case

This aims to present the significance of the role of nurses in the medical industry as well as the common notion that people has regarding nursing as a career as shown in various tri-media medium specifically in the movie

industry

Prominence in the Plot

In the movie Million Dollar Baby ' and other movies of even nature it can be noted that nurses are usually regarded as a secondary or supporting role . This is so because in the movie understudy , nursing as a career is not really given much emphasis . What are actually given emphasis are the duties and responsibilities of nurses as well as their what they usually do during emergency situations . Likewise , the necessary precautions that nurses must take note and execute are also given ample attention

In the movie understudy , nurse characters do not really take active role in the proceedings . Nurse characters are made to exist in hospital scenes in to capture the emotion of the audience as well as to enable the audience to feel what it is like to be in the shoes of the actors and actresses in a particular segment of the film . Likewise , with the aid of nurses in the background , the audience also becomes knowledgeable of the necessary procedures being undertaken by nurses in serious cases like that of the case of Ms . Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank ) who suffered from paralysis due to a serious injury she obtained from a boxing fight

Nurses in the movie Million Dollar Baby are observed to religiously carry out their duties and responsibilities . Also , it cannot be left unnoticed that the job of nurses are more tasking than the attending physicians because the nurses usually does all the work from the monitoring to the executing of necessary medical procedures such as blood extraction , medicine intakes , and the like . A physician just provides supervision and instruction to the nurses . This is also the primary reason why nurses pose the tendency to establish easier a good relationship with their patients . Moreover , in other cases , they appear to be more knowledgeable of the case of the patient since the nurses are the ones who closely monitor the patient 's condition . In other words nurses usually get the access to first-hand information before the attending physicians

It can also be noted that in most medical related films , nurse characters are mostly females from ages 26 to around 40 years old Likewise , female nurse characters are observed to be very attractive individuals

Nurses ' Personality Traits

Nurse characters , although usually regarded as a supporting role , are portrayed as intelligent , confident , ambitious , and a very pleasant person . They usually appear very hardworking and dedicated in their chosen field...

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