BBC radio show highlights new Swiss film about a tough nursing shift In July 2025 the BBC radio show The Arts Hour featured writer-director Petra Volpe, who discussed her film The Late Shift. The movie…
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The Professional
New film highlights one nurse’s struggle with understaffing Petra Volpe’s powerful 2025 drama The Late Shift follows a hospital nurse juggling the physical and psychological needs of 13 patients on one intense shift. Viewers…
The Marvelous Messrs. Mayo
Ken Burns’ two-hour film The Mayo Clinic: Faith – Hope – Science makes a strong case for Mayo physician achievements, highlighting their innovative treatments and progressive financing. But it mainly portrays nurses as good-hearted assistants who couldn’t hope to do as much for patients as the nuns who co-founded the Clinic.
Hundreds of people suffocating to death
In October 2020 CNN reported on a widely-shared TikTok video in which nurse Cristina Hops expressed outrage at a tweet by Donald Trump urging people not to “be afraid of Covid.” Hops argued that the tweet undermined the efforts of health workers to get the public to take the deadly disease seriously. That is strong patient advocacy.
The Action Figures
An engaging Vox video argues that men should overcome regressive gender notions and enter nursing, which it calls the “robot-proof” “job of the future.” But the video itself reinforces the gendered angel stereotype that nursing is all about “caring and empathy,” ignoring the advanced scientific skills and critical judgments that modern nursing requires.
Hotel Artemis (2018)
The dystopian 2018 thriller imagines a secret, high-tech L.A. hospital for criminals, run by a tough and expert nurse, creatively named The Nurse. But not even Jodie Foster can save the character from the movie’s half-baked, formulaic execution.
Give nurses secretaries
The key to saving more Covid-19 patients? Offload the clerical work. In the Covid-19 crisis, much has been said about the need for equipment like ventilators and PPE. But we also have…
Knives Out (2019)
Written and directed by Rian JohnsonStarring Ana de Almas, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, LaKeith Stanfield, Christopher PlummerProduced by Ram Bergman and Rian JohnsonLionsgate…
Passion Fish (1992)
Starring Mary McDonnell, Alfre Woodard, David Straithairn, Angela Bassett Written and directed by John Sayles Produced by Sarah Green and Maggie Renzi Miramax Rated R Save me A review of Passion Fish…
Counting the Dead
The altar of murdered men National History Day Documentary–Junior Level (Middle School) Gold Medal winner Produced by Lexie Van Den Heuvel University School of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin June 14, 2012 This strong…
Not your everyday robot
Starring Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Daniel Henney, T.J. Miller, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans, Jr., Genesis Rodriguez, James Cromwell, Alan Tudyk, Maya Rudolph Directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams Written by Jordan…
We crave a different kind of buzz
(2014) Director: Carolyn Jones Producers: Carolyn Jones and Lisa Frank Diginext Films Not rated by MPAA The American Nurse opens nationwide today! The American Nurse is a fine feature-length documentary about five…
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