RN

I'm watching The View and the ladies are discussing a new show called "Nurse Jackie," starring Edie Falco, a show about a nurse with "Soprano"-type problems.

Nurse Jackie cheats on her husband, steals and uses drugs.

Interestingly enough the ladies pointed out that the Nurses Association is in an uproar about the show, claiming the its depiction of "Nurse Jackie"  gives all nurses a bad name.

Could America really look at "one" nurse and say all nurses are like Jackie?

Since when have we allowed a single show to define who we are as people? Television is a form of entertainment. Actors and actress are solely there to portray the general ideas given to them by screenwriters, directors, producers etc. I don't know about you, but if I find a television show offensive, like "Family Guy" I will not watch. There would be no reason for me to watch. If a show doesn't entertain, motivate or uplift me, I simply pick up my remote control and change the channel.

I haven't watched "Nurse Jackie;" I do not have Showtime, so I can't give you my opinion of the show. In my home, we watch "Law and Order" reruns, "Two and a Half Men" or old episodes of "Martin." There's Netflick too!

If the ideal of "Nurse Jackie" is bothersome, my suggestion; watch "Hawthorne," starring Jada Pinkett Smith, it's about a nurse who fights for her patients.

PP