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Below is some trivia about nurses gathered from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) in spring 2008: • There were more than
19,000 nurse characters listed in movies and TV programs
(some are recurring roles). • Of these nurses, 208
were identified as a "Head
Nurse" and nine as a "Chief
Nurse." • Of these nurse characters,
some of the more interesting character names include:
Freaky Nurse, Fake Nurse, Burn Ward Nurse/Lizard
Man, Nurse Peanut Butter Cup, Wolf Nurse II, Unable
and Scared Nurse, First Pretty Nurse, Buxom Nurse,
Fuming Nurse, Cranky Labor Nurse, Sexy Nurse, Chainsaw
Nurse, Ferret-faced Nurse, Nurse Pertbottom, Sexy
Whoville Nurse, I Love Sanity Nurse, Obnoxious Nurse,
Nurse with Hot Colon, Suppository Nurse, Larynx Nurse. • Of these nurse characters,
there were approximately 300 specifically identified
as a "Male Nurse." Additionally, there were more
than 1,000 males playing nurses that were not specifically
identified as "male nurse." • Some popular names for
the nurses include "Nurse Susan," "Nurse Nancy,"
and "Nurse Sally." • There were two "Kind
Nurse" characters (and two "Kindly Nurse" characters),
three "Angelic Nurse" characters, and six "Evil Nurse"
characters. • There were two "Angry
Nurse" and one "Smiling Nurse" characters. • The most recurring specialties?
There were more than 150 ER
Nurse characters (plus 22 Triage Nurses and
12 Casualty Nurses) and about 100 ICU
Nurses (plus one Critical Care Nurse) characters.
Admitting Nurse, Charge Nurse, Floor Nurse, and Ward
Nurse were also popular. • Other specialties mentioned
include: CCU
Nurse, Radiology
Nurse, Cardiac
Nurse, Oncology
Nurse, Surgical
Nurse, Medical
Nurse, Clinic
Nurse, OR
Nurse and Circulating Nurse, Recovery
Room Nurse, Maternity
Nurse and Delivery Nurse, Pediatric
Nurse, NICU
Nurse, Flight
Nurse, Rehab
Nurse, Psych
Nurse, Public
Health Nurse, Home
Nurse, Occupational
Health Nurse, School Nurse, Nurse
Practitioner. • There were 15 actors
with the last name "Nurse," as well as 13 behind-the-scenes
"Nurses" (i.e., in directing, make-up, etc.). • There were 119 TV programs
and movies (including foreign language productions)
with "Nurse" in the title, of which the most unusual
are: "The
Bad Boy's Joke on the Nurse" (1901), "Happy
Hooligan, Double-Cross Nurse" (1917), "From
Nurse to Worse" (1940), "Nurse
on Wheels" (1963), "The
Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley"
(1995), and "Ja
zuster, nee zuster" (2002), which is translated
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