In her 2005 TV series, Grey’s Anatomy, author Shonda Rhimes constructs Jo Wilson to have an experienced viewpoint, providing a comforting voice to a walk-in patient, Abby, to build a safe and supportive hospital environment. I feel as if this episode provides a lesson for women of all ages around the world who don’t feel like they can speak up and or share their stories. Rhimes puts this episode in place to showcase Jo Wilson's story in order to help others, such as Abby, who needed help, she couldn't get.
Treat every woman like their blood. This episode portrays this exactly. During the Grey’s Anatomy episode, Silent All These Years, a patient walks into the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital lobby with a cut on her face. Every sound echoes through her ears as she moves through a crowd of people. She feels as if nothing can fix or change how she feels after what she has just been through. (3:30 - 3:41). Jo Wilson’s, experienced viewpoint is demonstrated through this scene and the whole episode providing the patient, Abby, with comfort, advice, and guidance. Due to the fact that Jo Wilson has experienced sexual assault herself, she knew how it made her feel
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Throughout this episode, Jo encounters many scenarios while treating her patient, Abby, where she gets flashbacks from traumatic experiences of her own. This fuels her drive in order to help Abby and get the closure and justice she deserves. One way that Wilson helps Abby feel safe and seen was by gathering a bunch of different women from the hospital. After gathering all of the women, Jo Wilson created a tunnel all the way down the hall as she was taken into her operation. (34:27 - 35:54) This demonstrates how Jo Wilson uses her helpful and comforting voice to help Abby get the treatment, justice, and closure that she
She confronts the fact that the doctors and nurses who were treating ill patients, were themselves suffering both emotionally and physically. Having just experienced the trauma that was bestowed by Hurricane Katrina, these caretakers suddenly found themselves working around the clock to treat others. They did all of this without having the necessary time to mentally recover, which proved that they were simply unable to perform at the highest level. “Lamm’s rationing directive rankled for many reasons” (Fink, 47). Not only professionally, but it is also well established that experiencing a trauma has detrimental effects on general human psychology, “The stress of the disaster narrowed people’s fields of vision, as if they wore blinders to anyone’s experience but their own” (Fink, 151).
Her use of research is persuasive; however, her rhetorical devices and fallacies take away from her main points. The author begins the article telling Crystal Wilson’s unfortunate story in reverse chronological order; attempting to grasp the reader’s emotions immediately. She begins explaining the
Puzzled on what was right for her, Rachel Pearson studied in the creative writing MFA program at Columbia University before she attended medical school and eventually be exposed to the inhumanity of contemporary American health care system. The MFA program provided her with the ability to have a distinct voice through vivid storytelling. This well-balanced book teaches the readers about the deficiency and injustice of the healthcare system. Through Pearson’s journey as a medical student, we get the real insider details on how the system works, a system that discriminates based on race and class, and a system that regardless of matter of life and death situations will not treat you if you are uninsured or a prisoner. As a medical student Pearson
The book that I chose to read is “The Beauty in Breaking” by Michele Harper, a talented African American emergency room physician. In this memoir, Michele shares a new story in each chapter, each of which having a unique message. I chose to analyze Michele in one of her trials that appears in chapter five. At this point in the story, Harper is a chief resident at Mercy Hospital in the South Bronx. Harper was quietly entering patient triages on her computer, when a young man with handcuffs around his wrists was brought in by the police.
This is the first time he acts against the nurse after he learns she controls how long he stays, and it deeply inspires the other patients. Demonstrating that heroic actions come with
The film “Wit” delved into the hospitalization of Dr. Vivian Bearing once she was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer, delving into topics like the dehumanization of patients as a result of the hospital culture. I found this movie very memorable and emotional, because it went through influential scenes that made me feel connected to Dr. Vivian. The movie also used the differences between the patient’s conversations with the nurse and with her former student, Jason to emphasize the dehumanization of patients. Whenever Jason visited her, he focused on trying to figure out whether the current treatment that she is on is effective, instead of seeing her more as an actual person who was suffering from physical and emotional pain. I was initially very
The unsatisfying setting that appears around the ill woman unravels an understanding
Josie’s death shouldn’t have happened, and would’ve probably been avoided if someone took the time to truly listen to her mother’s concerns. Reading Josie’s story opened my eyes to the dire need of communication between the medical team and patients and/or family members. Sorrel, Josie’s mother, tried numerous times to alert the medical team of the changes observed in her daughter, yet no one listened. She highlights the severe breakdown in communication and the necessary steps needed to rectify our medical
Grey's Anatomy is a popular television show which depicts the life of many surgeons working at a hospital in Seattle. When in the profession of surgical medicine, miscommunications can lead to errors with some terrible mistakes. Some errors of communication can be humorous though, especially when lives aren't at stake. One episode of Grey's Anatomy portrays how miscommunication can spiral. In this episode, 2 characters names Callie and Izzie have a misunderstanding within their communication process.
Everyone needs to find the endurance to express themselves when they go through trauma, and Anderson had Melinda express herself through art, as well as comparing herself to others, and having conflicts with others. “Mr. Freeman: “This has meaning. Pain.” The bell rings.
She talks about her experience with becoming a mother, her father’s experience with cancer, in addition to how her disease still affects her
In order to give the reader a sense of the strong emotions that overcome a person in times of great pain, she personifies what is happening on the
The significance of this is even after the woman was hurt she was still patient.
She incorporates Swanson’s (1991) “Empirical Development Of a Middle Range Theory of Caring” processes such as knowing and being with, into her care and upholds patient advocacy, but she too makes mistakes that hinder Vivian’s wellbeing. Communication In the beginning of the movie, Doctor Kelekian
One of it is the proper way of upholding patient 's rights when it comes to medical research. As a nursing major, I am aware that it is one of my ethical responsibilities to ensure that utmost care and treatment are provided to my patient 's advocate which means that we should stand and do something when we see malpractice being done to our patients. The doctors used Vivian as a research subject, but her nurse Susie struggles to guarantee the most beneficial care and treatment is provided for her. This film depicts the significance of advocating and fighting for patients as well as their rights in order to ensure that they are receiving optimal medical treatment.