Beth Piknick, president of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, is a longtime registered nurse at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis.
(Julia Cumes for The Boston Globe)
BETH PIKNICK | G Force
Two new cable television shows have challenged the formula of prime time medical dramas that traditionally focused only on doctors. TNT’s “HawthoRNe,’’ starring Jada Pinkett-Smith as a heroic chief of nurses, and Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie,’’ featuring Edie Falco as a dedicated albeit pill-popping ER nurse, both portray nurses as essential members of the hospital staff. David Schildmeier, spokesman for the ... (Full article: 447 words)
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