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 | | In this physician-intensive care unit, one of the two nurse characters is a battle-axe who leaves the impression that veteran NICU nurses are petty martinets obsessed with rules and terrorizing medical students, whereas the noble medical staff provides not only most of the bedside care, but virtually all the emotional support to the agitated parents. |
 | | In the episode, "NICU," Lockhart and Rasgotra enter what one resident calls the "box," where critically ill newborns cling to life, and the families and health workers endure great stress. |
 | | In one scene, ED physician John Carter says that Lockhart must be doing well in the NICU rotation or else the nurses would not give her "the time of day." This is praise for former nurse Lockhart, and the episode as a whole shows her thriving while Rasgotra struggles, an interesting reversal of past episodes. |
| www.nursingadvocacy.org /news/2004jan/15_er.html (1123 words) |
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