Surgery In Shonda Rhimes A Hard Day's Night

From the moment they began their journey at Harvard Medical School, their entire life became medicine and medical related topics. Constantly studying for school, exams, board tests, and for their future, stress was no stranger. “Stress refers to physical and psychological responses to overwhelming stimuli… Burnout is actually a combination of factors” (page 115, DePru). Stress leads to burnout, and many medical professionals face both roadblocks in their careers. In Doctors’ Diaries the students stress did not subside when the graduated, it only increased. Once they were placed in their intern positions, adjusting to their new jobs brought on more stress than some could handle. The doctors had to learn to be modify their lives and their expectations in order to stay on top. In example, Jane learns to be a positive influence for her patient’s in her inner-city hospital for she fears that she might be the only flicker of light they see for awhile. Jay Bonner and Tom Tater display the greatest burnout and stress. Tom cannot seem to find his place within the hospital and even doubts his own abilities. Tom is a hard worker and he is more driven than his peers. When Tom is fired from his ER job, he realizes how burnt out he is with the system, not the

Women often receive scrutiny in a male dominated workplace. As of 2017, there are 271 general surgery residency programs in the United States. Out of this large number, 16 are lead by women compared to only 1 in 2014 (Sharma). Women’s roles in the workplace are adapting and stereotypes about the differentiation between male and female work are being broken down. Grey’s Anatomy is a show that explores the complexities of balancing the personal and professional lives of medical residents at Seattle Grace Hospital. This study will hope to address how avid viewers of this show interpret the character’s roles and how it correlates with real life.

The most commonly overlooked in this field is the hours. Students must consider the long hours that general surgery and the training up to becoming a surgeon requires. When looking at the hours during residency there has been studies done to make sure the patient safety is maintained and there are no effects on the education of the doctors.3 Long work-days and overnight shifts should be expected. However, in recent years there are steps being made to manage residency work-hours. After work hours were managed, a 1 to 5 scale was given to residents (1 being strongly disagree and 5 strongly agree) and they agreed on an average of 4.2 of feeling more rested.3 The study also shows 58% of residents saw a boost in moral after the shift in hours.3 Aside from the improving, yet still long and hard hours, another big challenge is expecting the unexpected. A surgeon needs to be well-equipped mentally and emotionally to handle the variety of cases that walk through hospital

Grey’s Anatomy, created by Shonda Rhimes (first airing in 2005), is a television show that focuses not only on the journey of the protagonist, Meredith Grey, but also follows the other characters in their difficult path of becoming doctors in the surgical field (“About Grey’s Anatomy, n.d.). The television series takes place in a medical center formerly known as Seattle Grace Hospital, but over the course of the show is later changed to Seattle Grace-Mercy West Hospital (due to a merge) and then Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital (“About Grey’s Anatomy”, n.d.). Grey’s Anatomy not only demonstrates the struggle of balancing a personal life as well a professional one among the cast, but also illustrates the difficult decisions and situations that they are faced with as medical practitioners. Through the difficult and life changing circumstances that the aspiring doctors overcome, many examples of Anatomy can be seen as a key factor integrated within the series.

The show features several main surgical students starting out as interns who eventually work their way up in hospital rank at Seattle Grace Hospital in Seattle, Washington . Meredith Grey’s mother, Dr. Ellis Grey, was one of the best general surgeons of her time until she came down with alzheimer’s

Seattle is also home to Seattle Grace Hospital a place where lives are constantly put on the line, and thinking on your feet comes with the territory. Seattle Grace was also where Meredith’s mother completed her surgical residency. With that said, after taking some time and deciding what she wanted to pursue in terms of a career, Meredith ultimately decides to go to medical school, and follow in her mothers foot steps as a surgeon. During this time Meredith also finds out that the “great” Ellis Grey (her

A quote stated by Todd Hofheins, CFO of Providence Regional Medical Center, “Hospital leadership may drive these types of visions and strategies, but ultimately you need the engagement of anesthesia to feed into how we move forward” (Driving). Surgeons and Anesthesiologists have to be one with each other in order to save lives. An anesthesiologist will put a patient down while the surgeon completes the operation. If either of these tasks is performed wrong, the patient’s life is at risk. A career in Anesthesiology provides assurance to a patient’s life and is a growing field due to the constant need for new physicians and surgeons.

My life has become an episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Doctors buzzing around, nurses checking vitals of patients, and police officers comforting crying women. I feel like I am in a dream, unable to wake up or control what is happening around me. I hear a strange beeping sound coming from the room I am in. The sound reminds me of the time I got my appendix removed when I was ten years old. But this could not be a flashback or dream.

“Grey’s Anatomy” is a medical drama show that takes you inside life at a hospital. This show is all about the experiences that doctors of Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital go through on a daily basis. Grey’s Anatomy is a show that is easy to get hooked on. It is jaw dropping at times, you laugh and often cry. The show has been airing for an outstanding fourteen seasons. Grey’s starts out with five students who are fresh out of medical school trying to learn right from wrong; when it comes to being a doctor or surgeon. Throughout each season Shonda Rhimes, the producer, keeps the viewer hooked during the whole show. She stops at places that makes you wonder what is going to happen next, so you have to wait for the commercials to end, just to see if the patient pulls

As a musician, I view medicine as a career path that reflects my identity: someone who pays attention to the meticulous details of my craft. One of my favorite activities is setting up my guitars, a monthly process that involves changing the strings, checking for intonation, adjusting the action of the fretboard, and polishing. I do so with the utmost attention to detail. This takes hours, yet I gain a sense of satisfaction from it, knowing that my guitars are in optimal playing condition. I know that whoever hears my music will hear it in its best form and I hope that they leave feeling profoundly impacted. I saw this same dedication and attention to detail during my shadowing experiences in the operating room as I watched a team of doctors and nurses prepare a room for surgery: lining the room with sterile drapes and intubating the patient. I was told that this long and seemingly tedious process was so crucial to preventing infection as well as to ensure that the surgery runs

Grey’s Anatomy is a medical drama television series on ABC that is about a group of surgical interns working at Seattle Grace Hospital. Many people watch the show for the entertainment and drama, but the series portrays more than just that. The series not only creates a negative stereotype of doctors in today’s society, but also shows different topics and themes of diversity, such as gender, ethnicity, and gender identity.

In Dr. McAlister’s piece, “Breaking the Silence of the Switch,” she emphasizes the importance of informing patients directly of trainee participation in surgery.

The visual text, Grey’s Anatomy is a popular medical drama that follows the lives of doctors at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. The show portrays medical as well as personal challenges throughout the lives of patients and surgeons. It is tremendously popular due to the realistic heart-wrenching situations that happen in and out of the operating room. In order to be a surgeon, one has to take risks and possess courage. One of the TV show’s main surgeons, Meredith Grey, is a brave soul that expresses the key characteristics it takes to be a surgeon. Her identity makes the drama that much more addicting and successful. The surgical identity of Grey consists of being caring, creative, determined and brave.

The field of medicine has been constantly progressing through the centuries with surgery, as one of its most fundamental structure of medicine. Cutting people open to find the harm and relieving them of it. But as the field of surgery progress over time; the surgical environment has developed a gender sphere that makes it difficult for women to become surgeons. The glass ceiling is a political metaphor that exists to explain the gender disadvantages within disciplined jobs (The Glass Ceiling Effect*). Women today, regardless of their qualifications face an obstacle that “appear[s] to be a distinctively gender phenomenon” (1) in any highly disciplined jobs, especially in the field of surgery.

Discussion: Ms.Shuler updated the team on Olivia's surgery: she stated that surgery was successful with no set backs. She reported that Olivia spent three days at the hospital and has a follow-up appointment next month. She informed the team that the insertion appeared infected and she took Olivia to her PCP, who prescribed synthomycin. Ms. Schuler stated that she has observed improvement with her speech and balance. Olivia was in good mood, engaging and respectful during the FTF. Olivia stated that she will be going back to school soon. Ms.Schuler said that Olivia will be cleared to normal activity after her follow-up.