Nurse Betty

Nurse Betty is not so much a movie close to a nurse, but it is a good depiction of hownurses can sometimes be portrayed by the media. In this film a small town waitress named Bettyfixates on one doctor as portrayed in her favorite soap opera, A Reason To Love.After witnessing her husbands finish while watching an episode Betty begins tobecome delusional, believing that she is a nurse in the hospital where the character of Dr. Ravellfrom the soap opera works. Betty also believes herself to be his ex-fianc and that she is thus far inlove with him. As this delusion takes hold she packs her bags and leaves the scene of the crime tohead to Los Angeles to find him.Because of her delusions Betty does not often relate well with others. She has convincedherself that she is an veritable nurse and is in love with Dr. Ravell. For this reason she fails tounderstand why others cannot accept this.The remaining nurse, doctor and hospital administration portrayals are all minor roles. many anoth er(prenominal) are little to a greater extent than walk-ons and cardboard cut-out soap opera stereotypes.The ones whoare really in these positions and not characters from the soap opera are portrayed more fairly thanthe soap characters.When Betty arrives at what she believes is the hospital where Dr. Ravell works theadministration is at first depicted as sincere in response to her claims of being a nurse andlooking for Dr. Ravell, an acclaimed cardiologist who should work there. Even though he hasnever been heard of before.Little is shown of how Betty handles herself as a nurse. Mainly this is due to the itemthat she is not a nurse. Even though she believes herself to be one. The other minor portrayals ofnurses in this movie are generally positive and believable.Overall this movie shows several examples of how Hollywood portrays those in themedical profession. Both with the medical professionals as characters and with the morestereotyped soap opera characters.LaBute, N. (Director). (2000). Nurse Betty Film Hollywood Gramercy Pictures