Ah, “Grey’s Anatomy.” It feels like everybody and their mother is obsessed with it. The show has been on TV since 2005 — there are some kids in middle school that were born after the show premiered (if that doesn’t make you feel old, I don’t know what will.)
But there are a lot of things wrong with “Grey’s Anatomy.”
I have never worked in the medical field, but I have grown up surrounded by nurses. My mom has been a nurse for her entire career, and most of her friends are nurses. I have spent my life listening to horrifying medical stories at the dinner table.
I’m not claiming to be an expert, but I know enough.
I tried to watch “Grey’s Anatomy” a few months ago and could only get through the first two seasons. There were just so many things that stood out in my mind.
First of all, it’s so medically inaccurate. The way that they handle surgeries, codes and everything in between is just so wrong.
Also, they get way too close to their patients. Like when Izzy gets super weirdly close to Denny? That would never happen in real life.
The biggest issue I have with the show is the relationships they have with each other. Residents and doctors don’t hook up. Nobody hooks up in the break room. (At least, they shouldn’t.)
But literally everybody on that show hooks up with each other and it’s not OK.
“Grey’s Anatomy” paints a horrible picture of the medical profession. It makes them seem like unprofessional, sex-craved fools.
So, a word of advice: Please realize that “Grey’s Anatomy” is extremely unrealistic, and watch it cautiously.
