The American Nurse

The American Nurse (2014)

6.0 81 min Movie
Documentary

THE AMERICAN NURSE is a heart-warming film that explores some of the biggest issues facing America - aging, war, poverty, prisons - through the work and lives of nurses. It is an examination of real people that will change how we think about nurses and how we wrestle with the challenges of healing America. THE AMERICAN NURSE is an important contribution to America's ongoing conversation about what it means to care. The film follows the paths of five nurses in various practice specialties including Jason Short as he drives up a rugged creek to reach a home-bound cancer patient in Appalachia. Tonia Faust, who runs a prison hospice program where inmates serving life sentences care for their fellow inmates as they're dying. Naomi Cross, as she coaches an ovarian cancer survivor through the Caesarean delivery of her son. Sister Stephen, a nun who runs a nursing home filled with goats, sheep, llamas and chickens, where the entire nursing staff comes together to sing for a dying resident.

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Cast

Lafayette Ballard Lafayette Ballard Self
Stephen Bloesl Stephen Bloesl Self (as Sister Stephen Bloesl)
Jason Cross Jason Cross Self
Namoi Cross Namoi Cross Self
Nathan Cross Nathan Cross Self
Elizabeth Elam Elizabeth Elam Self
Tonia Faust Tonia Faust Self
Lydia Fletcher Lydia Fletcher Self
Darrell Gertenschologer Darrell Gertenschologer Self
Carolyn Jones Carolyn Jones Self (voice)
Dane Kaimuloa Dane Kaimuloa Self
Brian McMillion Brian McMillion Self

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