CinemaOSMovie · 2014 · 1h 21m

The American Nurse

60%(1)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byCarolyn Jones

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 21m
Language
EN
Released
May 8, 2014
Studios
Carolyn Jones Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Lafayette Ballard

Self

Stephen Bloesl

Self (as Sister Stephen Bloesl)

Jason Cross

Self

Namoi Cross

Self

Nathan Cross

Self

Elizabeth Elam

Self

Tonia Faust

Self

Lydia Fletcher

Self

Darrell Gertenschologer

Self

Carolyn Jones

Carolyn Jones

Self (voice)

Creative team
Directed by
Carolyn Jones
Carolyn Jones
Written by
Carolyn Jones
Carolyn Jones
Produced by
Lisa Frank

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