Documentary
The American Nurse
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 by Carolyn Jones, Carolyn Jones
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Status
Released
Released
May 8, 2014
Runtime
1h 21m
Language
English
Top cast
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
Self (voice)
Dane Kaimuloa
Self
Brian McMillion
Self
Mary Prater
Self
Mia Regalado
Self - Narrator
Jason Short
Self - Appalachian Hospice Nurse
Felix Trent
Self
Paul Trent
Self
Rebecca Trent
Self
