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NURSES STATION

With team work and a dose of dark humor to keep them going, the nurses of Orangefield Hospital’s Intermediate Care Unit draw fulfillment from their work, while navigating a broken system that is full of contradictions.
NURSES STATION is a docudrama series told in a documentary style format, focusing on the nurses' struggles between caring and apathy, moral injury and professional integrity.

  • Nicholas Garr
    Director
  • Nicholas Garr
    Writer
  • Eliana González
    Producer
  • Eliana González
    Key Cast
    "Maggie Martinez, RN"
  • Nicholas Garr
    Key Cast
    "Steve Paladino, RN"
  • Raynor Rubel
    Key Cast
    "Dean Harrison, MD"
  • Jennifer Plotzke
    Key Cast
    "Rebecca Weaver, MD"
  • Edwin Castro
    Key Cast
    "Mr. Perez"
  • Lora Nicolas
    Key Cast
    "Maria de la Cruz, RN"
  • Project Type:
    Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 27 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 23, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • YouTube
    Rights: Internet
Director Biography - Nicholas Garr

Nicholas Garr (Creator/Writer/Director) is an Actor, Writer and Director working in film, television and stage. He is also a registered nurse with 17 years of experience, working in the areas of Cardiac Telemetry, Post-Op, Orthopedics, ICU, Psych, Addiction Recovery and the Emergency Department.

As an artist, he has performed on Broadway, at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Radio City Music Hall, Le Chatlet in Paris, and the National Theatre at the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in Taipei. Nick has also performed Off-Broadway and around the U.S. in productions of A Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll’s House, Godspell, Brigadoon, Orpheus Descending, West Side Story, as well as new plays Fast Food Voices and 100 Lives. His television credits include Law and Order, Dream On, Another World, and Loving. He has directed and produced Broadway USA, which toured Taiwan. Wrote and produced his one person show, Paper Tigers and has directed stage productions across the United States.

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Director Statement

Life, death and everything in between, are all in a day’s work for hospital nurses. NURSES STATION tells the extraordinary, yet underreported stories of a broken healthcare system, told from the point of view of nurses on the front line. Based on true stories, NURSES STATION is a docudrama series that shares the feelings and emotions of these unique people, as they live through their experiences. Since real nurses are involved in the production, all aspects of hospital procedures are completely accurate.