Any successful coach or manager can tell you: the key to success is scouting. If you want your bracket to win, you need to know the entire field. Some of these nursing characters are from shows dating back to the ’70s. But dismiss them at your own peril! Unlike the NCAA basketball tournament, even seeds 12-16 have a chance in this field.
So without further adieu, let’s get to the field of 64:
1 Seeds
Jackie Peyton — Nurse Jackie
Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan — M*A*S*H
Annie Wilkes — Misery
Gaylord “Greg” Focker — Meet the Parents
2 Seeds
Carol Hathaway — ER
Nurse Ratched — One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Carla Espinosa — Scrubs
Kitty Forman — That ’70s Show
3 Seeds
Dixie McCall — Emergency!
Abby Lockhart — ER
Madame Pomfrey — Harry Potter
Dell Parker — Private Practice
4 Seeds
Lady Sybil — Downton Abbey
Samantha Taggart — ER
Ann Perkins — Parks and Rec
Christine Chapel — Star Trek: The Original Series
5 Seeds
Rory Williams — Doctor Who
Bobbie Spencer — General Hospital
Olivia Harper — Grey’s Anatomy
Evelyn Johnson — Pearl Harbor
6 Seeds
Laverne Todd — Empty Nest
Charlotte Diesel — High Anxiety
Elizabeth Webber — General Hospital
Alex Price — American Werewolf in London
7 Seeds
Haleh Adams — ER
Audrey March Hardy — General Hospital
Brenda Previn — House
Helen Rosenthal — St. Elsewhere
8 Seeds
Christina Hawthorne — Hawthorne
Peter Petrelli — Heroes
Julia Baker — Julia
Terri Alden — Three’s Company
9 Seeds
Nadine Crowell — General Hospital
Epiphany Johnson — General Hospital
Tyler Christian — Grey’s Anatomy
Eli Lloyd — Grey’s Anatomy
10 Seeds
Sharona Fleming — Monk
Mo-Mo De La Cruz — Nurse Jackie
Jesus Velasquez — True Blood
Kelly Epson — Hawthorne
11 Seeds
Catherine Barkley — A Farewell to Arms
Nurse Dori — Childrens Hospital
Marie Horton — Days of Our Lives
Sheila Cantillon — General Hospital
12 Seeds
Hello Nurse — Animaniacs
Linda Klein — Nip/Tuck
Tom Paris — Star Trek: Voyager
Gloria “Ripples” Brancusi — Trapper John, M.D.
13 Seeds
Nurse Cramer — Catch-22
Bobbie Jackson — Hawthorne
Laverne Roberts — Scrubs
Sue Barton — Sue Barton
14 Seeds
Felicia Tilman — Desperate Housewives
Joan Redfern — Doctor Who
Jane Harland Dawson — General Hospital
Paul Flowers — Scrubs
15 Seeds
Nurse Kulap — Childrens Hospital
Connie Oligario — ER
Jesse Brewer — General Hospital
Yosh Takata — ER
16 Seeds
Candy Sullivan — Hawthorne
Nurse Duckett — Catch-22
Linda Cooper — General Hospital
Ray Stein — Hawthorne
Did your favorite nurse make the cut? Let us know in the comment section. Were there any notable snubs?
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