List of fictional nurses

Fictional nurses

A

• Alex from the 2024- American television mockumentary sitcom St. Denis Medical
• Haleh Adams from the American television series ER
• Terri Alden from the American sitcom Three's Company
• Rida Amaan from the British television series Casualty
• Mikuru Asahina from the 2006-2009 Japanese television series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Attractive Nurse from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse
• Nurse Georgie Axwell from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse
• Carmen Almonte from the 2015-2019 Spanish television series ''Allí abajo''

  B

• Julia Baker from the 1968-1971 American television series Julia
• Nurse Susan Ball from the 1972 British comedy film Carry On Matron
• Sue Barton the title character from the 1936-1952 American Little, Brown and Company series of nurse-career-novels for teenage girls, by Helen Dore Boylston
• Nisha Batra from the British television soap opera Brookside
• Hillary Bauer from the 1952-2009 American soap opera Guiding Light
• Dee Bliss from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours
• Julie Bradford, staff nurse from the 1999-2022 British television series Holby City
• Jana Brandner from the 1995-2015 German soap opera Verbotene Liebe
• Nurse Margaret Brody from the American 1936 film The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
• Kim Butterfield from the 1995- British television soap opera Hollyoaks
• Lindsey Butterfield from the British television soap opera Hollyoaks
• Caroline Buxton from the 1992- New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street

  C

• Eva Cassidy the title character from the 2019 Canadian book The Lieutenant's nurse
• Edith Cavell a fictionalised interpretation of the First World War nurse, in the 1939 American film Nurse Edith Cavell
• Christine Chapel from the 1966-1969 American science fiction television series Star Trek
• Malma Chaudury from the British television soap opera EastEnders
• Nurse Clarke from the 1967 British comedy film Carry On Doctor
• Kirsty Clements from the British television series Casualty
• Nurse Conner Comes Home title character from the 1964 American Ace Books nurse-romance by Arlene Hale - writing as Arlene Hale, Gail Everett, Louise Christopher, and Lynn Williams, she wrote over 48 nurse-romances between 1960-1980
• Scarlett Conway from the British television series Casualty
• Nurse Cramer from the 1961 American novel by Joseph Heller Catch-22
• 'Nurse Betsy Crane' title character from the 1961-1964 American Charlton Comics romance book series of books.
• Nadine Crowell from the 1963- American soap opera General Hospital
• Ellen Crozier from the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street''

  D

• Shirley Daniels from the 1982-1988 American television series St. Elsewhere
• Hospital RN Jill Danko from the 1970s American police series The Rookies.
• Student Nurse Stella Dawson from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse
• Staff Nurse Dorothy Denton from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse
• Nurse Duckett from Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22
• Lisa "Duffy" Duffin from the British television series Casualty
• Madiha Durrani from the British television series Casualty
• Annie Dutton from the soap opera ''Guiding Light''

  E

• Eliza, the lost love of Faust VIII in the manga and anime of Shaman King
• Carla Espinosa from the 2001-2010 American sitcom ''Scrubs''

  F

• Charlie Fairhead from the British television series Casualty
• Fanny from the fighting video game Guilty Gear Petit
• Mary Fanshawe from the 1934 American film Once to Every Woman
• Adrian "Fletch" Fletcher from the British television series Holby City
• Floria from the 2025 Swiss film Late Shift
• Gaylord "Greg" Focker from the films Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers
• Mary Forbes student nurse from the 1939 American comedy film Four Girls in White
• Kitty Forman from the sitcom That '70s Show
• Sonia Fowler from the British soap opera ''EastEnders''

  G

• Lisa Garland from survival horror Silent Hill series of video games
• Sarah Gamp from the Charles Dickens British novel Martin Chuzzlewit - and in various adaptations including Martin Chuzzlewit , Martin Chuzzlewit
• Pam Green main character of Rehabilitation Nurse, one of three American nurse-romance books by Patti Carr published by Signet Books 1965-1969

  H

• Audrey March Hardy from the soap opera General Hospital
• Haruhara Haruko, in a brief instance in the first episode of the anime series FLCL
• Nurse Rose Harper from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse
• Ruby Haswell from the British soap opera Emmerdale
• Carol Hathaway from the television series ER
• Hello Nurse from the animated television series Animaniacs
• Dolores Hicks from the 1925 American silent film Oh Doctor!
• David Hide from the British television series Casualty
• Sister Hoggett from the 1967 British comedy film Carry On Doctor
• Jasmine Hopkins, staff nurse, from the British television series Holby City
• Marie Horton from the soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan from ''M*A*S*H''

  J

• Donna Jackson from the British television series Holby City
• Nurse Frances James from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse
• Lily Jarvik from the television series ER
• Maia Jeffries from the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
• Tania Jeffries from the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
• Epiphany Johnson from the soap opera General Hospital
• Nurse Joy from Japanse franchise Pokémon
• Nurse Judy from the 1938 American film Prison Nurse based on the 1934 novel by the same name
• 'Nurse Julie of Ward Three' title character of the 1964 Canadian Harlequin romance novel by Joan Callendar
• Naomi Julien from the British soap opera EastEnders
• Meena Jutla from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale''

  K

• Asuna Karino from Japanese television series Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
• Sarah Keate the nurse-protagonist in many of Mignon G. Eberhart's American mystery crime novels, including The Patient in Room 18, While the Patient Slept and Wolf in Man's Clothing. Subsequently in filmed versions: While the Patient Slept '', Murder by an Aristocrat, The Great Hospital Mystery, The Patient in Room 18, Mystery House, and The Dark Stairway.
• Doris Kendall from the 1931 American film Born to Love
• Maria Kendall from the British television series Holby City
• Clive King, staff nurse from the British television series Casualty
• Doris King from the 1937 American film The Man Who Found Himself
• Katya Kinski from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Marty Kirkby from the British television series Casualty
• Vinnie Kruse from the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street''

  L

• Mary Lamont from the 1940 American film Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
• Ayesha Lee from the British soap opera Doctors
• 'Nurse Lingwood's patient', title character from the British nurse-romance novel by Quenna Tilbury; she wrote at least 17 nurse-romances c.1989-c.2019 published by Linford Romance
• Nurse Liz, title character from the 2015 British BBC Paul Whitehouse radio and television comedy series Nurse
• Staff Nurse Helen Lloyd from the 1959 British comedy film Carry On Nurse
• Abby Lockhart from the American television series ER
• Peri Lomax from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Tegan Lomax from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Jade Lovall from the British television series ''Casualty''

  M

• Katherine MacDonald from the 1938 American film Secrets of a Nurse
• Kylie Maddon from the British television series Holby City
• Chuny Marquez from the American television series ER
• Jacob Masters from the British television series Casualty
• 'New Matron' from the 1969 British comedy film Carry On Again Doctor
• Matt from the 2024- American television mockumentary sitcom St.Denis Medical
• Nurse Sandra May from the 1967 British comedy film Carry On Doctor
• Nurse Dixie McCall from the TV series Emergency!
• Lieutenant Jane "Snapshot" McCall from the 1948 American film Homecoming
• Gina McConnell from the 1965 British Hammer film Hysteria
• Lieutenant Ruth McCara from the 1953 American film Battle Circus
• Malik McGrath from the American television series ER
• Marilyn McGrath from the 1988 American television series HeartBeat; McGrath was the first portrayal of a lesbian as a main character in a prime time television show, it was also the first to portray a lesbian couple
• Luca McIntyre from the British soap Doctors
• Siobhan McKenzie from the British television series Casualty
• Celine McQueen from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Cleo McQueen from the British soap Hollyoaks
• Cameron Mickelthwaite from the British television series Casualty
• Robyn Miller from the British television series Casualty
• Steve Mills from the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
• Marilyn Morgan from the four 1969-1971 American nurse-romance novels by Rubie Saunders, which featured a black nurse as the central character
• Dottie Morrison from the 1942 American film Parachute Nurse
• Faye Morton from the British television series Holby City
• Nurse Murchison recurring character in the twelve 1957–1999 American science fiction novels ''Sector General''