Nurse Ratched

Nurse Ratched, the main nurse, is not only responsible for managing the ward which requires her to supervise the nursing staff, the orderlies and the dispensing of medication to patients, she also leads daily therapy group sessions for the men in the ward who are able to participate, voluntary or not. Since the movie released, the “Nurse Ratched” figure appears in every mental hospital; the head nurse developing a very tight schedule and having influential power over the whole ward. Because of the caring and helpful façade of the mental health care system, there lies a subtle and widespread attempt to enforce compliance and acceptance of unwanted authority. Nurse Ratched imposes the submission and authorization of the patients. From therapy to leading the ward, she appears to have virtually no formal training or experience in family therapy, group therapy or in leading a therapy group. The role Ratched performs as group leader lies outside the boundaries of her competence, education, training, and supervised experience (Fernie, 2015). She uses simple suggestion to turn the men on…

While this was not my first time watching this movie, I felt like I got much more from the movie watching it now because of my improved understanding of the various conditions (including personality disorders) present in the patients and the staff of the facility. Mac was a very interesting and complex character, that while at first glace likeable, it was hard to get out of your mind all the horrible things he had done to people, including minors. He did seem, at least superficially, to care…

Nurse Ratched epitomizes an authoritarian leader with her superiority, and inability to collaborate with the other members of the ward. In attempt to assert her control over McMurphy, Nurse Ratched reminds him that, “‘You're committed, you realize. You are... under the jurisdiction of me... the staff." She's holding up a fist, all those red-orange fingernails burning into her palm. "Under jurisdiction and control—" (125). When threatened by McMurphy, she forces him to “realize” that he is…

How the Ward is run is a clear clue to Kesey's questions of sanity, one reason is the Big Nurse Ratched who is the unofficial controller of the ward. Over the years, she manipulates and twists the patients against one another in group meetings that give little to no help to improve any mental illnesses they have. Her own abuse to her prowess shines throughout the novel such as, by the denial of fun activities that can improve the patients. Kesey shows a large symbol of irony as well with Nurse…

When McMurphy arrives at the mental institution, his chaotic nature quickly comes into conflict with the head Nurse, Ratched, who controls the ward and all the male patients with absolute authority. McMurphy sees immediately though Nurse Ratched’s tactics of using the patients weaknesses on them, so they would never question her authority. The novel has a heavy focus on the power of women. There are only a few women this novel, but none compare to the cruelty and power of Nurse Ratched. McMurphy…

them people often say that he or she isn’t in their senses and that all of their actions are being altered based on their desire for more. This is exactly why I believe that Nurse Ratched in actuality is not a bad human being. In my opinion Nurse Ratched is made to look like an emasculating monster by the ward and McMurphy further proves this opinion when he acts against the very foundation laid down by Nurse Ratched. In reality when rules are laid down, people who do not follow these rules are…

Nurse Ratched proves her authority by publicly emasculating Harding and Billy Bibbit by using their private information against them during group therapy sessions and belittling them in front of the other patients. Nurse Ratched is aware of the fact that she controls the power during the group “therapy” sessions, and she uses this time to exercise her dominance. During one of the sessions, she chooses to address Dale Harding and his troubles with his wife. He has been admitted into the hospital…

Nest” by Ken Kesey, the protagonist, Randall Patrick McMurphy, demonstrates a quest of redemptive sacrifice in order to protect the patient 's in the psych ward from the antagonist, Nurse Ratched. Through McMurphy’s heroic endeavors such as attempting to change ward policy, he is able to establish his own identity and fulfill his destiny. McMurphy is the essence of what a leader should be. From the beginning the reader is made aware that he is an explosive energy that can liven up any…

immediately sets up a conflict between Nurse Ratched and him. Laughing becomes one…

How does Big Nurse and McMurphy’s behaviors affect the story? McMurphy is a very strong headed, Independent and open minded man. When he was first introduced into the mental hospital all of the patients were very curious and unsure on who this guy was and what his intentions were. The nurses and black boy’s struggled to get McMurphy to follow the rules that have been established before he arrived. McMurphy establishes his very strong headed behavior when the nurse insists he must follow the…