Linda Cardellini perfectly portrayed Samantha Taggart, who was as fierce in the field of medicine as she was as a mother to her son, Alex.
The Army Nurses Corp member ran the nurses in the MASH 4077 unit with a no-nonsense ferocity that made her a great RN during the show's Korean War setting.
Jada Pinkett Smith won a NAACP Outstanding Actress Award for her role as Christina Hawthrone, a nurse that doesn't always play by the rules in order to give her patients the best care she can.
Sure, we first meet Dell Parker in the back-door pilot during Grey's Anatomy as a shirtless bro heading to surf over lunch, but in Private Practice we see his nursing talents put to use...and more of that dazzling smile.
Ann Perkins! The "most beautiful nurse in the world" as Leslie Knope would brag was one of our favorite characters on Parks and Recreation, and was constantly subject to crazy citizens asking her to diagnose a weird mole they had the moment they learned she was an RN.
Before he made us cry as Jack on This Is Us, Milo Ventimiglia made us swoon as a nurse with superpowers in Heroes.
Whether you're grounded on Earth or orbiting in space, you're going to want to have a nurse around as Christine Chapel proved in Star Trek.
From healing those injured by the Klingon attacks to dealing with Dr. McCoy, Christine had her hands full on the USS Enterprise.
The complicated character juggled her own addictions and personal dramas with her demanding job, and Edie Falco's outstanding performance earned her an Emmy for the role.
We loved watching Nurse Olivia for five seasons on Grey's Anatomy and during her brief return during season 14.
Carol Hathaway knew how to work hard and play hard between being a headstrong head nurse and falling in love with George Clooney's Doug Ross.
The no-nonsense head nurse kept things together at Sacred Heart Hospital and actress Judy Reyes has cutely said she drew inspiration for the character from her sister, who is a real-life RN.
Of course we admire Daniel Sunjata's character for his smarts (after all, he helped Miranda solve fistulas!) but we would be lying if we said we also don't admire him for his striking looks, too.