List of secondary nurses in ER

This is a partial list of fictional characters in the medical drama ER.

Haleh Adams

Haleh Adams, portrayed by Yvette Freeman, is a nurse in the ER of County General Hospital. She is one of only six characters to appear in every season. Her appearances were less frequent in the 1997–1998 and 1998–1999 seasons, as Freeman was appearing in the sitcom Working. In the 2002 season she returned with a new appearance after losing 120 pounds, but subsequently gained some of the weight back.

Haleh is a confident and skilled nurse who at times displays a motherly disposition to the staff. When Ray Barnett protests angrily at Haleh being allowed to evaluate him to Susan Lewis, Lewis sharply tells him, "Haleh has been here longer than anyone- she knows what she's talking about." Not one to be taken for granted or put upon, Haleh stands up for herself; often making her point with a sharp sardonic wit. She has been Nurse manager two times over her 35 years at County;^[1] in 1997 when Carol Hathaway was home following her suspension from the ER and between 2000 and 2002. She has sung at both Christmas and Halloween parties in the ER. Haleh has been fired for short periods twice: during one episode in season 9 ("Finders Keepers"), she was fired for a few hours by chief of the Emergency Room Robert Romano, but returned when Romano learned that nurses had lots of syndicates to protect them. In season 12, the new chief nurse Eve Peyton made Samantha Taggart fire her but she was later rehired when an airplane exploded over the city shortly after takeoff and County was seriously short on nurses. Sam called her in while Eve was away. Eve told Sam that it was a good move. Though Haleh and Abby were the only two nurses who were given "screen time" during Mark Greene's funeral, part of Lydia can also be seen, standing next to Frank.

Lily Jarvik

Lily Jarvik
First appearance	November 10, 1994 (Episode: 9½ Hours)
Last appearance	April 2, 2009 (Episode: And In the End...)
Portrayed by	Lily Mariye
Information
Occupation	ER Nurse
Family	Sister
Spouse(s)	Married
Children	Yes

Lily Jarvik is one of only six characters to appear in every season of the show, having made her first appearance in episode 1.08 "9½ Hours". Since then she has proved to be a valuable resource in the County General Emergency Department. She is generally seen in the trauma rooms and keeping the floor running during major incidents. Not much is really known about Lily as she's never been given much of a storyline to truly develop her character.

Lily Jarvik is portrayed by Lily Mariye.

Chuny Márquez

Ethel "Chuny" Márquez is one of six characters who has been in all seasons of ER. She has often assisted in translating for Spanish-speaking patients. Chuny has had a relationship with Mark Greene in season 3 and with Luka Kovač in season 9. After her relationship with Luka became problematic she complained to Kerry Weaver who almost fired Luka. Later, when Chuny comments on how good Carter looks in black suit, he reminds her about "sexual harassment" complaints against Luka. She proved to be good friends with many of the nursing staff and attempted to set Samantha up with their self-defence trainer (who Sam had accidentally assaulted in the previous episode)

It is revealed in season 14 that Chuny's real name is Ethel.

Laura Cerón has appeared in more episodes than any other recurring guest star, and is the only recurring guest star to have appeared in more than 200 episodes. Only main cast members Noah Wyle and Laura Innes appeared in more episodes.

Dawn Archer

Dawn Archer has appeared as an ER nurse since season 13. Not much is known about her other than she is originally from New Orleans and was displaced in Hurricane Katrina. During her time on the job, she has developed friendships with fellow nurses Chuny Marquez and Haleh Adams, and to a lesser degree, Sam Taggart.

Wendy Goldman

Wendy Goldman was one of the regular nurses from the first three seasons of ER. Her character had a sweet and innocent demeanour, and frequently featured in comical subplots. Her first episode was in the pilot, "24 Hours", in 1994. Her absence from the show was explained by Kerry Weaver in season 4 when she says that two nurses left and Yosh Takata was hired to replace them. Although her name was never mentioned again after she stopped appearing.

Wendy was portrayed by Vanessa Marquez.

Malik McGrath

Malik McGrath, along with nurses Haleh, Chuny and Lily, and paramedics Dwight Zadro and Doris Pickman, has appeared in every season since the pilot. He has given the ER some comic relief and appears to be good friends with desk clerks Frank Martin and Jerry Markovic, to whom Malik once played a joke during his birthday surprise party. It's also revealed that he gets very little pay despite his experience and for this does not protest in hours getting cut. He is an LPN- licensed practical nurse (also known as LVN- licensed vocational nurse) instead of an RN- registered nurse like the other ER nurses. In the episode where all the nurses strike Malik continues to work and states that he doesn't have to worry because it doesn't get much cheaper than an LPN, so he was safe. He was good friends with Abby Lockhart, having worked with her during her years as an ER nurse.

Malik was portrayed by Deezer D.

Chuck Martin

Chuck Martin was a flight nurse and (later) ex-husband of Dr. Susan Lewis. They met during a trip to Las Vegas, in which they got drunk and later married. After they return to Chicago, they have the marriage annulled, but this did not stop Chuck and Susan from further dating. Chuck was injured in the helicopter crash on the roof of the hospital and had emergency surgery to remove his spleen. In this same crash, Dr. Romano was killed as the helicopter fell off the roof and landed on Dr. Romano on the ground. Susan later had a baby boy named Cosmo, whom Chuck looked after when Susan was promoted to Chief of Emergency Medicine after Dr. Romano's death. When Susan accepted a tenure position at the beginning of season 12, Chuck and his family moved to Iowa. In Sherry Stringfield's return appearance in the series finale, however, Susan mentioned that she was dating again, suggesting that she and Chuck were no longer together.

Chuck was portrayed by Donal Logue.

Conni Oligario

Conni Oligario was a nurse in the ER since the first season in 1994 until 2003 when she was fired during the reign of terror by ER chief Robert Romano in season 10. Conni and fellow nurses Lydia and Yosh had protested their treatment and asked chief nurse Abby Lockhart to talk to him about it. But when Abby was unable to address Romano, the three nurses were replaced and given 90-days suspension. Conni was never seen again in the ER after the suspension, although in Season 12's episode "Blame It On The Rain", Haleh mentions she's covering for Conni.

Conni Oligario was portrayed by Conni Marie Brazelton.

Eve Peyton

Eve Peyton, Ph.D., served briefly as chief nurse in the ER who worked closely with Dr. Victor Clemente. Her abrasive and unpleasant personality became especially clear when she forced Samantha Taggart to fire Haleh. Eventually, Eve herself was fired on Christmas Eve for punching a drunk patient who mocked some blind children. She has the skills of a doctor in medicine but, does not hold a license to practice as one. An example of this is when she shows to have more knowledge of drugs, procedures, and emergency medical care than most residents and students. She has also been better at performing emergency procedures than most residents and medical students. She also enforces most physicians and senior nurses to teach inexperienced hospital doctors, students, and nurses, and is a staunch defender of nurses' rights. This aside she has an aggressive and semi-abusive attitude towards most if not all of her working ER nurse staff; nearly all the doctors apart from Weaver instantly disliked her, and many of the nurses eventually began to turn against her. Sam Taggart was the only one who became friends with Eve.

Eve was portrayed by Kristen Johnston.

Shirley

Shirley is a female surgery nurse usually seen either in the theatre or just outside, informing the surgeons about matters that are needed (for instance Romano or Corday receiving phone calls). She is also usually seen talking to people informing them of the information at the surgical level front desk about whatever info she has received from the hospital doctors. Being a surgery nurse she is rarely seen down in the ER or Trauma rooms, but more in the OR so, in terms she is usually seen working with doctors such as Elizabeth Corday or Peter Benton rather than doctors such as John Carter or Kerry Weaver and other staff nurses such as Chuny or Haleh.

Yosh Takata

Portrayed by Gedde Watanabe, Yosh Takata was the second male nurse introduced in ER, after Malik McGrath. Takata's character is Japanese, gay, and a convert to Judaism. He was hired in the episode "Freak Show," the same day that Jeanie Boulet was to be fired by Kerry Weaver due to budgeting, though Takata's hiring cast doubt for Boulet about whether budget issues had resulted her layoff. Along with fellow nurses Connie and Lydia, Yoshi was laid off in the tenth season episode "Dear Abby" by character Dr. Romano during hospital staffing cuts and did not return to the show.

Lydia Wright

Lydia Wright-Grabarsky was the second character to be introduced in the pilot episode of the ER. In the pilot episode, we can see in final credits that her surname is Woodward. She is seen waking up Mark Greene. She was a very experienced nurse and had developed some remarkable skills, including the ability to very accurately diagnose a patient's blood alcohol level simply from smelling their breath.

She gets married to police officer Alfred Grabarsky in season 3. They get married in the Emergency departments waiting area. Lydia appears for the next-to-last time in 2003 when Dr Romano decides to cut senior nurses for cheaper labor. Lydia, along with Connie and Yosh were fired after protesting their reduced schedules.

Lydia returned in the 2009 series finale. She is again working at County and wakes Archie Morris as she did Mark Greene in the pilot episode. She explains that she has been working nights so she can babysit her grandchildren.

Lydia was portrayed by Ellen Crawford.

Other nurses

This is a partial list of other nurses and the actors that have portrayed them as well as the year(s) in which they participated in the series.

• Kit (ICU nurse), portrayed by Bellina Logan (1996–2003, 2008)
• Jacy (Surgery nurse), portrayed by Nadia Shazana (1996–2003,2008)
• Rhonda Sterling (Temporary ER nurse), portrayed by Jenny O'Hara (1996)
• Dori (ER nurse), portrayed by Kyle Richards (1998–2006)
• Severa (ER nurse), portrayed by Liza Del Mundo (2003–2004)
• Inez (ER nurse), portrayed by April L. Hernandez (2005–2006)
• Ben Parker (ER nurse), portrayed by Kip Pardue (2006–2007)
• Suri (ER nurse), portrayed by Nasim Pedrad (2007–2009)
• Marisol (Surgery nurse), portrayed by Mónica Guzmán (2008–2009)
• Robert Stephen (Home nurse)

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