Debbie was a nurse at Seattle Grace Hospital.
History
Izzie's Party
She attended the party Izzie threw for her boyfriend. At the party, she made out with her ex-boyfriend, Dr. Taylor. ("Notes from the Nurses' Station")
Harassing Cristina
When Cristina Yang annoyed her by dismissing her rudely when she asked about Shane Herman, Debbie got revenge by paging her constantly for disgusting cases (at one point, one of those patients vomited on Cristina). ("Something to Talk About")
Sophie Larson
When Sophie Larson was hospitalized, Debbie was one of her nurses. When George inquired about why Sophie hadn't yet left the hospital, Debbie said it's because she's not a bouncer. She complained about the lack of resources and staffing in the hospital. ("Tell Me Sweet Little Lies")
Nurses' Strike
When the understaffing pushed them to the breaking point, the second-shift nurses did a sick out and Debbie delivered official notice to Richard that they were going on strike in ten days. ("Tell Me Sweet Little Lies")
While walking the picket line, Debbie, along with Olivia and Joe, asked George to go in to check on their patients. ("Break on Through")
Bomb Threat
When there was a bomb in a patient's chest cavity, Debbie informed the Chief when the Bomb Squad arrived to help. ("It's the End of the World")
She also later provided the hospital blueprints, which showed that the bomb was directly over the hospital's main oxygen line. ("As We Know It")
Beglights
When Shawn Beglight came into the hospital with a head injury, Debbie was one of his nurses. She assisted the doctors when they had to drill a burr hole in his hospital room and then Rick, Shawn's father, threw up on her. ("What Have I Done to Deserve This?")
Relationships
Romantic
Steve Mostow
Debbie considered pursuing a romantic relationship with Steve after he passed out in her car the week before Halloween. On the night of Halloween, they met up at Joe's Bar.
Dr. Taylor
She dated Dr. Taylor for a time. They bonded over doing crosswords together in the OR and he eventually used a crossword joke to ask her out on a date. Things broke off between them because she didn't like that he didn't like to do anything that didn't involve alcohol. After they split, she kept being drawn to him, even though she knew it was a bad idea. ("Notes from the Nurses' Station")
Familial
Much of her family is made of nurses, including her late Uncle Pete, who died on Thanksgiving Day, Aunt Lucy, her sister Val, all her cousins, and her Great-Grandma Byrd.
Career
When she was young, she was intimidated by Ellis Grey and thought she was a wonderful surgeon.
She worked at Seattle Grace as a nurse from the time of Ellis Grey and remained until at least Meredith Grey's second year of residency. She was a large part of the nurses' strike when the hospital was understaffed. ("Break on Through")
Before working at SGH, she worked at County Hospital. ("Notes from the Nurses' Station")
Notes and Trivia
- She has an official blog.
- She loves to gossip. ("Notes from the Nurses' Station")
- She calls interns The Virgin Surgeons. ("Notes from the Nurses' Station")
- She enjoys blogging, playing darts, tormenting surgical interns, and karaoke. ("Notes from the Nurses' Station")
- She has hand-crafted designer darts from Scotland. ("Notes from the Nurses' Station")
- She likes to sing.
- Her pet peeves include patients who hoard their medication, loud neighbors, anesthesiologists, and changing bed pans. ("Notes from the Nurses' Station")
- Things she loves include her cat, Skittles; Joe's bar; traveling; and her job. ("Notes from the Nurses' Station")
- Her favorite food is chocolate croissants and her least favorite is hospital pudding. ("Notes from the Nurses' Station")
- She was Seattle Grace Hospital Nurse of the Year for at least five years in a row. ("Notes from the Nurses' Station")
- She's the reining Karaoke champion at Emerald City Bar. ("Notes from the Nurses' Station")
- She won the darts tournament at Joe's. ("Notes from the Nurses' Station")
- She makes New Year's Resolutions every year and always breaks them. ("Notes from the Nurses' Station")
- She owns the Scrabble board Izzie Stevens used to play with Denny. In exchanged for its use, Izzie taught Debbie to knit. ("Notes from the Nurses' Station")
Gallery
Appearances
| Grey's Anatomy, Season 2 | |||||
| #01 | "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" | #10 | "Much too Much" | #19 | "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" |
| #02 | "Enough is Enough" | #11 | "Owner of a Lonely Heart" | #20 | "Band-Aid Covers the Bullet Hole" |
| #03 | "Make Me Lose Control" | #12 | "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" | #21 | "Superstition" |
| #04 | "Deny, Deny, Deny" | #13 | "Begin the Begin" | #22 | "The Name of the Game" |
| #05 | "Bring the Pain" | #14 | "Tell Me Sweet Little Lies" | #23 | "Blues for Sister Someone" |
| #06 | "Into You Like a Train" | #15 | "Break on Through" | #24 | "Damage Case" |
| #07 | "Something to Talk About" | #16 | "It's the End of the World" | #25 | "17 Seconds" |
| #08 | "Let It Be" | #17 | "As We Know It" | #26 | "Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response" |
| #09 | "Thanks for the Memories" | #18 | "Yesterday" | #27 | "Losing My Religion" |