Annoyed by nursing commerical they keep running

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Does anyone still see the nursing commercial that keeps running on TV. At the end it says "you're a nurse you make a difference." I don't why but it annoys me to no end. Enough already!!! Most schools have a year long or more waiting list just to get in. There is no nursing shortage. Anyone else feel the same way??

Some of these opinions astound me!

We gripe when nurses are portrayed inaccurately--wearing a white dress and cap, acting as a doctor's handmaiden, using equipment wrong, dressed suggestively, all females, etc.--but do we show any gratitude when a commercial tries to get it right? Not a chance!

We have to complain because showing people who look like real nurses doing real things might make others want to do it too.

A commercial like this one might give actual nurses a better image with the public, something we say we want, but heaven forbid that it might inspire some high school kid or young adult to think, "Hey, that's what I want to do."

I liked this commercial because it showed men and women (in both the job scenarios and in the lecture hall) who looked capable and intelligent and dynamic. It went several steps beyond the commonplace image of Nancy Nurse taking a pulse and dabbing at a feverish brow.

Besides all this, the commercial was talking about nurse educators. There is a serious shortage of qualified instructors that is, in part, responsible for the long waiting lists to get into nursing school. We definitely need more educators and that situation is expected to get much worse.

I'm really sorry that so many people are finding it hard to get into school and new grads are having a tough time finding employment. But, please, let's not render ourselves impossible to satisfy when it comes to how others show us. We ought to be happy that someone cares enough to even try to get it right and that overall they produced a respectable product. If we can't distinguish between a really crummy representation and a good one like this, why should anyone bother with trying to please us at all.

That said, the nurse in the first ambo scenario should have been wearing gloves, and the music was kind of hokey. :D

I still give them an A, especially if grading on a curve.

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

The music is DEFINITELY hokey. But overall, the spot is a good effort and makes me feel just a little more proud of what I do.

Just my $0.02 worth....

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Specializes in Cardiac, Rehab.

Count me in the minority, I kinda like it. Wish they would show the guy a bit more, but it makes me feel good to see it. Do they have an agenda they are pushing, sure, but that is what advertising is all about.

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Does anyone still see the nursing commercial that keeps running on TV. At the end it says "you're a nurse you make a difference." I don't why but it annoys me to no end. Enough already!!! Most schools have a year long or more waiting list just to get in. There is no nursing shortage. Anyone else feel the same way??

HA! I know this commercial!!! I feel like u, it's irritating to here that little jingle. After it goes off Im always thinking, "Yeah right!"

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Specializes in acute care.

This commercial and all the free stuff they give on their site is what got me through nursing school. I have been a nurse for

I have caught sudden changes in a patient's status that resulted in immediately help. I have held the hand of a dying patient. I have comforted patients and family members. It feels good when you walk into a room, and a patient's family member says "You're the Nurse that's been caring for my mother! Nice to meet you, she told me ALL about you!"

I complain about my job, but I do feel good when I am able to make a patient's day. And whenever I feel like I am having a bad shift or that I am a horrible nurse, one of my patients always tells me what a wonderful nurse I am.

I DO make a difference.

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Every time my sister leaves me a voicemail, she sings that stupid cheese-ball song. :) EVERYone I talk to seems to think that rn's are in shortage and I can get a job anyway. They don't believe me when I tell them otherwise. Oh well.

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rn/writer - very good post. :up:

I like the commercial I saw about nurse educators. It is true - there are parts of my teachers that stay with me forever. Even with little simple things like don't throw dirty laundry on the floor.

This is a great PR campaign for nursing although I agree the song is cheesy. :coollook:

steph

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Specializes in Oncology.

I'm not annoyed by the commercial - but honestly I laugh my butt off when the dramatic "You're a nurse, you make a difffferrreence!" comes on. I know I make a difference, but it's overdramatic. I can't think of myself as a hero or anything like that for my career choice, and I get subtle hints of that from the commercial.

Nothing too bad in this though. I actually smile whenever people ask me about medical things or talk to me about healthcare (omg why does everyone want to talk to nurses about healthcare?) and I like when they tell me that I make a difference. Nursing is definitely a profession where you can impact your patient, either for the better or the worse - up to you.

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On the one hand it is annoying. But any publicity about nursing is good publicity, don't you think?

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Do a little research and and avoid emotional postings. Once you see where the current nursing shortage really does exist and where it will be in 10 and 15 years, you will be shocked.

The most critical shortage is nursing faculty. I know because I am a professor and a member of my college faculty hiring committee. The last two years have left us with faculty shortages because we can't find qualified faculty to hire. Sure there are lots of applicant, but few that any student would want in the classroom or clinical. That means that another clinical group or two worth of students can't enter the program. The last research I read which may be out of date stated that the average age of nursing faculty was 55 years old. Think about that.

Our current economic situation drew many nurses back into the workforce. Once the economy is back on its feet, many of those nurses will leave the workforce. Remember they already had left the workforce once. Then what will the faculty shortage be like?

I am not proposing any solutions but rather a dose of reality.

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I'm not really annoyed by the commercial itself, but the music is extremely cheesy.

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Specializes in Orthopaedic Nursing; Geriatrics.

I feel proud everytime I hear that commercial! And I have been a nurse for 37 years and still going strong!

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