Deal or No Deal - Naughty Nurse

[Pepper The Cat]

below is an email i received from the registered nurses association of ontario - rnao. i am appalled and have sent in my message. i urge you all to join me!

action alert: rnao says no deal about the inappropriate depiction of"nurses" on prime time television oct 22, 2007backgroundit recently came to rnao's attention that the show deal or no deal isplanning to air a "naughty nurse" themed episode on wednesday, oct. 22,2008.

the episode will have a contestant who is a nurse and the show'smodels will be wearing short, revealing dresses that show gravedisrespect for the nursing profession. what rnao has doneon tuesday, oct 21, 2008, rnao president wendy fucile and rnao executivedirector doris grinspun wrote to the producers of deal or no deal andasked that they issue a public apology to nurses and the nursingprofession and that they never re-run this episode again in the future.

to read the letter, please click here:http://www.rnao.org/storage/45/3958_deal_or_no_deal_-_oct._22_2008_episode.pdf

what you can do:

send a letter to the producers of the show through our website on theform provided below. you can also send a letter through the nbc websitehere: http://www.nbc.com/footer/contact_us/

to send the letter through the nbc website, select deal or no deal whereit says "select show".

you may wish to copy this sample letter, or modify it as you wish. please make sure you sign your name and rn titleat the bottom of the letter. to send a letter through our website, please click here:http://www.rnao.org/page.asp?pageid=122&contentid=2639&sitenodeid=403&bl_expandid=

[fins]

Let me think. I know offhand six nurses that have banged married docs that they work with. I see thongs sticking out of scrubs. There are T-shirts painted on that don't meet the scrub bottoms. When I go to conferences, the docs are ALL in suits, but a good portion of the nurses are in jeans and flip-flops. Yeah, nursing's image problem is Howie Mandel's fault.

[sarita279]

I believe there are a few simplistic responses here. First-Do I believe this single episode will directly cause a person to think, "nurses are silly sexpots"? No. But as I've said in a previous post, all these historical images and outdated conceptions of nursing add up.

Second-certainly I have many more important things to worry about in life. Does this mean this topic matter should not have any importance? No. We are capable of caring about and actively responding to many things in life. We can multi-task...we are nurses afterall.

[wooh, BSN, RN]

I believe there are a few simplistic responses here. First-Do I believe this single episode will directly cause a person to think, "nurses are silly sexpots"? No. But as I've said in a previous post, all these historical images and outdated conceptions of nursing add up.

Second-certainly I have many more important things to worry about in life. Does this mean this topic matter should not have any importance? No. We are capable of caring about and actively responding to many things in life. We can multi-task...we are nurses afterall.

Absolutely agree. It's not one episode of Deal or No Deal. Just like it's not one episode of House or Grey's or ER or Scrubs. And it's not one silly commercial. But add them all up, and those little images and visuals are in the public's mind.

And yep, I can worry about that right along with worrying about paying my mortgage and peace in the Middle East.:)

[khughes53]

I missed that one, was their costumes what upset you?

[khughes53]

With you being a man, I'm sure you haven't had a pervy old man grab your breasts while demanding a "sponge bath" or demand you hold his member while he "uses the urinal". Forgive me but after enduring that sort of degrading nonsense, I'm not wanting to be associated with a stereotype that would perform those services for pervy guys like him.

I can't believe you have had to endure things like this in the nursing profession, my hats off to you professionals!

[cherrybreeze, ADN, RN]

Let me think. I know offhand six nurses that have banged married docs that they work with. I see thongs sticking out of scrubs. There are T-shirts painted on that don't meet the scrub bottoms. When I go to conferences, the docs are ALL in suits, but a good portion of the nurses are in jeans and flip-flops. Yeah, nursing's image problem is Howie Mandel's fault.

I don't know where YOU work, but I can tell you I've never seen behavior like that from my colleagues. I've never heard ONCE about affairs with MD's, either. I've gotten hit on by a doc or two and blew him off, but that's the extent of it.

Getting upset about how we are portrayed doesn't mean we don't have "bigger things to worry about." Give me a break. I worked hard for my degree, and my license, and I work my @ss off every time I punch that clock. To perpetuate the image of nurses as whores is highly offensive to me, and I have plenty of other things to be concerned with. That doesn't make THIS okay.

I wouldn't expect a male nurse to understand why this is a problem, though.