Meet Miss Colorado 2015 (Kelley Johnson) - The Nurse Behind the Stethoscope

Over the past few weeks, the topic of the nursing profession has ranked among the top news stories. Why? Read about the person who sparked the conversation that keeps on growing. Nurses General Nursing Video Interview

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Brenda S

4 Posts

I have ALWAYS been proud of

my nursing profession too! Otherwise I would not have dedicated my lifetime to it or even been so excited about the overwhelming responses to this subject. I merely stated that coming together, supporting and letting all others know who we are, what we do and what won't be tolerated was something I had never seen and made me extremely proud

Nurse3000

60 Posts

Specializes in Aged, Palliative Care, Oncology.

She is lovely of course. all though the view ppl made a joke about it which evoked some nasty neg comments, it has given opportunity for important discussion to be had..

She is a true leader and that ought to be respected re all the hard work she is putting into community as well as all the other nurses docs and allied health. Amazing!!! Pats on the shoulder all!! lets build each other up even if initially it seems tough or we're tired... our right mind will allow us to this in right time and hone this skill of appreciation...

Nurse3000

60 Posts

Specializes in Aged, Palliative Care, Oncology.
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Specializes in Hospital medicine; NP precepting; staff education.

I think I've read and liked her posts but I don't know which is her.

Specializes in OR 35 years; crosstrained ER/ICU/PACU.

This was a great article to give us the chance to get to know Kelly. Her pageant monologue accomplished more then opening the public eyes to the importance & strengths of those of us in the Nursing profession; it brought us all together in a unified front to continue that education of the public. They need to know who actually physically performs most of the care on a daily basis for them! Yes, it's an old concept (I've been a nurse since 1976), but we ARE the eyes, ears, noses, & hands of the physicians! The other thing I see as being accomplished by the monologue, is that FINALLY a woman in a pageant isn't showing she's simply a good singer, musician, dancer, whatever, in the "Talent" phase of the contest. What a brilliant idea Kelly had to give a testament to the Nursing profession! What better talent to highlight, than that of a Nurse's intelligence & strength, caring & compassion, technical skills, passion, & devotion! It made her stand out from any other contestant's "song & dance" show. Bravo, Kelly - stay true to yourself, & stand shoulder-to-shoulder with us as we come together in the Profession to honor each other!

cubs fan

3 Posts

I, myself, have often told others not to use the word "just" when describing their role, whatever it was. Everyone who works in health care, from the nurses to housekeeping to dietary to transport--each has an important role.

I am so proud of what Kelly said and did. I often used to think about the talent portion of the pageant and knew it was something that so many young women's families could never support financially: music, dance, voice, etc lessons are expensive. Therefore, so many other deserving young American women could never make their way to the Miss America stage.

Being a nurse takes talent. And education. And experience. Intuition. Tact. I could go on and on, but know I am preaching to the choir here. The rewards I've gotten from nursing were not of the financial kind (a whole other topic) but have carried me through 40 years. I have never regretted my decision to become one and hope I have served the profession well.

OHNBJL

59 Posts

Kudos to you Kelly Johnson!!! Great monologue. That is in itself also a talent!! Your caring and compassion showed through as well as your sharp mind. You have only begun your nursing career but I'm positive that you will go far and make a difference in many patients lives. God Bless.

Ryn RN

49 Posts

Specializes in ER, ICU plus many other.

Yes it is quite amazing how nurses stood together!

AllieSparksRN

118 Posts

Specializes in my patients.

Nice read. Thanks for sharing :) .

elkpark

14,633 Posts

I'm clearly an outlier on this issue and I have nothing personally against Ms. Johnson, but I've just got to say that I don't think it benefits nursing in any way to have nursing associated with beauty pageants. If she wants to do the whole beauty pageant thing, that's fine, but I really wish she had just left nursing out of it.

Wish chesney victory.

Thanks for sharing your experience !

Its make me have a bigger dream as Nurse ^^

God Bless U