Not getting it as nurses- the view

[luv2]

Dear Whoopi Goldberg, Michelle Collins, Raven Simone, Joy Behar and the View,

Do you think we get it now as nurses? I hope you get it and actually comprehend no longer is it okay to verbally diminish this profession. Nurses' are harassed, bullied, portrayed as being idiots in the media. The platform that you guys have is powerful, but it is not being used to build someone up instead you attempted to tear this profession down. I totally believe in the first amendment. However, you guys have made the attempt to discredit my profession. If you walked in the shoe of just a nurse” for one day your attitude of us not getting it" would change. I originally was not going to comment because I know they have a right to their opinions. However, I replayed the video multiple times to ensure I heard what they stated clearly. When does a nurse that decided to share a personal experience with a patient equivalent someone reading his or her email”? Followed by give the doctor their stethoscope back it is not okay nor will ever be okay.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

There are quite a few of these threads about The View and nurses. . . .. maybe we should meld them all together into one?

[luv2]

okay, but I really want to know how people respond to the View potentially being cancelled.

[AJJKRN]

We can be frustrated and lash out all we want too but who out there has tried to be a guest speaker on the view to educate the cast and the public at large? I chalk this up to just plain ignorance that feeds into other societal issues such as prejudice (against what or whom...welp take your pick). I wish it wasn't true but as smart as we are as humans, we can be pretty damn ignorant at times too!

[luv2]

Thank-you for expressing your view( excuse the pun) there is apart of me that agree with your statement. However, we as nurses we are natural born advocates and educators should the View be cancelled I am not sure yet that is why I started this thread to vote and express their concern and see the View beyond those comments.

[roser13, ASN, RN]

Thank-you for expressing your view( excuse the pun) there is apart of me that agree with you statement. However, we as nurses we are natural born advocates and educators should the View be cancelled I am not sure yet that is why I started this thread to vote and express their concern and see the View beyond those comments.

If we are "natural born advocates and educators" (and my opinion is that we are educated to be those things), then we should move on from a couple of idiotic, uneducated statements. We should use our skills (natural or attained), our time, and our energy to work on our own profession in an organized manner.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Although I have never watched The View, it has been on the air continuously since August 1997. People can shout for its cancellation all they want, but the program will not be cancelled as long as it attracts millions of viewers daily.

High viewership translates into a show that will stay on the air for many years to come. The nurses who continue to gripe about Behar and Collins are giving the program free publicity and ensuring it stays on the air. Controversy sells.

Positivity and uplifting messages do not sell. Negativity, on the other hand, sells. The hosts of The View have tapped into a certain demographic and are giving them what they want: brashness, negativity, mean-spirited criticism and crudeness.

Apparently, their formula has been working for nearly two decades.

Also, other professions are heavily criticized but do not publicly get their panties in a wad. Lawyers are often referred to as scum and bottom-feeders. Teachers are criticized as dumb and having the lowest test scores out of all college majors. Pollsters are often referred to as liars.

Do you hear these people griping about the mean comments people say about them? NO. However, the reaction from the nursing community is reflective of our insecurity as a profession IMHO.

[elkpark]

Every time something like this happens, there are a bunch of threads here in which a bunch of nurses start hyperventilating, getting righteously indignant, and demanding that people get fired. IMO, it just makes us look silly, petty, and defensive to get so whipped up every time someone does not act as impressed with nurses as we would like. I say just consider the source and move on.

[luv2]

I am disappointed by those comments because they hurt. There was never a formal apology. I feel as though they tried to brush it off. (I will try to attach the videos in my next comment). I know who I am as a nurse however the way we as R.N are portrayed in the media is HORRIBLE. The View is an amazing platform but they tried to discredit us as nurses. That is why I am disappointed and hurt. By the way We are working together to build up our profession with websites like this that gives a platform to express ourselves as healthcare providers.

[luv2]

I partially agree with your comments about the way other professions are treated. Is it okay to turn the other cheek? I am not not sure. That why I ask this poll question. I want us to decide from a place of gathering the facts and discussing thing as as educated professionals.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

When does a nurse that decided to share a personal experience with a patient equivalent someone reading his or her email”?

Although I think Miss Colorado makes an excellent spokesperson for the nursing profession, I also have a hunch that the 'personal experience' she shared regarding the Alzheimer's patient was partially or totally fabricated.

She received her RN license a few weeks ago and has no real work experience as a nurse, so I think the conversation is a figment of a vivid imagination.

However, I'll reiterate that she would be an outstanding spokesperson for the nursing profession. She's smart and articulate. Moreover, the public tends to pay more attention to what's being spoken when the speaker is a conventionally attractive person such as Kelley Johnson.

[luv2]

As a nurse in a hospital the View is on when I walk into my my pts room. We as a community of educated professionals are not hyperventilating nor getting righteously indignant. We are verbalizing our concerns. This is why I started the poll and this thread.