Regis's view of nurses - after open heart surgery

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I don't normally watch TV in the mornings, that is when my son gets his fix:rotfl: However, hubby was off Friday, so I went to the gym earlier than usual. Tuned my headphones in to Regis and Kelly because he was on the phone with her. While I can't remember word for word how he said it, the basic gist was:

Kelly: So how were the doctors and the nurses? Were you happy with them?

Regis: I had an excellent surgical team, they are the same surgeons who did open heart on Dave Letterman and Larry King. But, the nurses, they are the ones that are there for you. The doctors come in and leave, but in the middle of the night, it is the nurse that is the one there caring for you when you need it the most. I hope they find a lot of satisfaction in what they do.

I have to tell ya, it brought tears to my eyes. Almost yelled "YES" right then and there.:nurse:

Specializes in OB.

Reminds me of the times when I get questioned by the families of my labor patients in the OB. "When do you call the doctor to come?" When the head is almost crowning. "What if he doesn't make it?" Then I will deliver it. "Does he still get paid for delivering it or do you?" :rolleyes: :lol2:

They're always surprised by how little the doctor is actually present!

:lol2:

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One night a FP doc was sitting with us in the ER when the OB clerk called and frantically said "We need Dr. R--- right away!" He took off like a shot, with me close on his heels. We ran into one of the rooms and he said "What happened?"

Laughing nurse: "We had a baby!"

Very tired mom (in Spanish), pointing to nurse and talking to Dr. R: "You have to pay her!"

True story!!

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He has a more enlightened view than his airhead dipstick of a co-host.

and in the past year kelly did tons of commercials for cooper trauma center in nj. her pic is all over the hospital!

i hope they take every one of them down! she's a disgrace!

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Specializes in Corrections, Cardiac, Hospice.

:angryfire OH MY GOSH!!! I am just horrified! This is so far off what I thought the replys would be on this topic. I don't understand why all the hatred for Kelley Ripa. Ofcourse, she has made some stupid remarks about nurses. Let me guess, nobody making these remarks about her have ever said something they later regretted? Made a joke that was in poor taste, then later realized it and wanted to hide your head? The difference is, she is on national TV and can't just wait for things to blow over. Come on, labeling her as stupid because she is blonde? Name calling? This is the same awful stereotyping your accusing her of doing. She may not be well informed, but this is the perfect opportunity to discuss how REGIS'S opinion of nurses has changed since he was in the hospital. Sure, I bet his nurse did have an "easier" assignment because of who he is...but that doesn't change the fact that he was appreciative of the care given. We keep discussing our education level and how we want to be treated as the professionals that we are, then revert to high school gossip and drama about a woman we never even met? I am very disappointed about this, is it any wonder why some see us in a poor light?

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Natural blondes are not that stupid.

THANK YOU TAZZI!!!!! I am a natural blonde, and I do get a little tired of the jokes...usually they don't bother me, but you know how there's always that one person who has to tell you a blonde joke EVERY DAY.....

I'm not that upset about what Kelly said - I think she was just playing around with Regis and that's fine. However, now that Regis has been in the hospital and recieved his 1:1 care, they could really use that as a stepping stone to show what nurses really do. (Though, if they do, I hope they don't show how famous people get treated at the hospital - I want them to show how it really is!!!) It's time that the public really knew what we do. It's because of the poor image of nurses that we see on TV that people actually believe that all nurses are good for is sponge baths and pills. They don't realize that "pushing pills" is so much more than just opening a package - and I don't think they ever will know, especially with the media's portrayal of nurses.

I like the CNN story about the docs, and now I think it IS nurses' turn! Docs aren't always right - how often have you called and specifically asked them for something? Example - I called the intern on call the other night because my pt who was on chemo was having nausea and the compazine wasn't working. I said "can we have zofran?" He said, "sure". I said, "4mg IV?" Sure. "How often?" Q6 prn. "Great, thanks". Pt was very happy that I did that because the zofran worked like a dream.

Or how about once when I called the intern (and I was a new grad at the time) because a pt who was on 8mg of dilaudid PO q4h was unable to swallow pills any more. "He can't swallow pills anymore. Can we change the dilaudid to IV?"

"Sure."

"How much?"

"Just change it to IV."

"Yes, I understand, but how much?"

"He was on 8mg PO, right?

"Right."

"Then give him 8mg IV."

"Ummm, I don't want to kill him."

"What do you mean?"

"IV and PO dilaudid are not equivalent. I was expecting you to say 1 or 2 mg. Do you have your conversion chart?"

"Just do whatever you want and put my name on it."

Methinks he was a bit embarassed. But nurses do stuff like that every day (not like pharmacy wouldn't have caught that or whatever, I'm just saying that docs aren't always right, and nurses help with a lot of stuff. And it's stuff like that that makes it very difficult for me to spoon feed a pt who is perfectly capable of doing for themself...but they think I have time for that, because all we do is fluff pillows and give sponge baths, right???

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:angryfire OH MY GOSH!!! I am just horrified! This is so far off what I thought the replys would be on this topic. I don't understand why all the hatred for Kelley Ripa. Ofcourse, she has made some stupid remarks about nurses. Let me guess, nobody making these remarks about her have ever said something they later regretted? Made a joke that was in poor taste, then later realized it and wanted to hide your head?

No, no.......the first time she said it, it was a joke in poor taste. She, however, did not hide her head. She said it again after his surgery!!!! That's not poor taste in jokes, that is just plain stupid!!

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Miko, every natural blonde I know is intelligent, witty, fun, etc.

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Specializes in m/s, icu.

i missed the whole regis-kelly thing.... what exactly did kelly say?

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Specializes in Rehab, Med Surg, Home Care.

Don't malign the blond-OR the blind. Kelly is just clueless, all on her own. Obviously her mouth bypasses her brain; no matter how inappropriate the comment it's OK if it gets her a cheap laugh. :angryfire

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Anne, she made jokes about getting in her nursey-poo outfit and giving Regis a sponge bath. If you go to the first page of this thread and click on the link in one of the posts, you can read the whole thing.

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I have long been a firm believer in the idea that the longer people bleach their hair blonde, the dumber they are.......everytime they open a bottle the fluid is replaced with brain cells. Natural blondes are not that stupid.

Natural blondes get older and grayer and have to "open the bottle" . . . . .:wink2:

The whole thing about blondes is a stereotype - and of course I laugh at blonde jokes and tell them but come on folks - there is no correlation between dumb and blonde - look at Rosie . . . uninformed and mean spirited too boot.

steph

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Miko, every natural blonde I know is intelligent, witty, fun, etc.

You hit the nail on the head, lol! Thanks!

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