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Just wanted to let everyone know that NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams is doing a story about nurses TONIGHT.

It was more informative than that DREADFUL Johnson &Johnson commercial, playing that revolting song.

While they didnt offer any answers to the shortage (which isnt their job to do) its good that they are reporting the real facts though obvious to us nurses is not to the general public. Perhaps more public awarness will spark some federal help if pressure is applied by the public more once they understand they are affected by this as well.

That's true, you have to consider the audience. Most national network news is more like "McNews." You get little bites, kind of tasty, but not a lot of substance. If it was enough to cause Joe Sixpack to say to his wife, "Hey honey, did you know there's a nursing shortage?" then it did its job.

You want serious analysis, then you need something like the "McNeil-Lehrer Report."

It was more informative than that DREADFUL Johnson &Johnson commercial, playing that revolting song.

Thank goodness they seem to have died off. I felt like I needed to mainline a liter of insulin after seeing one of those commercials.

It was more informative than that DREADFUL Johnson &Johnson commercial, playing that revolting song.

:lol2:

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Thank goodness they seem to have died off. I felt like I needed to mainline a liter of insulin after seeing one of those commercials.

Make mine a double!

Laughing out loud, here....TOO FUNNY!

Specializes in Case Management, Home Health, UM.
That's true, you have to consider the audience. Most national network news is more like "McNews." You get little bites, kind of tasty, but not a lot of substance. If it was enough to cause Joe Sixpack to say to his wife, "Hey honey, did you know there's a nursing shortage?" then it did its job.

You want serious analysis, then you need something like the "McNeil-Lehrer Report."

The last decent TV program in my memory which actually addressed the day-to-day problems of nurses (even back in 1979-1980) was "Nurse", based on the book by Peggy Anderson. Though it and Michael Learned (a WONDERFUL actress) received critical acclaim, the network cancelled it after less than two seasons because of (you guessed it): poor ratings.

No blood and guts...no money for the corporations who run the networks.

My money is also on PBS, reesern. Most excellent.

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here is the link if anyone misses it. the statistics they shares were scary 1 in 7 new nurses quit due to the demands of the job:o

so what was the point of the story yes there still is a nursing shortage, yes each year qualified applicants are turned away, yes nurses do not want to teach beacause they can make more elsehwhere, so what is going to be done about it?

http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?f=00&g=db25009f-785a-4295-97c1-f104bde09c6f&p=hotvideo_m_edpicks&t=m5&rf=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/&fg=

exactly! they reported that 1 in 7 nurses quit, but they didn't talk about why.

and yes, the did say the nursing shortage will have a negative affect on patient care, but how many stupid lawsuits later will they finally figure out that nurses are being asked to do the impossible? until administration actually takes responsibility for this, it will be nurses who will blamed.

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