Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

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OK, there are a lot of people at work saying that at some time Hillary Clinton said that nurses pay is way too high and that they are just glorified baby sitters. Has any one else heard this. I've looked at may sights on her and can't find it. If she did say that, it needs to be made known. Nurses are a large voting population. I hope for her sake she didn't say that. Is that part of her medical reform plan ? :bugeyes::idea::o:angryfire :pumpiron:

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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

i have heard that statement .. but i can't find where it came from either... does anyone know?? one of the doctors at work said hillary said that nurses will have pay cuts and we will be working for min wage if she gets elected. of course the doc is on vaction now so i can't ask him... hillary needs to walk a day in our shoes...

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I'm not interested enough in this type of ridiculous smear campaign to do any research, but it does seem highly unlikely that the American Nurses' Association would have endorsed her for President, which they have done, if she had actually said anything of the sort ...

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No. This has been discussed here and no one has yet to provide a citation of the actual quote.

https://allnurses.com/forums/f8/u-s-nursing-salary-changes-269837.html

https://allnurses.com/forums/2632163-post1.html

Something tells me if she did say such a thing, the ANA wouldn't have endorsed her candidacy.

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Specializes in ER, Infusion therapy, Oncology.
I'm not interested enough in this type of ridiculous smear campaign to do any research, but it does seem highly that the American Nurses' Association would have endorsed her for President, which they have done, if she had actually said anything of the sort ...

How do you know it is a "ridiculous smear campaign" if you do not bother to research it? Just because she was endorsed by the American Nurses' Association does not mean that she did not make the comment. It could have been done after the endorsement. Maybe her true colors are coming out. :innerconf

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Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg, Peds, ICU, Tele.

I think Arnold in Calif made some disparaging remarks, if I'm not mistake.

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

No candidate in their right mind would say that -- no candidate of either party. It would be foolish to act on such a rumor, or to spread it unless more information is provided.

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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.
How do you know it is a "ridiculous smear campaign" if you do not bother to research it? Just because she was endorsed by the American Nurses' Association does not mean that she did not make the comment. It could have been done after the endorsement. Maybe her true colors are coming out. :innerconf

maybe so i emailed her headquaters in nY asking her .. i doubt she'll even read it.. i wonder if her true colors are showing.. i wish i could find that comment... i have been searching the web ,, it maybe true .. who knows... i agree just because she is endorsed by the ana dosen't mean she didn't say it...

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Specializes in ob/gyn med /surg.

maybe it is part of her medical reform plan.. will we be like a european country ?? and don't the nurses in a european country get paid less?? i hope i don't cause hard feelings.. maybe thats what she ment.. please forgive my ignorance...but i guess i'm trying to figure out what she's talking about.... if thats what she's talking about... i thought this becase they have health care for all... thank you all in advance...

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How do you know it is a "ridiculous smear campaign" if you do not bother to research it? Just because she was endorsed by the American Nurses' Association does not mean that she did not make the comment. It could have been done after the endorsement. Maybe her true colors are coming out. :innerconf

The allegation was floating around long before the recent ANA endorsement. There have been a few threads on this board already discussing it and, as EG pointed out, no one has ever come up with an actual source/citation for the supposed comment -- and I'm quite confident the ANA would have done its homework before making a public commitment to her. I also agree with llg that no candidate of either party, whatever s/he believed in her/his heart of hearts, would be so stupid as to make such a comment in public.

I'm always suprised that anyone takes these sorts of allegations seriously.

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I wouldn't doubt if something she said was taken out of context and printed.

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that if our salaries were decreased, the nursing shortage would reach disastrous proportions as many of us would leave the profession in utter disgust.

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Specializes in LTC, Med/Surg, Peds, ICU, Tele.

I wouldn't be surprised if proponents of universal healthcare wanted nursing wages to go down. This is a very real problem. Nursing care is a huge expense for hospitals and other healthcare entities.

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