An Open Letter From a Nurse to "The View"

[Yorkiemom1]

It never ceases to amaze me how insignificant idiots, who have no idea what they are talking about, open their huge, misinformed mouths and laugh and insult people not "as blessed" as they think they are.

I am compelled to reproduce a wonderful response, very well worded, from a fellow nurse, to the insignificant dribble on "The View". I sincerely pray I would BE THERE one day, when Joy Behar has the unfortunate opportunity to wake up, flat on her back in a Shock Room in a Major Medical Center, staring up into the faces of those people keeping her ungrateful self alive...or in a CVICU or a MICU, or a NICU, depending on what unfortunate event has drug her cocky butt and put her at the mercy of the nurses she smirked and insulted and laughed at, when that beautiful nurse did her talent, her tribute, her speech during the beauty pagent, in her nursing scrubs, with her stethoscope around her neck....and that petty, insignificant Joy Behar laughed at, sneered at, curling that stinky upper lip into almost a disguisted snarl, and insulted that contestant who is first and foremost A NURSE.....the tribute follows.....

"An Open Letter to Joy Behar

As many of you have seen, Miss Colorado delivered a beautifully spoken monologue about nursing during last week’s Miss America pageant. Recently, on The View as the pageant was discussed, Miss Colorado’s scrubs were referred to as a costume, and Joy posed the question of why she was wearing a “doctor’s stethoscope.” Below is my now calmed down reply to all of it. Additionally, I would like to personally and publicly congratulate Kelley Johnson RN on her chosen talent, it is one that will reward you forever.

Dear Joy Behar,

A beautiful woman in a beauty pageant put on baggy clothes and humbly walked across the stage to talk proudly about her career, and her passion for caring for other human beings, and the only thing you and your co hosts could muster in response were insults grounded in ignorance.

Rather than being offended or getting angry, I will instead, take a moment to teach.

I am a big believer that the first step in resolving ignorance is education. So allow me, for a moment, to educate you.

The stethoscope is a medical device used to auscultate (that means listen to) the inner workings of your patient. (read; heart, lungs, and bowel)

Doctors do this when they examine their patient.

So does the Respiratory Therapist.

The Physician Assistant.

The Nurse Practitioner.

And the Nurse.

The average patient in the hospital will be examined by their doctor every 24 hours. The Respiratory Therapist likely stops by at least every eight hours. And the nurse, she or he is probably in the room hourly, with that stethoscope on the chest and abdomen at least every four hours. In the ICU this occurs hourly, at minimum.
By unwritten laws of use-equals-ownership, it seems to me that maybe it should be called a nurse’s stethoscope.
But that isn’t necessary, because in the hospital we know how to share. We know that we each play a role in taking care of that patient, and as a result, we just call it a stethoscope.
I encourage you and your cohosts on the View to learn more about nurses and to teach your viewers the same. To begin, there are close to 3 million of us in America. By numbers, we make up the largest proportion of the health care team. Well over half of us are women, although this trend is quickly changing.
Remember how I said the doctor may only see a patient once in a 24 hour period? They are able to do that because they can trust the nurses to assess (there’s that stethoscope again) in their absence, and alert them of any issues that may arise. If you have questions when the doctor leaves the room, your nurse will answer. If you are afraid your father is disoriented when you leave each evening, don’t worry, the nurse and the nursing assistants will gladly keep him calm, comfortable, and safe.
Your hospitalized child is suddenly unable to breathe? Gasping, coughing? Don’t worry, the nurse will listen, the respiratory therapist will listen. The doctor, will run from near, or maybe very far; to assist and make a plan. But while they are on their way, you will be very glad someone else in the room knows how to use that stethoscope!

A woman in a beauty pageant put on baggy clothes and walked on stage to talk about her job, and all that a woman who is paid to sit at a table and gab could come up with was insults.
That wasn’t a sad moment for nurses. It was a sad moment for women, and I for one, am embarrassed, not angry. As a supposed advocate for women, I just ask that you learn and you choose your words more carefully before attempting to degrade and minimize the work of millions.
Because despite your lack of understanding and your silly remark, we will be ok.
Because like other formerly quiet groups in America, we nurses are finally finding our voice.
We are the people who not only listen to the heartbeat of people you love, but it is our work that personifies the heartbeat that America was built on, exemplifying the caring, compassion, and selflessness that we need more of in this country.
This is our voice, and there are 3 million of us that you will not be able to keep quiet.

Warm wishes,

Kateri

[Wylie's Mom]

Joy is a great comedian, but she most definitely went awry on this one, big time!

[maxdog]

[Cherie6446]

This is why I NEVER watch daytime TV. I watch the news stations during the day - Fox, CNN, HLN.

[yorkiemini]

To yorkiemom1:
Beautifully, intelligently, and maturely said!
I, too, would like to be there at the bedside when she opens her eyes
But we know she would receive the best and most compasionate care regardless of whatever stupid thing she may have done to get herself there.

Well said. You are always so "right on"!

[yorkiemini]

Did you see that Johnson & Johnson and Egglands Best both pulled their advertising support from The View

So glad to see that support for nurses and recognition of The View actors inappropriate behavior!

[Yorkiemom1]

I saw that! I hope MORE companies stand up for what is right.....and The View getting a whole bunch of nursing school students to gather around them in this phony show of love, respect, and support, is nauseating. The View can donate a large sum of money to the National Nursing Association.....or, keeping it close to home, donate to the Nursing Association in California....

These idiots have split their britches and I have no doubt, this will blow over and be forgotten....but ONE of these days, every one of those shallow women will wake up in a hospital, deathly ill, looking up at A NURSE....and I can only pray that THEY remember what stupid nonsense they said, remember the nurse they publicly tried to humiliate and ridicule and make a joke of......because I can promise you, the NURSE standing over them, probably keeping them alive, will not hold their stupidity against them.

[Lilah Charm]

Originally Posted by yorkiemini

Did you see that Johnson & Johnson and Egglands Best both pulled their advertising support from The View

So glad to see that support for nurses and recognition of The View actors inappropriate behavior!

That is awesome! I am so glad those companies took a stand and pulled their support. I am thoroughly disgusted.