{"id":16102,"date":"2015-09-19T08:02:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T15:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=16102"},"modified":"2015-09-19T14:07:20","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T21:07:20","slug":"why-does-she-have-a-doctors-stethoscope-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/19\/why-does-she-have-a-doctors-stethoscope-on\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhy Does She Have a Doctor\u2019s Stethoscope On?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of you are aware that “The View’s”<\/em> Joy Behar<\/strong> (who I generally like) and her sidekick Michelle Collins<\/strong> are having trouble speaking due to their feet being firmly planted in their mouths for mocking Kelly Johnson<\/strong>, a valedictorian RN and Miss Colorado<\/em><\/strong>.  Nurse Johnson chose, as her talent in last Sunday’s Miss America contest, to give a passionate monologue about her caring for a patient with Alzheimer’s while dressed in her purple scrubs with a stethoscope draped over her neck.<\/p>\n

\"Nurse_Miss-America-Colorado_Doctor-Stethoscope\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Michelle Collins explained<\/a>: “She came out in a nurse's uniform and basically read her emails out loud and shockingly did not win."<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

And very unwisely, Joy Behar elected to incredulously add: “Why does she have a doctor’s stethoscope on?”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(As a physician who has routinely and repeatedly relied on the training, experience, wisdom and professionalism of countless nurses – it gives me the heebie-jeebies<\/em> to even type that.)<\/p>\n

Well, the reaction from both nurses and the rest of us (and that means EVERY ONE OF US) who rely on nurses was swift and fierce.  I think the statement by the American Nurses Association President<\/a>, Pamela F. Cipriano<\/strong>, addresses the issue the best:<\/p>\n

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Each and every day, the nation’s 3.4 million registered nurses provide expert, high-quality and compassionate care, as well as dedicated leadership from the bedside to the boardroom.  We are the frontline caregivers, 24 hours, 7 days a week, who are with individuals from birth, throughout their lifespan and at the end of life.…  That's why it was disturbing when Joy Behar used her national platform and influence to mock Miss America contestant Kelley Johnson for wearing a “doctor's stethoscope” while performing a dramatic monologue about her experience as a registered nurse during the pageant's talent competition, as if Johnson were wearing a costume.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nurses don't wear costumes, they save lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Nurse Cipriano is much more gracious than I am:<\/p>\n

\"Nurse_Miss-America-Colorado_Doctor-Stethoscope_02\"<\/a><\/p>\n

To her credit, Joy Behar did offer a sincere apology<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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BEHAR: I was looking at a Miss America tape, and there’s a woman wearing an outfit with a stethoscope, and I’m thinking is she in a costume?  It's not like I was trying to be funny. It was just stupid and inattentive. I didn't know what the hell <\/em>I was talking about.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Probably like you, I’m looking forward to TC<\/strong> sharing his thoughts on nurses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many of you are aware that “The View’s” Joy Behar (who I generally like) and her sidekick Michelle Collins are having trouble speaking due to their feet being firmly planted in their mouths for mocking Kelly Johnson, a valedictorian RN and Miss Colorado.  Nurse Johnson chose, as her talent in last Sunday’s Miss America contest, […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}