Popular TV game show Family Feud repeatedly sexualizes nursing In survey questions, the highly-rated syndicated show Family Feud has urged the public to think of nurses as females who are mainly focused…
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Music critic Josiah Hughes interviews Truth leaders on the nursing image in pop music
August 28, 2018 – Today the Blink-155 podcast, which focuses on the pop-punk band blink-182, posted a long interview with Truth About Nursing leaders Sandy and Harry Summers. Hosted by Calgary (Alberta, Canada) music…
Fancy dresses and dead patients
U.K. hospital refuses £2,500 donation raised with naughty nurse stereotype But the BBC report about the “fancy dress” fundraising by Ludlow Hospital’s League of Friends mostly highlights the views of people who…
Kisses for cops
The Town Talk on a special thank you from nurses Some Louisiana nurses thanked local police for their service with “kisses for cops” – apparently just baskets of Hershey’s Kisses. But ideally…
Love heals all things
A message to nurses from Angel Williams, the woman at the center of the 2010 Dr. Oz naughty nurse segment January 28, 2018 — We recently received a phone call from Angel…
Ratched or Wretched?
Netflix Should Support Women, Not Damaging Stereotypes by MarySue Heilemann, RN, PhD, FAAN January 25, 2018 Dear Nurses and Allies, I’m writing because the Nurse Ratched show in development at Netflix has…
Angels and advocates
The nurses of Fox’s Red Band Society February 2015 — Fox’s Red Band Society was a teen hospital drama that featured three recurring nurse characters, each somewhat stereotypical, yet each displaying some…
All Types Welcome…to stereotype nursing!
Lionsgate exploits nursing, again, to promote blood drive for new film Jigsaw Lionsgate has promoted its popular Saw horror film franchise with blood drives, using posters exploiting the naughty and battle-axe stereotypes…
Nurses vs. Netflix: Protests over Ryan Murphy’s “Ratched”
For immediate release September 15, 2017 Contact: Sandy Summers 410-323-1100 office 443-253-3738 cell ssummers@truthaboutnursing.org Note: As of January 18, 2019, our new petition is located at: https://truthaboutnursing.salsalabs.org/nurse-ratched Hundreds of nurses have signed a…
American Horror Story: “Ratched”
Netflix and Ryan Murphy plan two-season TV origin story for one of the most damaging anti-nurse stereotypes in history September 7, 2017 – Today media sources reported that Netflix bought the new…
The doctor school dropout
NCIS: Los Angeles investigates nursing stereotypes October 23, 2016 – In tonight’s episode, the popular CBS drama NCIS: Los Angeles engaged briefly with some nursing stereotypes, especially those that apply to men…
She does very inappropriate things to kitten posters
The Middle toys with angel and battle-axe imagery October 2016 – Two recent episodes of the ABC sitcom The Middle included appearances by Holly, a nursing student who presented a mixed but…
Scary monsters and super creeps
Nurses and The Mindy Project May 2014 – On The Mindy Project (Fox), which focuses on a New York City obstetrics practice, all the characters are odd and silly. But the physicians…
Inmate or nurse?
Boys & Girls Club billboards spark debate in Cleveland November 2014 — Since at least September, The Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland have been running a billboard ad campaign featuring photos…
All the costumes
Subway’s naughty nurse Halloween ad is not so fresh October 2014 — A new television ad for Subway uses a naughty nurse costume, among others, to encourage U.S. customers to dine at…