Heart Attack Grill press coverage featuring the Center for Nursing Advocacy

May 2, 2007 -- Our campaign to convince the Heart Attack Grill in Tempe, Arizona, to discontinue its use of "naughty nurse" waitress uniforms has received international press coverage.

CNN's Headline News covered the story on Nov. 9. The CNN piece was a rebroadcast of the story done on the ABC News 15 (Phoenix), which ran on October 27, 2006. See the CNN clip in Quicktime hi-band or low-band and Windows media hi-band or low-band. Also see the East Valley Tribune (Arizona) article on this issue by Nicole Beyer entitled "Pretend nurses in skimpy outfits raise ire."

On Dec. 8, 2006, an Associated Press story by Amanda Lee Myers was printed in countless newspapers across the globe including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Times of India, the Taipei Times and Canada.com.

The story was covered on the ABC News television show 20/20 with John Stossel on November 17, 2006 (article or film clip).

It was covered on Geraldo-at-Large on December 18, 2006. See the clip in Quicktime (broadband or dial-up); or Windows Media Player (broadband or dial-up).

The Baltimore Sun covered the article Nov. 16, 2006. Versions of the Baltimore Sun story have also run in major newspapers nationwide, including Dallas-Fort Worth's Star Telegram and Bloomington, Indiana's Herald Times on Nov. 18, 2006; the Miami Herald, the Olympian (Washington state) and the Knoxville News Sentinel on Nov. 19; the Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill News & Observer on Nov. 20; the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Sun News, the Tacoma, Washington News Tribune and the Nashua (New Hampshire) Telegraph on Nov. 23; and the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune on Nov. 24, 2006.

NBC 12 (Phoenix) News covered the story on Oct. 30, 2006 in the piece "Scantily-clad waitresses in Tempe raise concerns" by Syleste Rodriguez, or in footage: Quicktime high or low; Windows Media high or low.

The Center's executive director was featured on the Chip Franklin show on WBAL radio (Baltimore) Nov. 16, 2006. KFYI news radio had Sandy Summers, the Center's executive director as a guest on the Joe Crummy show for an hour on Dec. 11, 2006. She also appeared on a KIRO talk radio news show in Seattle on Dec. 8, 2006 for 30 minutes. The Free-Market News Network covered the story on Nov. 13, 2006. It was covered by the Arizona Republic on Nov. 30, 2006.

The Arizona State University Web Devil covered the story on March 8, 2007. The Washington Times reported on it on May 2, 2007.