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Send a letter to Gillette's Tag Body Spray executivesSite

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… television commercial featuring an attractive, provocatively dressed "nurse" who develops "highly contagious lusty-nurse fever" and climbs into bed with the stunned male patient wearing the product. The ad reinforces the nurse-as-sex-maniac …

Send a letter to the University of Alberta Provost and Medical School DeanSite

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… rie: I am writing to ask that you take corrective measures to protect nurses and the public from the threats to nursing practice and patient wellbeing posed by the attitudes reflected in the "Nurses' Song" sung at the 2005 MedShow. I apprec …

Send a letter to the University of Alberta Provost and Medical School DeanSite

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… orted conduct of the University medical students responsible for the "Nurses' Song" at this year's "Medshow." We understand that the song included assertions that nurses were "wh*res" and "b*tches" whose "incompetence" threatened to "make o …

Send a letter to Bras n' ThingsSite

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… Bras 'n Things' general manager Cheryl Williams about their "naughty nurse" lingerie! To:* Subject:* A copy of our executive director's letter is below--feel free to use it. However, an original letter from you is more powerful. If you hav …

Send a letter to Bras n' ThingsSite

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… Bras 'n Things' general manager Cheryl Williams about their "naughty nurse" lingerie! To:* Subject:* A copy of our executive director's letter is below--feel free to use it. However, an original letter from you is more powerful. If you hav …

Send a letter to Off the Map!Site

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… ou to improve the poor portrayal of nursing on your show Off the Map. Nurses are highly skilled, autonomous professionals who play a central role in the care of patients, from remote clinics to elite hospitals. But the Off the Map episodes …

Send a letter to "House" television show!Site

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… ans doing it. But recent episodes have included troubling comments on nurses' autonomy and skill. In the November 7 "Que Sera Sera", a police officer pursues lead character Greg House for possible crimes related to his prescription drug abu …

Send a letter to "House" television show!Site

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… ans doing it. The May 15, 2007 episode ("The Jerk") did include a few nurse characters, but their complete dialogue was as follows: "Yes, doctor."; "Right away."; and "I was just trying to get a urine sample, and he went crazy!" These few l …

Send a letter to "House" television show!Site

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… ng the public's understanding of the profession. In general, the only nurse characters who appear (fleetingly) are mute servants or fearful bureaucrats. The physicians do virtually all patient monitoring, psychosocial care, patient advocacy …

Send a letter to "House" television show!Site

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… doing it. The February 13, 2007 episode ("Insensitive") did include a nurse character, Wendy. However, Wendy only enters the plot because she is the current girlfriend of House's underling physician Foreman. The important health care, as al …

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