| A couple of years ago, Baltimore's Center
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| | Many nurses I know endure nightmarish
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| for Nursing Advocacy started a
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| | schedules, working 26 weekends and five
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| letter-writing campaign against NBC and
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| | holidays a year. Nurses also face serious
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| the producers of ER. This group was
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| | on-the-job risks, such as bloodborne
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| protesting the episode where a central
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| | pathogens, latex allergies and back
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| character, nurse Abby Lockhart (actress
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| | injuries from those long shifts pounding
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| Maura Tierney), chucked her nursing
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| | hospital floors and doing more lifting
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| career to go to medical school. The
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| | with less help. Isn't it ironic that the
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| Baltimore group claims the TV show "is
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| | injured and disabled are treating the
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| perpetuating long-standing
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| | sick? No wonder nursing numbers are
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| misrepresentations that are contributing
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| | shrinking.
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| to the nursing shortage."
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| | Speaking of disabilities, just look
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| Never mind the fact that ER - watched by
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| | around at how many nurses smoke, drink
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| 20 million viewers - is far from reality
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| | and are overweight. Such symptoms of
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| television. The notion that the show is
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| | intense stress occur when people have too
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| contributing to the nursing shortage is
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| | little time to properly care even for
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| simply untrue. This TV program could
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| | themselves.
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| depict nursing as the most glamorous
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| | Nurses are finding their own answers to
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| career on the planet and real nurses
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| | these dilemmas. According to an American
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| would still be leaving their hospital
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| | Nursing Association (ANA) poll, almost
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| jobs in droves.
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| | 19% of nurses do not work in clinical
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| Nurses are quitting because they are
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| | nursing. A study by the Center for Health
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| understaffed, underappreciated,
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| | Outcomes and Policy Research reveals more
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| underinsured, underpaid and
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| | than 20% of hospital registered nurses
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| under-you-name-it. Most nurses complain
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| | plan to leave their jobs in the next
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| about the lack of respect from doctors.
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| | year.
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| Sure you hear about record-breaking
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| | The significant development is not the
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| salaries and bonuses, but compared to
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| | fact that nurses are leaving or even why
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| whose record? At an average pay of $22 an
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| | they're leaving - that's obvious. The
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| hour, nurses are still among the
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| | news is where they are going. When nurses
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| lowest-paid professionals in this
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| | aren't valued in one arena, they take
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| country.
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| | their nursing education and expertise and
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| Managed care is another reason nurses are
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| | go elsewhere. They develop new careers
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| leaving the bedside. It goes against
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| | outside traditional healthcare settings.
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| everything our profession stands for.
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| | Maybe the Center for Nursing Advocacy
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| Under managed care, nurses are frequently
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| | should contemplate that fact. They might
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| denied the opportunity to deliver the
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| | even suggest that ER present an episode
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| quality of care they expect to deliver.
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| | about a nurse who quits her hospital job
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| Some patients die unnecessarily because
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| | to become a Certified Legal Nurse
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| nurses have too little time to spend with
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| | Consultant.
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| them. Yet when everything turns sour,
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| | Then those 20 million ER fans would
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| nurses face more responsibility and
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| | really be watching "reality TV.
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| liability than ever.
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