Dear Media,

WHAT do you think you are doing? Trying to make nurses look bad on national television. That is completely uncalled for. Thanks to your shows of Grey’s Anatomy, House, and ER the public’s perceptions of nurses are totally wrong. Nurses are not incompetent, ditzy, or to say the least non-existent. Nurses are not the doctor’s servant and handmaiden.They are the ones who take care of the patients constantly, checking their statuses frequently, and truly being the patients’ advocates. I do not appreciate what you are doing the the image of nursing. Not only are you helping contributing to the nursing shortage, but you are making nurses themselves feel like they are nothing. They are starting to have low self-esteem and are unconfident in their daily tasks. This prevents nurses from performing their activities with an assured mind. That in return makes a situation more dangerous for the patient. Also, it is said that if registered nurses were increased in the hospital so many more lives would be saved. Who would not want that to happen? Obviously you don’t want it to because of all of your bashes against nurses in your television shows. Another thing that upsets me and all of the nurses in the world is that you rarely ever have male nurses appear on your shows. This is showing the public that male nurses are frowned upon. Many people believe that male nurses are wanna-be doctors and are not smart enough to be accepted into medical school. This is horrible to think. Nursing is an awesome job and is an educated career. Nurses go through many years of school and are taught so much important information. They perform difficult tasks everyday and it is them who help save patient lives. The next time you decide to put another untrue thing about nurses in your shows, take a minute to think about it or give nursing school a try and see how it is truly hard and rigorous. Thanks for your time.

Mykenna DiGiovanni