DENVER, Colo. -- After hosts from "The View" criticized Miss America contestant Kelly Johnson, of Colorado, #NursesUnite came out swinging to defend the pageant contestant and the nursing profession.
Michelle Collins and Joy Behar, two co-hosts on the daytime talk show, criticized Johnson's talent portion, during which she read a monologue about her true talent, she said, nursing. Dressed in scrubs, she talked about her job and, specifically, a patient with Alzheimer's that she worked with regularly.
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One of the show's hosts Michelle Collins began the discussion and said “She came in a nurse’s uniform and basically read her emails out loud, and shockingly did not win. I was like, ‘That’s not a real talent,’” The View host Michelle Collins said. “She helps patients with Alzheimer’s, which I know is not funny, but I swear you had to see it. Google it if you can.”
Then, Joy Behar, who recently returned to the show, asked “Why does she have a doctor’s stethoscope around her neck?” and made the point that doctors are not nurses.
Now, #NursesUnite is trending on Twitter, and nurses, doctors and healthcare professionals (as well as people who don't work in the healthcare industry) are voicing XX with "The View". Some are calling for a boycott of the show.
I have a "nurse stethoscope" too.From my "view" nurses are the back bone of healthcare.Given a gift to help heal those in need #nursesunite
— Sean Varricchio (@SVnjMAFS) September 16, 2015
This is what happens when #NursesUnite. Let's keep this trending to make sure @TheView takes notice! http://t.co/nV9XKy66dW
— Scrubs Magazine (@ScrubsMagazine) September 16, 2015
The View should have listened to Dr. Bailey #NursesMatter #nursesunite pic.twitter.com/mxg7SWs5rx
— Kacee (@kaceesylene) September 16, 2015
#NursesShareYourStethoscope This one belongs to me "proud to be just a nurse" not "the doctor". #nursesunite pic.twitter.com/ZeXhaHndaE
— Lorraine Mora (@MoraLorraine) September 16, 2015
#NursesUnite against The View. It’s time to set the record straight. http://t.co/VE00tJahfq pic.twitter.com/rYWTi6lTdY
— Kevin Pho, M.D. (@kevinmd) September 16, 2015
Joy Behar: "Why does she have a 'doctor's stethoscope'?" Nurses: Why do you have a TV show!? #NursesUnite
— RAINE (@rainefaye) September 16, 2015
Hey, #TheView go use a "doctor's stethoscope" on a 4 year old with leukemia and see if nursing is still such a joke to you #nursesunite
— Jared Purdee (@JaredPurdee) September 16, 2015
Know what makes me an excellent #nurse? The fact that even after @JoyVBehar made her comments, I would STILL take care of her. #nursesunite
— MizzouMommy (@asthehosptuRNs) September 16, 2015
I am so honored to be a nurse and so happy to see nurses around the world sticking up for our profession #MyTalentisNursing #nursesunite
— Nicki Reese (@nreese09) September 16, 2015
I'm confused. Which one is the doctor's and which one is the nurse's? #JoyBehar #nursesunite pic.twitter.com/DqRl2T12K7
— Mo Cowan (@mocowan66) September 16, 2015
What's my talent? I'm a nurse. (This is during a rare break-my stethoscope's in my locker.) #ProudNurse #NursesUnite pic.twitter.com/mfyGCnuiOL
— Jamie N. Otis (@jamienotis) September 16, 2015
Expecting @TheView @JoyVBehar @michcoll to apologize to the 3.4 million nurses in the U.S. for your insulting comments #nursesunite.
— Nicole M Brown, RN (@authornursenmb) September 16, 2015