‘The View’ Just Suffered an Unexpected Blow Even After Apologizing for Nurse Comments

theview-913x512Two major sponsors have pulled their advertising from “The View” after nurses across America were outraged by comments made Monday on the ABC program.

Johnson & Johnson and Eggland’s Best each issued messages on Facebook supporting nurses as they announced their ads were being pulled from “The View.” The action brought applause from the nursing profession.

“It’s very comforting to know that there’s someone standing up for nurses,” said Jean Ross, co-president of National Nurses United, the largest union of working nurses in the country. “It’s obvious that ‘The View’ hosts, like so many others, do not clearly understand what we do. We needed to let them know it’s a very serious thing, it’s not just a flippant 28 seconds of conversation, it’s a big deal and it effects how people view our profession.”

On Monday, “The View” hosts sniped at Miss Colorado Kelley Johnson, who on Sunday night as part of the Miss America Pageant delivered a monologue about being a nurse.

Johnson, who was second runner-up, appeared on stage in nurse’s scrubs. She spoke about caring for an Alzheimer’s patient. “I went over to him and I lifted his head up out of his hands. And I said, ‘Joe, I know that this is really hard. But, you are not defined by this disease,’” she said . . .

“Johnson & Johnson values and appreciates nurses and we respect the critical role they play in our health care system,” the company said in a statement. “We disagree with recent comments on daytime television about the nursing profession and we have paused our advertising accordingly.” (Read more from “‘The View’ Just Suffered an Unexpected Blow Even After Apologizing for Nurse Comments” HERE)

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