Reply #77: Amen! [View All]

I'm a nurse as well, and while there may be nurses who are judgmental and small-minded, they are very much in the minority. Most of us knock ourselves out to help our clients, and get very little recognition or respect for our efforts.

We also recognize how utterly broken our health care system is: since the HMOs took charge, the push has been to get patients out of care "quicker and sicker". Patient education has become a nostalgic ideal in this "slap a bandaid on it and ship 'em out" era. Good nurses are leaving the profession in droves, and few young men or women are willing to take it up.

IMHO, Michael Moore is a Hero for bringing the attention of the average American to this mess.