“moderate improvement” Alan H. Rosenstein and Michelle O’Daniel, “A Survey of the Impact . . .” See also Julia Edwards.

In 2005 . . . quarter of these nurses. David Maxfield et al. “The Silent Treatment: Why Safety Tools and Checklists Aren’t Enough to Save Lives.” VitalSmarts, AORN Journal, and AACN.

only 41 percent . . . “greatest negative impact.” Ibid.

TJC continues to receive “Workplace Bullies Can Undermine Safety,” Occupational Health Management, March 1, 2010.

“there are still large, disconcerting” Alan H. Rosenstein and Michelle O’Daniel, “A Survey of the Impact . . .”

“Tempo!” “Workplace bullies can undermine safety.”

red phones at each nurses station Interview.

Nurses in a New Brunswick, Canada, hospital . . . in support. “Needed: Happy Endings in Workplace Bullying Cases,” The Times & Transcript (New Brunswick), May 13, 2010. Code Pink in many hospitals refers to infant or pediatric abduction.

“Code White” to the same effect. “Workplace Bullies Can Undermine Safety.”

“nurse-friendly” hospitals See, for example, Terry Simpson, “Transplant or Hospice,” Yourdoctorsorders.com, January 29, 2012. Emphasis in “doctor-unfriendly” is mine.

“it affects my entire day.” Interview.

“We train, hire. . . . They are pit crews.” Atul Gawande, “Commencement Address at Harvard Medical School,” May 26, 2011. Accessed at newyorker.com.

“the issue boils down to . . . excellent patient care?” Guest blog by the anonymous nurse of Those Emergency Blues (blog), on KevinMD, February 25, 2012. This post was in reference to a specific case against a nurse who was allegedly fired after a confrontation with a doctor; however, the quote applies to the larger issue of disrespect between the professions. I did not discuss that specific case because there were some questions as to the credibility of the sources.

of the top-ten media-generated See Jacinta Kelly, Gerard M. Fealy, and Roger Watson, “The Image of You: Constructing Nursing Identities in YouTube.” Journal of Advanced Nursing 68, no. 8 (August 2012). Also see, for example, “Study: YouTube Gives Mixed Messages About Nursing.” Nurse.com, July 17, 2012. Similarly, a “study of 280 films, produced between 1900 and 2007 from across the world, showed that 26 percent depicted nurses as sex objects,” in Nursing Times, October 2008.

2010 Dr. Oz show See, for example, Staff and Wire Reports, “Dr. Oz’s Dancing ‘Nurses’ Draw Nurse Group’s Ire.” The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), December 10, 2010.

nurses protested Dr. Phil See, for example, Bob Groves, “An Image Problem, from TV to Silver Screen; Nurses Want Respect from Pop Culture,” The Record (Bergen County, NJ), May 6, 2007. See also, “Dr. Oz’s sexy ‘nurse’ backup dancers,” The Truth About Nursing, December 6, 2010. See also Susan Campbell, “Does Your Nurse Dance/Dress Provocatively?” Courant.com. December 8, 2010.

waitresses dressed as sexy nurses See, for example, Larissa Liepins, “World’s Weirdest Restaurant Premieres Tonight on Food Network,” The Daily Gleaner, (New Brunswick) April 4, 2012.

a sexy nurse costume with white fishnets See, for example, Sonya Padgett, “Hangover Heaven Doctor Treats the Buzz Kill on Strip,” Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 14, 2012.

In England, a bus company advertised See, for example, Flora Drury, “Sexy Nurse Sparks Fury on the Wards,” Worcester News, March 16, 2010; “Sexy Nurse Ad On Bus Causes Uproar,” NSW Nurses’ Association, May 3, 2010; “British Nurses: We’re Not Sex Objects, Either,” Adweek, March 18, 2010.

“You will be motivated . . . emergency department.” See, for example, “Hospital Advertises for ‘TV Series-Hot’ Nurses.” Asian News International, February 22, 2012. The Internet ad used the term “TV-series snygga” after a satisfied patient had praised the hospital with those words. Translated to English, “snygg” or “snygga” is the equivalent of “hot” or “good-looking.” See also “Swedish Hospital Seeks ‘Hot’ Nurses for Summer Employment,” The Digital Journal, February 22, 2012.

largest Emergency Care Unit in the Nordic region Ibid.

scrubs that might be stained with blood, urine Interviews.

“We’re sweaty and smelly” Interviews.

Certified nursing assistant Author correspondence with Erin Gloria Ryan.

“Nothing sexier . . . bowel movements on a chart.” Comment following Margaret Hartmann, “BADVERTISING: Hospitals Are Obviously Full of Sexy Nurses!“ Jezebel.com, March 18, 2010.

“Some nurses do fit . . .” Interview.

“lecherous old perverts” Interview.

“People are happy to sexualize . . . ” Claire Lomas, “Sexualising Nurses Could Lead to Attacks on Staff, Warns Unison,” Nursing Times, March 23, 2010.

In 2010, a Dutch nurse union . . . sexually gratifying him. Ben Berkowitz, “Nurses’ Union: Care Does Not Include Sex.” Reuters, March 11, 2010.

The man . . . nurses had done the same. News Staff. “Sex Is Not Healthcare, Union Says,” November, 3, 2010.

When the student refused . . . unfit for the job. Ben Berkowitz, Reuters.

“I’ve got to get myself a nurse in Holland.” Ronan McGreevy, “Nurse Stereotypes as Sex Objects Persist on Internet, Study Finds,” The Irish Times, July 24, 2012.

union launched a campaign . . . front of her face Victoria Thompson, “Sexy Nurses: Tongue in Cheek or Demeaning and Gratuitous?” Nursing Times, March 19, 2010.

patients “are free to ask. You are free to refuse.” Ibid.

87 percent of them said yes. Interviews.

“actually living Grey’s Anatomy” Interview.

“Hospital life is . . . time to eat” Interview.

“Some places . . . stressed-out people together.” Interview.

Nurses have gotten intimate in on-call rooms Interviews.

equipment lockers . . . patient rooms Interviews.

offices Interviews.

parking lots Interviews.

“heady” feeling Interview.

“Sexual exploits . . . call room at night Interview.

“It’s like any kind of trauma” Interview.

they hook up with Interviews.

“I wanted to be” Interview.

“residency was all-consuming . . .” Interview.

A camera captured a nurse giving oral sex Interview.

“She became a joke” Interview.

Louisiana oncology nurse accidentally Interview.

“Usually it only causes issues . . . ” Interview.

nurses caught having sex . . . The Herald (Glasgow), “Nurses in Sex Session Suspended,” January 30, 1997.

When a resident and a nurse were caught Interview.

“As Britons, we are obsessed . . .” Robert Gore-Langton, “Carry on Nursing our Saucy Fantasies.” The Express, March 4, 2008.

When a group of nurses posed. . . .“practice into question.” “Sexy Nurse Calendar Causes Complaints to NMC,” Nursing Times, October 28, 2008.

posed nude for a charity . . . Rob Harteveldt, “The NMC Should Focus on Things that Really Matter - Not Sexy Nurse Calendars,” Nursing Times, February 3, 2009.

knowingly rented out a ward . . . “Big Budget” Porn Film Shot in London Hospital. BBC News, July 6, 2010.

Lord Benjamin Mancroft . . . “promiscuous.” “Mancroft’s House of Lords Speech in Full.” Bath Chronicle, March 6, 2008. See also, for example, Morag Turner, “U.K. We’re No Angels,” The Express, March 8, 2008; Jenny McCartney, “Nurses: The Angels Who Fell from Grace?” Sunday Telegraph (London), March 2, 2008.