[NPInfo] Re: [ACC-Circle] Taking on Oprah

Tue Oct 2 14:44:18 PDT 2007

HMMMM,
  What if NPACE or Rush held a national NP conference, and then a block of NPs get tickets to the show and go there wearing lab coats? think she'd notice then??? paula

Carla Anderson <carla_rayne at yahoo.com> wrote:
  I have written to Oprah as well in the past. I never got a response either. It was for something else, but I wonder how much email she gets? I watched an episode once, where a woman in her audience had a 16 year old son, that was born on her show. The mother had been trying for those 16 years to get a letter through to Oprah so she could get on the show with her son to show Oprah. I am pretty sure thats how it went, and can you imagine if it took HER 16 years? I think they go by topics, and if we fit THEIR agenda then we have a start, but we CANNOT start the topic, which is us.. I am not sure, but I know that is how Dr Phil's show is. 

Mike & Vicki Rowlands wrote: This is interesting because I wrote to Oprah last year suggesting she do a
show on not well known occupations like Nurse Practitioners. Never got a
response.

Vicki

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Of David Mittman
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 8:11 PM
To: Priscilla Merrill; ElayneD at aol.com; acc-circle at listserve.com; NPinfo
Subject: [NPInfo] Re: [ACC-Circle] Taking on Oprah

Sure, I will write. Give me a little time though.
Thanks,
Dave
On 10/1/07 7:13 PM, "Priscilla Merrill" 
wrote:

> Dave, do you want to take this on since I already wrote? You are so
eloquent.
> You should volunteer to go on her show (after all, I can¹t talk with this
> spasmodic Dysphonia although it doesn¹t stop Diane Rehm! She just takes
off
> the first couple of weeks after her botox).
> This could be really fun if she bites on our replies! Easy as she goes,
or is
> it , ³Stead-men as she goes?²
> 
> Priscilla
> 
> 
> 
> From: ElayneD at aol.com [mailto:ElayneD at aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 7:04 PM
> To: Surgblumm at aol.com; prispunnyfnp at metrocast.net;
acc-circle at listserve.com;
> npinfo at nurse.net
> Subject: Re: [ACC-Circle] Taking on Oprah
> 
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> In a message dated 10/1/2007 3:49:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Surgblumm
> writes:
> 
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> 
> Great work. I watch Oprah whenever I get home by 4 PM and my wife calls me
a "
> Metro" but i love what she has dome for so many alienated people in our
> society. Wouldn't it be great if she did an interview with a few good
APC's?
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
> I say we petition her from the organization. perhaps she will respond if
it
> is from a group.
> 
> e
>> 
>> In a message dated 10/1/2007 7:11:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> ElayneD at aol.com writes:
>>> WELCOME TO THE ACC-CIRCLE DISCUSSION LIST!
>>> Strength in Unity: Join the ACC today: http://www.amcollege.org/join.htm
>>> 
>>> *********************************************************
>>> 
>>> Kudos to you Priscilla, What do we say, should we all take on Oprah? Why
>>> not?
>>> 
>>> Elayne DeSimone
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In a message dated 10/1/2007 6:16:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> prispunnyfnp at metrocast.net writes:
>>>> WELCOME TO THE ACC-CIRCLE DISCUSSION LIST!
>>>> Strength in Unity: Join the ACC today:
http://www.amcollege.org/join.htm
>>>> 
>>>> *********************************************************
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> My reply to OPRAH. I¹m on their e-list for info on upcoming shows. I
>>>> responded to this query:
>>>> 
>>>> Are you afraid to go to the doctor?
>>>> 
>>>> Are you or someone you know terrified to see a physician? Do you refuse
to
>>>> go because you fear there will be bad news? Have you been putting off a
>>>> checkup for years because you're simply scared? Do you have a medical
>>>> condition you are concerned about but continue to ignore because of
your
>>>> fear? Do you have suspicious moles on your body that you fear could be
skin
>>>> cancer but still will not get tested? Have you been a smoker for years
and
>>>> are afraid to get your lungs checked? Do you have symptoms like blurred
>>>> vision, dry mouth and fatigue and believe that you could be diabetic?
Do
>>>> you have a history of Diabetes in your family but are still afraid to
get
>>>> checked?
>>>> 
>>>> If you or someone you know have been putting off a visit to the doctor
>>>> because you are terrified of getting bad news, The Oprah Winfrey Show
would
>>>> like to talk to you. Please write in and tell us about the symptoms you
are
>>>> experiencing and what you believe you may be suffering from.
>>>> 
>>>> My reply:
>>>> 
>>>> I am NOT afraid to visit MY healthcare provider, but had to respond. I
am
>>>> a family nurse practitioner. I highly recommend including our role in
your
>>>> show. You always specify "physician" and should change your term to
>>>> "health care provider or advanced practice clinician" A large
proportion
>>>> choose to see PA's/NP's (for more info on our roles, see
>>>> www.amcollege.org). I have written Oprah about this several times in
the
>>>> past and have yet to see a change or receive a reply. We strive to
make
>>>> the whole thing less scary, explain what and why and how we perform the
>>>> exam. I never chastise a patient when they've been away from routine
>>>> healthcare -- I positively commend them for being here TODAY. That
being
>>>> said, I've diagnosed many a late breast and lung cancer because
patients
>>>> "are afraid of finding out the truth". They already know what I tell
them.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for listening and changing your language to reflect the times
where
>>>> not everyone sees a physician. Please include midwives too! The
research
>>>> supports we are as good, and perhaps even better, at providing
preventative
>>>> healthcare and studies suggest patients are more satisfied with our
care.
>>>> 
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>> Great work. I watch Oprah whenever I get home by 4 PM and my wife calls
me a
>> " Metro" but i love what she has dome for so many alienated people in our
>> society. Wouldn't it be great if she did an interview with a few good
APC's?
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Robert M. Blumm, MA, PA-C
>> President, American College of Clinicians
>> "Life's persistent and most urgent question is,
>> "What are you doing for others?"
>> -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Join the American College of Clinicians. Let us show you what we can do.
>> www.amcollege.org
>> 
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