Does the public image of nursing reflect a profession that has lost its ethic of caring? Harrison detected signs of this in the United States of America (USA) in 1990, as reflected in her JAN editorial, and a similar case can be made today in the United Kingdom (UK). Television soap operas portray the seamy (and steamy) side of hospital life; documentaries with titles like Undercover Angels use hidden cameras to expose nursing malpractice; and anecdotes recycled as news items feature supposedly uncaring nurses much like those Harrison described.