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January - June 2003
News on Nursing in the Media Analyses
National Post's Blatchford: Bring back the handmaidens
June 26, 2003 -- Christie Blatchford's column "Militant angels of mercy" in the June 7 issue of Canada's National Post, mounts a bizarre attack on the modern nursing profession, as she yearns for the good old days when nurses were "kind" and "loved, if not always respected." more...
Tribune examines Chicago nursing school's quest for male students
June 25, 2003 -- Today's Chicago Tribune includes a lengthy article by Nathan Bierma about attempts by the West Suburban College of Nursing to recruit more men as one answer to the current shortage, including positive quotes from a recent male graduate. more...
Nurse to be featured on CNN health spots
May 19, 2003 -- Pat Carroll, RN, CEN, is scheduled to appear in two separate health spots on CNN Headline News on Wednesday May 21, 2003. One spot will be on antibiotic resistance and the other will be on safe use of antihistamines. It is rare that nurses are featured in health spots on television, so CNN is to be commended for taking this bold initiative.
New Zealand Herald: "Loans drive nurses out"
June 18, 2003 -- Today the New Zealand Herald ran an article by Martin Johnston about how heavy student loan burdens and relatively low pay rates encourage Kiwi nurses to work overseas, or even leave nursing for higher paying jobs, exacerbating the nation's nursing shortage. more...
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"The View" doesn't
seem to include nursing
June 16, 2003 -- Tonight's prime time episode of ABC's "The View," which consisted of a "His and Her Body Test" designed to impart basic health information, included an attack on nursing, with co-host Meredith Vieira appearing disguised as an "ugly nurse"--as Vieira herself put it in previews--for comic interactions with passersby in a New York mall, including one segment in which Vieira cared for a woman's "shin splints" by drawing a happy face on her leg. more...
Procter & Gamble pulls Clairol shampoo commercial and apologizes to nurses
June 11, 2003 -- As a result of protests from nurses, Procter & Gamble promised on June 9 to stop running a Clairol Herbal Essences television commercial that showed a female nurse leave her patient unmonitored to wash her hair in his bathroom, then dance around his room, waving her hair in ecstasy. more...
Washington Post: "Nurses brace for SARS"
June 10, 2003 -- A very good article by Kirstin Downey in today's Washington Post describes nurses' place on the front lines of the global SARS battle, not only as primary care givers but as a critical part of the health system's efforts to track and control the disease. more...
NY Times op-ed: Solving nursing shortage will require more training resources
June 10, 2003 -- A powerful op-ed piece in today's New York Times by Claire Fagin, RN, Ph.D and Corinne Rieder, Ed.D. notes that people are "answering the call for more nurses," but argues that academic and other training resources must be increased in order for nursing to capitalize on the increased interest and the nation to emerge from its nursing crisis. more...
Globe and Mail: "Nurses seek formal SARS inquiry"
June 9, 2003 -- The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario is seeking a full judicial inquiry into the Canadian health care system's response to the SARS crisis, in order to determine if problems in that response have made the outbreak worse and how such problems can be avoided in the future, according to an article by Richard Mackie in today's Globe and Mail. more...
NY Times: "Overwhelmed and understaffed, nursing home workers vent anger"
June 8, 2003 -- An article by Richard Pérez-Peña in today's New York Times describes a new study by the Nursing Home Community Coalition of New York State finding that severe understaffing of the state's nursing homes is a significant threat to patients' health. more...
American Journal of Nursing profiles Center
May 2003 -- This month's issue of the American Journal of Nursing, the official journal of the American Nurses Association, includes a full-page profile of The Center for Nursing Advocacy and its work to improve the media's treatment of nurses. more...
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CNN Headline News
features nurse as health expert
May 27, 2003 -- Pat Carroll, RN, MS, CEN, appeared in two different health spots on CNN Headline News on May 21, 2003 and over the May 24-26 holiday weekend, giving practical advice on antibiotic resistance and the safe use of antihistamines. more...
Author of controversial Florence Nightingale article responds to critic
May 26, 2003 -- On April 29, 2003, The Center posted a story entitled "Florence Nightingale: All washed up as a nursing symbol?" about an article written by Roxanne Nelson in The Washington Post. more...
Guardian: Psychiatric nurse manager Emma Brandon named Britain's "best boss"
May 21, 2003 -- An article by Raekha Prasad in today's Guardian describes a British charity's presentation of a "best boss" award to a senior charge nurse who introduced flexible work schedules that boosted morale, cut staff turnover and sick time, and improved patient care. more...
NY Times: Taiwan nurses, bearing brunt of SARS risk and burden with little support, quit "en masse"
May 21, 2003 -- A story by Donald G. McNeil Jr. in today's New York Times describes the resignations of Taiwan health workers in the face of the accelerating SARS epidemic, exploring the special pressures faced by nurses, who spend far more time with infected patients and must observe strict precautions, yet receive little support from their society or their families, who pressure them to quit to avoid the risk of infection. more...
Global shortage leads to exodus of experienced nurses from Philippines
May 15, 2003 -- Today the Inter Press Service News Agency ran a substantial piece by Patricia Adversario, "Nurses' Exodus Making Health System Sick," about the departure of many of the Philippines' most experienced nurses for jobs in wealthier nations which are struggling with the global nursing shortage, such as Britain, Ireland, the United States and Saudi Arabia. more...
AARP Bulletin highlights nursing shortage, ways to try to survive it
May 2003 -- This month's Bulletin of the American Association of Retired Persons has a helpful article by Susan Jacoby on the nursing shortage and the immediate danger it poses to patients, as well as a sidebar with tips on how patients can try to reduce that danger. more...
Baltimore Sun teaches readers about today's school nurses
May 12, 2003 -- Today's Baltimore Sun includes a generally helpful article by Jonathan Rockoff, "Tending bruises and deeper ills," about how much more complex the work of the United States' 58,000 school nurses has become in recent years. more...
Globe and Mail highlights varieties of nursing roles
May 12, 2003 -- Today Toronto's Globe and Mail ran positive pieces illustrating the diversity of nursing subspecialties in Canada, one about nurses who deliver care to remote areas and another about the growing importance of nurse practitioners. more...
Montel Williams show features nurse filmmaker AND HEROIC LIFE-SAVING SURGEON!
May 12, 2003 – New York NICU nurse Claire Panke, whose Discovery Health Channel documentary "A Chance to Grow" (2000) explored the experiences of families of NICU patients, was featured on the Montel Williams Show today. more...
Reuters: Alert Virginia ED nurse spots, handles first US SARS case
May 8, 2003 -- Today Reuters ran a piece by Maggie Fox describing how Virginia ED nurse Karin Kirby and her team spotted the first US SARS case in February and quickly took appropriate steps to protect others. more...
NY Times highlights special risks nurses face in SARS crisis
May 8, 2003 -- Keith Bradsher's excellent piece in today's New York Times, "At Hong Kong Hospitals, SARS Takes a Heavy Toll on Nurses," describes the heroic nurses who care for SARS patients, including the hundreds of nurses in Asia and Canada who have been infected while doing so. more...
Washington Post points to "older cure" to nursing shortage
May 2, 2003 -- Leef Smith's helpful article in today's Washington Post focuses on nursing students who have come to the profession later in life, and highlights the important role they are playing in efforts to address the shortage. more...
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Nurses at
SUNY Stony Brook circulate petition to send to President Bush
April 30, 2003 -- President Bush's March 19 speech at the start of the war in Iraq included physicians but omitted nurses from a list of "first responders" to terrorism. more...
Guardian runs update on UK nursing shortage
April 29, 2003 -- Today the Guardian published an article by John Carvel focusing on comments by the head of Britain's largest nursing union that patients continued to suffer from the UK's critical nursing shortage, despite funding increases and a large influx of nurses from abroad. more...
Florence Nightingale: All washed up as nursing symbol?
April 29, 2003 -- Today The Washington Post ran an important if somewhat sensationalized piece by Roxanne Nelson on doubts some nurses have expressed as to the appropriateness of retaining Florence Nightingale as a prominent symbol of the nursing profession. more...
Nurses on front lines of SARS battle worldwide
April 25, 2003 -- Many publications have recently run articles about the critical role nurses are playing in the global fight against SARS. more...
Scotsman articles highlight Scottish nursing "crisis"
April 22, 2003 -- A piece by David Scott in The Scotsman dated today describes efforts to address the severe nursing shortage now affecting patient care in Scotland. more...
April 21, 2003 -- An article by Shari Roni in today's Los Angeles Times describes recent studies suggesting that calcium may help teens control their weight, relying on quotes and the work of Creighton University's Joan Lappe, RN, Ph.D. more...
Center's work described in Nursing Spectrum
April 21, 2003 -- The Center for Nursing Advocacy's work was the subject of a news item in today's Nursing Spectrum. more...
Philadelphia Inquirer runs detailed obituary for nurse who joined Peace Corps at age 69
April 19, 2003 -- Today's Philadelphia Inquirer includes an obituary for Anne M. Fitz-Patrick, a retired nurse who had joined the Peace Corps at age 69 and served two years as a public health nurse at a countryside clinic in Paraguay. more...
NY Times: Men seen as one answer to nursing shortage
April 13, 2003 -- A piece by Eve Tahmincioglu in today's New York Times describes efforts to recruit male nurses as one way to combat the growing nursing shortage, featuring positive quotes from men who have switched to nursing from fields ranging from policing to the high-tech industry. more...
Lt. Col. Jimmie Keenan, U.S. Army nurse, spurs key change for trauma research
April 8, 2003 -- Gina Kolata's piece in today's New York Times, "Trauma Medicine: Stepchild No More," highlights the exciting opportunities created by a recent change in federal law allowing the Defense Department to participate in clinical trauma research. more...
April 6, 2003 -- Judy Siegel-Itzkovitz's piece in today's Jerusalem Post describes the ongoing strike by some 2,200 Israeli public health nurses who object to the government's plans to restructure the family health service, a move the nurses say will harm children and others who rely on the service. more...
Nurses object to Hartford Courant's portrayal of nursing as "custodial care"
March 25, 2003 -- In a letter to the Editor of The Hartford Courant, two Connecticut nurses objected to the portrayal of nurses in a March 9 Courant article by Hilary Waldman, The Nurses of 7-7. more...
Almodóvar wins Oscar for movie featuring nurse character
March 24, 2003 -- Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar has won the 2002 Academy Award for best original screenplay for "Talk to Her." more...
New Zealand nurses halt offensive Lion beer ad campaign
March 17, 2003 -- In February 2003, New Zealand's largest brewer, Lion, began an advertising campaign for its popular Lion Red beer which involved female "nurses" in short dresses with the company's logo affixed on a red cross sewn onto the fronts and buttocks of the uniform. more...
March 16, 2003 -- The New York Times Magazine's annual "medical" issue dated today includes eight articles on physicians or medicine, and one generally helpful article "The Last Shift" about the nursing shortage by Sara Corbett. more...
"Hack" TV drama features nurse righting physician wrong, but misses mark on nursing
March 15, 2003 -- The March 14 episode of the CBS drama "Hack" focused on the efforts of Philadelphia cop-turned-cabbie Mike Olshansky (David Morse) and his estranged wife Heather (Donna Murphy), a nurse, to bring to justice an overworked ED resident who misses a diagnosis, then changes a medical record to cover it up when the patient dies. more...
Boston television reporter disrespects nurses
March 4, 2003 – A gossip column in the February 12 Boston Herald entitled "Smock-clad Sara Edwards nurses her role on 'ER'" included comments by a local television reporter that showed disrespect for nurses. more...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel publishes front-page articles on the work of nurses and the nursing shortage
February 25, 2003 – After spending three days following nurses, journalist Joel Dresang wrote two well-done articles on nursing that appeared on consecutive days on the front page of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. more...
Second "Scrubs" episode with Rick Schroder continues positive depiction of male nurse
February 21, 2003 -- The February 20 "Scrubs" episode again featured Rick Schroder's portrayal of Paul Flowers, the confident, witty and sensitive nurse character currently dating physician Elliot Reed (Sarah Chalke). more...
Men at work: Is "Scrubs" hurting or helping male nurses?
January 30, 2003 -- The January 30 episode of the popular NBC show "Scrubs" guest starred Rick Schroeder as hunky nurse Paul Flowers, who catches the eye of physician Elliot Reed (Sarah Chalke). more...
"Presidio Med" and "MDs" both canceled
January 30, 2003 -- CBS's "Presidio Med" and ABC's "MDs" both appear to have been canceled, based on news reports. more...
Two RN Ph.D's discuss the nursing shortage on public television
January 30, 2003 -- Maryland Public Television aired a program on the nursing shortage . . . more...
Zima commercial will no longer air
January 27, 2003 -- A Zima (colorless beer) commercial depicting a "dream date" in which a female "nurse" dressed in a revealing uniform acted as the submissive temptress of a young male "physician," has finished its life cycle and will no longer air, more...
Congress may fund Nurse Reinvestment Act at drastically reduced level
January 24, 2003 -- After a five month delay, the Senate has approved funding of only $20 million of the $250 million requested for the Nurse Reinvestment Act, and even the reduced amount must still be approved in committee with the House. more...
Baltimore Sun article devalues the role of Nurse Practitioners
January 4, 2003 -- A Baltimore Sun article about a Nurse Practitioner-run clinic is entitled "A doctor's office rolls out" and describes the primary care patient of the NP as a person who "could use a physician's touch." more...
Under-staffing of nurses by hospitals leads to an increase in patient mortality
January 2003 -- Nurse researchers describe how patients deteriorate unnoticed and die when hospitals under-staff nurses. more...
News on Nursing in the Media, 2002
Physician laments nurse short-staffing in NY Times article
November 19, 2002 -- In a New York Times article, physician Abigail Zuger aptly describes the effects of nurse short-staffing on her patients in her article "Prescription, Quite Simply, Was a Nurse."
Comedy Central's "The Man-Show" shows nurses as sex objects
November 3, 2002 -- Comedy Central's "The Man-Show" has repeatedly depicted nurses as big-breasted women in skimpy uniforms. more...
Redbook magazine: "Don't let yourself be brushed off onto a Nurse Practitioner"
November 2002 -- In a Redbook magazine article entitled "Advice Docs Give Their Own Families," a physician author warns his family members: "Don't let yourself be brushed off onto a Nurse Practitioner." more...
October 25, 2002 -- A New York Times editorial, reacting to nurse researcher Linda Aiken's study establishing a strong link between nurse staffing and patient mortality, explains the gravity of the nursing shortage, examines possible solutions, and calls on hospitals to report their nurse-patient ratios "so that prospective patients can decide where to take their chances."
NPR story gives more weight to hospital concerns on nurse safe staffing law than views of nurses
Oct. 23, 2002 --Today NPR's Patricia Neighmond reported on the Aiken study of staffing ratios, published today in JAMA, which found that for each additional patient assigned to a nurse, 30-day patient mortality increases by 7% and the odds of nurse burnout increase by 23%. more...
October 23, 2002 -- In a large research study entitled "Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction" published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, University of Pennsylvania nursing scholar Linda Aiken and her colleagues found that for each additional patient assigned to a nurse, 30-day patient mortality increases by 7%, the odds of nursing job dissatisfaction increase by 15% and the odds of nurse burnout increase by 23%. more...
Nurse describes danger for patients when nurses are short-staffed in AJN
October 2002 -- RN Lorraine Dale paints a vivid picture of the harrowing experience of working at an under-staffed hospital, in an American Journal of Nursing article entitled "Chaos."
"Oprah" features nurse expert on domestic violence, but show does not identify her as a nurse
September 25, 2002 -- On an "Oprah" show about the allegedly domestic homicides recently associated with the Ft. Bragg military base, Oprah Winfrey interviewed Johns Hopkins nursing Professor Jackie Campbell, RN, Ph.D., FAAN. more...
The Truth sends September 2002 letter to "ER" producers
September 10, 2002 -- The Truth About Nursing (then known as the Nursing Vision) sends a letter discussing the treatment of nursing in the latter half of the 2001-2002 season to the makers of "ER." more...
AJN Editor decries media treatment of nurses, asks nurses to speak out and boycott "ER"
August 2002 -- In her editorial "Invisible Nurses," American Journal of Nursing Editor-in-Chief Diana Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN, explains how nurses are ill-served by the media, and encourages nurses to write letters to the editor expressing their outrage. more...
JCAHO: "Nursing Shortage Poses Serious Health Care Risk"--experts offer solutions
August 7, 2002 -- Today the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations issued a huge report on the nursing shortage--focusing on the severity of the current and future nursing shortage and its detrimental effect on patients. more...
June 10, 2002 -- Four months after receiving a letter from our organization, then known as the Nursing Vision, and professors from Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, the American Nurses Association placed the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements on the internet. more...
May 30, 2002 -- In today's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), researchers Jack Needleman of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and Peter Buerhaus of Vanderbilt University’s School of Nursing in Nashville, Tennessee found that nurse short-staffing leads to deadly consequences for patients. more...
HHS devalues role of Nurse Practitioners with their "Take a Loved One to the Doctor" campaign
May 11, 2002 -- The US Department of Health and Human Services ignores the contributions of Nurse Practitioners in its "Take a Loved One to the Doctor" Campaign, which aims to close the gap in health disparities among ethnic groups. There are about 105,000 Nurse Practitioners in the United States. more...
News on Nursing in the Media, 2001
The Truth makes seven suggestions to "ER" in December
December 6, 2001 -- The Truth About Nursing (then known as the Nursing Vision) sends a letter following up on its November 2001 conference call with one of the producers and the medical advisor of "ER." The Truth made seven specific suggestions; on how "ER" can improve its portrayal of nursing.
The Truth and the ENA discuss portrayal of nursing with makers of "ER"
November 21, 2001 -- Members of our organization, three presidents from the Emergency Nurses Association and professors from Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing have a one-hour conference call with an "ER" producer and the show's medical advisor. more...
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Does
Pink "missundaztand" nurses?
November 20, 2001 -- "Missundaztood" dresses Pink's young misfit thing in safe rock and hip-hop styles, and the self-declared un-Britney emerges with a fairly engaging album for bubblegum pop graduates. Unfortunately, the record includes a prominent and troubling reference to nurses. more...
The Truth About Nursing requests conference call with "ER"
October 10, 2001 -- Emergency Nurses Day -- In concern over how the negative portrayal of nurses is affecting the nursing shortage, The Truth About Nursing, then known as the Nursing Vision, sends a letter to "ER"'s Executive Producer John Wells asking that we set up a conference call to discuss some of our concerns about how the nursing profession is portrayed on "ER."
Powerful book "From Silence to Voice" encourages nurses to speak about their work
2001 -- A powerful new book entitled From Silence to Voice by Suzanne Gordon and Bernice Buresh, two journalists, has been released. more...
Landmark Woodhull Study on Nursing and the Media is released by STTI
1997 -- "The Woodhull Study on Nursing and the Media" has been released. This important study analyzes 20,000 articles (2600 health articles) published in 16 US newspapers, magazines and health trade publications in September 1997. more...
Kalisch and Kalisch publish seminal research on the image of nurses in the media
1982-1986 -- Drs. Beatrice and Philip Kalisch, Professors at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, published numerous articles as part of the "Image of the Nurse in the Mass Media Research Project." more...
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