Chapters of The Truth About Nursing

Chapters will eventually be created in every major media market. If you would like to start one in your local area, please email the Truth's executive director Sandy Summers.

Mission of The Truth About Nursing Chapters

• Send the letters on the Truth's campaigns page;
   
• Monitor and identify local media pieces and send notes of thanks or encouragement for improvement to members of the media and/or write letters to the editor;
   
• As a group, Identify and train suitable local nurses to launch a health radio talk show like "HealthStyles" and/or doing health minutes much like Pat Carroll does for local radio stations;
   
• Work to get the findings of local nurse researchers into the local lay media;
   
• Work to get a public relations professional at hospitals who only focuses on promoting nurses, much as is the case with Fox Chase Cancer Center and Mass General (See the Boston Globe series the PR person at Mass General generated);
   
• Work on local hospital uniform policies to improve professional appearance and increase visibility of nurses;
   
• Develop web pages to feature local leading lights, summarizing the nurses' accomplishments into powerful paragraphs available to the media complete with compelling photos. (e.g. Why does this nurse's work matter? How has it saved lives or improved outcomes?) Also develop video news web programs and biographies where nurses give a summary to the media and the public the value of your work much like this one by Kristine Gebbie at Columbia University’s School of Nursing;
   
• Start a nurse shadowing program like the program at Dartmouth for medical students, physicians and the media;
   
• Reach out to the media --Invite local journalists and media figures to a roundtable luncheon where they can hear about the work of local nursing leaders and learn nursing's value;
   
• Create databases of local media figures and another database of local nurse experts to facilitate a better interface between the media and nursing;
   
• Give presentations to local groups about nursing's media image;
   
• Catalog stories featuring the interesting dramas that nurses live every day;
   
• For other ideas, please go to the Truth's Action page.

We will update this page when we create more chapters. Please hit "refresh" when checking back for updates. Thank you.

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