Ideas for nursing professors planning their curricula

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Planning your curriculum? We have ideas.

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Many nursing professors rely on the extensive and varied materials on the Truth's website to help their students engage with critical issues nurses will face in the future, from their public image to key aspects of nursing education, practice, and advocacy. Since 2001, we have explored and analyzed how the global media and society in general has seen the nursing profession. Join your colleagues and use this material to help plan your curriculum! Many professors find our FAQ page a great place to start, but consider all of these ideas:

Please have your students sign up for our free news alerts so they can keep on top of the latest news on nursing in the media.

Does the media affect nursing?

Does the media affect people?

Is there any research showing the media affects nursing and people?

Magnet program: What it is, what it is not, and what it could be

Hollywood shows have to be dramatic. They can't possibly include nurses!

"Most trusted" does not equal "most respected"

The Nobel Prize in Nursing

Men in nursing

Are nurses really autonomous?

What is the nursing shortage and why does it exist?

The ethics of nurse migration

Order our bumper stickers!

How the naughty nurse damages nursing

Language affecting nursing

"Orders" vs. "Prescriptions"

"Doctor" vs. "Physician"

Women in science--you couldn't be talking about nurses, could you?

Media reviews: critical analysis of how individual films and shows affect nursing

See the successes the Truth has had so far. We can change nursing's image!

Nurse action page--take part in remaking nursing's image!

Have your students join our letter-writing campaigns!

Please also consider assigning students to read our award-winning book, Saving Lives: Why the Media's Portrayal of Nurses Puts Us All at Risk. Thank you!

For a quick summary of the 11 chapters in our book, you can view the 11 articles we have written (one for each chapter) for the prominent UK nursing journal The Nursing Times below:

"A culture of respect"

"Does nursing's media image matter?"

"The unskilled nurse"

"The handmaiden"

"The naughty nurse"

"Not good enough for a feminist?"

"No holier than thou"

"Battle axes and frustrated shrews"

"Cheap substitutes?"

"The image of nursing: Everyone's responsibility"

"The image of nursing: It's in your hands"

Book a speaking engagement for your school now!

Please also consider inviting Sandy Summers to speak at your school about the value of nursing for a seminar, graduation speech, or other event. The Truth gives schools of nursing a significant discount. We ask just $1,500 plus expenses. See details on her speaking engagements here. (All honoraria go to support the Truth.)

You don't need our permission to link to our pages, but we'd still love to know how you use our material to teach your students. Please let us know at letters@truthaboutnursing. Thank you!

Students: Earn scholarship money by writing a grant proposal for us!

The Truth About Nursing is looking for students who are assigned to write grant proposals for class. If you write one to help the Truth get funding, you will earn 10% of the total grant amount awarded to the Truth. If you're interested, please contact us for details at info@truthaboutnursing.org. Thank you!

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