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General Information on Nurses and Nursing
- What is nursing? What do nurses do?
- How can I become a nurse?
- Just how undervalued and underfunded is nursing?
- Who are nurse practitioners and what do they do?
- What is the nursing shortage and why does it exist?
- What are problems thwarting nursing recruitment and retention?
- Are nurses autonomous? Based on what I've seen, it looks like physicians are calling the shots.
- Magnet status: What it is, what it is not and what it could be.
- How many nurses are there? Do they outnumber physicians?
- How is nurse migration affecting nurses and the nursing shortage?
- Nursing professors: Planning your curriculum? We have ideas.
The Media's Effect on Nursing
- What are the main stereotypes of nurses?
- Even if the media ignores nursing, how can that affect nursing in real life?
- How can a TV drama, sitcom or commercial affect how people think about nursing?
- Is there research showing entertainment media affects what people think about health issues?
- Why won't Hollywood admit its portrayal of nursing is influential and take steps to fix it?
- What is the problem with the naughty nurse stereotype?
- Why do you object to the "naughty nurse" image?
- Why do you display the naughty nurse imagery you object to?
- That TV show is about physicians. How can you expect it to show nurses?
- Nurses are wonderful, but can't Hollywood focus on being dramatic and exciting?
- Get a sense of humor! How could jokes affect how people think about nursing?
- Is the world flat? Read our op-ed about addressing the nursing shortage.
- Should we create a Museum of Modern Nursing?
- The Nobel Prize in Nursing: Nurses' achievements merit international recognition.
The Truth About Nursing's Work
- Don't nursing itself and society bear some responsibility for poor understanding of nursing?
- Why aren't you more excited that nurses are among the "most trusted" professions?
- Don't people have a right to say whatever they want? You act like the speech police!
- Why are you so critical of everything the media says about nursing?
- Does The Truth About Nursing have some issue with physicians?
- Don't you want nurses to be compassionate? You seem uncomfortable with that.
- Why is some of the Truth's media analysis informal, irreverent or satirical?
- You try to be fair even to media products you think cause harm. Isn't that unusual for an advocacy group?
- Why do the Truth's media reviews discuss overall merit, not just nursing?
Nurse-Friendly Language
What is nurse-friendly language and why is it important?
- Should we use the term "medicine" to refer to health care generally?
- "You could be a doctor!" - Counter-statement
- Are nurses angels of mercy?
- Do nurses need a new name?
- Should we refer to every non-physician caregiver as a "nurse"?
- Is it OK to say only nurses who work at the bedside are "real nurses"?
- Is nursing a subspecialty of medicine?
- Should we refer to physicians as "doctors"?
- May I go to the "physician's office" and "take my loved one to the physician"?
- Should we refer to physician care plans as "orders"?
- Should we refer to breastfeeding as "nursing"?
- You want a career in science? Then why are you applying to nursing school?
- Can robots be nurses?
New Ways to Think About Nursing
- Do physicians help nurses improve health? (Are physicians the captains of the health care ship?)
- Does it matter if the news media identifies health leaders as nurses? Let's face it: they'll get more respect if we leave the nursing part out.
- Why do you call for more discussion of nursing errors and malpractice in the media?
- Yo, dog, what's up with this nursing thing? Are you nuts? (AKA: Why men should become nurses.)
The Value of Nursing
- Do nurses deserve a high salary for what they do?
- What happens to patients when nurses are short-staffed?
- Are nurses cost-effective?
- Do physicians deliver better care than Advanced Practice Nurses?
- Landmark JAMA study finds nurses to be autonomous, skilled; nation reels.
- Learn about the value of school nurses.
- Who are the professionals most likely to catch and prevent a medical error?
- What are some specific things nurses do that show the value of nursing?
- Is there video on the value of nursing? Yes – speech at Johns Hopkins commencement.
Workplace Guidance
Become a Nurse!
- How can I become a nurse?
- Who are some notable nurses, living and historical?
- Who should become a nurse? What skills and qualities should you have?
- Where do nurses practice? Tell me about nursing specialties.
- Where can I learn to become a nurse? I want to find a nursing school.
- Where can I get nursing recruitment materials?