News on Nursing in the Media
Are your knuckles white? NPR on nurse understaffing
Regular Phuket Hero: The nurse as local disaster response leader
See Sandy Summers speak about the nursing image in Ontario in September!
Adopt Truth posters and hang them at your school or workplace!
Megan LeClair: Teach medical students about the value of nursing
Elizabeth Winslow: Encourage nurses who speak publicly to identify themselves as nurses!
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Sandy Summers, the Truth's executive director, delivers the keynote speech at the 4th Biennial Nursing Conference in beautiful Windsor, Canada (near Detroit) hosted by the University of Windsor on Saturday, September 29, 2012. See the brochure and register today! |
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June 2012 -- Megan LeClair, RN, BSN, of the University of Wisconsin's Trauma and Life Support Center, recently performed a study based on a program from Dartmouth University in which medical students follow nurses at work to learn about the life-saving skills that nurses have. Her study was effective and we urge you to design your own! See the original Dartmouth program designed and led by Ellen Ceppetelli, RN, PhD. See Megan's abstract and results.
August 2012 -- Elizabeth Winslow, RN, PhD, FAAN, wrote a great opinion piece in the August issue of the American Journal of Nursing entitled "We Silence Our Profession When We Fail to Identify Ourselves as Nurses." Winslow encourages nurses who speak publicly to weave into the message that the speaker is a nurse. We are reminded of a similarly great piece, "Pick Up That RN Flag and Wave It" by Pam Meredith, RN, NP, which appeared in Nursing Spectrum in December 2002. Get up, stand up, nurses! |
Does anybody know what nurses really do? The Truth's five-minute movie explores common stereotypes in a comical way!
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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! See the full list... |
August 21, 2012 -- The electronic version of the paperback edition of Saving Lives: Why the Media's Portrayal of Nurses Puts Us All at Risk now sells for $7 from Kindle! The B&N Nook and Apple iBook are also available for $10. The hardback and paperback editions of Saving Lives are currently sold out as we are in a transition to a new publisher. All royalties for the multiple award-winning book go directly to support our nursing advocacy work. Thank you! |
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Planning speakers? Let Sandy Summers empower your nurses! Media images of health care--like the ones on ABC's popular Grey's Anatomy-- have an important effect on the nursing profession. Many nurses and nursing students feel frustrated when influential media products undervalue nurses. But how can we change what the media tells the public about nursing? Sandy Summers has led high-profile efforts to promote more accurate and robust depictions of nursing since 2001. She has shared her insights in dynamic presentations to groups across North America. She empowers nurses and teaches them how to shape their image into one that reflects the profession's true value. When nurses get the respect they deserve, they will attract more resources for nursing practice, education, and research, so we can resolve the nursing shortage. Sign Sandy up for your next conference, nurses' week celebration, or gala event! Click here for more details. |
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The Truth About Nursing is an international non-profit organization based in Baltimore that seeks to help the public understand the central role nurses play in health care. The Truth promotes more accurate media portrayals of nurses and greater use of nurses as expert sources. The group is led by Sandy Summers, co-author of Saving Lives: Why the Media's Portrayal of Nurses Puts Us All At Risk. Thank you for supporting the Truth About Nursing's work! Sandy Summers, RN, MSN, MPH Please circulate this freely. If this was forwarded to you, you can sign up for free news alerts here: https://www.tansandbox.org/members/news_alerts_signup.html To change your email address for news alerts, please send your old and new email addresses to info@tansandbox.org |