| | | | "Dedicated, educated and planning to leave" Nurse explains reasons for strike in powerful Irish Times op-ed January 9, 2019 -- Senior nurse Ann Noonan tells why she and other members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organization have decided to strike: The government's apparent refusal to pay nurses a competitive wage has led to severe understaffing, which in turn has caused widespread care delays, safety risks to patients, and burnout among nurses. | | | | | | | | Until a nurse New Johnson & Johnson ad campaign focuses on nursing innovation September 2018 -- Since 2002, the ads in J&J's Campaign for Nursing's Future have often seemed to be more about the drug company's own future, embracing an angel-oriented vision of nursing that does not serve the profession's interests. So we welcome the focus on innovation in the new "Nurses Change Lives" ads, whose subjects range from Florence Nightingale to Tennessee app developer Rebecca Koszalinski, RN, PhD. | | | | | | | | Alexandra Robbins examines the state of U.S. nursing "That's why her hair is so big. It's full of secrets." – Mean Girls (2004) The journalist promoted her 2015 book with stories in major publications, from Politico to Slate to Marie Claire. The pieces offered valuable looks at what nurses really know and do in U.S. hospitals, although they did reflect some of the gossipy, gendered focus on "secrets" that we've seen before in mainstream media items. | | | | | | | | Geriatric care Baltimore Sun reports that retiree became a hospice nurse in his 60s A January 2016 piece by health reporter Meredith Cohn explains that the man became a nurse after his wife died. The report suggests nursing has value, but Cohn seems to think the work is really about hand-holding, failing to convey that it requires knowledge and skill. | | | | | | | | | | | | Planning your curriculum? We have ideas 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! Please consider some of these ideas... | | | | | | | | | | Having an event? Book Sandy today! Let Sandy Summers empower your nurses and help them fully embrace their autonomy! Patients deserve better protection. Let Sandy help your nurses and students fully embrace their autonomy to strengthen nursing care, reduce errors and improve care! Sandy recently spoke in Washington DC, Manitoba and Vancouver, and gave the graduation speech at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She speaks widely to a variety of international nursing groups. Click here to see details and book her today! | | | | | | | | | | Imagine a world where nurses were fully empowered to protect patients Get an author-signed copy of Saving Lives for you or a friend Saving Lives is the transformative book acclaimed by nurses, nursing leaders, scholars, and the media. It can help your friends, colleagues, and students be the strong nurses our profession needs to protect patients from errors, injuries, and disease. 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Edited by Pádraig Ó Lúanaigh, RN, EdD, the thought-provoking new textbook from Routledge "draws on international contributors with a range of backgrounds to explore, engage with and challenge readers in understanding the many aspects and elements that inform and influence contemporary nursing practice." Our chapter is "Nursing's public image: Toward a professional future." We thank Dr. Lúanaigh for the opportunity to be a part of this important new project. Please consider this book for your classes in professionalism, nursing and society, and nursing leadership. Click here to request a free copy for review now! See more about the book here... | | | | | | | | | | Change the world with us! | | | | Your support is what makes it possible for us to improve public understanding of nursing -- one media image at a time. Please make a generous donation today. Thank you! | | | | | | | | Join our action teams for: | | | | | | | | | | | |
