Excellent Nurses Week TributeBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2026/10/excellent-nurses-week-tribute/
… story that has always stuck with me and epitomizes the profession of nursing. When he was a young lieutenant stationed in Vietnam, he was told to evacuate a hospital that was under enemy attack by the North Vietnamese. He and his crew flew …
Serving and saving livesBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2021/11/malawi-harriet-chiomba/
… ima, where the group’s leader had called for better press coverage of nursing. Harriet Chiomba of the National Organization of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) asked journalists to highlight nurses’ work in improving health. Chiomba rep …
The frontline soldiersBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/03/theresa-brown-ppe/
… turning from a trip to Spain. But her particular focus is the “severe shortages of masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) for nurses, doctors, and other health care workers.” Brown is critical of the Trump Administration’s response o …
No time to choose between life and deathBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/03/wuhan-between-life-and-death/
… wellbeing. The piece does not specifically discuss the angel image of nursing. But it does mention a state media reference to one pregnant nurse still working only 20 days from her delivery date as a “great angel in a white gown.” In fact, …
Pretending it’s a whiz kid worldBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/03/pure-genius/
… utiful spaces, and limitless resources. But that included very little nursing. Despite the show’s cutting-edge focus, it conformed to the conventional Hollywood model of care as driven by expert physicians, with nurses on hand occasionally …
She’s too good for youBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2019/12/greys-season14/
… tomy carried on the hospital drama’s rarely-seen-or-heard approach to nursing portrayals. Once again, a slew of surgeons did everything important, and the show regularly glorified them, not least with its signature voice-overs from lead cha …
Business Insider gives worldwide coverage to Truth’s campaign for nurse to lead NINRBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2019/10/business-insider/
… appointed a dentist and a biologist to head the National Institute of Nursing research – a nurses are furious.” The US story soon appeared in the Netherlands, India, Australia, Germany and China. Truth director Sandy Summers was quoted as s …