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Ratched or Wretched?Blog

https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2018/01/marysue-heilemann-on-nurse-ratched/

… e. Sandy Summers, RN, MSN, MPH, Executive Director of The Truth About Nursing, has pointed out that this will not help recruit new nurses in the US or in the rest of the world where nurses are desperately needed. Such a depiction makes a mo …

Both sides nowBlog

https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2016/02/mercy-street/

PBS highlights Civil War nursing on Mercy Street February 2016 — PBS’s Mercy Street is a U.S. Civil War drama about the staff at a Union military hospital in Virginia that treats… PBS highlights Civil War nursing on Mercy Street February 20 …

The sophomore blues (2025 Fall TV overview)Blog

https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2026/05/the-sophomore-blues/

… rms of numbers and general silliness. In any case, good portrayals of nursing will return, on Call the Midwife (BBC/PBS) and Virgin River (Netflix). November 2025 – Last year marked the start of a new era for health-related prime-time U.S. …

NonstopBlog

https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2026/03/nonstop/

BBC radio show highlights new Swiss film about a tough nursing shift In July 2025 the BBC radio show The Arts Hour featured writer-director Petra Volpe, who discussed her film The Late Shift. The movie… BBC radio show highlights new Swiss f …

BarriersBlog

https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2026/01/eddie-bernice-johnson-obituary/

… r Eddie Bernice Johnson, a pioneer for Black women in politics—and in nursing. She had died at 89. Sam Roberts’s piece focused on Johnson’s political career, which included 30 years representing Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. B …

Nurses Issue Call for Global Resistance to Trump Administration’s Attack on Public HealthBlog

https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2025/04/join-our-statement-condemning-the-trump-administrations-attack-on-healthcare/

… at has no place in a decent world. We object to direct threats to the nursing profession. These include plans to undermine the already desperate position of nurses in clinical practice through funding cuts and the violation of labor rights. …

Pride and prejudice and zombie nursesBlog

https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2024/10/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombie-nurses/

… te October 2023, the Guardian ran a good item on calls by the Spanish nursing council for an end to the naughty and killer… Nurses call for an end to “sexy nurse” costumes In late October 2023, the Guardian ran a good item on calls by the S …

BrilliantBlog

https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2024/10/2024-fall-tv-preview/

… Fox’s Doc and NBC’s Brilliant Minds. In any case, good portrayals of nursing will return, on the long-running Call the Midwife (BBC/PBS) and Virgin River (Netflix). Fall 2024 TV Overview! New health-related shows are here, and some have nu …

Nurse of AmericaBlog

https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2024/02/claire-fagin/

Remembering nursing pioneer Claire Fagin. In January 2024, U.S. nursing leader Claire Fagin died at the age of 97. Obituaries appeared in many major publications. One of the best was in the Washington Post. That one focused on Fagin’s year …

A job with your best friendsBlog

https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2023/10/2023-fall-tv-preview/

… l 2023 TV Overview! Despite the Hollywood strikes, good portrayals of nursing are coming on the BBC’s Call the Midwife and on Netflix’s Virgin River. But when more shows appear, the prime-time landscape will likely… Fall 2023 TV Overview! D …

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