Jane the…Daughter of a NurseBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2021/12/jane-the-virgin/
As Jane the Virgin ends, Xo finds her way—to nursing school! On the final season of The CW’s popular telenovela Jane the Virgin, ending in 2019, the main character’s mother Xiomara finally decided on a career path that held promise: nursing …
We belong togetherBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2021/09/2019-march-of-nurses/
… conditions. (The “white” element evidently refers to the traditional nursing uniform color, not to race–although nursing does need greater diversity, a concern that is at least starting to be addressed.) As the article explained, the nurse …
The Marvelous Messrs. MayoBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2021/09/the-mayo-clinic/
… ncluding through some current patient stories. The film does touch on nursing several times, but almost all of these bits strongly reinforce the angel image and the “faith” and “hope” parts of the title – the “science” seems to be the provi …
Communication breakdownBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2021/06/communication-breakdown/
… ts, although some comments from one of them manage to both understate nursing autonomy and overstate nurses’ responsibility for conflicts. U.S. News piece discusses problems in nurse-physician interactions A September 2018 piece in U.S. New …
Just pick anybody up off the street and turn them into nursesBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2021/05/just-pick-anybody-up-off-the-street-and-turn-them-into-nurses/
In March 2021 Dame Donna Kinnair, leader of the UK’s Royal College of Nursing, appeared on the BBC radio show Newshour to discuss nursing during the Covid-19 era. Dame Kinnair made good points about the value of UK nurses’ work, the poor pu …
Task force multipliersBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/11/task-force-multipliers/
On November 22, 2020, the Truth About Nursing sent the Covid task force a message with a diverse list of nurses. The list included direct care nurses, as well as nurses who are expert in infection control, health disparities, and other publ …