An army of traveling nursesBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/12/an-army-of-traveling-nurses/
… s. There are exceptions, but they are not always well-received in the media. Today, MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle asked New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy whether he needed to “upgrade” his team (at the 11:59 mark) because the state’s health co …
The Truth About Nursing’s letter to the Biden-Harris Covid-19 advisory panelBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/11/letter-to-the-biden-harris-coronavirus-advisory-panel/
… ural Nursing, Professor of Nursing at the University of Alabama and immediate past-president of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. She has also researched Complementary and Alternative Health Care, which many members of the public …
“Why are they allowed to do it just because I am a nurse?”Blog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/10/violence-against-nurses/
… many helpful elements. They include the descriptions of some of the immediate causes and extent of violence against nurses, including a few helpful anecdotes to bring it home to readers; the critical issue of impunity that results from the …
“Looking for empathy in medicine? Start with nurses”Blog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/07/maureen-fitzpatrick/
… n that physicians do. In particular, hospitals tend to offer, and the media tends to use, only physicians for expert commentary. We thank the Sun for publishing the letter, although even the way the paper framed it raised the same issues. T …
Nurses: Into the Banksy-verseBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/06/banksy-nhs/
… heir vocation. But Banksy’s works are often part of larger social and media narratives. Here is a story about the surprise gift of a touching work by one of the world’s best-known—and most iconoclastic—artists to a local hospital, where it …
Life during wartimeBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/04/simone-hannah-clark/
… an anonymous nurse who cares for Covid-19 patients. By contrast, the media is far more likely to consult physicians about technical aspects of care, public policy choices, and tough decisions in clinical settings that often seem to be staf …
The frontline soldiersBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/03/theresa-brown-ppe/
… n light of the current PPE shortages. She argues that pleas on social media are not enough to address the shortages. Instead, because “nurses and doctors are the frontline soldiers in this war against the coronavirus,” the government must a …
Stress positionBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/03/nyt-fails-to-identify-expert-as-nurse/
… l regularly conveyed on almost every Hollywood hospital show. We urge media creators and nurses to make sure that all nurse leaders and scholars, especially those referred to as “Dr.”, are clearly identified as a “nurse” or an “RN, PhD.” An …
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