Raising CainBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/10/night-shift-s4/
… ysician. The last season of NBC’s The Night Shift was a downshift for nursing The fourth season of the hospital drama, which aired in summer 2017, still included the competent emergency nurse Kenny. But as always, every other major characte …
“Save one life, you’re a hero. Save a hundred lives, well then you’re a nurse.”Blog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/09/2020-fall-tv-preview/
Nursing will be back to prime time. The big news is Netflix’s release of Ratched, but the streaming giant will also offer more of the actually-pretty-good portrayal of nursing on romantic drama Virgin River. And it seems there will always b …
Paging Dr. ZenkBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/08/paging-dr-zenk/
… , PhD, would assume the role of director of the National Institute of Nursing Research in fall 2020. Since August 2019, NINR has been without a nurse director, with that role being filled on an interim basis by a dentist a In July 2020 the …
Working nurses to deathBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/08/working-nurses-to-death/
… s lives and burns out nurses. Commendably, the piece relied solely on nursing scholars and nursing research to make its points. It might have also explained how nurses save lives and addressed poten Jason Silverstein posted a strong report …
“Patients die because nurses are too busy”Blog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/06/patients-die-because-nurses-are-too-busy/
Press items report deadly nursing shortage on both sides of the Atlantic A study of European hospitals shows that missed care due to nurse understaffing has increased death rates, according to an… Press items report deadly nursing shortage …
A very determined nurse practitionerBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/06/the-resident-season-1/
… resident physicians. Nic was also, evidently, pursuing a doctorate in nursing! Yet her name tag read “BSN, NP,” when an NP today would likely need at least a master’s degree. A major season-long plotline involved Nic pursuing a powerful res …
Saving us from ourselvesBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/06/laurie-combe-rocks/
Washington Post report on nursing in Covid era offers unusually deep look at profession A long April 2020 piece in the Post had information from a diverse group of nurses. Of course,… Washington Post report on nursing in Covid era offers un …
Nevertheless, they persistedBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/06/call-the-midwife-season-6/
More strong nursing in season 6 of the BBC’s Call the Midwife The sixth season of the BBC’s Call the Midwife, from 2017, featured more portrayals of expert nurse midwives saving lives and improving… More strong nursing in season 6 of the BB …