Nurses vs. Netflix: Protests over Ryan Murphy’s “Ratched”Blog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2017/09/ratched-press-release/
For immediate release September 15, 2017 Contact: Sandy Summers 410-323-1100 office 443-253-3738 cell ssummers@truthaboutnursing.org Note: As of January 18, 2019, our new petition is located at: https://truthaboutnursing.salsalabs.org/nurse …
Submit nominations for the 2022 Truth About Nursing media awards!Blog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2023/01/submit-nominations-for-the-2022-truth-about-nursing-media-awards/
These annual awards spotlight the best and worst of media for nursing We are now accepting nominations for the Truth About Nursing awards, which recognize the most notable – best and worst… These annual awards spotlight the best and worst o …
BrilliantBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2024/10/2024-fall-tv-preview/
… my, especially 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, an …
Serving and saving livesBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2021/11/malawi-harriet-chiomba/
Malawian nurses urge media to provide more balanced coverage of the profession In late October 2021, the Nyasa Times reported that the National Organization of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi had hosted a media workshop to improve relations w …
“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/
… eems there will always be the BBC’s Call the Midwife, with its strong portrayals of 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 …
No time to choose between life and deathBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2020/03/wuhan-between-life-and-death/
… e have actually died of overwork. The piece also highlights the state media’s apparent use of a narrative of heroic sacrifice to mask failures to protect health workers. In a familiar image, one nurse was termed “an angel in a white gown.” …
Truth director to appear at online African nursing conference!Blog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2019/07/nurses-on-air/
… The African Nurse: Breaking Boundaries 1.0,” a Nursing Innovation and Media Storytelling Event July 7, 2019 — On Tuesday, July… On July 9, Truth About Nursing director Sandy Summers will speak at “The African Nurse: Breaking Boundaries 1.0, …
Woodhull Study Revisited releasedBlog
https://blog.truthaboutnursing.org/2018/05/woodhull-study-revisited-nurses-news-media/
Twenty years after the initial Woodhull Study on Nursing and the Media, a reexamination of how nurses are portrayed in the news media is released Out of George Washington School of Nursing,… Twenty years after the initial Woodhull Study on …