Fox News doesn’t want veterans to “settle” for nurses June 1, 2016 — Please join our petition protesting a damaging Fox News story whose video says “Vets may have to settle for…
Author: Sandy Summers and Harry Jacobs Summers
Sandy and Harry Summers are the leaders of The Truth About Nursing and co-authors of Saving Lives: Why the Media's Portrayal of Nursing Puts Us All at Risk
Flying scalpels and the future of health care
Baltimore Sun publishes Truth leader’s op-ed on nurse staffing ratios May 11, 2016 – Today the Baltimore Sun published a Nurses Day op-ed by Truth executive director Sandy Summers advocating for federal…
Rally for National Nurse-to-Patient Ratios on May 12
Minority Nurse covers May 2016 rally, including Truth’s participation May 6, 2016 – Today Minority Nurse posted a long piece by Julia Quinn-Szcesuil about the then-upcoming Nurses Day rally for nurse-to-patient ratios…
Scary monsters and super creeps
Nurses and The Mindy Project May 2014 – On The Mindy Project (Fox), which focuses on a New York City obstetrics practice, all the characters are odd and silly. But the physicians…
How to fight Zika
Recipient of a Worst Reporting on Nursing 2010-2019 Award Despite 300,000 Brazilian nurses, NPR thinks Zika care there is all about “doctors” April 7, 2016 – Today NPR’s Morning Edition aired a…
Unsafe at current speed
Mona Shattell co-authors strong New York Times op-ed on trucker health March 9, 2016 – Today the New York Times published “Long-Haul Sweatshops,” an op-ed about the tough working conditions U.S. truckers…
Student suspended for saving friend’s life
15-year-old Texas student helps school nurse save asthmatic classmate’s life, then is suspended for doing so February 29, 2016 — Last month, Houston NBC TV affiliate KCEN reported that a Killeen high…
Both sides now
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…
Maximize nurse retention and reimbursement in consultation with The Truth About Nursing
Hospital leaders: Would you like to halt nurse turnover? Maximize reimbursements? We can help you! Leaders of The Truth About Nursing have been the forefront of the effort to transform nursing care…
Looking at Her
Houston physician’s emergency center thinks nurses are super cute January 23, 2016 – Recently the Memorial Heights Emergency Center has placed at least one billboard ad in the Houston area that asks…
Saving Lives wins two 2015 AJN Book of the Year awards!
January 2016 — Saving Lives: Why the Media’s Portrayal of Nursing Puts Us All at Risk has won two 2015 Book of the Year awards from the American Journal of Nursing! Written…
Counting the Dead
The altar of murdered men National History Day Documentary–Junior Level (Middle School) Gold Medal winner Produced by Lexie Van Den Heuvel University School of Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin June 14, 2012 This strong…
The golden ratios
Reports show understaffing remains a global threat May 28, 2015 – Media items from around the world in the last six months show that nursing continues to suffer from underfunding, with poor…
A girl in trouble is a temporary thing
Call the Midwife returns to PBS tonight March 29, 2015 — Tonight the BBC drama Call the Midwife begins airing its fourth season on PBS, as the show enters the 1960s. Last…
Working life
Reports highlight the dangers of nurse fatigue and burnout February 1, 2015 – In recent months several health news outlets have run helpful pieces about dangerously high levels of fatigue and burnout…
Haters gonna hate
Op-eds on NPs reflect the physician gaze January 6, 2015 – Over the last year, several op-eds have conveyed critical views of advanced practice nurses (APRNs) and how they fit into U.S….
The art of doing nothing, well
New York Times highlights value of nurse midwife care December 14, 2014 – Two strong pieces in the New York Times have recently drawn attention to the high quality, cost effective care…
Hollow
Angel of death haunts Fox drama! November 17, 2014 — Tonight’s episode of Fox’s drama Sleepy Hollow featured a strikingly clear example of the angel-of-death image of nursing: The being who was…
Inmate or nurse?
Boys & Girls Club billboards spark debate in Cleveland November 2014 — Since at least September, The Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland have been running a billboard ad campaign featuring photos…
Significant unknowns
Nurses consulted, or not, about long-term care November 7, 2014 – Recent news items have shown the media consulting–or totally failing to consult–nurses for their expertise in managing serious long-term illnesses. Sometimes…