December 2021 MSNBC op-ed by Truth leader argues that nurses need assistants
Category: OP-EDs
Making the hospital look bad
April 2020 pieces highlight U.S. nurses advocating for safer practices despite efforts to silence them. Buzzfeed reported that a California hospital had suspended 10 nurses for refusing to care for Covid-19 patients without the N95 masks the physicians got. The nurses later got the masks. And the New York Times ran an op-ed by Theresa Brown about how she was forced to quit a clinical job because of her advocacy for safer practices, a dynamic that is now widespread in the Covid context.
The frontline soldiers
Nurse’s CNN op-ed highlights urgent need for protective gear in covid-19 response Theresa Brown’s piece explains that U.S. health workers like nurses must have personal protective equipment (PPE) to care effectively for…
Outrageous
Ontario nurses urge resistant city leaders to equip police with naloxone Recipient of a Best Public Health Advocacy by Nurses 2010-2019 Award The Windsor Star ran a good report about the persistent…
“Wait, wait, wait, did she just say that a registered nurse could provide better care than a physician?”
Pennsylvania nurses publish powerful opinion pieces to protect public A February 2019 op-ed in The Philadelphia Inquirer opposed the criminalization of health care errors, using the case of a Tennessee nurse to…
Sorry
Two nurses write strong New York Times opinion pieces on end-of-life care The nurses advocated for better practices to allow natural deaths. Theresa Brown argued for better reimbursement for end-of-life care discussions…
It’s no game
Chicago nurses’ op-ed in The Hill urges better understanding of nursing The op-ed argues that a legislator’s remark about nurses “playing cards” shows the need to improve understanding of nurses’ vital role…
“Dedicated, educated and planning to leave”
Nurse explains reasons for strike in powerful Irish Times op-ed Senior nurse Ann Noonan tells why she and other members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organization have decided to strike: The…
Call of Duty
Press highlights ethical concerns of Navy nurse who refused to force-feed A late 2014 Miami Herald piece described advocacy, including by the American Nurses Association, for a Navy nurse at Guantánamo who…
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…
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…