Nurse educators cite Truth leaders’ book Saving Lives November 22, 2018 – Today The Hill ran the strong op-ed “Let’s give thanks to nurses” by Rush University nursing educators Mallory Bejster and…
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Popular TV game show Family Feud repeatedly sexualizes nursing In survey questions, the highly-rated syndicated show Family Feud has urged the public to think of nurses as females who are mainly focused…
Music critic Josiah Hughes interviews Truth leaders on the nursing image in pop music
August 28, 2018 – Today the Blink-155 podcast, which focuses on the pop-punk band blink-182, posted a long interview with Truth About Nursing leaders Sandy and Harry Summers. Hosted by Calgary (Alberta, Canada) music…
Someone saved my life tonight
Some but not all reports on Las Vegas shooting show that team efforts saved lives Press items on the health care response to the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas ranged…
Indeterminacy and the nursing advocate
New Yorker cartoon challenges bias against female physicians—and nurses? Paul Noth draws a female in scrubs, standing beside a female in a white coat, telling a grumpy patient’s family: “We’re doing everything we…
Something to tell you
Florida ED nurse has a simple request: “Wash your stinking hands”! The Washington Post reports that nurse Katherine Lockler posted an amusing video to Facebook explaining key ways people can avoid the…
Fancy dresses and dead patients
U.K. hospital refuses £2,500 donation raised with naughty nurse stereotype But the BBC report about the “fancy dress” fundraising by Ludlow Hospital’s League of Friends mostly highlights the views of people who…
Kisses for cops
The Town Talk on a special thank you from nurses Some Louisiana nurses thanked local police for their service with “kisses for cops” – apparently just baskets of Hershey’s Kisses. But ideally…
Love heals all things
A message to nurses from Angel Williams, the woman at the center of the 2010 Dr. Oz naughty nurse segment January 28, 2018 — We recently received a phone call from Angel…
Ratched or Wretched?
Netflix Should Support Women, Not Damaging Stereotypes by MarySue Heilemann, RN, PhD, FAAN January 25, 2018 Dear Nurses and Allies, I’m writing because the Nurse Ratched show in development at Netflix has…
Who’s who
AARP magazine sends mixed messages on nursing roles January 2015 – Recently AARP The Magazine has published items explaining the roles of various health professionals, especially nurse practitioners (NPs). In the August…
Let’s get to a better future…by showing our NPs more respect
UnitedHealth ads suggest NPs need physicians to solve health problems October 2015 — UnitedHealth Group has been displaying large ads in Washington, DC Metro stations, including one near the U.S. Capitol, proclaiming…
All Types Welcome…to stereotype nursing!
Lionsgate exploits nursing, again, to promote blood drive for new film Jigsaw Lionsgate has promoted its popular Saw horror film franchise with blood drives, using posters exploiting the naughty and battle-axe stereotypes…
My Hospital? It’s all physicians, elixirs, and panaceas!
Cherrypick’s game promotes all-physician narrative of hospital care October 2017 – The premise of the My Hospital phone game is that after you graduate from medical school, your wealthy grandfather gives you…
Nurses vs. Netflix: Protests over Ryan Murphy’s “Ratched”
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-ratched Hundreds of nurses have signed a…
American Horror Story: “Ratched”
Netflix and Ryan Murphy plan two-season TV origin story for one of the most damaging anti-nurse stereotypes in history September 7, 2017 – Today media sources reported that Netflix bought the new…
Founder of nursing is not your robot assistant
Nuance’s electronic scheduler gets own name wrong Take Action! May 27, 2017 – Today we learned of Nuance’s new electronic scheduler, designed specifically to help physicians, which the company has thoughtfully named…
Forward?
Abby Wambach on NPR’s Fresh Air: Title IX was really about escaping nursing September 14, 2016 — Today soccer star Abby Wambach appeared on National Public Radio’s Fresh Air to promote her…