Nurses call for an end to “sexy nurse” costumes In late October 2023, the Guardian ran a good item on calls by the Spanish nursing council for an end to the naughty and killer…
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Nurse of America
Remembering nursing pioneer Claire Fagin. In January 2024, U.S. nursing leader Claire Fagin died at the age of 97. Obituaries appeared in many major publications. One of the best was in the Washington Post. That one focused on Fagin’s year leading the University of Pennsylvania, but also on her key role in pushing nursing forward, through her forceful advocacy and emphasis on a stronger academic curriculum. At the Truth About Nursing, we especially appreciated her mentoring and support over the last two decades.
The 2022 Nursing in the Media Awards
The Truth About Nursing announces our list of the best and worst media portrayals of nursing for 2022! We regret that transitions this past year again delayed these awards. The year 2022…
A job with your best friends
Fall 2023 TV Overview! Despite the Hollywood strikes, good portrayals of nursing are coming on the BBC’s Call the Midwife and on Netflix’s Virgin River. But when more shows appear, the prime-time landscape will likely…
“A Letter to My Abuser”
Ohio nurse’s letter highlights desperate workplace conditions November 6, 2023 – Today USA Today had a long piece about Ohio nurse Tristin Kate Smith, who wrote a powerful “Letter to my abuser”…
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…
Message from RaDonda Vaught
RaDonda Vaught provides guidance on those offering letters of support
Serving and saving lives
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 with the press. The group’s leader Harriet Chiomba urged journalists to change their focus on a small number of problematic nurses and do more to highlight the positive contributions of the profession.
“Looking for empathy in medicine? Start with nurses”
After a June 2020 piece in the Baltimore Sun marvels at medical students providing holistic care to Covid patients, a local nurse explains that this extraordinary care innovation has actually been at the core…
Nurse up
Nevada benefit for injured motorcyclists rethinks naughty nurse imagery Some Nevada motorcycle enthusiasts at first used naughty nurse imagery to promote a Leap Day 2020 benefit to get health equipment to injured…
Business Insider gives worldwide coverage to Truth’s campaign for nurse to lead NINR
September 13, 2019 – Today Business Insider posted a piece by Allana Akhtar about nurses’ objections to the recent appointment of non-nurses as interim leaders of NINR. The article was “The US…
Dentist assumes NINR interim director post
Search for permanent director continues Despite protests by thousands of nurses, and constructive interactions with NIH director Francis Collins, a dentist and a biologist have now assumed the interim leadership positions at…
Anyone will do
U.S. nursing research institute appoints dentist as interim director The National Institute for Nursing Research, which disburses federal grants, recently announced that its interim director would be…a dentist. But non-nurses are non-qualified…
#EndNurseAbuse
Salt Lake Tribune items about abused Utah nurse show power of advocacy After nurse Alex Wubbels was forcibly detained for refusing to let a police officer draw blood from an unconscious patient,…