The May 2021 piece had some strong advocacy from National Nurses United, which argues that it’s too soon to tell vaccinated people they can stop wearing masks in most U.S. settings. Sadly, the article includes more about how the new guidance is playing out in California politics than it does about whether NNU is actually right.
Since mid-2020, Boston nurse practitioner Christina has been posting strong refutations of Covid misinformation on TikTok, as reported in a good Wired piece in September. Christina’s video style is comic, hyper-articulate, and at times brutal; it may not be for everyone. But her TikTok account presents an image of a practicing nurse as a fiercely intelligent, authoritative, and compelling public health advocate.
In October 2020 CNN reported on a widely-shared TikTok video in which nurse Cristina Hops expressed outrage at a tweet by Donald Trump urging people not to “be afraid of Covid.” Hops argued that the tweet undermined the efforts of health workers to get the public to take the deadly disease seriously. That is strong patient advocacy.
Washington Post report on nursing in Covid era offers unusually deep look at profession A long April 2020 piece in the Post had information from a diverse group of nurses. Of course,…
A May 2017 report addressed how “napping pods” can ease the effects of sleep deprivation on high school students. And an August 2017 piece described research finding that many postpartum nurses are ill-prepared to educate new mothers about risks to their health. Both reports show how nursing research can improve health.
Huffington Post and Hill items portray the ANA as a policy force Recipient of a Best Public Health Advocacy by Nurses 2010-2019 Award The Huffington Post reported that the American Nurses Association had decided to oppose not…
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…
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,…