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Media to Feature Nurses During National Nurses Week

5/3/01

During National Nurses Week, CNN will be airing a three-part series on the nursing shortage that will feature an interview with ANA President Mary E. Foley, MS, RN. Part one will air at 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. May 7, and at 8 a.m., May 8; part two will air at 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. May 8, and at 8 a.m. May 9; and part three will air at 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. May 9, and 8 a.m. May 10. All times are eastern time.

http://www.ana.org/news/ananews.htm#media

The CNN series is about the NURSING SHORTAGE, not the ANA. I'm sure the nurses on this board are savvy enough to watch it first, and then decide if "it's a perfect opportunity" to blather your biased, nonrelated feedback.

Thanks Natalie it will be interesting to watch. Usually CNN does a pretty good job with reporting let's hope they look at the real issues. I was dissapointed with the series on the discovery channel, I mean it was good but the issues were not discussed.

Discovery Health has alot 0f good programming for nurses along with discovery Science. PBS has done a couple shows recently, one focusing on doc's and the other end of life issues.

I am going to take the time to watch this, thanks for the notice.

I am interested in what Mary Foley says and does this may be a deciding factor for me, the ANA has a great opportunity now...time will tell...

People are getting sick of you Wildtime; take a vacation, give your hands a rest. You never cease to amaze me. If you worked as assidiously to improve nursing as you do to criticize the ANA and it's members, the nursing profession would be cured. However, this is not going to happen because you are full of yourself; and you are also FOS!!! Not being rude or personal, just being truthful!!! :rolleyes:

"Your philosophy is if you do not like it then leave. Guess what? I do not like it, but I am not leaving.

If you do not like what I have to say then just do your self a favor and just do not read my posts. No one is forcing you to read them"

Remember this the next time you have the urge to tell someone that you are going to annihilate them in order to silence their opinion (as you have told me & Natalie) Remember what you just told L2T the next time you want to destroy someone because they have a different opinion than you (as you have said to Natlaie & me). You cant have it both it ways. Practice what you preach.

Try this, wildtime. Post your anti-ANA diatribe under the appropriate topics. The original post I made was to notify nurses of the upcoming CNN series. I found it on the ANA site, and they included the interview with Mary Foley. I always link my sources.

Any astute reader would take the posting as a CNN special re: the nursing shortage. Why don't you leave it at that instead of tainting the dialogue. Many nurses here are simply not interested in the arguments re: ANA. The initial posting never called for it and you should have left it out of the discussion. Carry it on under the right topics so people can pick and choose their interests. Carry on your assinine witchhunt under the "assinine witchhunt" topic. It's just bulletin board courtesy.

So hop to it, Wild! Florida direct-care nurses could use someone to mobilize them into doing something about their horrendous conditions. In fact so could the whole South. Stop bitching about it here, making excuses for WHY you have to take action, & just take the damn action! Get the ball rolling down there!Geeeeeezzzzzzzzz.....whats it gonna take to get you to put your money where your mouth is?

Anyway........

Media to Feature Nurses During National Nurses Week

5/3/01

During National Nurses Week, CNN will be airing a three-part series on the nursing shortage that will feature an interview with ANA President Mary E. Foley, MS, RN. Part one will air at 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. May 7, and at 8 a.m., May 8; part two will air at 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. May 8, and at 8 a.m. May 9; and part three will air at 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. May 9, and 8 a.m. May 10. All times are eastern time.

In addition, the Discovery Health Channel will rerun its five-part series on NURSES in celebration of National Nurses Week. Watch all five episodes on Sunday, May 6, beginning at 6PM (ET). Individual episodes will be shown at 7 p.m. (ET) each night May 7-11. For additional replay times and more information about the series, go to www.discoveryhealth.com. To purchase the entire NURSES series on videotape, call (800) 475-6636.

It's not too late to secure media coverage for your own events and issues during National Nurses Week. Go to www.nursingworld.org/pressrel/nnw/ for media kit materials to help you get your message out.

The American Nurses Association is continuing to secure media coverage on the nursing shortage, inadequate staffing and mandatory overtime, and occupational health and safety issues. http://www.ana.org/news/ananews.htm#media

Specializes in ER.

Newsflash- There is no mandatory OT, nor is there consideration of it in my hospital, and please leave me out of your debate.

And...guess what...not working in ME right now- Wildtime, want to guess why?

Maybe we should all think about what we post, and how some people on this site are here to destroy and not to construct. :mad:

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Specializes in Pediatric Rehabilitation.

Wildtime, I do not feel you should "shut up" and "leave", but I agree with Natalie; you should post under the appropriate topic.

I'm not going to defend the ANA, nor do I intend to attempt to destroy them. I do not understand your motive behind trying to destroy the ANA, the ONE voice we have in the media. I do feel that before I can ***** about what the ANA represents, I should do one of two things: Either join the ANA and work to change their goals, or Form another organization representing those things which I believe. I've not done either of those, neither have you. Right now, I feel the most important thing we need is national publicity re; the nursing shortage. ANA is doing that. One thing for sure, we will NOT get national, even local, publicity sitting here bitching on this bb. Spend your energy positively, Wildtime. You're doing some great publicity for the ANA here, while personally getting the reputation for being completely negative. You'll never gain the 93% support you so desperately desire by attacking others.

JT & Natalie..thanks for the information, you guys are a great voice for nursing!

SEE WHAT I MEAN, W??!!

Thank you Canoe. Ive been trying to do that & also insisting on staying out of your business myself.

Thanks Nurs4...but most of that stuff is cut & paste right off the ANA website. Its all in the click of the wrist!

So far I havent seen anything worthy of annihilation! lol!!

thanks for you fair post.

I am a REALLY new member here & a BSN student. I must say that I find some of you to be quite shocking & was hoping for a more supportive and mature atmosphere here! Luckily I have the spine to not let it sour my experiences. Can't we all be nice? Thank you natalie for alerting us to the CNN series :)

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