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Good, I'm glad that you are working on the issues that drag down your ability to provide quality patient care. More nurses need to do this. But none of us operates in a vacuum. There is no one solution to the nursing shortage and no one person who ...

There is not just one way to solve the nursing shortage. Everyone needs to do his part to work on the causes. When nursing is so undervalued in the public consciousness, nurses can't get the resources they need to do their work. For instance, it sou...

The mass media is in the business of affecting how and what people think. To believe that people are able to disregard everything they perceive in the entertainment media because the scenarios presented aren't literally "true," or because they are lo...

The global media's relentless linking of sexual images to the profession of nursing reinforces long-standing stereotypes. Even though those images are often "jokes" or "fantasies," the stereotypes they promote discourage practicing and potential nurs...

The Nobel Prize in Nursing December 8, 2006 -- Today The Baltimore Sun published "Nurses' achievements merit international recognition," an op-ed by Columbia University nursing professor Kristine Gebbie and Center for Nursing Advocacy executive dire...

That would take some serious cash. Cash and nursing aren't exactly synonymous. We're going to float the idea to a couple foundations. But don't hold your breath.

First of all, the article wrongly quoted me as saying "Move these sexual fantasies to other professions". I did not, and would not say that and I have written to the journalist to ask her to fix it. But there's only so much I can do to make that ha...

Of course, all nurses deserve more public credit for our work than we currently get, which is why we are working to improve public understanding of nursing through improving the accuracy of nursing's media portrayals. If our leaders get credit throug...

Timothy, the lamp is a strong symbol of 24/7 care. I worked for 3 years in Cambodia, and the hospitals there are essentially staffed from 8am-11am and then patients are pretty much on their own during the other hours. Round the clock surveillance sav...

Timothy, How sad it is that you can't appreciate nursing's leaders. Our nursing researchers and innovators make it possible for bedside nurses to change and improve our care so our patients will have better outcomes. For instance, if we had no nurse ...

This is hilarious. Thank you EmerNurse.

Infirmières Sans Frontières December 3, 2006 -- Recently, the Nobel Prize-winning Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) launched a U.S. tour of an exhibit highlighting the global aid group's vital work in conflict zones. "A Refugee...

The reason the "most trusted" poll results don't do too much for me is that this public view often goes hand in hand with the prevailing vision of nurses as devoted, angelic handmaidens. Of course, it's possible that a particular member of the public...

That's the way to support your profession! Sure, one result of our campaign may have been that the grill owner has had an increase in business. But our intended goal of getting people to think and talk about negative nursing images has been achieved....

http://www.nursingadvocacy.org/faq/most_trusted.html Q: Why aren't you more excited that public opinion polls often put nurses at the top of the list of "most trusted" and "most ethical" professions? A: Of course, there's nothing inherently bad about...

Hi Kriso, Thanks for your comments. Of course I would have liked to talk for hours on the issue, but getting the media to do that is the trick... And getting them to cover nursing is an even bigger trick. There is this perception that nursing doesn't...

Q: Come on. Even if the mass media does ignore nursing, or present it inaccurately, how can that possibly affect nursing in real life? A: It can because what people see affects what they think, and what they think affects what they do. This isn't jus...

Q: What's the big deal about "naughty nurse" images in the media? I mean, no one believes nurses really dress like that! A: The global media's relentless linking of sexual images to the profession of nursing reinforces long-standing stereotypes. Even...

October 2006 -- We hear that a fine new ¨establishment in Tempe, Arizona, one Heart Attack Grill, has been the subject of complaints by those battleaxes at the Arizona State Board of Nursing. And it's all because the Grill uses scantily dressed "naug...

Sorry that I disappointed you Kriso. We taped for about 20 minutes, and I can't say that all of the quotes they used were my best. But there is little I can do to get them to choose which quotes they should use. The media is in control of their stori...

Good, I'm glad. Thank you Tweety. We work hard on it...

You said that nurses can't hold drugs without an MD or parameters. That is plainly wrong--as your own care plan acknowledged. We can and must withhold drugs that are dangerous for patients--whether or not we have an advanced provider agreeing with us...

Nobody is going to go into DKA with a blood sugar of 20! Nursing is an ongoing professional service, where we monitor people over time and intervene as appropriate--hopefully not a once-per-shift service--though I know in this age of short-staffing i...

I beg to differ. We are ethically and legally bound to deliver the best possible care to our patients and advocate for them as we would if we were lying in the bed ourselves. We do not give medications just because some physician prescribes them. We ...

Take action! Complete survey and help design new nursing uniform July 4, 2003 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing is asking nurses to complete a 5-minute survey it is co-sponsoring to help fashion designers create a new uniform for to...