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Tip of the month: Guidelines for using social media as background checks
By Shelley Cohen
The Internet has proved to be a great resource to managers with the greatest challenge seeming to be finding the time to research all that is available to us. Along with medical and nursing resources, the Internet has become a social highway for individuals as well as organizations.
As the generation gap continues to grow, managers are continuously amazed to hear of personal concerns being posted to social networks such as Facebook. On one hand, some of these sites may provide an opportunity for “pre-screening” job applicants. On the other hand, we see the benefit of looking up a prospective applicant and finding out they are a source for purchasing drugs or the real reasons they were fired from their last job. A question raised on the other side of this is one of discriminatory action. What if you declined to hire a person based on a social networking site story about them and you later find out, the posting was unreliable?
Preserve the Image of Nursing: New TV series jeopardizes nursing image
For years, nurses have been battling how the nursing profession and nurses are portrayed in the media. Having to go against the nursing stereotypes on display in programs such as “Grey’s Anatomy” and “House, M.D.” makes the job that much harder, as patients and families are familiar with the popular television shows.
Now, nurses will have to add another television show to the list that puts their image in jeopardy. MysticArt Pictures has issued a casting call for the new “sexy docu-series” called “Cali Nurse.” According to the casting call, the show is looking for “gorgeous” young females (ages 21-30 only) who will experience “comedy, romance, and fun” and are all about “big hearts” and “dates with McDreamy.” [more]
A picture is worth 1,000 words: Tell your nursing story in photos
In a continuing effort to recognize nurses, the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA) is requesting high quality photos that depict nurses’ work and the relationships they form with patients and families. The winning photograph will be featured in an AARP print and/or web publication.
CCNA hopes to gather images of nurses across all healthcare settings in professional practice and leadership roles, as well as in recruitment and retention activities, and nursing education.
The contest is running through June 25, 2010, and all rules can be found by clicking here.
Even if your submission is not a winner, all qualifying photos will be featured in the CCNA’s new public repository of images.
Twin Cities nurses prepare for strike
After months of negotiations, nurses in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN, have voted and authorized a one-day strike to take place on June 1 at 14 metro hospitals because nurses and healthcare officials could not settle on a new contract that satisfies both parties.
The vote consisted of 9,000 nurses of the 12,000 in the hospital system, with 90% voting to reject pension and labor proposals from the hospitals. Prior to the vote, nurses and healthcare executives tried to reach an agreement to no avail. Each party stood strong in its beliefs and the nurses felt they had no choice but to strike.
The Twin Cities Daily Planet summed up some of the issues discussed, which ranged from patient care to pension. [more]
Nurses speak out against “naughty nurse” image
For years, nurses have been fighting an uphill battle to change the way the public views them as professionals. With television shows like Nurse Jackie, Grey’s Anatomy, and Mercy each portraying nurses in a different light, it’s no wonder the public’s view of nurses is skewed. Even the phrase “naughty nurse” has the public believing female nurses should be wearing white stockings, a short skirt, and heels while attending to their patients.
In an effort to change this belief, nurses around the world are speaking out against Mariah Carey’s recent music video for her song “Up Out My Face.” Nurses want Carey to reconsider the video, in which Carey and fellow pop star and rapper Nicki Minaj are wearing white stockings and high heels. [more]
The Truth about Nursing releases best and worst nurse portrayals of the decade
It seems with every passing year more television shows portray nurses in a different light, as talk shows and different healthcare associations express varying opinions on nurses in the hospital system. If you tune into Showtime, Nurse Jackie will blow you away while popping pain medication. However, if you visit the American Medical Association you might read a negative comment on advanced practice nurses.
Responding to the varying shows in the media that portray nurses, The Truth about Nursing released a list showcasing the ten best and worst media portrayals of nurses between 2000 and 2009. [more]
Announcing Patient Safety Monitor!
Have you ever needed to look up a hospital regulation in a neighboring state and not known where to look? Or have you needed to double check your state’s current regulation on patient identification, and had no time to go searching for the information? Well look no further!
HCPro launched its newest product earlier this week: Patient Safety Monitor, an online resource for your patient safety needs. The main feature is the Crosswalk, which organizes many patient safety-related regulations by what is required by The Joint Commission, CMS, and all 50 states. The product also features the monthly newsletter Briefings on Patient Safety, a tools library, access to our popular “Patient Safety Talk” listserv, and weekly news alert.
The Patient Safety Monitor blog is actually a part of the larger Patient Safety Monitor product, and you’ll now notice a link back to the home page in the “links” section in the righthand column of the blog. If you’re already a subscriber of Briefings on Patient Safety, you now have access to Patient Safety Monitor as part of your subscription.
If you’re interested in finding out more about Patient Safety Monitor, be sure to check out the demo. You can also sign up for a free 7-day trial.
Mercy: An in or out for nurses and their image?
Last night was the season premiere of NBC’s new nursing series; Mercy and we want to know what you thought.
Many nurses hoped this show would be different from Showtimes’ Nurse Jackie and TNT’s HawthoRNe. But as I read more and more comments on NBC’s Web site from viewers who watched last night’s premiere, it seems that this show is off to a rough start. [more]
Will new television series Mercy shine a different light on nursing image?
As this summer’s new nursing series: Nurse Jackie and HawthoRNe have reached their season’s end, it’s time for a new fall series to pick up; Mercy.
Mercy debuts tonight on NBC at 8pm EST and hopes to change the way nurses are portrayed on television. What makes this series different than Nurse Jackie and HawthoRNe, is that writers for Mercy have been using an RN consultant when it comes to developing story ideas and script reviews for the series.
Portrayals of nurses in television series on the rise
As medical dramas such as Grey’s Anatomy, ER, and HOUSE conclude for the season, a new breed of medical programs are beginning to fill their slots on television. For years, the public has witnessed love affairs, drama, and cliff hangers on existing medical shows, giving the public a false understanding of what nurses really do. These series “make people think that nursing doesn’t take much skill, and that nursing is mostly about getting stuff for physicians,” says Sandy Summers, author of Saving Lives: Why the Media’s Portrayal of Nurses Puts Us All At Risk, in the St. Petersburg Times.
