S.P.A.N.C.

This blog is meant to be a place for Sunnybrook Peri-Anesthesia Nurses (Pre-Admission Centre, Same Day Surgery, Post Anesthetic Are Unit and Surgical Short Stay Unit) to stay in communication with each other and to be up-to-date with concerns regarding the Peri-Anesthesia Department. The Purpose of S.P.A.N.C is •To re-implement a unit based council •to identify the unique role of the Peri-anesthesia nurse and to help staff from other areas understand what it is that we do •to create a collegial atmosphere for sharing our professional experiences within the subgroups of Peri-anesthesia •to facilitate open discussion and priority of issues relating to professional practice, education and research that impact on the quality of our work life and thereby affect positive outcomes for our patients and their families.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Are Nurse Jackie and Hawthorne helping or harming nursing?

Thought I would forward this information on our Blog:

News Alert from the Center for Nursing Advocacy:
Nurse Jackie and HawthoRNe have created quite a stir in the nursing community, causing excitement about nurses being featured as lead characters on prime time television, but also concern about whether the character profiles and story lines will have a positive or negative impact on the public's understanding of who nurses are and what they do.
Center for Nursing Advocacy board members have been weighing in, and we would like to open a discussion with all of you on what has already become a source of controversy among nursing professionals. Suzanne Gordon, internationally known journalist, advocate for nurses, and a member of our Board of Directors, wrote an op-ed for the Boston Globe on the new shows, and Board chair Mary Dominiak was quoted in a Chicago Sun-Times article.

Please join the discussion at our discussion board. Our discussion board was recently reactivated after removing a deceptive thread started by an unauthorized person who posted false information about the Center's status. Now, we invite your thoughts on the following topics:

Are Nurse Jackie and HawthoRNe harming or helping nursing?

How can nurses, including nursing faculty, use Nurse Jackie and HawthoRNe to educate their peers and students about the importance of becoming advocates for the nursing profession?
We look forward to the discussion!
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