Op-eds, articles and letters to the editor written by nurses

We urge nurses to write articles and op-eds for your local, national or international newspapers. It is imperative that the public begin to learn what nurses know and do. Getting nurses published in the media is an essential step in making this happen.

When meals are carted with care

January 20, 2004 -- Christine Contillo, RN, BSN, writes a powerful op-ed in the New York Times about the observations public health nurses make when delivering meals to the homebound. When nurses have an opportunity to assess patients--doing work many think should be done by unlicensed personnel--they can identify dangerous symptoms that might otherwise go unnoticed. We need more articles like this one to educate the public that nursing work--however menial it may appear to the average layperson (e.g. vital signs and "bedpan duty")--should be left to the nurse. Nurses need sufficient staffing to be able to do such work instead of being replaced by unlicensed personnel. See the article

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