Podcast: Play in new window | Download (38.3MB)

Welcome to Insights in Nursing Episode 32

How National Nurse Came About

Susan Sullivan, secretary of the National Nursing Network Organization, started off by providing a brief history as to how the idea of having a national nurse came about as well as the movements that have been done to push it forward into implementation.

Moving on, the panelists discussed on the importance of having a public figure in the form of a national nurse to provide visibility of nurse leadership on a national level, get nurses be more involved in public health issues, and putting preventive nursing care in the highlight.

National Nurse and the ANA

Another thing that also came about in the discussion is the ANA’s seeming lack of support for this movement. As Kim McAllister had mentioned, she previously sent an open letter to the ANA basically asking them what they are afraid about in pursuing this movement since the position of national nurse would not in any way be threatening but an efficient and cost effective position and it is not about who is on top but the massive action at the community level that can come out of this.

International Nurse Representative

Susan Sullivan mentioned that there is already an existing representative for the US in international conventions for nurses which is the chief nurse of the public health service. Most nurses and the public is unaware of such and the position is still needed to be formally designated as national nurse where it goes back again to the reluctance of moving on into that direction.

Giving Nursing Students the Vision

For nursing students to better understand the meaning of having a national nurse and encouraging them to support this movement, Susan advised that they be informed of the resources available to educate them about it as well as the social media community to spread the word. Also communicating with congressional leaders on the matter is a very good way to get started.

On a final note, host Jamie Davis said that this is not only an investment in the future of the profession but an investment in the future of the country.

—-

Subscribe for Free – Use these links!

iTunes | Zune | Podcast | Blog | Twitter | Facebook

Choose from these links for free weekly delivery of Insights in Nursing!

———-

Thanks to our Sponsors!

Medsyntrix.com for unique online CE for that continuing education that all nurses need! www.MedSyntrix.com

and

Bandwidth sponsor AllNurses.com, the Largest online community for nurses. Continue the discussions there!

———-

Join us!

On the panel this week:

Lorry Schoenley of Correctional Nurse.net and on twitter @LorrySchoenly

Kim McAllister of Emergiblog.com and on Twitter @emergiblog.

Susan Sullivan of National Nurse for Public Health

and host Jamie Davis, the Podmedic, RN, NREMTP, BA, AAS managing director of the ProMed Network and host of the Nursing Show and MedicCast weekly programs.

Join us as we delve in to our week’s topic.

——–

Contact Insights in Nursing

Do you have a question or a comment for our nurse panelists for this or any other episode of Insights in Nursing? Email us at InsightsInNursing@GMail.comwith your comments on this episode, suggestions for the show or future episodes or just to tell about what you think is important right now for you as a nurse!

——-