Nursing Issues In The Media Analysis

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uncaring. Nursing issues reflecting shortages, workloads and nurse-patient ratios are reported on frequently by the everyday media exampling only problems with the profession. The wonderful work of a nurse is rarely reported on, where the nurse represents herself as more than just ‘doing her job’. I have personally been guilty of referring to myself as just a diploma nurse. As nurses, we need to value our abilities, in particular our knowledge. We are capable of advocating for our patients, but do not advocate for our own profession. “We cannot expect outsiders to be the guardians of our visibility … We must develop the skills of presenting ourselves in the media and to the media-we have to take the responsibility for moving from silent