Blog spotlight: Best and worst nursing portrayals of 2010
Nurse Leader Weekly, January 10, 2011
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The Truth About Nursing, a non-profit organization in Baltimore that seeks to increase public understanding of the role nurses play in today’s healthcare, has announced its eighth annual list of the top 10 best and worst media portrayals of nursing in 2010.
At the top of the “best” list is Showtime’s Nurse Jackie, which the organization applauded for the lead character’s virtuosity in using creative and effective ways to improve patient outcomes, despite her own ethical and personal issues.
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