[NPInfo] Re:NP Laura on Fox News!

[Eric Doerfler]

Nah, Laura, stick with what you have chosen (as if I need to tell you that).
What gives with the aversion to "nurse"? Do we not elevate the term by our
use of it? Over time, people begin to learn that "nurse" means more than the
awful images conjured up by Hollywood sensationalists and pornographers. It
links the practitioner in the advanced clinical role to the sepia-toned
images of nursing from the 19th century--the positive images of
strength-in-femininity, as well as images of competence. This is a semiotic
choice: do we signal that the NP is an elitist role that distances us from
our cultural roots, and the source of our social power? Or do we embrace
nurse as a signal of power and care, and broadcast that to society at large?

E.D. 

-----Original Message-----
From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On Behalf
Of Mavis Hampton
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 11:07 AM
To: NP Info
Subject: Re: [NPInfo] Re:NP Laura on Fox News!

Why not refer to yourself as NP Laura? It avoids the monikers doctor or
nurse and is still quite accurate. 


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From: Thiem <ljthiem at yahoo.com>
To: NP Info <npinfo at nurse.net>; ACC <acc-circle at listserve.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2007 10:11:26 PM
Subject: [NPInfo] Re:NP Laura on Fox News!


Folks, please understand that I have forwarded myself as a nurse.  I
deliberately called myself Nurse Laura to get away from the "Dr. Laura" tag
with which many wanted to label me (no thanks to the popularity of Laura
Schlessinger).

I don't permit people to marginalize or denigrate nursing.  We create the
environment in which we practice.  If we continue to allow our colleagues to
perpetuate the "just a nurse" image we do ourselves a great injustice.  

Nurses rank above physicians in trusted professions.  We need to take that
and run with it.  There is a subtle shift away from physician centered care.
People (patients) are seeing that different providers are capable of
providing their health care. I stand firmly in the face of "would you rather
see..." and say "I can do that and do it well--give nurses credit for what
we do"..  We need to take credit (and give credit) for what we do.

I am a nurse, if you want to see a physician you need to go somewhere
else--may I help you make an appointment? ;-D

Laura, NP, Missouri



Carla Anderson <carla_rayne at yahoo.com> wrote: It is awesome what Laura does,
and overall is a pretty good article, but it still makes it sound like she
is a "nurse" working where others dont, and that she has "some skills" that
are helpful in rural areas... Laura you are awesome, I just get mad at these
writers, they need to put in bold Nurse Pracititioner, and spend a paragraph
on it, and it need to be in the Headline too, not just Nurse.. CarlaNP

Jeffrey Hazzard  wrote:  We MUST jettison the 'nurse' name. This video makes
it clear to me. We need a new name and so do PAs. 
Jeff, NP




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Carla R. Anderson, FNP-C
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  carla_rayne at yahoo.com
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