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Mission: The Truth About Nursing is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that seeks to increase public understanding of the central, front-line role nurses play in modern health care. Our focus is to promote more accurate, balanced and frequent media portrayals of nurses and increase the media's use of nurses as expert sources. The Truth About Nursing's ultimate goal is to foster growth in the size and diversity of the nursing profession at a time of critical shortage, strengthen nursing practice, teaching and research, and improve the health care system.
Results: Please see our results webpage! http://www.truthaboutnursing.org/letters/successes.html
Target demographics: strengthen the profession to bring patients a higher quality and quantity of health care
Direct beneficiaries per year: change how the media portrays nurses.
Geographic areas served: improve public understanding of the nursing profession
Programs: working with the media to improve accuracy in depictions of nursing, facilitate more use of nurses as expert sources by journalists and foster more creation of positive media about nurses by nurses.