TOPIC 3: DISCSSION QUESTION 1
We all know the large part media plays an in public perception of a nurse whether it be positive or negative. We see that from television movies nurses were vilified and portrayed as psychotic in movies such as “Misery” Some shows portrayed nurses in a more positive light such as John McFadden in the movies as ‘Precious’ where a male nurse helps deliver a baby to a teenage mom and encourages her to take care of her baby although faced with adverse situations in her life. To Jada Pinkett Smith in the television series ‘Hawthorn’ where she took on the role of Chief Nursing Officer and showed her passion for her job although being faced with challenges in her personal life . All these characters are fictitious and none of them accurately portrayed the true challenges that nurses face every day in their daily roles.

It is important that with Healthcare becoming more and more complex and health insurance mandating care educating the public is crucial. Implementing new and creative ways to educate the public is also important. As a Case manager my colleagues and I realized the importance of education of the public and we used Case Management week (from October 11-17 2015) to increase the publics knowledge in the role of case manager. We found effective ways and tools to stimulate and educate the public we used the hospital’s intranet, had fairs with the use of poster boards with bold direct literature about the topic in hand, and found ways to keep it exciting and engaging for the public.
Now in the in the day and age of the “super highway’ we are fortunate to have this great easy and accessible tool and this is a great source of educating the public, with applications such as Facebook Twitter, Instagram and television are all means of promoting and educating the public and put forth the message about nursing and our ever changing roles.

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