The nursing profession has changed by leaps and bounds in recent decades. Advanced practice nurses have prescriptive rights and run their own practices. Nurses are as involved in research as their physician counterparts. We bring our philosophy of well-being and quality of life to research from cardiology to oncology to population studies to bioethics, and every facet of health you can think of.
As the nursing profession has changed, so has the perception of nurses and our chosen profession. The widely anticipated “top docs” issue of Philadelphia Magazine includes nurses for the first time this year, with stories on nursing perspectives on health care reform and what the nurse-patient relationship should look like. The May 4 issue declares nursing “a science-based profession, not a frilly one.” That is music to my ears. I invite you to read for yourself at:
http://www.phillymag.com/health/articles/what_nurses_wish_you_knew/
http://www.phillymag.com/health/articles/obamacare_yes/
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