Just A Nurse Poster & Bookmark
In 2001, out of a sense of frustration and even outrage at the persistent devaluation of nursing, I sat down to write “Just a Nurse.” Since I began writing
about nursing more than 20 years ago I’ve heard the phrase “I’m just a nurse,” over and over again. It’s almost always followed by an explanatory comment like:
“I’m not an expert on health care, so how can I voice my opinions?”
“If I do express my views, no one will listen to me anyway.”
“Who am I to make my concerns known?”
What made me even more alarmed was hearing nurses “just a nurse” each other. For example, all too often Nurse Practitioners or other Advanced Practice Nurses would tell me that they never wanted anyone to think that they were, God forbid, “just a nurse.”
After hearing this phrase for years, I sat down and wrote “Just a Nurse.” I conceived “Just a Nurse” not as a poem, but as a recruitment campaign for nursing. It was reproduced in the book I wrote with my colleague Bernice Buresh From Silence to Voice. I usually read it at the end of most of my lectures. It’s become so popular that I decided to make a poster of it.
A lot of people have said that they appreciate the poster and poem. Mary Tonges, Vice President of Patient Care Services at the University of North Carolina Medical Center told me my favorite story. She was talking to a nurse who came out with “Hey I’m just a nurse, and she responded, “No you aren’t” and gave her the poster. I hope you can find it of use as well.
Just A Nurse Poster
Size: 11″ x 17″
POSTER PRICING:
1-10 copies $10.00 each
11-99 copies $7.50 each
100-200 copies $5.00 each
above 200 please contact me.
Price does not include shipping and handling which varies depending on how many copies are purchased.
If you are placing an order outside the U.S. and Canada, or have any questions, please contact me with your name, address and order.
Just A Nurse Bookmark
BOOKMARK PRICING:
10-1000 copies $00.50 each
1001-2000 copies $00.45 each
2001-up copies $00.40 each
Price does not include shipping and handling which varies depending on how many copies are purchased.
If you are placing an order outside the U.S. and Canada, or have any questions, please contact me with your name, address and order.
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