Articles & Columns

Consumer input into standards revision: changing practice

G. BEAL1 RN PhD CPMHN (C), A. CHAN2 RN MS(N) CNS CPMHN (C), S. CHAPMAN3 RN BScN CPMHN (C), J. EDGAR4 RN BN CPMHN (C), G. MCINNIS-PERRY5 RN DNSc CNS CPMHN (C), M. OSBORNE6 RN PhD & E. S. MINA7 RN PhD CPMHN (C)1

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In the Shadow of Nurse Ratched

Film portrayals perpetuate courtesy stigma. Republished from Crosscurrents March 2010 issue with permission.

By: Ned Morgan

Mainstream film has never been very kind to mental health nursing. More often, it has either undersold the role of nursing – pushing it to the fringes as window dressing to the work of doctors – or promoted a stigmatized and distorted...

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