Films for the Humanities and Sciences

Nurses: Code Blue

By the year 2020, the U.S. is expected to need 1.7 million nurses. Experts predict that only 600,000 will be available. This two-part series seeks to understand why nurses, so crucial to the nation’s well-being, are typically undervalued in America and what is being done to revitalize the nursing profession. Guests include Mary Foley, president of the American Nurses Association; Kay McVay, president of the California Nursing Association; and Charles Pierce, Jr., president of the Florida Hospital Association, as well as academics, nursing students, and others. 2-part series, 29 minutes each.

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Item#: BVL11950
Copyright date: ©2001
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-5999-7

The Series Includes : Where Have All the Nurses Gone? | Healing the Wounds: Nursing's Road to Recovery


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