Lecture: 4:00 – 5:30 PM • Reception: 5:30 – 6:30 PM
The Media's Controversial Portrayal of Nursing and Its Negative Impact on the Profession
The Edmunds Lecture presented by
Sandy Summers, RN, MSN, MPH
Executive Director and co-founder of the Center for Nursing Advocacy
The media rarely represents the true nature of nursing work and even less frequently depicts the broad base of knowledge and skill required to be a nurse. This discourages bright and talented people from entering the profession, legitimizes the dilution of nursing care delivery with under-educated technicians, and affects the chronic lack of funding for nursing education and nurse-led research. These are all factors in the nursing shortage that is taking lives worldwide. We encourage all nurses and nursing students to join us for this provocative lecture to explore the issues and learn how nurses can work together to move the image of nursing toward a profession that's second to none.
Location: University of Maryland School of Nursing Auditorium
Free to all
Advanced Registration is Required:
About Sandy Summers
Sandy Summers, RN, MSN, MPH, is Executive Director and co-founder of the Center for Nursing Advocacy. Ms. Summers is an Advanced Practice community health nurse, with Masters Degrees in Nursing and Public Health from Johns Hopkins University. She has practiced in emergency departments and intensive care units of some of America's major trauma centers and has trained nurses internationally. Ms. Summers is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the international nursing honor society, and Delta Omega, the public health honor society.
About the Edmunds Lecture
The Millicent Geare Edmunds Fund was established January 6, 1964 by a bequest from Millicent Geare Edmunds, "to be expended for any purpose which will add to the comfort, morale or education of the student classes and the faculty of the said school." Ms. Edmunds was a 1905 graduate of what was then known as Training School, University of Maryland. She was one of 12 graduates. She also served on the General Committee of the 200th Anniversary celebration of the city of Baltimore.