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ArticleBMC nursing2021

Media framing of emergency departments: a call to action for nurses and other health care providers.

Kimberley Thomas, Annette J Browne, Sunny Jiao, Caryn Dooner, Patrice Wright, Allie Slemon, Jennifer Diederich, C Nadine Wathen, Vicky Bungay, Erin Wilson and 1 more

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Article in BMC nursing, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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11 authors.

Kimberley ThomasFaculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Annette J BrowneSchool of Nursing, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. annette.browne@ubc.ca.
Sunny JiaoSchool of Nursing, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Caryn DoonerSchool of Nursing, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Patrice WrightThe Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (Public Health/Nursing), The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Allie SlemonSchool of Nursing, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Jennifer DiederichSchool of Nursing, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
C Nadine WathenArthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Vicky BungayCapacity Research Unit, School of Nursing, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Erin WilsonSchool of Nursing, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada.
Colleen VarcoeSchool of Nursing, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Funding

CIHR PJT148832
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAs part of a larger study focused on interventions to enhance the capacity of nurses and other health care workers to provide equity-oriented care in emergency departments (EDs), we conducted an analysis of news media related to three EDs. The purpose of the analysis was to examine how media writers frame issues pertaining to nursing, as well as the health and social inequities that drive emergency department contexts, while considering what implications these portrayals hold for nursing practice.

methodsWe conducted a search of media articles specific to three EDs in Canada, published between January 1, 2018 and May 1, 2019. Media items (N = 368) were coded by story and theme attributes. A thematic analysis was completed to understand how writers in public media present issues pertaining to nursing practice within the ED context.

resultsTwo overarching themes were found. First, in ED-related media that portrays health care needs of people experiencing health and social inequities, messaging frequently perpetuates stigmatizing discourses. Second, media writers portray pressures experienced by nurses working in the ED in a way that evades structural determinants of quality of care. Underlying both themes is an absence of perspectives and authorship from practicing nurses themselves.

conclusionsWe recommend that frontline nurses be prioritized as experts in public media communications. Nurses must be supported to gain critical media skills to contribute to media, to destigmatize the health care needs of people experiencing inequity who attend their practice, and to shed light on the structural causes of pressures experienced by nurses working within emergency department settings.

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Emergency DepartmentsHealth EquityMediaNursesNursingSocial JusticeStigma

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PMID34217277
PMCPMC8254669

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