Documentary: Men in Nursing

Men In Nursing: Production Begins for New Documentary

6/3/2005 2:44:00 PM

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To: National Desk, Health and Labor reporters

Contact: Gary Gray of Davis Gray Productions, 610-667-3777, garyg@davisgrayinc.com

PHILADELPHIA, June 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Assembly for Men in Nursing (AAMN) announced that Davis Gray Productions will begin shooting scenes and interviews for a career exploration documentary titled Career Encounters: Men in Nursing. The program is being produced under the auspices of AAMN with funding from Kaiser Permanente, The Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing's Future, and the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.

Men represent a largely untapped resource to help alleviate the critical nursing shortage. By most estimates, fewer than 7 percent of U.S. nurses are men. This program will feature about 10 men, all RN's, from across the country who will tell why they chose nursing, what difficulties they encountered entering a traditionally female profession and what they think could be dome to attract more males to nursing.

Production of Career Encounters: Men in Nursing will continue through he summer of 2005 and it will be released in the early fall. It will be available for broadcast by public television stations and it will be distributed in video and DVD format to high schools, colleges, and libraries and career counseling centers.

AAMN President Dr. Jim Raper, RN, JD, said, "We are delighted to be sponsoring this program and expect that it will go along way toward changing some of the stereotyping and misplaced perceptions that can discourage males who might otherwise become professional nurses."

The purpose of AAMN is to provide a framework for nurses as a group to meet, discuss, and influence factors that affect men as nurses. Membership is open to any nurse -- male or female -- to better facilitate discussion and to meet the most important objective of AAMN strengthening and humanizing healthcare.

Career Encounters is a registered trademark of Davis Gray, Inc. Davis Gray Productions has been producing career exploration documentaries for professional associations since 1990. More information about the Career Encounter series can be found at http://www.CareerEncounters.com.

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