Are you a nurse, healthcare worker, or supporter? This National Nurses Week, May 6-12, share with the world what nurses really want!
We are saying no thanks to pizza, cupcakes, flowers, and keychains. We are saying YES to safe patient limits, workplace violence prevention, and better protections for essential healthcare services.
Tell everyone you know on social media #WhatNursesReallyWant. You can use our social media tools below to post your own content and/or follow our directions to send us video or photos that we will share on MNA social media.
SEND US YOUR VIDEOS AND PHOTOS
- To upload video or photos for the MNA’s #WhatNursesReallyWant campaign for National Nurses Week, go to the link: www.massnurses.org/VideoUpload, click choose file and select a video or photo file from your phone or computer. Provide your name and email, select “Upload” and we will take it from there.
- Videos can be any length, but under a minute generally works better and uploads quicker. If you need any assistance with the process of recording a video or choosing a type of photo, please contact MNA Communications Associate Director Joe Markman at jmarkman@mnarn.org.
USE THESE SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS
MNA Photos
You can use these images to help fill out your social media content, or post your own!
Download “A Union” Voice Image Download “Safe Patient Limits” Image
Download “Violence Prevention” Image Download “Essential Services” Image
Hashtags
These are some of the top hashtags to use during National Nurses Week:
#WhatNursesReallyWant
#NursesWeek
#NationalNursesWeek
#Nurses
Twitter Templates
EXAMPLE TWEET #1
This National Nurses Week, #WhatNursesReallyWant is …….(include what you or your nurse really want. This could be safe patient limits, workplace violence prevention, essential service protection, or some other substantial point rather than cookies or pizza).
#NationalNursesWeek
#NursesWeek
#NurseTwitter
#mapoli
(Enhance the Tweet: Upload one of our stock photos, a video of yourself talking about what nurses really want, or your own photo)
EXAMPLE TWEET #2
This nurse really wants (safe patient limits or your preferred issue) not a pizza party or tote bag this #NationalNursesWeek!
#WhatNursesReallyWant
#NursesWeek
#NurseTwitter
#mapoli
(Enhance the Tweet: Upload one of our stock photos, a video of yourself talking about what nurses really want, or your own photo)
EXAMPLE TWEET #3
I support the nurses and healthcare workers in my life who deserve better this #NationalNursesWeek so they can care for patients like me.
#WhatNursesReallyWant is Safe Patient Limits. Learn more: www.massnurses.org/SafeLimits.
#NursesWeek #NurseTwitter #mapoli
(Enhance the Tweet: Upload one of our stock photos, a video of yourself talking about what nurses really want, or your own photo)
Facebook Template
(For this post, include a stock MNA photo from this campaign or a video you post of yourself/your colleagues talking about what you really want, or what the nurses you know really want. Facebook posts with images or video reach more people).
I am a nurse (or I know a nurse) and this #NationalNursesWeek a pizza party won’t cut it. #WhatNursesReallyWant is the time and resources to provide their patients with the quality care they deserve.
Nurses really want healthcare executives to invest in the front lines and improve conditions to solve our state’s nursing crisis. This means enacting legislation at the State House like safe patient limits, workplace violence prevention, and essential healthcare services protection.
Instagram Template
A thank you note in the hospital’s magazine. A tray of sandwiches. A plate of cookies. A water bottle. This is NOT #WhatNursesReallyWant during #NationalNursesWeek.
I am a nurse (or I know a nurse) and nurses want to feel truly valued. They want to have the time to properly care for their patients’ complex needs. They want to go home at the end of a shift and feel like nothing was missed, that they were not overburdened, and that their patients got everything they deserved. Nurses want to work in a safe environment. They want to have a life.
#WhatNursesReallyWant this #NursesWeek are safe patient limits, workplace violence prevention, and essential healthcare services protection.
#NursesofInstagram #mapoli #healthcareworkers #nurses #nursesrock #healthcare