November 17, 2014

Documentary, panel discussion to explore ‘The American Nurse’

The lives and work of five nurses on the front lines of the biggest issues facing America—aging, war, prisons and poverty—are explored in a new documentary film that will screen Tuesday, Dec. 2, at the Carmike Bellevue 8.

The lives and work of five nurses on the front lines of the biggest issues facing America—aging, war, prisons and poverty—are explored in a new documentary film that will screen Tuesday, Dec. 2, at the Carmike Bellevue 8. The American Nurse begins at 7 p.m. and will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Vanderbilt School of Nursing professor Betsy Kennedy and featuring nursing leaders Robert Nash, Colleen Conway-Welch, Mavis Schorn, Carol Etherington and Gina Betts.

See a trailer for The American Nurse.

Tickets to the screening may be purchased in advance on fandango.com or movietickets.com.

For a limited time, nurses who view the documentary can earn 1.5 hours of free CNE.

The Dec. 2 event is hosted by the Tennessee Nurses Association District 3. A portion of the proceeds will benefit a new scholarship program under the auspices of the American Nurses Foundation.