5B Instructional Guide Teachable Moments Nursing Ceremony Guide Glossary References Resources and Learning Links
The inspiring stories and courageous nurses featured in 5B invite conversation and reflection. The following video segments have been culled from the documentary to help frame discussions of some of the key themes and issues depicted in the documentary. Seed questions are included for your consideration.
“You have to get out of the mode that you’re here for curing people, and really get into the mode that you’re here to care for people.”
Seed Questions:
“Nurses cannot legally, ethically refuse to care for anyone. If it is within our capability to do so, then we have to do it.”
“I’ve seen the patients being marginalized, and I just found it infuriating.”
“I was ready, but I was scared.”
“This is a battle for control over the standard of practice for the hospital.”
“The hysteria, the fear-mongering, how some people politicized it … and all those things. If we don’t remember that, that will happen again.”
“The nurses were the real heroes. They stood up when nobody else would.”
“Because you work at such an interpersonal level, that level of loss was there too.”
“People died but we made a difference in the way they died.”
“Nurses are subversive. I didn’t know I was being used like that… I love it.”
“How could you not provide the care you know how to do.”