From Silence to Voice What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public

Name: From Silence to Voice What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public
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ISBN: 9780801478734

ISBN-10: 0801478731

ISBN-13: 9780801478734

Edition: 3rd 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Bernice Buresh, Suzanne Gordon

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To get the resources and respect they need, nurses have long had to be advocates for themselves and their profession, not just for their patients. For a decade, From Silence to Voice has provided nurses with the tools they need to explain the breath and complexity of nursing work. Bernice Buresh and Suzanne Gordon have helped nurses around the world speak up and convey to the public that nursing is more than dedication and caring-it demands specialized knowledge, expertise across a range of medical technologies, and decision-making about life-and-death issues. "Nurses and nursing organizations," they write, "must go out and tell the public what nurses really do so that patients can actually…

Book details

List price: $49.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 5/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Suzanne Gordon is coeditor of the Cornell University Press series, The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work, and was program leader of the Robert Wood Johnson-funded Nurse Manager in Action Program.



Introduction



Silent No More



Ending the Silence



The Daisy Dilemma



From Virtue to the Voice of Agency



Presenting Yourself as a Nurse



Tell the World What You Do



Creating Anecdotes and Arguments



Communicating with the Media and the Public



How the News Media Work



Reaching Out to the Media



In Your Own Voice: Letters to the Editor, Op-Eds, and Blogs



Getting It Right



Appearing on Television and Radio



Opportunities and Challenges Ahead


Appendix: How We Came to Write This Book


Notes


Index