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From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know And Must Communicate to the Public, Second Edition
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 610.73
EAN: 9780801472589
Edition: 2
ISBN: 080147258X
Label: ILR Press
Manufacturer: ILR Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 296
Publication Date: 2006-03
Publisher: ILR Press
Studio: ILR Press
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Editorial Review:
As nurses face the ongoing challenges of an increasing need for their services combined with economic pressures, members of the largest profession in health care must become more visible, vocal, and influential. The first communication guidebook designed expressly for nurses, From Silence to Voice helps nurses understand and overcome the self-silencing that often leads RNs to downplay their own expertise and their contributions to the care of the sick and the health of the public. Bernice Buresh and Suzanne Gordon teach nurses, nurse educators, and nurse researchers critical skills they can use to explain their work to other health-care professionals, journalists, policymakers, and political representatives.
From Silence to Voice features stories about nurses who ensure that patients receive appropriate, timely, and even life-saving care, nurses who make all the difference while crises are underway but whose contributions are neglected in medical charts and thank-you notes, nurses who are left out altogether or obscured by the generic "nurse." However, the book also provides detailed accounts of nurses who do make their voices heard, who do make their concerns public— and it shows how those successes can be duplicated. Buresh and Gordon draw on real-world examples that will help nurses to
- gain respect for themselves as professionals,
- communicate well with both patients and health-care colleagues,
- understand how the news media work,
- collaborate with public relations professionals,
- write effective letters to the editor and publish op-ed pieces,
- appear on television and radio, and
- promote research on nursing.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - A Must-Read for All Nurses
I recommend this book to any nurse out there that wants a better understanding of why we as a group take the BS we take in our profession. This book is a rally cry for nurses to get out there and speak up about what we see in the workplace, and to get up the gumption to do something about it. Nurses: Read this book, and give a copy to your friends.
Rating:  - Good and bad
The item is a very good book to read. Easy reading. The only problem was purchasing this item from a 3rd party company which caused a 2-3 wks delay. If I knew after purchasing how long it would take, I would have just spent the $3 I was saving. Not worth the few $ savings if you need it at a certain time. This was a book I needed for school. Very disappointing.
Rating: - A must read
This is a wonderful book which every nurse should read. The authors show how we can explain to the public what nurses really do and how technical, skillful and complicated nursing care can be. Once the public better understands the role of the nurse (it isn't what you see on ER or Grey's Anatomy for sure) it would follow that nurses would receive the respect they deserve.
Rating: - A "must" read for Nurses!!!
This book is like a bible to me. I have read the book several times, picking it up, reading parts...and always being empowered by it. I would highly recommend this book for nurses of all walks. Authors, Buresh & Gordon help nurses understand the deliberate dimantling of their profession/healthcare and give them clear tools (with examples) on how to reclaim their most valued existance. Nurses and their patients have a symbiotic relationship...if nursing is lost...so are their patients. From Silence ... Read More
Rating: - Finding Voice
From Silence to Voice by Bernice Buresh and Suzanne Gordon is a must-read for all nurses. The message of the book is one nurses need to hear: talk about your work, show the world what you do, communicate the fact that nursing is skilled, responsible and interesting work. Buresh and Gordon make clear that much of the devaluing of nursing arises out of the fact that nurses avoid the limelight. Like the ubiquitous 'good woman' behind every successful man, nurses let their work be the backdrop for medical ... Read More
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