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Book SynopsisFor more than a decade, From Silence to Voice has been providing nurses with communication tools they can use to win the resources and respect they deserve. Now, in a timely third edition, authors Bernice Buresh and Suzanne Gordon focus on how nurses can describe and frame their work to seize unprecedented opportunities to advance their profession and lead improvements in health care systems.The authors, both journalists, argue that because nursing needs the support and cooperation of others to fulfill its potential, it is critical that nurses communicate the full scope of nursing practice. Nurses must go beyond describing nursing in terms of dedication and caring and articulate nurses'' specialized knowledge and expertise.From Silence to Voice helps nurses explain their contributions to patient safety, satisfaction, and outcomes. It shows how nurses can communicate with various publics about important aspects of their work, such as how they master and employ complex m
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The book is written by two journalists who have taken on the nursing profession more or less the way we take on patients with a life-threatening condition that is curable but requires both intensive and long-term care. The diagnosis, according to Buresh and Gordon, is silence. By being silent, we miss the opportunity to show ourselves as consequential in the delivery of healthcare. The remedy for silence, according to the authors, is voice—our voices raised in conversation first and foremost with our families, friends, and patients, and also with the general public.
* Nursing Spectrum *
This is an invaluable book for all nurses, especially those who are proud of being nurses and who have always wanted to make others understand our passion.
* Nursing Standard *
Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I. Silent No More
Chapter 1. Ending the Silence
Chapter 2. The Daisy Dilemma
Chapter 3. From Virtue to the Voice of Agency
Chapter 4. Presenting Yourself as a Nurse
Chapter 5. Tell the World What You Do
Chapter 6. Creating Anecdotes and ArgumentsPart II. Communicating with the Media and the Public
Chapter 7. How the News Media Work
Chapter 8. Reaching Out to the Media
Chapter 9. In Your Own Voice: Blogs, Comments, Letters to the Editor, Op-Eds
Chapter 10. Getting It Right
Chapter 11. Appearing on Television, Radio, and Videos
Chapter 12. Opportunities and Challenges AheadAppendix: How We Came to Write This BookNotes
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