These two journalists are nursing the nurses

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	• From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know And Must Communicate to the Public, Second Edition Bernice Buresh, Suzanne Gordon ILR Press, 2006 - 296 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews view larger image
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Critical information for all nurses

From Silence to Voice provides essential information that will heighten nurse's awareness of issues that systematically deny the critical contributions of nurses to patient care. Buresh and Gorden meticulously examine the influence of history, culture and gender that have affected the image of the nurse and therefore the care of the patient. Intuitively, nurses know what the authors have documented: that nurses silence about their vital role in patient care portends invisibility which results in lack of recognition, reward and job satisfaction. From Silence to Voice walks the reader through the practical steps, that can be incorporated in every nurse's practice, that are required to break through the silence and flourish. The authors provide thoughtful, detailed, evidenced based information on the path to silence and strategies for developing voice. The step by step advice for addressing patients, communicating with colleagues and managing the media is practical, un-intimidating and user friendly. The realistic case examples speak to the genuine concerns of nurses from fear of breaching confidentiality to lack of confidence in articulating their expertise. This is an ideal book for each staff nurse, manager and educator to read and discuss as a group. There is no question they will recognize the situation, nod at the familiarity and end with a "AhA!" experience which will provide the impetus to change.

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Getting the word out about Nursing

Veteran journalists Suzanne Gordon and Bernice Buresh have produced a practical,intelligent guide on public communication for nurses. How needed this is and probably more currently than ever before. Until now there's been very little available to teach nurses the nuts and bolts of public communication. Nurses who read this book will learn how to do the basics --construct anecdotes that explain why they make a difference, refine professional presentation, integrate nursing research findings into struggles for better staffing in hospitals, write a letter to the editor of a newspaper, or an op-ed or commentary, or speak compellingly on the radio or TV.

But another reason I like From Silence to Voice so much is that the authors sensitively explore the cultural barriers that have made women and women''s work so hidden in this society. In my own work and my work with other nurses, I''ve discovered how reluctant some of us are to toot our horns and broadcast our accomplishments. Our self-silencing is a detriment to quality patient care and real health care reform. This book can be a catalyst for a new approach by nurses to public education and communication. I highly recommend From Silence to Voice, particularly to nurse educators who should consider incorporating its timely lessons into their curriculum.

Claire M. Fagin, PHD,RN Dean Emerita, Professor Emerita, University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing

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These two journalists are nursing the nurses

Bernice and Suzanne are two journalists who have taken on the nursing profession more or less the way we take on a patient with a life-threatening condition that is curable but requires both intensive and long term care. The diagnosis is silence. On account of our collective silence, we nurses miss the opportunity to show ourselves as consequential in the delivery of health care. And, as we well know, being inconsequential is ultimately fatal not just to nursing jobs and the status of the nursing profession but to our patients, who pay the highest price for inadequate nursing care. The remedy for silence is voice--our voices raised in conversation first and foremost with our families, friends and patients and also with the general public. I love this book. It's full of stories and information. It's also refreshingly direct. My copy is marked up from front to back.

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