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OverviewPopular television shows like Grey's Anatomy and House lead people to think that nurses simply push gurneys and drive romantic plots. Not so for the 12 million dedicated women and men working in the very real, very demanding field of nursing. Written by the leaders of The Truth About Nursing, Saving Lives highlights the essential role nurses play in health care and offers concrete steps to help nurses educate the public about their important profession. Saving Lives has a serious point, that the devaluation of nursing... discourages students from the field and contributes to a critical nursing shortage. - Newsweek A stunning expose of the media's inaccurate portrayals. It should be mandatory reading for media creators, physicians, policy makers, and the public. - Diana J. Mason, RN, PhD, FAAN, Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Nursing Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sandy Summers , Harry Jacobs SummersPublisher: Kaplan AEC Education Imprint: Kaplan Trade Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.508kg ISBN: 9781607146605ISBN 10: 1607146606 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 04 May 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Table of ContentsReviews“ Saving Lives has a serious point, that the devaluation of nursing—both by overlooking nurses’ contributions to positive outcomes for patients, and more subtly by emphasizing their devotion, compassion and self-sacrifice over their lifesaving skills—discourages students from the field and contributes to a critical nursing shortage.” —Newsweek <p>“ Saving Lives is an important book because it so clearly delineates how ubiquitous negative portrayals of nursing are in today’s media, particularly three common stereotypes of nurses — the “Naughty Nurse,” the “Angel” and the “Battle Axe.” —New York Times.com <p> Every nurse should recognise the damage that negative portrayals of nursing in the press, films, television and even books can do to our image. ... This well-researched text explores the negative effects of adverse publicity and how it inhibits our professional growth. ... The book des Saving Lives has a serious point, that the devaluation of nursing--both by overlooking nurses' contributions to positive outcomes for patients, and more subtly by emphasizing their devotion, compassion and self-sacrifice over their lifesaving skills--discourages students from the field and contributes to a critical nursing shortage. --Newsweek<p> Saving Lives is an important book because it so clearly delineates how ubiquitous negative portrayals of nursing are in today's media, particularly three common stereotypes of nurses -- the Naughty Nurse, the Angel and the Battle Axe. --New York Times.com<p> Every nurse should recognise the damage that negative portrayals of nursing in the press, films, television and even books can do to our image. ... This well-researched text explores the negative effects of adverse publicity and how it inhibits our professional growth. ... The book deserves wide reading. Hopefully some firebrand may even be driven to duplicate this study in th Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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