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Saving Lives: Why the Media´s Portrayal of Nursing Puts Us All at Risk
Sandy Summers
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Description for Saving Lives: Why the Media´s Portrayal of Nursing Puts Us All at Risk
Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBP; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 586.
For millions of people worldwide, nurses are the difference between life and death, self-sufficiency and dependency, hope and despair. But a lack of understanding of what nurses really do -- one perpetuated by popular media's portrayal of nurses as simplistic archetypes -- has devalued the profession and contributed to a global shortage that constitutes a public health crisis. Today, the thin ranks of the nursing workforce contribute to countless preventable deaths. This fully updated and expanded edition of Saving Lives highlights the essential roles nurses play in contemporary health care and how this role is marginalized by contemporary culture. ... Read more
For millions of people worldwide, nurses are the difference between life and death, self-sufficiency and dependency, hope and despair. But a lack of understanding of what nurses really do -- one perpetuated by popular media's portrayal of nurses as simplistic archetypes -- has devalued the profession and contributed to a global shortage that constitutes a public health crisis. Today, the thin ranks of the nursing workforce contribute to countless preventable deaths. This fully updated and expanded edition of Saving Lives highlights the essential roles nurses play in contemporary health care and how this role is marginalized by contemporary culture. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
585g
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199337064
SKU
V9780199337064
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-72
About Sandy Summers
Sandy Summers is the founder and executive director of The Truth About Nursing. She practiced nursing for many years in the emergency departments and intensive care units of major U.S. trauma centers. Ms. Summers has master's degrees in nursing and public health from Johns Hopkins University. A native of Connecticut, she lives with her family in Baltimore. Harry Summers ... Read more
Reviews for Saving Lives: Why the Media´s Portrayal of Nursing Puts Us All at Risk
Extensively referenced the book is a thought-provoking dissection of the depiction of nurses and nursing in the entertainment industry and media... Extensively filled with examples from television and the print media it leaves one exasperated and exhausted by the negative stereotypes that depict nurses and the nursing profession, where physicians dominate and where the description of nursing as an autonomous ... Read more