Saving lives : why the media's portrayal of nursing puts us all at risk / Sandy Summers, Harry Jacobs Summers.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Summers, Sandy, author.
• Summers, Harry, author.

Contributor:

• UPSO (University Press Scholarship Online)
• Frances C. Thielbar Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Nurses in mass media.
• Nursing--Public opinion.
• Nursing--Standards.
• Nursing--Public relations.
• Nurse and patient.
• Nurses--standards.
• Nursing--standards.
• Mass Media.
• Nurse's Role.
• Nurse-Patient Relations.
• Public Relations.
• Nursing.

Medical Subjects:

• Nurses--standards.
• Nursing--standards.
• Mass Media.
• Nurse's Role.
• Nurse-Patient Relations.
• Public Relations.

Physical Description:

• 1 online resource
• polychrome

Edition:

Updated second edition.

Other Title:

Why the media's portrayal of nursing puts us all at risk

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 nursing 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 modern health care, even as their profession is often marginalized by contemporary culture. Through lively prose and compelling examples drawn from television, advertising, and news coverage, the authors detail the media's role in reinforcing stereotypes that fuel the nursing shortage and devalue a highly-educated sector of the workforce. Perhaps most important, the authors provide a wealth of ideas to help reinvigorate the nursing field. As U.S. health care undergoes its greatest overhaul in decades and many nations confront aging populations, the role of nurses-as autonomous, highly-skilled practitioners-has never been more critical. Accordingly, Saving Lives addresses the misperceptions that still surround nursing and prescribes measures to improve understanding of this vital work. Book jacket.

Contents:

• Foreword by Echo Heron
• Introduction
• Part One: Dangerous Ignorance: Why Our Understanding of Nursing Matters
• Chapter 1: Who are Nurses and Where Have They Gone?
• Chapter 2: How Nursing's Image Affects Your Health
• Part Two: The Great Divide: The Media versus Real Nursing
• Chapter 3: Could Monkeys Be Nurses?
• Chapter 4: Yes, Doctor! No, Doctor!
• Chapter 5: The Naughtiest Nurse
• Chapter 6: Who Wants Yesterday's Girl?
• Chapter 7: You Are My Angel
• Chapter 8: Winning the Battle-Axe, Losing the War
• Chapter 9: Advanced Practice Nurses: Skilled Professionals or Cut-Rate Physician
• Part Three: Seeking Better Understanding of Nursing-and Better Health Care
• Chapter 10: How We Can All Improve Understanding of Nursing
• Chapter 11: How Nurses Can Improve Their Own Image.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Electronic reproduction. Oxford Available via World Wide Web.
• Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 2, 2014).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Frances C. Thielbar Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Summers, Sandy, author. Saving lives.

ISBN:

• 9780199337071
• 0199337071

Publisher Number:

99970974155

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

The Frances C. Thielbar Memorial Fund Home Page