Book Information
From Silence to Voice
What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public
Second Edition
Bernice Buresh; Suzanne Gordon; Patricia Benner RN, Ph.D., FAAN (Foreword);
Paper, 2006 ISBN: 978-0-8014-7258-9
$ 19.95 £12.50
""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 "Buresh and Gordon stress the use of every type of media to assist in making the nursing profession visible. Major communication skills discussed include presentation, credibility, being prepared, expressing enthusiasm, and having conviction. The information regarding the media is invaluable and facilitates patient relationships, public service campaigns, and news coverage. From Silence to Voice is an easy-to-read practical reference."-American Communication Journal From Silence to Voice helps nurses explain their critical work to the public. This revised and freshly redesigned edition has been updated to address the most urgent issues and controversies in nursing. The second edition includes a new chapter that teaches nurses the pitfalls to avoid-and themes, issues, and evidence to include-when they construct stories about their work. Throughout, the authors include more information for nurse managers that will help them encourage and educate the nurses they supervise to end their silence. The second edition also features a revised chapter on nursing research and interactive exercises that will help nurses, educators, and managers put communication theory into practice. "
About the Author
Bernice Buresh writes and lectures on health care, nursing, and the media. She has been a reporter for the Milwaukee Sentinel, a correspondent and bureau chief for Newsweek, a professor of journalism at Boston University, and an adjunct professor of American Studies at Brandeis University. Buresh is president of the Writers' Room of Boston, Inc., which provides affordable workspace for writers. Suzanne Gordon is an award-winning journalist and Assistant Adjunct Professor at the University of California, San Francisco,School of Nursing. She is the author of Nursing against the Odds: How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes, and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care, also from Cornell, and Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines. Patricia Benner, RN, Ph.D., FAAN, is Professor of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco.
Awards
Winner of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award in History and Public Policy Winner of the Golden Lamp Award for Best Media on How Nurses Present Themselves to the Public 2006 Winner of the AJN 2006 Book of the Year Award in History and Public Policy
Subject Areas
Sociology of Work
Health Care Professions & Policy
