Saving Lives: Why the Media's Portrayal of Nurses Puts Us All at Risk by Sandy Summers, Harry Jacobs Summers
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- ISBN: 1427798451
- Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
- Pub. Date: February 2009
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Synopsis
Popular 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
Biography
Sandy Summers, RN, MSN, MPH, is the founder and executive director of The Truth About Nursing. She has Masters Degrees in Community Health Nursing and Public Health from Johns Hopkins and previously practiced in emergency departments and intensive care units of major trauma centers.
Harry Jacobs Summers is the senior advisor to The Truth About Nursing and their principal writer. A former Fulbright scholar with degrees from Columbia and Georgetown, he practices law in Washington, DC.
www.truthaboutnursing.org
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10/19/2009: An outstanding, well written book. I feel that not only is it a must read for every nurse and nursing student, but also by every professional health care provider and anyone who might ever be taken care of by a nurse or health care provider.
Great read for all nurses and nursing students...by Anonymous
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10/16/2009: This book is great and Sandy and her husband have done a tremendous job!I speak on the topic of Nursing Image to nurses and this is a great resource. This book pulls the topic together well AND it is very well written. I read the book on the train and the time flew by!! I read a great deal and sometimes books written for the profession don't hold your attention but this keeps you wanting more. Kudos to the authors. you should be very proud.
I'll be recommending the book at my presentations for professional nurses and in my classes for students as a "must read."a registered nurseMSN, MBA, RN, CMSRN
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