Saving lives : why the media's portrayal of nursing puts us all at risk /

"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 th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Summers, Sandy (Autor), Summers, Harry (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Edición:Updated second edition.
Temas:
Nurses > Standards.
Nursing > Standards.
Nursing > Public relations.
Nurse and patient.
Mass media.
Public relations.
Nurses > standards
Nursing > standards
Mass Media
Nurse's Role
Nurse-Patient Relations
Public Relations
Infirmières > Normes.
Soins infirmiers > Normes.
Relations infirmière-patient.
Médias.
Relations publiques.
mass media.
public relations.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
Fulltext.
Internet Resources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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