Nursing against the Odds : How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes, and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care /

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In the United States and throughout the industrialized world, just as the population of older and sicker patients is about to explode, we have a major shortage of nurses. Why are so many RNs dropping out of health care's largest profession? How will the lack of skilled, experienced caregivers a...

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Autor principal: Gordon, Suzanne, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Public opinion.
Nursing > Social aspects.
Nursing > Public opinion.
Nurses > Social conditions.
Nurses > Public opinion.
Nurses in mass media.
Nurse and physician.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Issues.
nursing (health science)
Satisfaction au travail.
Soins infirmiers.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
Relations infirmiere-medecin.
Infirmieres dans les medias.
Infirmieres > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Infirmieres > États-Unis > Opinion publique.
Soins infirmiers > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Nursing Care
Public Opinion
Physician-Nurse Relations
Nurses > psychology
Job Satisfaction
Attitude of Health Personnel
Nursing
Job satisfaction.
Nursing.
Public opinion > United States.
Nurses > United States > Social conditions.
Nurses > United States > Public opinion.
Nursing > United States > Public opinion.
Nursing > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
United States
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Nursing Against the Odds
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Nurses and Doctors at Work
  • 1. Manufacturing the Dominant Doctor
  • 2. Designing the Doctor-Nurse Game
  • 3. The Disruptive Medical System
  • 4. Fatal Synergy
  • 5. Making Matters Worse
  • Part Two: The Media and Nursing
  • 6. Dropped from the Picture
  • 7. Missing from the News
  • 8. Unavailable for Comment
  • Part Three: Hospitals and Nursing
  • 9. Mangling Care
  • 10. The New Nursing Universe
  • 11. Nurses on the Ropes
  • 12. No Nurse Left Behind
  • 13. Management by Churn14. Failure to Rescue
  • Conclusion: Changing the Odds
  • Notes
  • Index

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