Praise for previous editions-
"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
"This is an invaluable book for all nurses, especially those who are proud of being nurses and who have always wanted to make others understand our passion."-Nursing Standard
To get the resources and respect they need, nurses have long had to be advocates for themselves and their profession, not just for their patients. For a decade, From Silence to Voice has provided nurses with the tools they need to explain the breath and complexity of nursing work. Bernice Buresh and Suzanne Gordon have helped nurses around the world speak up and convey to the public that nursing is more than dedication and caring-it demands specialized knowledge, expertise across a range of medical technologies, and decision-making about life-and-death issues. "Nurses and nursing organizations," they write, "must go out and tell the public what nurses really do so that patients can actually get the benefit of their expert care."
The comprehensively revised and updated third edition of From Silence to Voice will help nurses construct messages using a range of traditional and new social media that accurately describe the true nature of their work. Because nurses are busy, the communication techniques in this book are designed to integrate naturally into nurses' everyday lives and to complement nurses' work with patients and families. "This is an invaluable book for all nurses, especially those who are proud of being nurses and who have always wanted to make others understand our passion." * Nursing Standard * "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 *
From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public
IntroductionPart I. Silent No More
Chapter 1. Ending the Silence
Chapter 2. The Daisy Dilemma
Chapter 3. From Virtue to the Voice of Agency
Chapter 4. Presenting Yourself as a Nurse
Chapter 5. Tell the World What You Do
Chapter 6. Creating Anecdotes and ArgumentsPart II. Communicating with the Media and the Public
Chapter 7. How the News Media Work
Chapter 8. Reaching Out to the Media
Chapter 9. In Your Own Voice: Blogs, Comments, Letters to the Editor, Op-Eds
Chapter 10. Getting It Right
Chapter 11. Appearing on Television, Radio, and Videos
Chapter 12. Opportunities and Challenges AheadAppendix: How We Came to Write This BookNotes
Index
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