When chicken soup isn't enough : stories of nurses standing up for themselves, their patients, and their profession /
When chicken soup isn't enough : stories of nurses standing up for themselves, their patients, and their profession /
edited by Suzanne Gordon.
- Ithaca : ILR Press, (c)2010.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 250 pages).
- The culture and politics of health care work .
Includes bibliographies and index.
part 1. Set up to lose, but playing to win -- A covert operation / Saving patients from Dr. Death / A lesson for the principal / The delicate discharge / No patience for poison / Mr. CEO, will you marry me? / Intolerable behavior / One is one too many / A comfortable cover up / Stacking the cards in our favor / Kathleen Bartholomew -- Toni Hoffman -- Kathy Hubka -- Ruth Johnson -- Brenda Carle -- Candice Owley -- Eleanor Geldard -- Thomas Smith -- Jenny Kendall -- Ro Licata. part 2. We don't have to eat our young -- Mentor unto others ... / A dose of diplomacy / Standing up for what you don't know / Broken bones and ice cream / Treating transition shock / The empty-hands round / Clola Robinson-Blake -- Donna Schroeder -- Judy Schaefer -- Edie Brous -- Judy Boychuk Duchscher -- Amaia Sáenz de Ormijana. part 3. Excuse me, Doctor, you're wrong -- Eye/I advocacy / As if the patient can hear you / Don't just add nurses and stir / Gloves off / The overlooked symptom / Hope in the midst of tragedy / The advantages of age / An expiration date for indignancy / What hospice if for / A real pain / Jane Black -- Clarke Doty -- Janet Rankin -- Nancy Marie Valentine -- Jo Stecher -- Connie Barden -- Marion Phipps -- Madeline Spiers -- Jean Chaisson -- Paola Scamperle. part 4. Not part of the job description -- I'll call in sick if I have to / Doing the heavy lifting / Attacked by a patient, abandoned by my hospital / The samurai sword / Only when it's safe / The red shirts are coming / Not saints or sisters / Barbara Egger -- Martha Baker -- Charlene L. Richardson -- Anne Duffy -- Bernie Gerard -- Mary Crabtree Tonges -- Belinda Morieson. part 5. When one advocate can make a difference -- Putting lymphedema on the map / An inconvenient nurse / A safe delivery from domestic abuse / To do the unthinkable / The only nurse for miles around / More than boo-boos and band-aids / First responders in the AIDS epidemic / Saskia R.J. Thiadens -- Faith Henson -- Kristin Stevens -- Barry L. Adams -- Dagbjört Bjarnadóttir -- Judy Stewart -- Richard S. Ferri. part 6. Choking on sugar and spice: challenging nurses' public image -- Silenced during the SARS epidemic / In the halls of academe / R-E-S-P-E-C-T / Real nurses don't wear wings / The lady with a loud voice / Taking on the terminator / Defending the nursing profession over dinner / Remaking the power nurse / Health policy from nurses' point of view / Maybe we should be bragging / Finessing the Chairman of the Board / Called to duty at 30,000 feet / Doris Grinspun -- Claire M. Fagin -- Lisa Fitzpatrick -- Victoria L. Rich -- Jeanne Bryner -- Vicki Bermudez -- Elizabeth Kozub -- Pierre-André Wagner -- Yoko Kanamori -- Guðrún Aðalsteinsdóttir -- Carol Blount -- Ann Converso. part 7. Applied research -- Nurse PI on a clinical trial / The need for nurse evaluators / Research and nursing-home reform / How nurse make it work / Teamwork through research / Keep asking questions / No more Martys / Taking on conventional wisdom / Kathleen Dracup -- Teresa Moreno-Casbas -- Charlene Harrington -- Kathryn Lothschuetz Montgomery -- Lena Sharp -- Sean Clarke -- Jane Lipscomb -- Thóra B. Hafsteinsdóttir. part 8. Sticking together -- Winning recognition of nursing expertise / A union just for nurses / We rained on their parade / Protesting on the red carpet / Saving the Carney / Edie Brous -- Massimo Ribetto -- Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez -- Kelly DiGiacomo -- Penny Connoly. part 9. Still fighting -- The male midwife / Fighting for our Vets / We are the experts / A collective voice / We will not be silenced / Standing by one patient / Gregg Trueman -- Edmond O'Leary -- Karen Higgins -- Diane Sosne -- Carol Youngson -- Faith Simon.
This title brings together personal narratives from a wide range of nurses from across the globe. The assembled profiles in professional courage provide new insight into the daily challenges that RNs face in North America and abroad.
9780801458644
Nursing.
Nursing--Social aspects.
Communication in nursing.
Patient advocacy.
Nurses.
Nurse's Role.
Patient Advocacy.
Electronic Books.
RT82 / .W446 2010
Includes bibliographies and index.
part 1. Set up to lose, but playing to win -- A covert operation / Saving patients from Dr. Death / A lesson for the principal / The delicate discharge / No patience for poison / Mr. CEO, will you marry me? / Intolerable behavior / One is one too many / A comfortable cover up / Stacking the cards in our favor / Kathleen Bartholomew -- Toni Hoffman -- Kathy Hubka -- Ruth Johnson -- Brenda Carle -- Candice Owley -- Eleanor Geldard -- Thomas Smith -- Jenny Kendall -- Ro Licata. part 2. We don't have to eat our young -- Mentor unto others ... / A dose of diplomacy / Standing up for what you don't know / Broken bones and ice cream / Treating transition shock / The empty-hands round / Clola Robinson-Blake -- Donna Schroeder -- Judy Schaefer -- Edie Brous -- Judy Boychuk Duchscher -- Amaia Sáenz de Ormijana. part 3. Excuse me, Doctor, you're wrong -- Eye/I advocacy / As if the patient can hear you / Don't just add nurses and stir / Gloves off / The overlooked symptom / Hope in the midst of tragedy / The advantages of age / An expiration date for indignancy / What hospice if for / A real pain / Jane Black -- Clarke Doty -- Janet Rankin -- Nancy Marie Valentine -- Jo Stecher -- Connie Barden -- Marion Phipps -- Madeline Spiers -- Jean Chaisson -- Paola Scamperle. part 4. Not part of the job description -- I'll call in sick if I have to / Doing the heavy lifting / Attacked by a patient, abandoned by my hospital / The samurai sword / Only when it's safe / The red shirts are coming / Not saints or sisters / Barbara Egger -- Martha Baker -- Charlene L. Richardson -- Anne Duffy -- Bernie Gerard -- Mary Crabtree Tonges -- Belinda Morieson. part 5. When one advocate can make a difference -- Putting lymphedema on the map / An inconvenient nurse / A safe delivery from domestic abuse / To do the unthinkable / The only nurse for miles around / More than boo-boos and band-aids / First responders in the AIDS epidemic / Saskia R.J. Thiadens -- Faith Henson -- Kristin Stevens -- Barry L. Adams -- Dagbjört Bjarnadóttir -- Judy Stewart -- Richard S. Ferri. part 6. Choking on sugar and spice: challenging nurses' public image -- Silenced during the SARS epidemic / In the halls of academe / R-E-S-P-E-C-T / Real nurses don't wear wings / The lady with a loud voice / Taking on the terminator / Defending the nursing profession over dinner / Remaking the power nurse / Health policy from nurses' point of view / Maybe we should be bragging / Finessing the Chairman of the Board / Called to duty at 30,000 feet / Doris Grinspun -- Claire M. Fagin -- Lisa Fitzpatrick -- Victoria L. Rich -- Jeanne Bryner -- Vicki Bermudez -- Elizabeth Kozub -- Pierre-André Wagner -- Yoko Kanamori -- Guðrún Aðalsteinsdóttir -- Carol Blount -- Ann Converso. part 7. Applied research -- Nurse PI on a clinical trial / The need for nurse evaluators / Research and nursing-home reform / How nurse make it work / Teamwork through research / Keep asking questions / No more Martys / Taking on conventional wisdom / Kathleen Dracup -- Teresa Moreno-Casbas -- Charlene Harrington -- Kathryn Lothschuetz Montgomery -- Lena Sharp -- Sean Clarke -- Jane Lipscomb -- Thóra B. Hafsteinsdóttir. part 8. Sticking together -- Winning recognition of nursing expertise / A union just for nurses / We rained on their parade / Protesting on the red carpet / Saving the Carney / Edie Brous -- Massimo Ribetto -- Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez -- Kelly DiGiacomo -- Penny Connoly. part 9. Still fighting -- The male midwife / Fighting for our Vets / We are the experts / A collective voice / We will not be silenced / Standing by one patient / Gregg Trueman -- Edmond O'Leary -- Karen Higgins -- Diane Sosne -- Carol Youngson -- Faith Simon.
This title brings together personal narratives from a wide range of nurses from across the globe. The assembled profiles in professional courage provide new insight into the daily challenges that RNs face in North America and abroad.
9780801458644
Nursing.
Nursing--Social aspects.
Communication in nursing.
Patient advocacy.
Nurses.
Nurse's Role.
Patient Advocacy.
Electronic Books.
RT82 / .W446 2010