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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801458644 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing.<br/>Nursing--Social aspects.<br/>Communication in nursing.<br/>Patient advocacy.<br/>Nurses.<br/>Nurse's Role.<br/>Patient Advocacy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT82  / .W446 2010