From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work) Third Edition

This book was required for studies during my BSN and assisted in opening my mind to the importance a nurse has in speaking up.

Great book! I like that non-nursing based journalist take a fresh look at how nurses present themselves and how nurses are viewed in general. There is much that all nurses can do individually to present ourselves to the public in a way the represents our expertise as well as our caring and compassionate care. Using this book as a text in the nursing courses I teach at my university. I challenge you to use it as well!

This is a publication ALL nurses and hopefully many interested in how nurses are portrayed, the history of nurses, will read. There are so many facets to the profession covered. It will make you question anyone in the medical profession, excluding those working with children, who dress up in childish prints, etc. Images of nurses with nurse caps should be banned, other than for historical references. Excellent reading.

Thanks for making a kindle edition. This was a required reading for my NP program and I can definitely do without more paper textbooks weighing me down.On the whole I'd say it was easy reading and made many valid points every nurse should review, even if he or she decides to disagree with them. Nurses are encouraged to give up childish imagery, take credit for technical knowledge and skill, and work to reform the image of the nurse from that of an "angel" who is "all heart" to that of a competent and equal collaborator in care. This book provides specific guidance on what language to use when speaking about nursing to the public and gives examples of strategies one can use to improve nursing's image. It also can serve to help raise awareness in nurses minds about the subtle things embedded in what we do and say that unintentionally undermine respect for our profession. I'd say any nurse could benefit from reading this.If you're a student wanting to know if it's worth your time, I say yes.

Great book. Written by two female journalists, the women writers clarify the history of the nursing image. The authors view nurses as competent professionals. However, the public, especially the doctors, view nurses as matronly helpers or sexy goddesses of care. The female journalists implore nurses to fight for a new identity and to speak up.

Kindle version has multiple typos that are incredibly distracting. For a book about professionalism, the lack of professional writing is a big disappointment.

I needed this book for a graduate level course. The book is actually a very interesting read! I had no difficulty accessing the book in my kindle app on my Mac computer. I prefer physical copies of books but use electronic versions because it is cheaper. No complaints with this purchase!

PERFECT!!!? This is the exact textbook that I needed for my class! Got it brand new and for a good pricing! Thanks Amazon!

Oh my goodness, a must read for all nurses. Nurses use their knowledge and skills to practice the art and science of nursing, which benefits patients and their relatives. This book helps us to understand how to tell the general public and colleagues that we work with, exactly what we do. No meaningless headlines, just facts about how patients and their families need expert nursing care.

Well researched. Packed with knowledge, empathy, enlightenment, and empowerment. Seriously, a must read for all Nurses.An overall overview of what it really means to be a Nurse.