Nursing Against The Odds

Tweety, BSN, RN · May 9, 2005

I read part of the intro on Amazon. Looks interesting indeed. Let us know what you think.

UM Review RN, ASN, RN · May 9, 2005

Oh, I'll betcha that'll be a great book. After all, she's one of the authors of From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public.

http://silencetovoice.com/

zenman · May 11, 2005

Go get this book now...even if you have to save your lunch money!

"If 'knowledge' means the knowledge of disease processes that is gained in medical school or from medical journals, then of course few bedside nurses can compete with four years of college, four years of medical school and an MD/Ph.D and years of residency and fellowship training. If however, one includes an in-depth knowledge of nursing and the practical know-how gained from piloting a legion of patients through cancer treatment to the shore of remission, then the nurse may know more than the doctor about any number of things. Similarly, if the nurse has extensive 'local' knowledge of how one particular patient is coping with nausea, cancer pain, and the impact of chemotherapy, or how much social support she receives, then the nurse has quite alot to teach the doctor."