In this book, Suzanne Gordon describes the everyday work of three RNs in Boston-a nurse practitioner, an oncology nurse, and a clinical nurse specialist on a medical unit. At a time when nursing is often undervalued and nurses themselves in short supply, Life Support provides a vivid, engaging, and intimate portrait of health care's largest profession and the important role it plays in patients' lives. Life Support is essential reading for working nurses, nursing students, and anyone considering a career in nursing as well as for physicians and health policy makers seeking a better understanding of what nurses do and why we need them. For the Cornell edition of this landmark work, Gordon has written a new introduction that describes the current nursing crisis and its impact on bedside nurses like those she profiled in the book.
By:
Suzanne Gordon
Foreword by:
Claire M. Fagin
Imprint: ILR Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780801474286
ISBN 10: 0801474280
Series: The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 11 October 2007
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Foreword to the Cornell Edition by Claire M. Fagin, R. N., Ph. D., F.A.A.N. Preface CHAPTER 1: The Tapestry of Care CHAPTER 2: Nancy Rumplik - The Care of Strangers CHAPTER 3: Jeannie Chaisson - Not on the Charts CHAPTER 4: Ellen Kitchen - A Special Visitor CHAPTER 5: Nancy Rumplik - The Meaning of Illness CHAPTER 6: Jeannie Chaisson - A Mentor of Their Own CHAPTER 7: Ellen Kitchen - Collaborative Care CHAPTER 8: Nancy Rumplik - A Good Enough Death CHAPTER 9: Ellen Kitchen - Final Checkups CHAPTER 10: Jeannie - Chaisson A Good Enough Death II CHAPTER 11: Unraveling the Tapestry of Care CONCLUSION: Preserving the Tapestry of Care Afterword to the Cornell Edition Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Author Website:
http://suzannecgordon.com/
Suzanne Gordon is coeditor of the Cornell University Press series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work and was program leader of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded Nurse Manager in Action Program. She is the author of Nursing against the Odds and The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare; coauthor of From Silence to Voice, Life Support, Safety in Numbers, Beyond the Checklist, and Bedside Manners; editor of When Chicken Soup Isn't Enough; and coeditor of The Complexities of Care, First, Do Less Harm, and Collaborative Caring, all from Cornell.
Reviews for Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines
<p> For patients, physicians, nurses, and health policy analysts, Gordon's passionate and accessible account of the impact of managed care on skilled nursing provides clear grounds for concern. Health Affairs