Advancing Nursing Practice Through Nurse Authorship
In the past the practice of nurse authorship has helped advance the practice of nursing. Florence Nightingale may have been the first, with her book "NOTES ON NURSING: WHAT IT IS AND IS NOT". Her notes helped guide the way we practice, the way we think about our profession and how to better care for patients.
There have been many others since who, through their writing, have helped increase our knowledge base as well as the public's understanding of the nursing profession.
Nursing web sites, books (both fiction and non-fiction), magazine articles, information pamphlets, personal web (author) sites and blogs have all made an impact on the nursing image.
My newest book, "Nursing: A Wicked Profession" is now available in a PDF eBook format.
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If you prefer, you may also get in in the new Kindle book reader format.Visit Amazon.com for more details.
A recent survey conducted by Gallup, on behalf of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, sought input from opinion leaders on the influence the nursing profession has on health care.
The results reflected that nurses should have more influence over health care, but that, even though we are a highly respected profession, few seem to take our knowledge and expertise seriously.
Are we truly squandering away opportunity to make a greater impact on health and health care?Is the reason because we are afraid to step outside our usual comfort zones and become a louder voice?
In May 2010 the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association is hosting workshops with the theme "Advancing Nursing Practice - Where to From Here?"I did a poster presentation based on, "Advancing Nursing Practice Through Nurse Authorship" and had the privilege of meeting one of the best voices for nurses, Suzanne Gordon.
Her latest book, "When Chicken Soup Isn't Enough: Stories of Nurses Standing Up for Themselves, Their Patients, and Their Profession" is a must read for all nurses and health care consumers alike.
When nurses share their voice, experience and opinions they allow the profession to move forward and grow.
Now, more than ever, we need to grow more visible, both to governments and in the public eye.
There are many other examples in book stores, in the classrooms and in health care policy where nurses have made positive impacts. Yet we are still struggling as a profession.
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