LEADER 05390nam 2200829Ia 450 001 9910825935303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6500-1 010 $a1-322-50346-X 010 $a0-8014-6504-4 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801465048 035 $a(CKB)2550000000100491 035 $a(OCoLC)797828533 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10559181 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000685847 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11387496 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000685847 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10717596 035 $a(PQKB)10139800 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138332 035 $a(DE-B1597)527084 035 $a(OCoLC)1100433194 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801465048 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58486 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138332 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10559181 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681628 035 $a(OCoLC)922998210 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000100491 100 $a20060118d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNursing against the odds $ehow health care cost cutting, media stereotypes, and medical hubris undermine nurses and patient care /$fSuzanne Gordon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIthaca, NY $cILR ;$aBristol $cUniversity Presses Marketing [distributor]$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 489 pages) 225 1 $aThe culture and politics of health care work 225 1 $aAn ILR Press book 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8014-3976-0 311 0 $a0-8014-7292-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$tPart One: Nurses and Doctors at Work --$tIntroduction --$t1. Manufacturing the Dominant Doctor --$t2. Designing the Doctor-Nurse Game --$t3. The Disruptive Medical System --$t4. Fatal Synergy --$t5. Making Matters Worse --$tPart Two: The Media and Nursing --$tIntroduction --$t6. Dropped from the Picture --$t7. Missing from the News --$t8. Unavailable for Comment --$tPart Three: Hospitals and Nursing --$tIntroduction --$t9. Mangling Care --$t10. The New Nursing Universe --$t11. Nurses on the Ropes --$t12. No Nurse Left Behind --$t13. Management by Churn --$t14. Failure to Rescue --$tConclusion: Changing the Odds --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aIn the United States and throughout the industrialized world, just as the population of older and sicker patients is about to explode, we have a major shortage of nurses. Why are so many RNs dropping out of health care's largest profession? How will the lack of skilled, experienced caregivers affect patients? These are some of the questions addressed by Suzanne Gordon's definitive account of the world's nursing crisis. In Nursing against the Odds, one of North America's leading health care journalists draws on in-depth interviews, research studies, and extensive firsthand reporting to help readers better understand the myriad causes of and possible solutions to the current crisis.Gordon examines how health care cost cutting and hospital restructuring undermine the working conditions necessary for quality care. She shows how the historically troubled workplace relationships between RNs and physicians become even more dysfunctional in modern hospitals. In Gordon's view, the public image of nurses continues to suffer from negative media stereotyping in medical shows on television and from shoddy press coverage of the important role RNs play in the delivery of health care.Gordon also identifies the class and status divisions within the profession that hinder a much-needed defense of bedside nursing. She explains why some policy panaceas-hiring more temporary workers, importing RNs from less-developed countries-fail to address the forces that drive nurses out of their workplaces. To promote better care, Gordon calls for a broad agenda that includes safer staffing, improved scheduling, and other policy changes that would give nurses a greater voice at work. She explores how doctors and nurses can collaborate more effectively and what medical and nursing education must do to foster such cooperation. Finally, Gordon outlines ways in which RNs can successfully take their case to the public while campaigning for health care system reform that actually funds necessary nursing care. 410 0$aCulture and politics of health care work. 410 0$aILR press book. 606 $aNursing$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aNursing$zUnited States$xPublic opinion 606 $aNurses$zUnited States$xPublic opinion 606 $aNurses$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 606 $aNurses in mass media 606 $aNurse and physician 606 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States 615 0$aNursing$xSocial aspects 615 0$aNursing$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aNurses$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aNurses$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aNurses in mass media. 615 0$aNurse and physician. 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a610.73/0973 700 $aGordon$b Suzanne$f1945-$01030710 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825935303321 996 $aNursing against the odds$94104179 997 $aUNINA