From Silence to Voice : overview

This new edition of From Silence to Voice reflects the authors' extensive interactions with real nurses who are dealing with today's challenges. It draws on the give-and-take that is a feature of their presentations and workshops and, as a result, offers concrete, reality-based advice on how nurses can tell their stories and avoid sentimental clichŽs that trivialize their important caregiving skills and oversimplify their practice...I commend this book to every nurse.

ÑFrom the Foreword by noted nursing educator Patricia Benner

If you are a nurseÑno matter where you work or your area of expertiseÑ From Silence to Voice is for you! It explains why nursing so often has been silenced, and silent, about its contributions to the care of the sick and the health of the public. It offers communication how-tos that nurses can apply everyday to send positive messages about their important work.

The 2nd edition is well suited for classroom instruction and features:

a user-friendly layout
step-by-step guidelines on how to communicate effectively with various audiencesÑpatients and family members, friends and neighbors, physicians and administrators, journalists, policy makers, and public officials.
a whole chapter of "story makeovers" that transform rough drafts into compelling anecdotes and arguments for nursing.
"Your Turn" exercises designed to speed nurses and students from communication theory to practice, and from practice to skills
Tips on how to reach out to the media, appear on TV and radio, and promote nursing research.