For millions of individuals worldwide, nurses are the difference between life and death, self-sufficiency and reliance, hope and despair. But an absence of understanding of what nurses truly do– one perpetuated by popular media’s portrayal of nurses as simplistic archetypes– has actually devalued the occupation and contributed to an international lack that makes up a public health crisis. Today, the thin ranks of the nursing labor force contribute to many avoidable deaths. This totally upgraded and broadened edition of Conserving Lives highlights the important roles nurses play in contemporary health care and how this role is marginalized by modern culture. Through engaging prose and examples drawn from television, advertising, and news coverage, the authors detail the media’s role in strengthening stereotypes that fuel the nursing scarcity and decrease the value of a highly educated sector of the modern labor force. Maybe most important, the authors provide a wealth of concepts to help reinvigorate the nursing field and correct this imbalance. As American healthcare undergoes its biggest overhaul in years, the practical role of nurses– that as self-governing, extremely knowledgeable specialists– has never been more crucial. Accordingly, Saving Lives addresses both the sources of, and prescription for, misperceptions surrounding contemporary nursing.
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