books by Suzanne Gordon

books by Suzanne Gordon

books:

Suzanne Gordon

Safety in Numbers: Nurse-to-patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care (The Culture and Politics of Health ...
Suzanne Gordon, John Buchanan, ...

ILR Press, 2008

Legally mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are one of the most controversial topics in health care today. Ratio advocates believe that minimum staffing levels are essential for quality care, better working conditions, and higher rates of RN recruitment and retention that would alleviate the current global nursing shortage. Opponents claim that ...

Code Green: Money-Driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing (The Culture and Politics of Health Care ...

Dana Beth Weinberg

Cornell University Press, 2004

The "true" colour of healthcare...
Although this book is based in the U.S., so much is the same in Canada. I would highly recommend this book for nurses [who may be trying to figure out 'what it's all about Alfie'], for nursing students and no doubt, the public - so they can gain a better understanding ...

Caregiving: Readings in Knowledge, Practice, Ethics, and Politics (Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving)
Suzanne Gordon, Patricia Benner

University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996

The need for caregiving is enormous. Thanks to extraordinary advances in medical technology, Americans are surviving illnesses and injuries that would have killed them a generation ago, and more of us are living into our eighties and nineties than ever before. Yet most people over sixty-five live with the burden of one or more chronic illness. The ...

Classroom Discussions: Using Math Talk to Help Students Learn, Grades 1-6

Catherine O'Connor, Nancy Canavan Anderson, ...

Math Solutions Pubns, 2003

Worth reading and trying strategies for your classroom
Classroom discussions: Using math talk to help students learn. Grades 1-6 is a practical resource that provides a deep look into the importance of the role that communication plays in mathematics learning and teaching. It is a useful and detailed guide for teachers who ...

The Complexities of Care: Nursing Reconsidered (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work)

ILR Press, 2006

Captivating, Contraversial and Critical for Nurses to read!
This is THE BEST nursing book I've ever read. Had to read it for a required nursing class and I will read it again. Any nurse who cares about the nursing profession needs to read this book. I have passed it around work and everyone loves it. It holds your interest, ...

Nursing Against the Odds: How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes, And Medical Hubris Undermine ...

Suzanne Gordon

ILR Press, 2006

Wish I would have known
I read the book and am going to graduate from a nursing program in June of '08. I was so disenchanted as to what went on in the book as I see it going on when I am in clinicals. I probably wouldn't have picked nursing as my number one profession after being in the ...

Searching for Sugar Mills: An Architectural Guide to the Eastern Carribean

Suzanne Gordon, Anne Hersh

Interlink Publishing Group, 2005

An exceptionally useful and beautiful work of art!
This is an absolutely fascinating book on the Caribbean - the content, the writing and the photography are all superb. In addition to its stated purpose of being an architectural guide, it surpasses most travel books in the useful information it imparts to anyone ...

Math Matters: Understanding the Math You Teach Grades K-8, 2nd Edition

Suzanne H. Chapin, Art Johnson

Math Solutions Pubns, 2006

Math Matters Is An Essential And Accessible
"Suzanne H. Chapin is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Boston University in Massachusetts. Her work includes research in the areas of gifted education, curriculum design, and teacher professional development in mathematics. She is a coauthor of ...

From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know And Must Communicate to the Public, Second Edition

Bernice Buresh, Suzanne Gordon

ILR Press, 2006

A "must" read for Nurses!!!
This book is like a bible to me. I have read the book several times, picking it up, reading parts...and always being empowered by it. I would highly recommend this book for nurses of all walks. Authors, Buresh & Gordon help nurses understand the deliberate dimantling ...

Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines (The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work)

Suzanne Gordon

ILR Press, 2007

Summarizes nursing's role in the current health care arena.
A must read for all those working IN or WITH the profession of nursing. Gordon discusses how the changes in our health care system have affected both the nurses role and quality patient care issues. The essential need for collaboration of all health care personnel ...

Off Balance

Suzanne Gordon

Pantheon, 1983

BALLET STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS MUST READ THIS BOOK!
Everything is NOT beautiful at the ballet.... This is a no-holds barred look at the dark side of ballet. If you thought "Little Girls in Pretty Boxes" was horrifying, this book is twice as shocking. Parents need to read this book in order to see what kind of life is in ...

The Island-hopping Miami Herald.(Brief Article): An article from: American Journalism Review
Suzanne Gordon

University of Maryland, 2000

This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on November 1, 2000. The length of the article is 732 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. ...

Abandonment of the Patient: the Impact of Profitdriven Health Care on the Public

Springer Publishing Company, 1996

A thoughtful and alarming examination of how health care "downsizing" and for-profit managed care are affecting quality of care, patient outcomes, and staffing patterns. A distinguished group of nurses, doctors, health care administrators, patients, journalists, and policy makers have contributed to the book.

Information Technology Strategies from the United States and the European Union (Studies in Health Technology ...

IOS Press, 2000

Clinical and biomedical research production is rapidly growing, but delivery to practitioners remains unacceptably slow. To improve health care quality and to make the best scientific achievements part of usual practices, clinicians need better information systems and services. The international, multi-disciplinary author team presents the ...

From silence to voice. (Guest Editorial).(Editorial): An article from: Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Bernice Buresh, Suzanne Gordon

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 2000

This digital document is an article from Journal of Nursing Scholarship, published by Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing on December 22, 2000. The length of the article is 1154 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com ...