Changing the Odds for Nurses and their Patients by Moving from Silence to Voice

Only by accurately depicting the lifesaving work they do will nurses finally obtain the resources, rewards and recognition they have long deserved.  This talk will discuss how nurses can help the public - as well as journalists, politicians, policy makers and health care administrators - understand the critical role they play in today's high tech hospital system.

Friday, May 11, 2007
RI Hospital Gerry House
7:45 - 8:45 AM  -  1:45 - 2:45 PM   -  3:45 - 4:45 PM

Featured Speaker
Suzanne Gordon; journalist, nursing advocate, author

Suzanne Gordon is an award-winning journalist and author. She has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Toronto Star and others. She's the author of five books including Life Support:  Three Nurses on the Front Lines; From Silence to Voice:  What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public, and Nursing Against the Odds:  How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes, and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care.

Cost
This program is free* for Lifespan employees (*$25 will be deducted from annual CEU reimbursement bank). For all others seeking CEUs, there is a fee of $25. Pre-registration is NOT required.

CEUs
This program is pending approval for 1.0 contact hours by RISNA/ANCC Commission on Accreditation. Certificates will be awarded upon completion of the program.