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<b>PRESS RELEASE:</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">My most recent book, <b>REFLECTIONS ON DOCTORS</b> published September 2008 by Kaplan Publishing was reviewed by The New York Times. An essay from my book,<b> </b><i><b>Notes From the Mothership The Naked Invisibles</b></i> is one of two dozen provocative essays.</div>
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As <b>REFLECTIONS ON DOCTORS'</b> editor Terry Ratner, RN,MFA says, "The nurses of this anthology represent a spectrum of voices and perspectives, reflecting upon their work alongside physicians. The majority of these nurses have witnessed revolutionary changes in the nurse-physician relationship over time. They are our messengers, our heroes and our scribes."</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The intimate and at times shocking stories in <b>REFLECTIONS ON DOCTORS</b> abound with the honesty of each writer's respect of and concern for the nursing profession, and the care that patients receive from doctors and fellow nurses alike. For example, in her fascinating essay, <i>A Truth about Cats and Dogs, </i>Adrienne Zurub, RN, MA, CNOR says of the competitive environment within the cardiothoracic operating rooms where she has worked, "Arrogance, entitlement, outstanding talents (nurses and surgeons), and palpable confidence dominate the entire operating room suites. A nurse pushes herself or himself through this encompassing fog of testosterone. I say<i> testosterone</i> because the surgeons, the ones who are in charge, are all male. To work in this environment, one has to have the personality and the chutzpah--the balls--to think quickly and react perfectly. Weakness or hesitation is normally not considered an option."</div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Many of the essays in <b>REFLECTIONS ON DOCTORS</b> provide readers with clear-cut explanations of various medical terminologies, interesting history of the nursing profession and glimpses into its future. The diversity of all the essays is appealing to both new and seasoned nurses, as well as to someone simply interested in understanding the importance and ever-changing relationship between nurses and phyicians. Further topping off this collection of engaging essays is a <i>reader's guide</i> designed to, says Ratner, "stimulate meetings of the minds and begin crucial conversations in hopes of understanding the nurse-physician relationship."</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Where can you get a real, unvarnished perspective on our healthcare system, and <i>fast</i>?</span></p><p style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 12px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">
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Warning: The following posts are innovative, unflinchingly realistic and even outrageous. Read them as if your life depended upon it. Bookmark or email them to a friend. Herein lies grassroots politics, real dialog and idea exchange too easily buried under our current hollow Healthcare rhetoric:</p>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">CLEVELAND'S OWN: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">6. </span> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://adriennezurub.typepad.com/9_months_to_birthing_my_b/2008/09/wtf-healthcare-reform-nurse-union-single-payer-insurance.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 52, 255); ">9 months to birthing my bestseller…</span></a>, posted by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">Adrienne Zurub</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span>in September 2008. Here is a slightly outrageous and totally irreverent article that rolls together current healthcare reform and the nursing crisis.</span></span></p>
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THE OTHER <i>NINE:</i></div><div style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.onlinenursingdegrees.org/nursingfacts/politics-of-healthcare.htm"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1225217884_3">http://www.onlinenursingdegrees.org/nursingfacts/politics-of-healthcare.htm</span></a></span><br>
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<div><a href="http://adriennezurub.typepad.com">http://adriennezurub.typepad.com</a><br><br>Adrienne Zurub's Amazon Blog - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/A3DXVTX2C4WOPO">http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/A3DXVTX2C4WOPO</a> <br>
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