| Foreword | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. xi |
| Dangerous Ignorance: Why Our Understanding of Nursing Matters | p. 1 |
| Who Are Nurses and Where Have They Gone? | p. 3 |
| A Few Notes on Nursing History | |
| The Nursing Shortage | |
| How Nursing's Image Affects Your Health | p. 23 |
| Virtue and Vice: Some Roots of Our Media Stereotypes | |
| Does What's in Our Brains Matter? How the Media Influences Nursing | |
| The Great Divide: The Media Versus Real Nursing | p. 55 |
| Could Monkeys Be Nurses? | p. 57 |
| Media Portrayals of Nurses as Serious Professionals | |
| “Is This All Nurses Do?” Media Contempt for Nursing Skill | |
| If It's Important Work, Credit Anyone but a Nurse | |
| Ghosts in the Machine: Nurses Go Missing in the Media | |
| Can Any Helpful Person or Thing Be a Nurse? | |
| Yes, Doctor! No, Doctor! | p. 111 |
| Are You Sure Nurses Are Autonomous? It Sure Looks Like Physicians Call All the Shots | |
| Media Portrayals of the Nurse as Autonomous Professional | |
| “Nurse, Hand Me My Laptop”: Media Portrayals of the Nurse as Handmaiden | |
| The Naughtiest Nurse | p. 143 |
| “Penny Shots for Naughty Nurses&rdquo: Why the Naughty Nurse Matters | |
| Call Me Magdalene: Is Nursing the World's Oldest Profession? | |
| Who Wants Yesterday's Girl? | p. 169 |
| The Work Feminism Forgot | |
| The Male Nurse Action Figure: The Media Confronts Men in Nursing | |
| You Are My Angel | p. 193 |
| What's Wrong, Angel? | |
| Bless This Angel of Mercy Nurse Collectible Figurine! | |
| Transcending the Angel: What Can Be Done? | |
| Winning the Battle-Axe, Losing the War | p. 215 |
| Tyrants, Bureaucrats, Monsters: Hollywood Celebrates Nursing Authority | |
| Hovering Like Ghouls: Battle-Axes in Other Media | |
| Advanced Practice Nurses: Skilled Professionals or Cut-Rate “Physician Extenders”? | p. 231 |
| Who Are APRNs and How Good Is Their Care? | |
| “Midwifs” and Minor Ailments: APRNs in Hollywood | |
| The Doctorate of Splinter Diagnosis: APRNs in the News Media | |
| Seeking Better Understanding of Nursing — and Better Health Care | p. 261 |
| How We Can All Improve Understanding of Nursing | p. 263 |
| I'm a Citizen of the World. What Can I Do? | |
| I'm a Member of the Media. What Can I Do? | |
| I'm a Private Sector Health Care Executive. What Can I Do? | |
| I'm a Government or Health Policy Maker. What Can I Do? | |
| I'm a Health Worker but Not a Nurse. What Can I Do? | |
| How Nurses Can Improve Their Own Image | p. 289 |
| You Have the Power | |
| Projecting a Professional Image Every Day | |
| Educating the Media About Nursing | |
| Message in a Bottle: Create Your Own Media | |
| It's Up to Us | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 327 |
| Endnotes | p. 329? |
| About the Truth About Nursing | p. 343 |
| About the Authors | p. 344 |
| Index | p. 345 |
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