The Invisible Black Nurse

The Invisible Black Nurse
Author: Dr. Ora V. Robinson
Publisher: AMJ Productions & Publications
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2024-05-09
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN:

The Invisible Black Nurse emerged from research grounded in historical reviews and contemporary perspectives that describe the experiences of Black nurses as their various roles as clinicians, educators, administrators and researchers. Recurring themes include feeling invisible, feeling devalued and being held to a higher standards than their peers in their professional role. She has presented her research at various professionaly nursing conferences and the Association of Psychiagtric Nursing. Her mission is to eliminate the phenomenon of "nurses eating their young" specifically nurses of color. Book Review 1: Black nurse's experiences with Racism may be normalized to the point of being invisible in various health care systems. Dr. Ora Robinson removes the invisibility by bringing the experiences of these nurses into full view. She speaks to the disproportionate negative impacts of racism as experienced by Black nurses. Each page turned, ushers the reader deeper into the world as experienced by the invisible Black nurse. -- Dr. Gloria J. Willingham-Toure", PhD, MNSc, BSN. Book Review 2: I have been acquainted with Dr. Ora Robinson over 20 years. I met her when she applied for a position as a professor in the Nursing Program. Our paths have crossed several times as fellow educators and in professional organizations. We have discussed and experienced the burden of racism disproportionately felt in various areas of the healthcare community. Having realized that this burden is too often silenced or ignored resulting in the Black nurse becoming invisible, Dr. Robinson began to explore and study the phenomenon. With sampling, she acquired evidence to begin addressing audiences. With information presented here, nurses will be inspired and encouraged to evaluate the visibility of all. -- Barbara Napper, MS, Ed. MSN, RN

The Story of Me a Black Nurse

The Story of Me a Black Nurse
Author: Diane Jones
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2011-03-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1456727184

This narrative is about the personal struggles of being a Black Woman and being a Black Professional in a society that is still bound with racial and gender bias. Her stories navigate you through the career of a young woman who has hopes, dreams, needs, a purpose and aspirations but she faces constant opposition to fulfilling and attaining these basic human requirements. Like so many people of color before her, she achieves a certain measure of success but the measure of success is minor compared to what she must do to achieve it. It is a reflection of the despair she was feeling when she wrote it but does not fully reveal the appreciation, compassion and love that she has for mankind. It is time for a change!

Enemies in Love

Enemies in Love
Author: Alexis Clark
Publisher: The New Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2018-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1620971879

A “New & Noteworthy” selection of The New York Times Book Review “Alexis Clark illuminates a whole corner of unknown World War II history.” —Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci “[A]n irresistible human story. . . . Clark's voice is engaging, and her tale universal.” —Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power and American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House A true and deeply moving narrative of forbidden love during World War II and a shocking, hidden history of race on the home front This is a love story like no other: Elinor Powell was an African American nurse in the U.S. military during World War II; Frederick Albert was a soldier in Hitler's army, captured by the Allies and shipped to a prisoner-of-war camp in the Arizona desert. Like most other black nurses, Elinor pulled a second-class assignment, in a dusty, sun-baked—and segregated—Western town. The army figured that the risk of fraternization between black nurses and white German POWs was almost nil. Brought together by unlikely circumstances in a racist world, Elinor and Frederick should have been bitter enemies; but instead, at the height of World War II, they fell in love. Their dramatic story was unearthed by journalist Alexis Clark, who through years of interviews and historical research has pieced together an astounding narrative of race and true love in the cauldron of war. Based on a New York Times story by Clark that drew national attention, Enemies in Love paints a tableau of dreams deferred and of love struggling to survive, twenty-five years before the Supreme Court's Loving decision legalizing mixed-race marriage—revealing the surprising possibilities for human connection during one of history's most violent conflicts.

The Black Angels

The Black Angels
Author: Maria Smilios
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2023-09-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0593544927

Gotham Book Finalist 2024 NPR Science Friday Best Summer Beach Reads 2024 Winner of the Christopher Award 2024 New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nursing shortage. In the pre-antibiotic days when tuber­culosis stirred people’s darkest fears, killing one in seven, white nurses at Sea View, New York’s largest municipal hospital, began quitting en masse. Desperate to avert a public health crisis, city officials summoned Black southern nurses, luring them with promises of good pay, a career, and an escape from the stric­tures of Jim Crow. But after arriving, they found themselves on an isolated hilltop in the remote borough of Staten Island, yet again confronting racism and consigned to a woefully understaffed sanatorium, dubbed “the pest house,” where it was said that “no one left alive.” Spanning the Great Depression and moving through World War II and beyond, this remarkable true story follows the intrepid young women known by their patients as the “Black Angels.” For twenty years, they risked their lives work­ing under appalling conditions while caring for New York’s poorest residents, who languished in wards, waiting to die, or became guinea pigs for experimental surgeries and often deadly drugs. But despite their major role in desegregating the New York City hospital system—and their vital work in helping to find the cure for tuberculo­sis at Sea View—these nurses were completely erased from history. The Black Angels recovers the voices of these extraordinary women and puts them at the center of this riveting story, celebrating their legacy and spirit of survival.

She's Black She's a Queen She's a Nurse Daily Planner Journal

She's Black She's a Queen She's a Nurse Daily Planner Journal
Author: Nurses City
Publisher:
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2019-02-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781797849645

This extra cute shes black shes a queen shes a nurse journal notebook features: Daily planner pages for you to organize your tasks i.e. lunch with a friend, shop for birthday gift, wash clothes, doctor appointment, etc. Blank journal pages with African American positive affirmation quotes on each page so you can write down your thoughts and ideas from day to day to help de-stress your life. This book make a great birthday gift or just because gift and perfect for nurses appreciation day, nurse day thank you gifts, nurses day gifts under 10, nurse week appreciation gifts, nurse week gift ideas, nurse week favors, nurse week items, etc .

Black Women in White

Black Women in White
Author: Darlene Clark Hine
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1989
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

This pathbreaking study analyzes the impact of racism on the development of the nursing profession, particularly on black women in the profession.

The School Nurse from the Black Lagoon

The School Nurse from the Black Lagoon
Author: Mike Thaler
Publisher: Picture Book Studio Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN: 9781599617985

A young boy has heard scary stories about the school nurse, Miss Hearse, but when he meets her himself, he has a very different impression.

Small Great Things

Small Great Things
Author: Jodi Picoult
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 571
Release: 2016-10-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1952534674

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING BOOK. SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS AND VIOLA DAVIS. With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race, Small Great Things is the latest stunning page-turner from Jodi Picoult. 'Small Great Things is the most important novel Jodi Picoult has ever written ... It will challenge her readers ... [and] expand our cultural conversation about race and prejudice.' - The Washington Post When a newborn baby dies after a routine hospital procedure, there is no doubt about who will be held responsible: the nurse who had been banned from looking after him by his father. What the nurse, her lawyer and the father of the child cannot know is how this death will irrevocably change all of their lives, in ways both expected and not. Small Great Things is about that which divides and unites us. It is about opening your eyes. 'A gripping courtroom drama ... Given the current political climate it is quite prescient ... This is a writer who understands her characters inside and out.' - Roxane Gay, The New York Times Book Review Readers say: Prolific Jodi Picoult is destined to return to the bestsellers' list with this tale...This is Picoult's best book in a long time. - Gold Coast Weekend Bulletin A new Jodi Picoult novel is always cause for celebration...this one is a cracker of a story with all her trademark elements: medical dilemma, courtroom drama and a hot-button talking point. - Marie Claire You can rely on this prolific novelist to deliver thought-provoking suspense on a hot-button topic - no matter how incendiary... There are echoes of To Kill a Mockingbird in this challenging work. - Who Weekly A gripping story of social injustice issues that ...[will]...stay with you long after the last page has been turned. - Book Muster Down Under Most definitely worth the hype it's receiving. - Debbish This page-turner from the prolific Jodi Picoult has a really heart-stopping dilemma as its setup... - The Age Jodi Picoult is back with another heart-wrenching tale...the story of a young nurse who is charged with negligent homicide after trying to save a newborn suffering cardiac arrest. What happens next will stay with you long after you close the back cover. - Over Sixty Jodi Picoult never fails to take me on an emotional roller coaster. Each of her novels, famous for their complex moral dilemmas, has forced me to question my beliefs and Small Great Things is no exception. - The Unfinished Bookshelf Prolific Jodi Picoult is destined to return to the bestsellers' list with this tale of racism that will see emotions run high for readers of all races. - Herald Sun Small Great Things is such a pageturner. It's the kind of book you can easily stay up until 2am to finish. - Goodreads reviewer I have read every book by Jodi Picoult and they all make me think. But I feel like this book is the one that hit me hardest. I learned so much and from the moment I started reading it, it has been on my mind. - Goodreads reviewer I felt like Jodi Picoult had crawled inside my head and answered every single burning question I had while reading this book. - Goodreads reviewer Exquisitely written.....filled with grief - gets under your skin and leaves you changed!!!! - Goodreads reviewer You may not come away the same person you were before this read. - Goodreads reviewer I saw myself in this story. I am awed and will recommend this book to anyone I know. - Amazon reviewer Small Great Things makes you think, step outside of yourself, take another's perspective, and re-think your beliefs...It is both disturbing, heartbreaking and enlightening. - Amazon reviewer Couldn't put it down. Uncomfortable reading at times about a sensitive topic but a real thought provoker. Can't recommend it highly enough.. - Booktopia review