Inside Nursing

Annette Fay Street is Director of the Center for Studies in Pediatric Nursing at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.

• ForewordAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction:Henry A. Giroux and Peter L. McLaren1. Reflections on a Journey of Exploration into the World of Clinical Nurses2. Situating the Journey3. The Doctor Knows Best4. You Know What Women Are Like!5. Forget the Study—Real Nursing Is Learned on the Job6. Reading the Map Symbols: Key Concepts7. Charting the Theoretical Terrain8. Planning the Route9. Exploring the Uncharted Country10. Now You See Me, Now You Don't11. She's Just a Born Nurse12. Yes, But You'll Never Change That!13. If I Knew More I Could Do More14. Everyone Knows That!BibliographyIndex

"The profession is undergoing radical changes, and this topic is very timely. Critical theory is important in itself, and the relation of its principles to nursing is well done by Street. Inside Nursing offers one of the most refreshing new insights into the nursing profession that I have seen in a long time. Its intellectual rigor is outstanding and should make it extremely palatable to most nurses."Thank you for the opportunity to review this exciting book. I hope to see it become required reading in graduate schools of nursing; I certainly will recommend it to the nurse educators I know." -- June Hart Romeo, Kent State University and Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center