Toxic Nursing, 2nd Ed. Cheryl Dellasega
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dedication
To all the nurses out there who strive to make nursing the very best profession it can possibly be: You are appreciated.
acknowledgments
This is my fifth time collaborating with Sigma, and so they’ve begun to feel like family: Emily, Carla, and Todd, it has been a pleasure to work with you. Your patience, vision, wise edits, and suggestions have made this a better book.
Development editor Meaghan O’Keeffe also contributed significantly to the second edition of this book and was so helpful as the new version was crafted. Although she chose not to continue as co-author, I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the contributions of Rebecca Volpe, who helped write the first edition, thereby creating the foundation for this one.
Finally, thanks to all the commentators and future readers who are taking action in different ways to improve the nursing workplace.
about the author
Cheryl Dellasega, PhD, RN, CRNP
Cheryl Dellasega is a Professor in the Department of Humanities at the Penn State College of Medicine and a nursing research consultant to Penn State Health. She obtained her RN at Lancaster General Hospital, her BSN at Millersville State University, her MS and CRNP at the University of Delaware, her PhD from Temple University, and her MFA from Rosemont College. She is the award-winning author of the nonfiction books Surviving Ophelia, Girl Wars, Mean Girls Grown Up, The Starving Family, Forced to Be Family, and When Nurses Hurt Nurses, now in its second edition. Her current clinical work is with adolescent girls through her programs Club and Camp Ophelia. Her research on geriatric nursing, psychosocial aspects of health, and relational aggression has been widely published and presented to international audiences.
commentators
G. Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN
Clinical Professor and Director–Office of Multicultural Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing
Lori S. Bechtel, MSN, RN
Nurse Manager, Neuroscience Critical Care Unit, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Peggy Ann Berry, MSN, RN, COHN-S, SPHR PhD Candidate
University of Cincinnati
Robert E. Boesch, DNP, RN, CNML
Vice President Surgical Services, Penn State Health
Beth Boynton, RN, MS
Organizational Development Consultant, Speaker, and Author, Beth Boynton, RN, MS Consulting Services
Theresa Brown, BSN, RN, OCN
Staff Nurse and Writer, Urban Teaching Hospital; The New York Times
Cheri Clancy, MSN, MS, RN, NE-BC
Director of Ambulatory Nursing, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children BSN Leadership Instructor, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Nursing
Janet Passley-Clarke, DNP, MS, CRNP, PMH-BC
Advanced Practice Manager–Psychiatry, Penn State Health, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute
Katherine M. Curci, PhD, CRNP, CNM
Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine Co-Medical Director, Penn State Hershey Medical Group at Fishburn