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This 5 page paper reviews the book by Barbara Ehrenreich and comments on the lessons it holds for community nurses. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Nickel and Dimed Healthcare
Woes in Community Nursing Research Compiled by 6/2011 Please
Effective community nursing demands a familiarity with the culture, subculture, and/or socioeconomic group being attended. The literature
is often helpful in providing an introduction to people whose lives differ from our own because of one factor or another. These factors can be internal in their nature
or external. Often, in fact, numerous factors interplay to result in lifestyles that are difficult to understand from a mainstream perspective. Nurses who have never been unfortunate enough,
for example, to experience true hunger, homelessness, and inadequate healthcare, for example, might have a difficult time intervening to make a difference. Reading about the problems these people experience
can not only round out our education, it can make us better nurses. Consider, for example, Barbara Ehrenreichs "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America". This
book provides invaluable insight for the community nurse. Ehrenreichs book adds a particularly interesting twist to our understanding of class, for example, and
how it relates to how power is wielded in contemporary America. Ehrenreich not only provides a textbook definition of class but clearly identifies the various societal factors which interact
to define the respective classes. Ehrenreich takes on new identities securing work in the blue collar workforce fulfilling duties ranging from those of a hotel maid, to a waitress
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