Speak Your Truth: Proven Strategies for Effective Nurse-Physician Communication

The #1 best-selling book on nursing empowerment is newly expanded and better than ever

'This book is required reading for anyone committed to working with nurses and the nursing profession toward forging new collaborative and supportive relationships both within and between nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals, so that it can gain the stature and respect that will result in rebuilding the ranks of those willing and able to contribute to the nursing profession in a meaningful and contemporary manner.'

Jon Burroughs, MD, MBA, CMSL

A witty and entertaining book that delivers a mission-critical message.

This best-selling book by Kathleen Bartholomew, RN, MN, delivers effective strategies for improving nurse-physician relationships. Bartholomew uses engaging case scenarios, critical-thinking activities, and real-world tips to help nurses understand and communicate with physicians.

Don't miss what Kathleen has to say in this expanded edition of Speak Your Truth. She now provides strategies for both nursing and non-nursing leadership to create and sustain a healthy work environment.

This book helps you:

- Ensure patient safety through improved collegiality between physicians and nurses
- Increase recruitment and retention by creating a healthy work environment
- Empower nurses to improve communication by confidently interacting with disruptive physicians
- Increase productivity through creating a culture of accountability

With new research highlighting the latest strategies for improving communication, the expanded version now includes:

- A chapter for senior leadership containing organization strategies to improve communication and ways to intervene with disruptive physicians
- Fresh insight for leaders on establishing expectations with physicians, nurses, and other staff
- New strategies to promote zero tolerance for bad behaviors
- More ways to promote a collegial workplace

Additional words of praise for Speak Your Truth by Kathleen Bartholomew, RN, MN:

'Unprecedented, brilliant, and right on target! Kathleen Bartholomew has dared to speak the truth about one of the greatest threats we face in patient safety: Dysfunctional physician-nurse communication and relationships.'

John J. Nance, JD, Founding Member of the National Patient Safety Foundation

'Kathleen Bartholomew, a gifted nurse and teacher, explores many of the dysfunctional dynamics destroying the morale of healthcare professionals, and she does it with a fresh, deadly serious voice interspersed with delightful humor that also inspires change. This is a must read for physicians, nurses, or anyone trapped in a traditionally subservient role, regardless of whether that role is work-related or not.'

Allen R. Wyler, MD, neurosurgeon, author of Deadly Errors, a novel about medical errors

'Kathleen uses the vehicle of story, liberally seasoned with humor, to present imaginative and creative approaches to age-old problems with communications between nurses and doctors.'

Genevieve Bartol, RN, EdD, AHN-C(P), Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

'Kathleen's work illuminates and defines a murky and omnipresent problem that has a strangle hold on the heart of the nursing profession.'

Chancey Boye, RN