Just a Union... of Nurses: The Rise to Political Power of the California Nurses Association-CNA
John Silver RN Ph.D is an assistant professor at NOVA Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and is a Fellow at the Institute of Nursing Leadership. He has been in healthcare for 38 years and a practicing RN since 1984, primarily in critical care. Dr. Silver received an MSN with a focus on health policy and ethics, and his Master s Project was on Proactive Media Utilization. In 2010 he earned the Public intellectual PhD in Comparative Studies from Florida Atlantic University. He has presented at such notable conferences as the American Academy of Nursing conference (2000), the 3rd International Design Principles and Practice conference in Berlin, Germany (2009), the International Technology, Knowledge and Society conference in Los Angeles (2012), and the first European Sigma Theta Tau International conference in Cardiff, Wales (2012). He speaks about healthcare system restructuring, political empowerment, ethics in healthcare, and has also served as an advisor regarding political tactics for nurses and nursing organizations, including Advanced Practice Nursing issues.