"Your book is a powerful tool that will certainly empower all readers with a voice."
– Dr. Robert Hallett
Ready… Set… Advocate!
Your Step by Step Guide to Patient Empowerment
This book will empower you with a voice as you navigate through dozens of different healthcare scenarios. It provides informative and timeless information to help make your health journey a more empowered and successful one. Every healthcare consumer should own one. You Have A Voice...Use it!
The health care setting of the 21st century is complex and scary. Finding your voice so you can partner with the health care team in a positive way is how you become an empowered patient advocate for yourself or someone you love. Once you are empowered, you can be proactive in making sure your needs… or the needs of your loved one… are adequately served by the health care system. With the purchase of this book, you have taken a major step in finding your voice.
When authors Lorrie Klemons and Randy Sperling first met they realized a shared passion for patient advocacy.
READY…SET…ADVOCATE! offers dozens of worksheets that provide step-by-step strategies to help the reader become empowered and successfully navigate through a variety of health care scenarios. A sampling of topics include:
Questions to Ask Before a Diagnostic Procedure
End of Life Conversations
Taking Medication Safely
Navigating Through the Emergency Room
When You’re Diagnosed With Cancer
The Challenges of Being A Caregiver
Randy gained her advocacy experience through a variety of jobs in the health care system and by advocating for her sick son for over twenty-five years. As a nurse and nurse educator, Lorrie spent over four decades advocating for her patients and students, and most recently, advocating for her own sick son. They continue their work as professional patient advocate coaches through their business, Patient Action, and their PatientAction.com website.
READY…SET…ADVOCATE! is a product of their collective passion, professional advocacy expertise, and personal and painful experiences as Warrior Moms. The book is dedicated to making sure that every patient’s voice is heard in the health care setting Call them today to speak at your next meeting.
Praise
“I think your book is probably the most important book to come along in a long time." MARILYN GODDE ALIPERTI, 2017
" I ordered the book on Kindle just before my husband's surgery. There were so many suggestions for making his stay comfortable and sanitary! A must read for everyone! It totally empowered me and I even promised to be my friend's advocate when she has her surgery." MAGA VICKION, 2017
"I was challenged by a friend to post a book I love each day for 7 days. READY...SET...ADVOCATE! is the book I posted! I have met Lorrie and she is an amazing human being and a true advocate." TRE HENDERSON, 2017
"I have my copy of the book Ready... Set... Advocate! and I highly recommend it. Packed with information, advice, resources and words of wisdom from the seasoned nurse, Lorrie and her co-author. Perhaps what sets this book apart is the passion and the empathy from those who have lived through illness, challenges and a battle with a loved one' s life threatening condition. In Lorrie's case a year spent at her beloved son's bedside. As a nurse and mother, I have seen a lot, but to hear 'larger than life' Lorrie talk about sleeping in a chair night after night tore at my heartstrings. Through it all she always has that sense of humor and words of great hope! Every family should have this book on their bookshelf."
C. ANGELA BURROW, CERTIFED DEMENTIA PRACTITIONER & TRAINER, CHARLOTTE, NC, 2018
"Wow! What am amazing feat! Congratulations on publishing a useful guide that has the potential to help so many people. Your perseverance and determination is to be admired."
DR. SELWYN SPAGENTHAL, 2017
"Your book is such a great tool. Thank you for sharing your expertise and passion!"
SHERYL MCINTYRE, COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR, PATIENTPOWER.COM, 2017
"Your book is a huge achievement for all the readers you have yet to touch by your insightful journey."
NILDA ADAIR, HEAD THERAPIST, LENOX HILL HOSPITAL RADIATION THERAPY, 2017
Fantastic! You have terrific information to share! I’ve bought your book in paperback, kindle, and gifted it to many people. It’s also the only book I’ve ever read on my phone (I was desperate for your advice!).
Betsy Olinger, 2020
You Have a Voice… Use it!
Finding your voice so you can partner with the health care team in a positive way is how you
become an empowered patient advocate for yourself or someone you love.