Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between:
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ISBN 13: 9780061791550 ISBN 10: 0061791555 Category: Nursing: Trade Edition: 1 Publisher: Harperstudio Copyright: 2010 Format: Cloth LC Call Number: RT120.I5B76 2010 NLM: [DNLM: 1.Critical Care - Personal Narratives.WY 156 B881c 2010] Status: Out of Print Audience: Undergraduate Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.8 x 5.7 in Pages: 189 Weight: 0.6 Retail Price: 19.99 Quantity On Hand: 0 NOTE: THIS IS A NON-RETURNABLE ITEM
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Synopsis: Doctors heal, or try to, but as nurses we step into the breach, figure out what needs to be done for any given patient today, on this shift, and then, with love and exasperation, do it as best as we can."--from "Critical Care" "At my job, people die," writes Theresa Brown, capturing both the burden and the singular importance of her profession. Brown, a former English professor at Tufts University, chronicles here her first year as an R.N. in medical oncology. As she does so, Brown illuminates the unique role of nurses in health care, giving us a deeply moving portrait of the day-to-day work nurses do: caring for the person who is ill, not just the illness itself. "Critical Care" takes us with Brown as she struggles to tend to her patients needs, both physical (the rigors of chemotherapy) and emotional (their late-night fears). Along the way, we see the work nurses do to fight for their patients dignity, in spite of punishing treatments and an often uncaring hospital bureaucracy. We also see how a twelve-hour day of caring for the seriously ill gives Brown herself a deeper appreciation of what it means to be alive. Ultimately, this is a book about embracing life, whether in times of sickness or health. As she takes us into the place where patients and nurses meet, Brown shows us the power of human connection in the face of mortality. She does so with a keen sense of humor and remarkable powers of observation, making "Critical Care" a powerful contribution to the literature of medicine. |
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