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Author: Ordelda Julmat Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1452062226 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 74
Book Description
Nursing is such a fulfilling delight, yet is plagued with stress and frustration mostly because of administrative, economic and political problems. This booklet highlights the fulfillment and joys in the field of nursing, yet also radically pinpoints some areas of needed change. Most issues are presented in poetic forms with a touch of humor to arouse interest as well as to stimulate the thoughts of the readers. Some articles feature the themes during nurses week which is usually celebrated May 6-12. Some readers who are not in the medical field might not understand everything fully but will be able to follow and appreciate what is being presented. . Some nurses may find it mere criticism and somewhat disturbing. Others might want to scoff at the author and wonder ’how daring’. Realistic nurses may welcome the ideas presented and agree, or smile, as the readings arouse the memories of their experiences.
Author: Ordelda Julmat Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1452062226 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 74
Book Description
Nursing is such a fulfilling delight, yet is plagued with stress and frustration mostly because of administrative, economic and political problems. This booklet highlights the fulfillment and joys in the field of nursing, yet also radically pinpoints some areas of needed change. Most issues are presented in poetic forms with a touch of humor to arouse interest as well as to stimulate the thoughts of the readers. Some articles feature the themes during nurses week which is usually celebrated May 6-12. Some readers who are not in the medical field might not understand everything fully but will be able to follow and appreciate what is being presented. . Some nurses may find it mere criticism and somewhat disturbing. Others might want to scoff at the author and wonder ’how daring’. Realistic nurses may welcome the ideas presented and agree, or smile, as the readings arouse the memories of their experiences.
Author: Tilda Shalof Publisher: McClelland & Stewart ISBN: 0771080875 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 369
Book Description
The team of nurses that Tilda Shalof found herself working with in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a big-city hospital was known as “Laura’s Line.” They were a bit wild: smart, funny, disrespectful of authority, but also caring and incredibly committed to their jobs. Laura set the tone with her quick remarks. Frances, from Newfoundland, was famous for her improvised recipes. Justine, the union rep, wore t-shirts emblazoned with defiant slogans, like “Nurses Care But It’s Not in the Budget.” Shalof was the one who had been to university. The others accused her of being “sooo sensitive.” They depended upon one another. Working in the ICU was both emotionally grueling and physically exhausting. Many patients, quite simply, were dying, and the staff strove mightily to prolong their lives. With their skill, dedication, and the resources of modern science, they sometimes were almost too successful. Doctors and nurses alike wondered if what they did for terminally-ill patients was not, in some cases, too extreme. A number of patients were admitted when it was too late even for heroic measures. A boy struck down by a cerebral aneurysm in the middle of a little-league hockey game. A woman rescued – too late – from a burning house. It all took its toll on the staff. And yet, on good days, they thrived on what they did. Shalof describes a colleague who is managing a “crashing” patient: “I looked at her. Nicky was flushed with excitement. She was doing five different things at the same time, planning ahead for another five. She was totally focused, in her element, in control, completely at home with the chaos. There was a huge smile on her face. Nurses like to fix things. If they can.” Shalof, a veteran ICU nurse, reveals what it is really like to work behind the closed hospital curtains. The drama, the sardonic humour, the grinding workload, the cheerful camaraderie, the big issues and the small, all are brought vividly to life in this remarkable book.
Author: Lee Gutkind Publisher: Underland Press ISBN: 193716313X Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 256
Book Description
This collection of true narratives reflects the dynamism and diversity of nurses, who provide the first vital line of patient care. Here, nurses remember their first "sticks," first births, and first deaths, and reflect on what gets them though long, demanding shifts, and keeps them in the profession. The stories reveal many voices from nurses at different stages of their careers: One nurse-in-training longs to be trusted with more "important" procedures, while another questions her ability to care for nursing home residents. An efficient young emergency room nurse finds his life and career irrevocably changed by a car accident. A nurse practitioner wonders whether she has violated professional boundaries in her care for a homeless man with AIDS, and a home care case manager is the sole attendee at a funeral for one of her patients. What connects these stories is the passion and strength of the writers, who struggle against burnout and bureaucracy to serve their patients with skill, empathy, and strength.
Author: Mary J. MacLeod Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1611459176 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 245
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Tired of the pace and noise of life near London and longing for a better place to raise their young children, Mary J. MacLeod and her husband encountered their dream while vacationing on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides. Enthralled by its windswept beauty, they soon were the proud owners of a near-derelict croft house—a farmer’s stone cottage—on “a small acre” of land. Mary assumed duties as the island’s district nurse. Call the Nurse is her account of the enchanted years she and her family spent there, coming to know its folk as both patients and friends. In anecdotes that are by turns funny, sad, moving, and tragic, she recalls them all, the crofters and their laird, the boatmen and tradesmen, young lovers and forbidding churchmen. Against the old-fashioned island culture and the grandeur of mountain and sea unfold indelible stories: a young woman carried through snow for airlift to the hospital; a rescue by boat; the marriage of a gentle giant and the island beauty; a ghostly encounter; the shocking discovery of a woman in chains; the flames of a heather fire at night; an unexploded bomb from World War II; and the joyful, tipsy celebration of a ceilidh. Gaelic fortitude meets a nurse’s compassion in these wonderful true stories from rural Scotland.
Author: Irene Stemler Publisher: SLACK Incorporated ISBN: 9781556429040 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
"Irene Stemler, RN, BSN, goes beyond the research and gives a voice to the millions of nurses who directly or indirectly make a difference in the lives of patients. Each story opens with a photograph of the nurse's shoes and offers a unique, passionate, personal, and sometimes controversial perspective on nursing in today's health care environment. A springboard for spirited discussion about the future of nursing. When nurses read these reflections of the daily battle to provide quality health care to ordinary people, they are encouraged to act, taking a leadership position in transforming their profession and nurses' role in health care delivery as a whole"--
Author: Sarah C. Wohlrabe Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 9781404800861 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 30
Book Description
Lots of people have jobs that help make out community a better place to live. Readers find out what they do every day through fun illustrations and easy-to-read text. This series is aligned with the standard, "Production, Distribution, and Consumption" as required by the National Council for the Social Studies.
Author: Echo Heron Publisher: Ivy Books ISBN: 0804102511 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 386
Book Description
This is a nurse's story unlike any other, because Echo Heron is a very special nurse. Dedicated to healing and helping in the harshest environments, she spent ten years in emergency rooms and intensive care units. Her story is unique, penetrating, and unforgettable. Her story is real. "Compelling reading." NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Author: William B. Patrick Publisher: Hudson Whitman/ ECP ISBN: 1626524130 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 247
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The Call of Nursing is not a typical book about nurses. It takes us behind the curtain of silence that often hangs between us – the patients who rely on the health care system – and the women and men who form the backbone of that system, and who are entrusted with our intimate care. It lets us hear why nurses today do what they do, and it allows those nurses to show us, in their own words, what has mattered most to them in their professional careers. The twenty-three intimate self-portraits in The Call of Nursing help us see more clearly the kinds of challenges nurses face and accept on a routine basis, and offer a rare glimpse into lives of women and men committed to care and service. Foreword Magazine 2013 Book of the Year Finalist (Education).
Author: James Patterson Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1473580323 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 241
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In this extraordinary work of non-fiction, we hear the unforgettable stories of everyday heroes who look after our families, our friends and ourselves in the most challenging circumstances imaginable. ______________________________ When we're at our worst, nurses are at their best. Around the clock, highly skilled and compassionate men and women sacrifice and struggle for us and our loved ones. You have never heard their true stories. Not like this. From big-city and small-town hospitals. These are stories told from the heart. This book will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you understand the importance of the work they do. ______________________________ Praise for ER Nurses 'James Patterson's account of the twilight world between life and death that nurses inhabit is one of the most moving things I have ever read.' Sebastian Junger 'The compassion, the work ethic, and the selflessness of nurses . . . are given the respect they deserve and captured beautifully.' Sanjay Gupta, MD
Author: Ordelda Julmat
Author: Ordelda Julmat
Author: Tilda Shalof
Author: Lee Gutkind
Author: Mary J. MacLeod
Author: Irene Stemler
Author: Sonja Schwartzbach
Author: Sarah C. Wohlrabe
Author: Echo Heron
Author: William B. Patrick
Author: James Patterson