Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between
ISBN: 9780061791543 | 0061791547
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
Pub. Date: 4/1/2011
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"At my job, people die," writes Theresa Brown, capturing both the burden and the singular importance of her profession. Brown, a former English professor, chronicles her first year as an R.N. in medical oncology. She illuminates the unique role of nurses in health care, giving us a moving portrait of the day-to-day work nurses do: caring for the person who is ill, not just the illness itself. Brown takes us with her as she struggles to tend to her patients' needs, both physical and emotional. Along the way, we see the work nurses do to fight fo... MORE
| Preface | p. ix |
| Author's Note | p. xv |
| Why the Professor Became a Nurse | p. 1 |
| Getting My Feet Wet | p. 13 |
| First Death | p. 27 |
| Benched | p. 43 |
| A Day on the Floor | p. 61 |
| Condition A | p. 81 |
| Openings | p. 99 |
| Doctors Don't Do Poop | p. 113 |
| Switch | p. 129 |
| Access | p. 147 |
Theresa Brown, R.N., received her BSN from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a regular contributor to the New York Times blog, Well and CNN.com. Theresa lives in the Pittsburgh area with her husband, Arthur Kosowsky, their three children, and their dog. Visit the author at www.theresabrownrn.com.
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