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The shift: one nurse, twelve hours, four patients' lives

By Brown , Theresa

Book information

Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN
9781616205423, 9781616206024, 1616206020
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1166943 bytes)
Edition
First paperback edition
Pages
256 pages : 1 portrait ; 21 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Critical Care Nursing;Intensive care nursing;Inten

Description

"Practicing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites readers to experience not just a day in the life of a nurse but all the life that happens in just one day on a hospital cancer ward. In her skilled hands, as both a dedicated nurse and an insightful chronicler of events, we are given an unprecedented view into the individual struggles as well as the larger truths about medicine in this country, and by the end of the shift, we have witnessed something profound about hope and healing and humanity"--Back cover.;7:03 a.m. -- Report -- Hitting the floor -- Worries -- Surgical team C -- Paperwork -- No time for lunch -- Duo damsel -- Judgment calls -- Faith -- Revolving door -- End of shift. 7:03 a.m. -- Report -- Hitting the floor -- Worries -- Surgical team C -- Paperwork -- No time for lunch -- Duo damsel -- Judgment calls -- Faith -- Revolving door -- End of shift.

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