Intensive Care: The Story of a Nurse
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (539 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0804102511 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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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
"Intensive Care-The STory of a nurse." according to Darlene King. This is an extrememy well written fast paced book-I have loaned it to 2 friends and they too couldn't put it down. Whether you usually like real life medical stories or not you'll love this one! Be sure to get her sequel book-CCU Nurse--she is a great writer !. Great Book About The Realities of Nursing~! I first read this book in 1995 when I was starting to toy with the idea of leaving a paralegal career and pursuing a career in nursing. I found her descriptions and experiences to be very accurate, and her ability to tell a story very entertaining. Nursing is truly a career that comes from the heart, because nobody would do it o. A Customer said The real story of nursing. This book is excellent. I happened across it in Barnes & Noble and decided to get it along with Critical Care Nurse. It brought back such fresh memories of nursing school. The stories in here to some may sound made up, but believe me it is the real world. I don't think I have ever laughed so hard while reading a book and I could
Literary Guild and Doubleday book clubs selections. The characters and lives of patientssome of them composite portraitsare fleshed out with melodramtic dialogue and novelistic touches, but the descriptions of the various cases, the constant state of crisis pervading the emergency room and the tense atmosphere of the acute care unit ring true. . Most gripping is Heron's account of her own son's brush with death, and her burnout from physical and emotional exhaustionhealed by a return to her roots in Upstate New York and a laying of childhood ghosts. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Publishers Weekly To be forced to prolong the life of a hopelessly ill, sometimes brain-dead patient is the most draining nursing situation, stresses Heron, an RN who recounts in dramatic detail her training and 10 years in the emergency and acute coronary care units of a San Francisco Bay Area hospital