Tending Lives: Nurses on the Medical Front
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Manufacturer: Ivy Books
Written By: Echo Heron
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 610.73
EAN: 9780804118217
ISBN: 0804118213
Label: Ivy Books
Manufacturer: Ivy Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 1999-01-30
Publisher: Ivy Books
Release Date: 1999-01-30
Studio: Ivy Books
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Editorial Reviews for Tending Lives: Nurses on the Medical Front
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A critical-care nurse in coronary and emergency medicine for eighteen years, Echo Heron has seen and heard it all. Here she recounts narratives of real-life medical dramas experienced by nurses across the country, sharing with us the inspiring, the tragic, and the outrageously funny: a penitentiary nurse who wasresponsible for orchestrating a murderer's execution; a stroke victim who rose out of his depression when his nurses began telling him jokes; and, perhaps the most riveting testimony, moment-by-moment memories of several nurses who served in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing.
Filled with both tears and laughter and charged with the issues that afflict nursing care today, TENDING LIVES is a gripping, moving, inspiring book, a fitting tribute to a noble profession.
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Summary: Tending lives, nurses on the medical front
Comment: This is one of the best books on nursing that I have ever read. Funny, interesting, touching. A unique variety or stories from nurses all over the country. I purchased the book as a gift for a friend who is in nursing school to give her an idea of some of the realitys of the job.
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Summary: Don't bother...
Comment: I read exactly three chapters and gave up in disgust. Sensationalized & poorly written. This book is headed to the swap table at the dump.
If you are looking for a well written account of what nursing is really like, read "Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines" by Suzanne Gordon
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Summary: I loved this real portrayal of nursing!
Comment: I first read this book when I was in RN school. I thought to myself, "What am I getting into?" But I loved the book, and I couldn't put it down! I loaned it to a friend and have since bought two more copies. Now that I have been an RN for a year, I see more of what the nurses in Echo Heron's book go through every day. And, even though I am worried about what the future holds for my profession as the nursing shortage looms above us, I have never been more proud of the title that I have. I love my job, and all that it means. I am very proud to be a nurse, and am also very proud to share my profession with someone like Echo Heron, who is not afraid to tell anyone what she thinks, and she is usually right on the money. Keep writing Echo, and we will keep reading.
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Summary: I checked the box in hopes of there being another cassette
Comment: I listened to this on tape, and found myself finding excuses to go somewhere in the car. This collection on vignettes from nurses around the country is captivating. Aside from the sadness, fear, frustration, and joy, you will laugh a lot. A theme that keeps coming up throughout the tape focuses on cutbacks made in the medical profession. Just when you are lost in a story, the "reality slap" of how the system has been altered reaches out and gets you. Although I appreciate this now, I think only a nurse functioning within the constraints placed on them in some situations can truly appreciate it. Nurses are some of the real heroes out there.
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Summary: A true "touching" of the heart of nursing
Comment: I love reading Echo's non-fictional stories the best and this one is great. I feel as if I'm in the story with similar situations in nursing. And I learn so much from the many situations. Echo and her writings have been an inspiration to me to keep fighting for patients "lack of rights" concerning personal care/staff. How I wish I had seen her ad to talk with her, what an honor that would have been. Thank you Echo.
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She has also written another nonfiction work, tentatively titled Tending Lives: Nurses on the Medical Front, to be published in June 1998.