Life support : three nurses on the front lines

Life support : three nurses on the front lines /

In this book, Suzanne Gordon describes the everyday work of three RNs in Boston-a nurse practitioner, an oncology nurse, and a clinical nurse specialist on a medical unit. At a time when nursing is often undervalued and nurses themselves in short supply, Life Support provides a vivid, engaging, and...

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Main Author: Gordon, Suzanne, 1945-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press, 2007.
Series:Cornell paperbacks.
Culture and politics of health care work.
Subjects:
Nurses > Social conditions.
Nursing.
MEDICAL > Nursing > Issues.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
Nurses > Social conditions
Nursing
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword to the Cornell edition
  • The tapestry of care
  • The care of strangers / Nancy Rumplik
  • Not on the charts / Jeannie Chaisson
  • A special visitor / Ellen Kitchen
  • The meaning of illness / Nancy Rumplik
  • A mentor of their own / Jeannie Chaisson
  • Collaborative care / Ellen Kitchen
  • A good enough death / Nancy Rumplik
  • Final checkups / Ellen Kitchen
  • A good enough death II / Jeannie Chaisson
  • Unraveling the tapestry of care
  • Conclusion: Preserving the tapestry of care
  • Afterword to the Cornell edition.

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