Another hilarious book by the author of "You've Got a What in your Where?" TJ Edwards has the knack of seeing the funny side of some quite serious conditions they see arrive every day in Accident & Emergency. You've seen the reviews of her first book and this is more of the same. Simply brilliantly written and you cannot help laughing all the way through.
This collection of true narratives reflects the dynamism and diversity of nurses, who provide the first vital line of patient care. Here, nurses remember their first "sticks," first births, and first deaths, and reflect on what gets them though long, demanding shifts, and keeps them in the profession. The stories reveal many voices from nurses at different stages of their careers: One nurse-in-training longs to be trusted with more "important" procedures, while another questions her ability to care for nursing home residents. An efficient young emergency room nurse finds his life and career irrevocably changed by a car accident. A nurse practitioner wonders whether she has violated professional boundaries in her care for a homeless man with AIDS, and a home care case manager is the sole attendee at a funeral for one of her patients. What connects these stories is the passion and strength of the writers, who struggle against burnout and bureaucracy to serve their patients with skill, empathy, and strength.
Tired of the pace and noise of life near London and longing for a better place to raise their young children, Mary J. MacLeod and her husband encountered their dream while vacationing on a remote island in the Scottish Hebrides. Enthralled by its windswept beauty, they soon were the proud owners of a near-derelict croft house—a farmer’s stone cottage—on “a small acre” of land. Mary assumed duties as the island’s district nurse. Call the Nurse is her account of the enchanted years she and her family spent there, coming to know its folk as both patients and friends. In anecdotes that are by turns funny, sad, moving, and tragic, she recalls them all, the crofters and their laird, the boatmen and tradesmen, young lovers and forbidding churchmen. Against the old-fashioned island culture and the grandeur of mountain and sea unfold indelible stories: a young woman carried through snow for airlift to the hospital; a rescue by boat; the marriage of a gentle giant and the island beauty; a ghostly encounter; the shocking discovery of a woman in chains; the flames of a heather fire at night; an unexploded bomb from World War II; and the joyful, tipsy celebration of a ceilidh. Gaelic fortitude meets a nurse’s compassion in these wonderful true stories from rural Scotland.
AV2 Fiction Readalong by Weigl brings you timeless tales of mystery, suspense, adventure, and the lessons learned while growing up. These celebrated children’s stories are sure to entertain and educate while captivating even the most reluctant readers. Log on to www.av2books.com, and enter the unique book code found on page 2 of this book to unlock an extra dimension to these beloved tales. Hear the story come to life as you read along in your own book.
Moving, honest and inspiring – this is a nurse’s true story of life in a busy A&E department during the Covid-19 crisis. Working in A&E is a challenging job but nurse Louise Curtis loves it. She was newly qualified as an advanced clinical practitioner, responsible for life or death decisions about the patients she saw, when the unthinkable happened and the country was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. The stress on the NHS was huge and for the first time in her life, the job was going to take a toll on Louise herself. In A Nurse’s Story she describes what happened next, as the trickle of Covid patients became a flood. And just as tragically, staff in A&E were faced with the effects of lockdown on society. They worried about their regulars, now missing, and saw an increase in domestic abuse victims and suicide attempts as loneliness hit people hard. By turns heartbreaking and heartwarming, this book shines a light on the compassion and dedication of hospital staff during such dark times. 'An important memoir that we all need to read right now.' – Closer
It's the common habit shared by many successful people throughout history. It's responsible for unlocking limitless creativity and influence. It's known to reduce stress, improve decision-making skills, and make you a better leader. What is it? Reading. And it's the single best thing you can do to improve yourself professionally. Reading more and better books creates opportunities for you to learn new skills, rise above your competition, and build a successful career. In Read to Lead you'll learn - why you need to read like your career depends on it - the five science-backed reasons reading will help you build your career - how to absorb a book into your bloodstream - a technique that can double (or triple!) your reading speed - tips on creating a lifetime reading habit - and more If you want to lead a more satisfied life, have more intelligent conversations, and broaden your mind, you need to read to lead!
A dark comic novel about life, love, pain, nursing, and being gay, this book takes you on a rollercoaster ride through the on-and-off duty life of a gay male nurse in the early 1980s before AIDS became omnipresent. It tells how he wants to make a difference with his life by helping those in need.
Things Only a Nurse Like Me Will Tell You offers an honest view of the Health-Care System today from the perspective of Cindy Altman, a highly skilled and respected Registered Nurse. Altman has been an RN for over thirty years working both in Critical Care and in Long-Term Care at a Nursing Home. Presenting a helpful guide for anyone who is or will be a patient, Altman includes portraits of many of the patients she has worked with over the years as a Nurse. She explains their ailments and the treatments they received in order to provide a complete picture of their illness and treatment. Among the biggest challenges she has faced in her Nursing Career are those patients who are in the final stages of a Terminal Illness. To help patients who are facing End-of-Life Decisions, she discusses the dying process and shares insight in issues like giving Advanced Directives, making treatment choices, and other vital information. Things Only a Nurse Like Me Will Tell You supplies much needed insight into the tests and procedures that are required to diagnose medical problems and diseases along with many other aspects of treatment, enabling you and your loved ones to make informed decisions about your health care.
Talk Like a Nurse: Communication Skills Workbook is a hands-on workbook designed to help you develop effective English language communication skills for the real-world work environment. Strengthen your language skills for the specific job needs of nursing with over 100 interactive exercises focusing on: medical/nursing terminology, abbreviations, change-of-shift and telephone reports, documentation skills, nursing care plans, therapeutic communication skills, interviewing skills, assertiveness skills, and more! Contextualized through clinically and culturally diverse patient scenarios, Talk Like a Nurse is ideal for ESL students in nursing and pre-nursing programs, as well as native English speakers eager to sharpen their nursing communications. Features: Integrated nursing content and language practice; Patient scenarios, nursing diagnoses, and nurse-patient dialogues in every chapter; Samples and practice writing nursing reports, using medical terminology, recognizing cultural perspectives, and more; 100+ interactive exercises.
