02283nam a2200385u 4500 463631913 OCoLC 20190501183643.0 ta 160108s2010 nyu 000 0aeng 2009046576 9780061791550 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0061791555 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780061791543 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0061791547 (pbk. : alk. paper) (OCoLC)463631913 (OCoLC)456180460 pcc RT120.I5 B76 2010 WY 156 B881c 2010 616.02/5092 B 22 Brown, Theresa. Critical care : a new nurse faces death, life, and everything in between / Theresa Brown. 1st ed. New York, NY : HarperStudio, c2010. xi, 189 p. ; 22 cm. Why the professor became a nurse -- Getting my feet wet -- First death -- Benched -- A day on the floor -- Condition A -- Openings -- Doctors don't do poop -- Switch -- Access -- Poison. "At my job, people die," writes Theresa Brown, capturing both the burden and the singular importance of her profession. Brown, a former English professor, chronicles her first year as an R.N. in medical oncology. She illuminates the unique role of nurses in health care, giving us a moving portrait of the day-to-day work nurses do: caring for the person who is ill, not just the illness itself. Brown takes us with her as she struggles to tend to her patients' needs, both physical and emotional. Along the way, we see the work nurses do to fight for their patients' dignity, in spite of punishing treatments and an often uncaring hospital bureaucracy. We also see how caring for the seriously ill gives Brown herself a deeper appreciation of what it means to be alive. Ultimately, this is a book about embracing life, whether in times of sickness or health.--From publisher description. Brown, Theresa. Intensive care nursing Biography. Critical Care Personal Narratives. Oncology Nursing methods Personal Narratives. Nurse's Role Personal Narratives. Terminal Care Personal Narratives. 12 8376 8376 0 0 ABELJ abelj NF 2016-10-26 0 616.02 BROW 35774 2016-10-26 14.99 2016-10-26 BOOK