{"product_id":"critical-care-a-new-nurse-faces-death-life-and-everything-in-between-paperback","title":"Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTheresa Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Among all the recent books on medicine, \u003cem\u003eCritical Care\u003c\/em\u003e stands alone.\" -- Pauline Chen, author of \u003cem\u003eFinal Exam\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A must read for anyone who wants to understand healthcare. Extraordinary.\" -- Elizabeth Cohen, MPH, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCritical Care\u003c\/em\u003e is the powerful and absorbing memoir of Theresa Brown--a regular contributor to the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e blog \"Well\"--about her experiences during the first year on the job as an oncology nurse; in the process, Brown sheds brilliant light on issues of mortality and meaning in our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoctors heal, or try to, but as nurses we step into the breach, figure out what needs to be done for any given patient today, on this shift, and then, with love and exasperation, do it as best as we can.--from \u003cem\u003eCritical Care\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt my job, people die, writes Theresa Brown, capturing both the burden and the singular importance of her profession. Brown, a former English professor at Tufts University, chronicles here her first year as an R.N. in medical oncology. As she does so, Brown illuminates the unique role of nurses in health care, giving us a deeply moving portrait of the day-to-day work nurses do: caring for the person who is ill, not just the illness itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCritical Care\u003c\/em\u003e takes us with Brown as she struggles to tend to her patients' needs, both physical (the rigors of chemotherapy) and emotional (their late-night fears). 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 a twelve-hour day of 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she takes us into the place where patients and nurses meet, Brown shows us the power of human connection in the face of mortality. She does so with a keen sense of humor and remarkable powers of observation, making \u003cem\u003eCritical Care\u003c\/em\u003e a powerful contribution to the literature of medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e--Richard M. Cohen, author of Blindsided and Strong at the Broken Places\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Doctors heal, or try to, but as nurses we step into the breach, figure out what needs to be done for any given patient today, on this shift, and then, with love and exasperation, do it as best as we can.\"--from \u003cem\u003eCritical Care\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"At my job, people die,\" writes Theresa Brown, capturing both the burden and the singular importance of her profession. Brown, a former English professor at Tufts University, chronicles here her first year as an R.N. in medical oncology. As she does so, Brown illuminates the unique role of nurses in health care, giving us a deeply moving portrait of the day-to-day work nurses do: caring for the person who is ill, not just the illness itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCritical Care\u003c\/em\u003e takes us with Brown as she struggles to tend to her patients' needs, both physical (the rigors of chemotherapy) and emotional (their late-night fears). 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 a twelve-hour day of 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she takes us into the place where patients and nurses meet, Brown shows us the power of human connection in the face of mortality. She does so with a keen sense of humor and remarkable powers of observation, making \u003cem\u003eCritical Care\u003c\/em\u003e a powerful contribution to the literature of medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52443844739379,"sku":"9780061791543","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/SDJiaU82YVRzek00cXBlZzBZd05pZz09.webp?v=1758927220","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/critical-care-a-new-nurse-faces-death-life-and-everything-in-between-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}