The Heart's Truth - Essays on the Art of Nursing

Informationen zum Autor Cortney Davis is the author of three poetry collections, including Leopold's Maneuvers (2004), which won the Prairie Schooner Poetry Prize and the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award. She has coauthored two anthologies of poetry and prose by nurses, Between the Heartbeats (1995) and Intensive Care (2003). Her memoir, I Knew a Woman: The Experience of the Female Body (2001), won the Connecticut Center for the Book Nonfiction Prize in 2002. Klappentext What is it like to be a student nurse washing the feet of a dying patient? To be a newly graduated nurse! in charge of the Intensive Care Unit for the first time! who wonders if her mistake might have cost a life? This book reveals a glimpse into the minds and hearts of those who care for us when we are at our most vulnerable. Zusammenfassung What is it like to be a student nurse washing the feet of a dying patient? To be a newly graduated nurse! in charge of the Intensive Care Unit for the first time! who wonders if her mistake might have cost a life? This book reveals a glimpse into the minds and hearts of those who care for us when we are at our most vulnerable.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cortney Davis, Martin Kohn
• Editore: Kent State Univ Pr
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.01.2009
• EAN: 9781606350034
• ISBN: 978-1-60635-003-4
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 236 mm x 8 mm
• Serie: Literature & Medicine; Literature and Medicine; Literature & Medicine
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali