The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives
(eBook)
Practicing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience not just a day in the life of a nurse but all the life that happens in just one day on a busy teaching hospital's cancer ward. In the span of twelve hours, lives can be lost, life-altering treatment decisions made, and dreams fulfilled or irrevocably stolen. Unfolding in real time-under the watchful eyes of this dedicated professional and insightful chronicler of events-The Shift gives an unprecedented view into the individual struggles as well as the larger truths about medicine in this country. By shift's end, we have witnessed something profound about hope and humanity. Practicing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience a day in the life of a nurse working on a hospital's busy cancer ward. In the span of twelve hours, patients' lives can be lost, life-altering medical treatment decisions made, and dreams fulfilled or irrevocably stolen. Brown gives an unprecedented view into individual struggles as well as larger truths about medicine in this country, hope, healing, and humanity.
Level 6.5, 11 Points
Notes
Brown, T. (2015). The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives. [United States], Algonquin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Brown, Theresa. 2015. The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives. [United States], Algonquin Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Brown, Theresa, The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives. [United States], Algonquin Books, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Brown, Theresa. The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives. [United States], Algonquin Books, 2015.
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