The bestselling author of A Nurse’s Story is back with more insider stories.
Tilda Shalof has been a caregiver all her life ... read full description
Tilda Shalof has been a caregiver all her life ... read full description
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Jun 15, 2011
Adrienne
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Dear Ms. Shalof,
Today I finished reading your book, “The Making of a Nurse.” Although you’ll probably never see this, I want to offer my thanks for your words. All of them. Each and every one.
Twice I’ve begun nursing school and been unable to finish due to life-altering personal issues. In the wake of my second departure, grief, fear and rejection on a nuclear scale saw me, in turn, go on to reject all that I have ever known, including my chosen profession. Ever since, I More...
Today I finished reading your book, “The Making of a Nurse.” Although you’ll probably never see this, I want to offer my thanks for your words. All of them. Each and every one.
Twice I’ve begun nursing school and been unable to finish due to life-altering personal issues. In the wake of my second departure, grief, fear and rejection on a nuclear scale saw me, in turn, go on to reject all that I have ever known, including my chosen profession. Ever since, I More...
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Apr 17, 2008
Margaret
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I bought this when I got "Better: a surgeons notes on performance" to see if they maybe complement one another (a doctors' perspective vs. a nurses' perspective) To my surprise, they are not really complementary but very distinct and whole narratives of the two very different professions, challenges. In better, the author wrote from a more technical point of view, discussing methodology of improving patient care and the health care system. This book, on the other hand, talks staight f
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Mar 05, 2009
Arlene
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Because I am a nurse, I could relate to this book. It is one of the truest accounts of what it is like to be a nurse that I have read. I would really like to read her first novel"A Nurse's Story
May 22, 2008
I picked up this book because I'm exploring nursing as a second career and was hoping this would give an idea of what the job is like. Of course there are zillions of different paths one can taker as a nurse -- this book happens to be about a nurse who spent most of her career in the ICU of a big city hospital. As a book it's pretty good -- Talof is a decent writer and portrays her work well, though the stories of other people could have been better for my taste. But the book served its purpose:
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Aug 01, 2011
Great book! It's wonderful to read a book and know that nurses all over have the same thoughts, feelings and fears!
Feb 26, 2009
Jennifer
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Good personal memoir of a nurse, but I didn't connect with it as much as I have other medical memoirs.
Jul 23, 2008
Cami
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I started this book expecting to read medical cases that this nurse was a part of. The book began with a lot of her personal history, and I felt disappointed and almost didn't continue reading, but then it got better as she got into telling about her career in the ICU. I found the chapter on being a nurse at a summer camp to be the best part. I did skip a chapter entitled, "The Proper Use of the F-Word." No need to go there. Overall the book was just okay.
Dec 08, 2009
Sara
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I am loving this book....I know I'm already going to re-read it once I'm done.
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