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Maybe we should get Theresa Brown to run for president. This book slows down time and Theresa Brown shares one of her twelve-hour days as a nurse with us. Four patients doesn't sound like a lot until you consider that you are the person who is in charge of the complete care of four very fragile people. It's a wonderful story and it makes me want to start a Theresa Brown for President campaign. If Brown can work this carefully and thoughtfully and juggle the personalities on the ward, I think she
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Theresa Brown takes us through one of her 12 hour shifts as an RN taking care of 4 patients in a medical oncology unit at a hospital in Pittsburg. It is a dizzying, emotional, trying, rewarding and exhausting experience all at once; I've gained extra appreciation for a profession I already thought of as ranking pretty high on the nobility scale. Wow.
The author was an English professor at Tufts before turning to nursing and it shows in her writing style, which is easy and honest and puts you rig ...more
The author was an English professor at Tufts before turning to nursing and it shows in her writing style, which is easy and honest and puts you rig ...more
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