The nurses a year of secrets, drama, and miracles with the heroes of the hospital
In a gripping, behind-the-scenes look filled with drama, miracles, heartbreak, humor and unsung heroism, an award-winning journalist chronicles a year in the lives of four real-life hospital nurses, in a book that doubles as a shocking, unedited examination of our healthcare system.
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Workman Publishing,
[2015]
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The nurses : |b a year of secrets, drama, and miracles with the heroes of the hospital / |c Alexandra Robbins. |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Workman Publishing, |c [2015] | |
| 300 | |a viii, 360 pages ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-360). | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a What it's really like to be a nurse : the joy and heartbreak of the "secret club" -- Crossing doctor-nurse lines : how the sexy-nurse stereotype affects relationships with doctors and patients -- Who protects the nurses? Taking care of people who punch you in the face -- When nurses bully nurses : hierarchies, hazing, and why they eat their young -- Burnt to a crisp : how nurses cope-and why some crack -- The stepford nurse : how hospitals game the system for patient "satisfaction" -- The code of silence : painkillers, gossip, and other temptations -- Don't get sick in July : nurses' secrets-what patients need to know about their hospitals and their health -- What makes a hero : why nurses do what they do -- What you can do : advice and inspiration for the public, patients, families, nurses, aspiring nurses, managers, and others. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Nurses. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Nurse and patient. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Nurse and physician. | |
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