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.
| Main Author: | Robbins, Alexandra, 1976- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Workman Publishing,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- 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.