Nurses

The unsung heroes of health care at last let their voices be heard in this important addition to the bestselling true medicine list. From every area of hospital work, here are real nurses' accounts of the tensions of an inner-city emergency room, the action of a Mobile Care Unit, the tragedy of an AIDS clinic, the hope of a maternity ward, and more. Original.

Registered nurse Michael Brown has interviewed over fifty practicing nurses, spanning forty-one states and most nursing specialties. He takes you to the front lines of his profession, where split-second, life-and-death decisions are made every day by these unsung heroes of health care, who put their own lives at risk to provide support and comfort to those who need it most..

Library Journal

This is a wonderful, well-written book about the nursing profession and the dedicated people in it. Brown knows nursing and writes with compassion and clarity, telling it like it is. Covering mainly hospital nursing in its various departments (i.e., ER, MED/SURG, Labor & Delivery), Brown fills his book with stories of the daily ups and downs of nursing, its frustrations and satisfactions as seen and lived through the experience of real nurses, from students to veterans. He keeps medical jargon to a minimum, explaining abbreviations, slang, and acronyms in the text. Far superior to Jane Carpineto's R.N. ( LJ 1/92), Brown's book is highly recommended for both health and general collections.--Anne C. Tomlin, Auburn Memorial Hosp . Lib., N.Y.