Reflections on nursing : 80 inspiring stories on the art and science of nursing.

Format:

Book

Standardized Title:

American journal of nursing (Wolters Kluwer)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing--United States--Anecdotes.

Nursing.

Nursing--Vocational guidance.

Nursing--Philosophy.

United States.

Philosophy, Nursing.

Nurse's Role--psychology.

Medical Subjects:

Nursing.

Philosophy, Nursing.

Nurse's Role--psychology.

United States.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

194 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

At head of title: American journal of nursing

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2017]

Summary:

Experience nursing-the hardcore and the heartfelt-with these 80 true stories, written mainly by nurses. Let these stories show you the real world of nursing: The compassionate nurse who inspires dignity and strength in a young soldier losing his wife, The nurse who realizes her best friend, a fellow nurse, is stealing drugs from patients, The stellar, life-saving teamwork of doctor/nurse teams based on mutual respect, Nurses learning to deal with issues of respect, power, and experience versus status in nurse/doctor relationships, The retired doctor who recalls the nurse who saved him, as a young intern, from badly mishandling the care of a dying patient, The nurse who willingly took on an angry patient with a challenging case, to offer special help and encouragement, The stories of inspiring patients, who help nurses remember why they became a nurse to begin with, Experience the challenges, insights, and hard-earned wisdom at the heart of nursing. Book jacket.

Contents:

The grief train / Cheryl A. Dellasega, PhD, RN, CRNP

The hardest decision / Amanda L. Richmond, BSN, RN-BC

The price of a miracle / V. Jude Forbes, MSN, FNP

No regrets / Arlene Koch, RN

Florida Vacation / Lorraine Randall, RNC

In the hand of dad / Sam Bastian, MS, APRN, BC

Inseparable / Dawne De Voe Olbrych, MSN, RN, CNS

Steven / Karen Roush, MSN, RN, FNP

Roger's angst / Evelyn Lawson-Jonsson, BSN, RN

The blame game / Natosha Cramer, BSN, RN

Who's the fool? / Nancy L. Ball, RN

Ordinary things / Cindy McCoy, PhD, MSN, RN-BC

Deception / Corina DeVries, RN

The fine art of leaving / Cortney Davis, MA, RN, ANP

Making it fit / Meredith Bailey, MSN, BSN, RN, PMH-NP

Intensive Care / John B. Fiddler, MSN, RN, ACHPN

Am I a nurse? / Donna Diers, PhD, CRNP

Promises to keep / Judy Morse, ASN, RN

The eyes of a pediatric nurse / Beverly Rossiter, MSN, CRNP, CPNP

Before the signal fades / Robbie Ravert, RN, RNC-OB

Paper chart nurse / Joyce Hislop, RN, OCN

Final Connection / Cynthia Stock, MSN, RN, CCRN

Chaos / Loraine Dale, RN

Heads and beds / Marie E. Lasater, MSN, RN, CCRN, CNRN

The ice-bag incident / Kathleen L. Sitzman, MS, RN

Nurse, Heal Thyself / Maureen Anthony, MSN, RN, CS, CDE

The pain / Cortney Davis, MA, NP, RN

At the night camp / Meg Sniderman, RN

Skipped two times / Shixiang Luo, MSN, RN

Tending Mr. Brown / Dorothy Miller, RN.

The prospering cheaters / Ray Bingham, RNC

Touchy-feely stuff / Sally Bellerose, RN

Where's my hospice moment / Lyssa Friedman, RN, BSN, MPA and Veneta Masson, MA, RN

My first preceptor / Judith L. Reishtein, PhD, RN

Bed bath / Kathleen Hughes, MSN, RN, PNP-BC

A nurse? What was I thinking? / Elizabeth Tillotson, BS

A special kind of knowledge / Janet L. Richards, BSN, RN

Coming home to nursing / Nancy Walters, RN

Two nurses - one old, one new / Lois A. Gerber, MPH, RN

Morphine. Now. / Peggy Vincent, RN, CNM

At the eye of the storm / Karen Schoonmaker, MSN, RN, CNL

Census of one, staff of five / Elizabeth Corso Falter, RN, CNAA, BC

A nurse's mother's nurses

A place for palliative care / Carrie A. Bennett, MS, CNS-BC

Last rights / John A. Forrant, BSN, RN, CCRN

My turn / Michael M. Bloomfield, MD

A smart doctor listens to the nurses / Ann Fleming Beach, MD

Seized / Jennifer K. Englund, MSEd

The Brat / Tiana Tozer

The game of what if? / Susan Luton

The third way / Andrew Merton

Every three months / Amy Noel Green

Intake interview / Joy Ladin

A passing shadow / Gail Lukasik, MA PhD

A stone of contention / Tim Bascom

Swabbing Tubby / Susan Clements

To the child they were all one kind / Sandra Stone

Breathing room / Linda Meierhoffer, MS, MPA, BA.

To mania and back / Joan Schmidt, MS-MPH, RN, ACRN

At her mercy / Alice C. Facente, MSN, RN-BC

Big love / Marcia Gardner, MA, RN, CPNP, CPN

A mind in search of its moorings / Jean DiMotto, JD, MSN, RN

The other cancer story / Suellen Hozman, BS, RN

The enduring self / Marilyn Wargo, BSN, RNC

The sacraments of Sister Thecla / Madeleine Mysko, MA, RN

Am I going to be okay? / Danielle Allen, RN

Socks and all ... / Bryanne Hickey Harrington, BSN, RN, CNOR

A Change of Heart / Nancy Cabianca, RN

A Brief Respite / Kelly Carroll, BA, RN

May I have a band-aid? / Marie F. Kerscher, BEd, RN, and Veneta Masson, MA, RN

The dirtiest house in town / Alice C. Facente, MSN, RN, BC

What one thing will make today better for you? / Susan L. Goff, MS, RN

Hiding a tender soul / Cheryl Kane, MEd, BSN, RN

Keeping secrets / Elena Schwolsky, MPH, RN

A man of few words / Kathryn Mason, MSN, RN, PCCN

I'm sorry, mama / Claire Browen, BSN, RN

Convicted / Lisa M. Cook, BS, RN

Edna and the bedside tables / Diane M. Goodman, RN

Thomas / Emily Maloney, BA, EMT-B.

Notes:

Reprints of the Reflections columns from the American journal of nursing.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-194).

ISBN:

9781496359063

1496359062

OCLC:

949870462