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Nurses in war : voices from Iraq and Afghanistan / Elizabeth Scannell-Desch, Mary Ellen Doherty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scannell-Desch, Elizabeth.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military nursing--United States.
- Military nursing.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Personal narratives, American.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- United States. Army Nurse Corps--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Army--Military life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer Pub., 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Powerful, poignant, riveting account of nurses in war. This book captures the palpable essence of what it is like to live and work in Iraq and Afghanistan as a military nurse during the current wars. Based on three research studies, this book reads like a novel. The reader gets up close to these 37 nurses as they care for casualties in combat support hospitals, on medevac aircraft, and on forward surgical teams. You can feel the tension as mortars fall in hospital compounds. You can hear the sound of helicopters ferrying patients. You can feel the adrenaline rush as nurses respond.
- Contents:
- Historical roots of U.S. military nursing
- Deploying to war : an uncertain future
- Nurses in harm's way : more than I bargained for
- Living conditions : a mixed bag
- My work place : a plane, a tent, or a trailer
- Diversions from war : a piece of home
- Remembrance of war : most chaotic scene
- War memories : sensations etched in my mind
- My warrior patients
- Caring for the enemy
- Children caught in the chaos of war
- My wartime nursing stress : I am a different person now
- Kinship and bonding : my military family
- Professional growth : expanding my knowledge, skills, and abilities
- Women's health and hygiene experiences
- Parental separation
- Homecoming : a difficult adjustment
- Listen to me : advice to deploying nurses.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-49803-X
- 9786613593269
- 0-8261-9384-6
- OCLC:
- 792684968
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