The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital

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In this lively, fast paced narrative, New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Robbins digs deep into the subculture of nursing, drawing readers into a brilliantly captivating in depth investigation of the extraordinary working lives of nurses and the shocking behind the scenes secrets that all patients and their loved ones need to know The Nurses is told through the real life stories of four women in different hospitals Molly, funny, well loved, and confident enough to quit a longtime job after her hospital ramps up its anti nurse policies Lara, a superstar nurse who tries to battle her way back from a near ruinous prescription drug addiction The outspoken but compassionate Juliette, a fierce advocate for her patients And Sam, a first year nurse, struggling to find her way in a gossipy mean girl climate she likens to high school, except for the dying people The result is a riveting page turner, insightful and thought provoking, that will leave readers feeling smarter about their healthcare and undeniably appreciative of the incredible nurses who provide it. Best Download Kindle ePUB The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital by Alexandra Robbins – kino-fada.fr Nursing isthan a career it is a calling Nurses are remarkable Yet contemporary literature largely neglects them When I started reading this book I loved it Alexandra Robbins writes very well For non fiction this book reads better than some fiction I ve read She makes the nurses she followed for a year real and easy to understand I have sorta been on a non fiction kick lately If I keep up this shit I m gonna get smart Well, not This book follows four nurses throughout a year Nursing isthan a career it is a calling Nurses are remarkable Yet contemporary literature largely neglects them When I started reading this book I loved it Alexandra Robbins writes very well For non fiction this book reads better than some fiction I ve read She makes the nurses she followed for a year real and easy to understand I have sorta been on a non fiction kick lately If I keep up this shit I m gonna get smart Well, not This book follows four nurses throughout a year Some in their personal lives and most in their lives in the hospital Molly, a nurse that quits her hospital because she is frustrated with all the new r...4.5 StarsI ve been reading books about all kinds of different heroes recently This book is no exception Written by journalist Alexandra Robbins THE NURSES A year of secrets, drama, and miracles with the heroes of the hospital shows how we should be muchrespectful to and thankful for these unsung heroes They are on the front line I shouldn t have been surprised to know that Nursing is listed as the third most dangerous profession behind police officers an...I m about half way through I don t know what to make of the book The writing is sometimes fairly dense research and sometimes anecdotal The anecdotal the stories of the four nurses is the most interesting but is a problem to me because although the four nurses are so very different, if their names weren t continually in front of me I wouldn t know which is which Or perhaps I don t care enough What is coming through loud and clear is...Alexandra Robbins follows the life of four nurses and their direct experience working in the nursing profession I was absolutely blown away by this inside look Not only by how nurses are treated, but also how they treat each other If this doesn t prove our healthcare system is broken, I don t know what would.Bottom line is profits as usual, so staffing is kept at the absolute minimum We are talking about life and death situations, where corporations crunch numbers weighing the possibility Alexandra Robbins follows the life of four nurses and their direct experience working in the nursing profession I was absolutely blown away by this inside look Not only by how nurses are treated, but also how they treat each other If this doesn t prove our healthcare system is broken, I don t know what would.Bottom line is profits as usual, so staffing is kept at the absolute minimum We are talking about life and death situations, where corporations crunch numbers weighing the possibility of a wrongful death suite against huge profits from understaffing Here s an awful fact, Bureau of Labor Statistics report nursing is the third most dangerous profession, behind police and correctional officers Nurses are bullied by doctors, if they report, they may lose their job, if they don t patients may die Nurses are bullied by other nurses who rip apart inexperienced workers There is even a term for this, nurses e...Not entirely happy with this review but here it goes Another book that would normally be out of my book zone but came across it by chance and thought I would give it a try Very glad I did ___Side Note I was in a car accident in August 2008, I don t remember the accident itself but my car got broadsided when Mom and I were going home I was in the hospit...This is my most important book to date To clarify, the nurses I followed are not composites they are real people with real stories Here s the book description In this lively, fast paced narrative, New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Robbins digs deep into the subculture of nursing, drawing readers into a brilliantly captivating in depth investigation of the extraordinary working lives of nurses and the shocking behind the scenes secrets that all patients and their loved ones need to This is my most important book to date To clarify, the nurses I followed are not composites they are real people with real stories Here s the book description In this lively, fast paced narrative, New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Robbins digs deep into the subculture of nursing, drawing readers into a brilliantly captivating in depth investigation of the extraordinary working lives of nurses and the shocking behind the scenes secrets that all patients and their loved ones need to know.The Nurses is told through the real life stories of four women in different hospitals Molly, funny, well loved, and confident enough to quit a longtime job after her hospital ramps up its anti nurse policies La...My sincere thanks to Michael Rockliff and Workman Publishing for allowing me to read this in e galley format to be published April 21, 2015The Hook As a non practicing LPN, the subject of Nursing has always interested me The Line Each chapter of Alexandra Robbin s The Nurses A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital open with three quotes Here are just a few that I found interestingER nurse practice in an environment that has been called permanent My sincere thanks to Michael Rockliff and Workman Publishing for allowing me to read this in e galley format to be published April 21, 2015The Hook As a non practicing LPN, the subject of Nursing has always interested me The Line Each chapter of Alexandra Robbin s The Nurses A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital open with three quotes Here are just a few that I found interestingER nurse practice in an environment that has been called permanent whitewater, where constant change, challenge, and crisis are the reality Amazing stories occur each day and some of these stories may never be acknowledged or written Emergency Nurses Association, Award Recognition Program Pop culture would have us believe that nurses play a small, trivial roll in healthcare medical television programs tend to show doctors lingeri...The Nurses A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital by Alexandra Robbins is an eye opening, riveting insight into the nursing profession Although full of facts it reads like a novel and maintains an intriguing pace.The Nurses is told through the real life stories of four women in different hospitals We read about these bedside heroes, who perform on a daily basis, in a world full of joy, heartbreak, violence, humor and emotional turmoil.Nursing is among the most The Nurses A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital by Alexandra Robbins is an ey...When I read the blurb I couldn t wait to read this book You see, besides being an avid reader, as well as a reviewer, I am also a Registered Nurse While this book does bring up some very important issues that all nurses deal with on a day to day basis, I was just a bit disappointed The main focus of this book seems to be ER nurses There are so many other specialties in the nursing field, it was a shame to see that ER nurses got the spotlight so to speak Although, I am currently a floor When I read the blurb I couldn t wait to read this book You see, besides being an avid reader, as well as a reviewer, I am also a Registered Nurse While this book does bring up some very important issues that all nurses deal with on a day to day basis, I was just a bit disappointed The main focus of this book seems to be ER nurses There are so many other specialties in the nursing field, it was a shame to see that ER nurses got the spotlight so to speak Although, I am currently a...This is an interesting insider look at nursing It doesn t seem intellectually rigorous, so I d take it with a grain of salt, but it is compelling reading For a reader not in the medical profession, it did make me aware of many of the issues nurses face.Slightly over half of the book consists of the narratives of four nurses whom the author followed for a year Robbins is a strong storyteller and so these sections make for compelling reading, recounting the challenges the nurses face in their This is an interesting insider look at nursing It doesn t seem intellectually rigorous, so I d take it with a grain of salt, but it is compelling reading For a reader not in the medical profession, it did make me aware of many of the issues nurses face.Slightly over half of the book consists of the narratives of four nurses whom the author followed for a year Robbins is a strong storyteller and so these sections make for compelling reading, recounting the challenges the nurses face in their professional and personal lives These women wer...

The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital
  • 09 March 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 360 pages
  • 0761171711
  • Alexandra Robbins
  • The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital