The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives Contributor(s): Brown, Theresa (Author) |
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ISBN: 1616206020 ISBN-13: 9781616206024 Publisher: Algonquin Books
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) - Medical | Nursing - Nurse & Patient |
Dewey: B |
Lexile Measure: 960(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" L (0.50 lbs) 272 pages |
Features: Price on Product |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 176204 Reading Level: 6.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "An engrossing human drama . . . The Shift is one nurse's story, but it contains elements of every nurse's experience."--The Wall Street Journal Practicing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience not just a day in the life of a nurse but all the life that happens in just one day on a busy teaching hospital's cancer ward. In the span of twelve hours, lives can be lost, life-altering treatment decisions made, and dreams fulfilled or irrevocably stolen. Unfolding in real time--under the watchful eyes of this dedicated professional and insightful chronicler of events--The Shift gives an unprecedented view into the individual struggles as well as the larger truths about medicine in this country. By shift's end, we have witnessed something profound about hope and humanity. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brown, Theresa: - Theresa Brown, RN, works as a clinical nurse. Her regular column appears on the New York Times opinion pages as well as on the Times Opinionator blog. She has also been a contributor to the popular "Well" section of that paper and writes for CNN.com and other national media. Brown received her BSN from the University of Pittsburgh and, during what she calls her past life, a PhD in English from the University of Chicago. Before becoming a nurse she taught English at Tufts University. Today, her focus is medical oncology and end-of-life issues. She lectures nationally, is a board member of the Center for Health Media and Policy at the Bellevue School of Nursing at Hunter College. Brown was a panelist for the TEDMED's Great Challenges of Health and Medicine initiative and is also involved in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's "Flip the Clinic" initiative and an advisory board member for Scrubs Magazine. She lives with her husband and three children in Pennsylvania. |
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