Listening with my heart
Subtitle: poems by Aotearoa New Zealand nurses
By: edited by Lorraine Ritchie ; illustrations by Janet de Wagt
Publisher: Steele Roberts Aotearoa
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
ISBN-13: 9780947493479
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Nursing; New Zealand poetry
Other titles: Poems by Aotearoa New Zealand nurses
Description: Part of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation's 'Visibility of Nursing' project, Listening with my heart is the inaugural collection of poems by nurses in Aotearoa New Zealand. Moving and poignant, the poems offer deep observation and insight into the diversity and lived experiences of our nurses. This collection honours the art of healthcare and is a tribute to all nurses in Aotearoa New Zealand and their patients.
Notes: Poems.
Table of contents: title: Irihapeti Ramsden / Diana Grant-Mackie; title: Nursery nurse 1950 / Lorraine Ritchie; title: Magnolia / Ann Jacobsen; title: birthday surprise / Janet Charman; title: You / Monina Hernandez; title: Salamander / Kim Chenery; title: Just another pill / Kim Chenery; title: Nurse / Ali Morris; title: The honey ant / Kim Fray; title: Internal assonance / Gale King-Tamehana; title: The four seasons of child cancer / Kim Fray; title: The journey / Lynda J King; title: Variations / Kim Chenery; title: from Memoirs of a student nurse / Helen McKinlay; title: Just a suggestion / Simone Inez Harriman; title: breath sounds / Kevin O'Donnell; title: Mental health nurse / Lauren Becker; title: How to read a chest X-ray / Kevin O'Donnell; title: Regarding hearts / Penelope Todd; title: Calibration / Clare Mills; title: Terminal / Pamela Markby; title: The night be Christmas: an infection control nurse's Christmas tale / Natacha Maher; title: Speak to me / Ali Morris; title: Hands / Dianne MacDonald; title: Chaos / Simone Inkrot, 2002; title: Last night round / Lorraine Ritchie; title: Twilight / Lauren Becker; title: House fire / Kevin O'Donnell; title: Smile and chat / Jacqueline Brown; title: Someone is missing / Josie Crawley; title: Collegiality / Diana Grant-Mackie; title: Quantity, capacity, quality (Nui, rorahi, ahua) / Pam Markby, in collaboration with Victoria Bryant.