The nurses
Subtitle: a year of secrets, drama, and miracles with the heroes of the hospital
By: Alexandra Robbins
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780761171713
Subjects: Nurses; Medical care; Nurse and patient; Nurse and physician
Description: In a gripping, behind-the-scenes look filled with drama, miracles, heartbreak, humor and unsung heroism, an award-winning journalist chronicles a year in the lives of four real-life hospital nurses, in a book that doubles as a shocking, unedited examination of our healthcare system.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-360).
Table of contents: title: What it's really like to be a nurse : the joy and heartbreak of the "secret club"; title: Crossing doctor-nurse lines : how the sexy-nurse stereotype affects relationships with doctors and patients; title: Who protects the nurses? Taking care of people who punch you in the face; title: When nurses bully nurses : hierarchies, hazing, and why they eat their young; title: Burnt to a crisp : how nurses cope-and why some crack; title: The stepford nurse : how hospitals game the system for patient "satisfaction"; title: The code of silence : painkillers, gossip, and other temptations; title: Don't get sick in July : nurses' secrets-what patients need to know about their hospitals and their health; title: What makes a hero : why nurses do what they do; title: What you can do : advice and inspiration for the public, patients, families, nurses, aspiring nurses, managers, and others.