Life Support
| Author | : Suzanne Gordon |
| Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 2012-07-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780801464997 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0801464994 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Download or read book Life Support written by Suzanne Gordon and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Suzanne Gordon describes the everyday work of three RNs in Boston—a nurse practitioner, an oncology nurse, and a clinical nurse specialist on a medical unit. At a time when nursing is often undervalued and nurses themselves in short supply, Life Support provides a vivid, engaging, and intimate portrait of health care's largest profession and the important role it plays in patients' lives. Life Support is essential reading for working nurses, nursing students, and anyone considering a career in nursing as well as for physicians and health policy makers seeking a better understanding of what nurses do and why we need them. For the Cornell edition of this landmark work, Gordon has written a new introduction that describes the current nursing crisis and its impact on bedside nurses like those she profiled in the book.
