I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out

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ISBN: 1937163121
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I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse

This collection of true narratives reflects the dynamism and diversity of nurses, who provide the first vital line of patient care. Download I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out medical books for free.
Here, nurses remember their first Asticks," first births, and first deaths, and reflect on what gets them though long, demanding shifts, and keeps them in the profession. The stories reveal many voices from nurses at different stages of their careers: One nurse-in-training longs to be trusted with more Aimportant" procedures, while another questions her ability to care for nursing home residents. An efficient young emergency room nurse finds his life and career irrevocably changed by a car accident. A nurse practitioner wonders whether she has violated professional boundaries in her care for a homeless man Get I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out our bestseller medical books.

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