Life support : three nurses on the front lines
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Bibliographic Information
Life support : three nurses on the front lines
（The culture and politics of health care work）（Cornell paperbacks）
ILR Press, 2007
[Cornell ed.]
- : pbk
Available at 5 libraries
Note
Originally published: Boston, MA : Little, Brown and Co., 1997
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-334) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Foreword to the Cornell Edition by Claire M. Fagin, R. N., Ph. D., F.A.A.N.Preface
CHAPTER 1: The Tapestry of Care
CHAPTER 2: Nancy Rumplik - The Care of Strangers
CHAPTER 3: Jeannie Chaisson - Not on the Charts
CHAPTER 4: Ellen Kitchen - A Special Visitor
CHAPTER 5: Nancy Rumplik - The Meaning of Illness
CHAPTER 6: Jeannie Chaisson - A Mentor of Their Own
CHAPTER 7: Ellen Kitchen - Collaborative Care
CHAPTER 8: Nancy Rumplik - A Good Enough Death
CHAPTER 9: Ellen Kitchen - Final Checkups
CHAPTER 10: Jeannie - Chaisson A Good Enough Death II
CHAPTER 11: Unraveling the Tapestry of Care
CONCLUSION: Preserving the Tapestry of CareAfterword to the Cornell Edition
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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