Lessons from the Bedside (Paperback)

Patrick Roden Phd

ISBN 13: 9798310581227

Published by Independently Published, 2025

About this Item

Paperback. For over four decades as a nurse, I have witnessed the most extraordinary human encounters imaginable. The lessons learned from illness, tragedy, miraculous recovery, laughter, love, and letting go, needed to be told. In this book I share ten of the most enduring and emotionally stirring ones from a lifetime of caring. Lessons Include: - The body is resilient, but the spirit is even stronger-Why am I still here?- Kindness unexpected is powerful medicine---Gestures that burn with lifelong impact.- Laughter heals in ways the scientific method can't explain-Humor-as-tonic, especially in hard times.- The Best-Worst experience of Letting go-Finding peace in loss.- Love, above all else, is what truly matters-In the final moments who will be holding your hand?- Bonus, what a 90-Year-Old Marathoner taught me about "possibility aging." These stories will make you smile and make you cry; share them with someone. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lessons from the Bedside (Paperback)
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798310581227
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

For over four decades as a nurse, I have witnessed the most extraordinary human encounters imaginable. The lessons learned from illness, tragedy, miraculous recovery, laughter, love, and letting go, needed to be told. In this book I share ten of the most enduring and emotionally stirring ones from a lifetime of caring.

Lessons Include:
- The body is resilient, but the spirit is even stronger—Why am I still here?
- Kindness unexpected is powerful medicine---Gestures that burn with lifelong impact.
- Laughter heals in ways the scientific method can’t explain—Humor-as-tonic, especially in hard times.
- The Best-Worst experience of Letting go—Finding peace in loss.
- Love, above all else, is what truly matters—In the final moments who will be holding your hand?
- Bonus, what a 90-Year-Old Marathoner taught me about "possibility aging."

These stories will make you smile and make you cry; share them with someone.