The Impostor: A Medical Mystery - Hardcover

Triolo, Pamela

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1939288835 ISBN 13: 9781939288837

Publisher: Post Oak, an Imprint of Wyatt-MacKenzie, 2014

Synopsis

A Death. An Escape. A Dangerous Charade. Though Staci was bright and beautiful, her life was a nightmare. Growing up in foster care, experimenting with drugs, gangs and guns, falling into twisted relationships with men, she was constantly on the run from predators and peril. When a devastating accident paves the way to escape her tortured past, she jumps at the chance to start fresh, live the good life she'd only seen in movies and on TV. Driven and savvy, she creates a new character, studies hard and practices for the part, the role of lifetime, the role that she hopes will redeem her. When Staci's path intersects with Santos Rosa, RN and the dynamic team at Medical Center Hospital in the Texas Medical Center, Houston, she enters not only a world of hope and love, compassion and clinical excellence, but evil and danger. Once again, Triolo weaves contemporary healthcare and workplace issues into a compelling story to create this new romantic suspense.

About this title

From the Author:

The Impostor: A Medical Mystery is the second book in a series. Though it is a story about a young woman who seeks redemption, it takes the reader into the trenches of contemporary health care where the challenge of providing superb care is compounded by the power struggles between quality and cost, the lust for power, and a vulnerable patient population who are often uninformed and passive. Our impostor, Staci, finds a dedicated and talented team of health care clinicians in the largest medical center in the world, the Texas Medical Center in Houston. In her attempt to escape a tortured past, she finds a battlefield of issues, but she also sees a healthy team in action and true love bloom.
 
One of the number one issues in hospitals is end-of-life care. Most people in the U.S. still die in hospitals, but that is not usually the best place. How can we change that? How do we raise the public awareness that they have choices? Health care can be as ill as the patients we serve because many of our patients do not partner with us. Every day we see families face the event they are least prepared for--death. The team at Medical Center Hospital will try to create compassionate pathways to passing with their patients. But that won't be easy. A generous share of toxic leaders, sociopaths, and bullies complicate the scene. Though this book is completely fiction, it is based in fact. Believe me, it can happen.

About the Author:

Pamela Klauer Triolo, author of Death Without Cause and The Impostor: A Medical Mystery,is an award winning nurse leader who has written for radio and television and is widely published in the professional literature. She has served nationally and internationally in many roles from critical care nurse and certified nurse-midwife to clinical professor and chief nursing executive. Triolo holds a doctoral degree and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Post Oak, an Imprint of Wyatt-MacKenzie
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1939288835
• ISBN 13: 9781939288837
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 252