A Nurse's Story: Life, Death, and In-between in an Intensive Care Unit
Language: English
Published by McClelland & Stewart, 2004
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- Signed
- Hardcover
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- Title
- A Nurse's Story: Life, Death, and In-between in an Intensive Care Unit
- Author
- Shalof, Tilda
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0771080867
- ISBN 13
- 9780771080869
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Dimensions
- 6x1x9
They depended upon one another. Working in the ICU was both emotionally grueling and physically exhausting. Many patients, quite simply, were dying, and the staff strove mightily to prolong their lives. With their skill, dedication, and the resources of modern science, they sometimes were almost too successful. Doctors and nurses alike wondered if what they did for terminally-ill patients was not, in some cases, too extreme. A number of patients were admitted when it was too late even for heroic measures. A boy struck down by a cerebral aneurysm in the middle of a little-league hockey game. A woman rescued – too late – from a burning house. It all took its toll on the staff.
And yet, on good days, they thrived on what they did. Shalof describes a colleague who is managing a “crashing” patient: “I looked at her. Nicky was flushed with excitement. She was doing five different things at the same time, planning ahead for another five. She was totally focused, in her element, in control, completely at home with the chaos. There was a huge smile on her face. Nurses like to fix things. If they can.”
Shalof, a veteran ICU nurse, reveals what it is really like to work behind the closed hospital curtains. The drama, the sardonic humour, the grinding workload, the cheerful camaraderie, the big issues and the small, all are brought vividly to life in this remarkable book.
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