tilda shalof's books

[abby]

heya. i was wondering if anyone else had read _the making of a nurse_ and/or _a nurse's story_ by tilda shalof, a canadian nurse who's also jewish. i read both of these books while i was in school and promptly lent them to a student in the incoming class. recently this student returned these and i was reading from them again. i liked especially _a nurse's story_ - i feel all my old idealism and excitement surrounding nursing/healthcare resurface while going through this book.

obviously i also really enjoy that the author is jewish. ms. shalof isn't observant per se, but she's apparently quite interested. and in _the making of a nurse_ she writes about working as a nurse in israel - a topic of great interest to me, as you know! she makes numerous other references to yiddishkeit throughout her books. she's sometimes critical, but she really seems to identify strongly and also to sense what i do: that all aspects of life & living are or should components of health/care, and not least of all ruchnius.

these are very nice, sensitively-written, personal books, and i completely recommend them if you haven't read them. - has anyone? and does anyone have a good book to recommend to me about nursing? (preferably not fiction but not too dry)

[medic09]

First I heard of her.

If you want non-fiction and not dry, look for something by a flight nurse.

[chayan]

I read her book before I started school, when I first started to think about becoming a nurse. I enjoyed it, but some parts of it seemed like they were tacked on to fill up the book -- like there was a chapter with gross poop stories, and one about a very weird situation with a mother and her microcephalic son. The book wasn't always chronological which made it confusing in some places.

[achot]

Mar 24, 2011 17:55:05 GMT -5 medic09 said:

First I heard of her.

If you want non-fiction and not dry, look for something by a flight nurse.

And if you want LOL funny (but not exciting) look for something by an LTC nurse,....BTW Medic have you published your book yet?

[medic09]

Mar 25, 2011 2:20:12 GMT -5 achot said:

.BTW Medic have you published your book yet?

Achot, are you needing something non-medicinal to help you sleep?

[achot]

Mar 26, 2011 22:53:27 GMT -5 medic09 said:

Mar 25, 2011 2:20:12 GMT -5 achot said:

.BTW Medic have you published your book yet?

Achot, are you needing something non-medicinal to help you sleep?

Nah, nurses sleep like babies...But it would be interesting if we'd all put in our best stories...something like "Best of AOJN!"

[mypprincess]

Mar 27, 2011 13:46:28 GMT -5 achot said:

Mar 26, 2011 22:53:27 GMT -5 medic09 said:

Achot, are you needing something non-medicinal to help you sleep?

Nah, nurses sleep like babies...But it would be interesting if we'd all put in our best stories...something like "Best of AOJN!"

You know how babies sleep... They wake up screaming every few hours .

[achot]

Mar 27, 2011 19:15:19 GMT -5 mypprincess said:

Mar 27, 2011 13:46:28 GMT -5 achot said:

Nah, nurses sleep like babies...But it would be interesting if we'd all put in our best stories...something like "Best of AOJN!"

You know how babies sleep... They wake up screaming every few hours .

[bobbie613]

Good morning,

There is a new (2010) book out that is called No Place for Dying by Helen Stanton Chapple. ISBN No. 978-1-59874-403-3

Available from Amazon, published by Left Coast Press: 222.LCoastPress.com

This book is about how hospitals/nurses/doctors handle dying and Dying (which is when we can't really save you anymore). There are excerpts from health care folks and some stories about patients.

I am in a doctoral program for nursing and this was part of the reading. It is not hard to read but it is non-fiction and the author is a nurse.

I also have a book called Cancer Unit by a nurse which was PDF'd and forwarded by my professor. If anyone is interested, let me know and I'll send it on for you to print out.

Best regards to all and Happy Pesach Cleaning!

Bobbie