First-hand accounts of the first year in the profession from established nurses in various healthcare settings. Professionals discuss the challenges, frustrations, and rewards of their early years as a nurse. Softcover.
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From Library Journal
In the United States, over two million registered nurses practice in surgical, clinical, home healthcare, and other branches of the profession. Finkelstein, managing editor of the Columbia University-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Magazine, has compiled biographical vignettes of 19 nurses. Their accounts reflect experiences during the first year after graduation and reinforce the thesis that "the nurse can make or break the quality of health care." The contributors all attest to job satisfaction despite such problems as hospital politics and unsafe conditions. Although the book is more idealistic than realistic (personnel turnover plagues the profession), it is of interest, and encouraging, to young adults making a career choice. (Index not seen.)?Margaret Norden, Marymount Univ. Lib., Arlington, Va.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
This seventh entry in a career series achieves its purpose despite a misleading title. The 19 stories (18 by women, at least two of them black, and one by a man) cover much more than their authors' first-year experiences. The specific careers unfold in environments ranging from civilian to military to prison, from nursing home work to home health care, from critical care units to psychiatric and rehabilitation programs, and involve work with patients ranging from children to the aged. Nor are opportunities as nurse anesthetists, practitioners, and midwives neglected. Each writer discusses the personal and technical aspects of the work. Some found themselves in subfields and locations for which they felt ill-suited and made career changes. Several of the stories show how nurses have successfully combined family and career, yet they do not gloss over difficulties. All of the stories are lively--one sign that Finkelstein is an able editor. William Beatty
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