"One Nurse Universe"
Ideal reading for "2020, The International Year of the Nurse"
My occupational memoir, One Nurse Universe, reveals one nurse’s bedside observations on where nurses come from; how we are educated; how we are treated in the workplace; and how we learn to do what can never be taught in a curriculum. As an example, what to do when a patient vomits explosively onto your chest, and you unexpectedly vomit yourself. How to explain to a deaf patient where a suppository goes while an audience of staff and visitors listen in from the hallway. How to collect your thoughts and make a plan when you arrive for a home care visit to find your elderly confused patient has ingested a full bottle of liquid laxative and left evidence of those results all over the walls, floor, and Barco lounger in the home. It is where medical science meets nursing artistry. Where technology meets humanity. Where hearts open and wounds heal.
And to my many non-nurse readers, come experience a nurse’s day; what we see, feel, hear, and touch. Have a peek behind the bedside curtain. |
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