{"product_id":"the-shift-one-nurse-twelve-hours-four-patients-lives-paperback","title":"The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTheresa Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePracticing nurse and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience a day in the life of a nurse working on a hospital's busy cancer ward. In the span of twelve hours, patients' lives can be lost, life-altering medical treatment decisions made, and dreams fulfilled or irrevocably stolen. Brown gives an unprecedented view into individual struggles as well as larger truths about medicine in this country, hope, healing, and humanity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wonderfully told story of the life-and-death reality of a hospital . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e . . . Theresa Brown helps us understand the dramas and the dangers as the beautifully evocative stories of nurses and doctors, patients and family members, overlap and entwine during a twelve-hour shift.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Perri Klass, MD, author of \u003ci\u003eTreatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Practicing nurse and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience not just a day in the life of a nurse but all the life that happens in just one day on a busy teaching hospital's cancer ward. In the span of twelve hours, lives can be lost, life-altering treatment decisions made, and dreams fulfilled or irrevocably stolen. Unfolding in real time--under the watchful eyes of this dedicated professional and insightful chronicler of events--\u003ci\u003eThe Shift \u003c\/i\u003egives an unprecedented view into the individual struggles as well as the larger truths about medicine in this country. By shift's end, we have witnessed something profound about hope and humanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Meticulous, absorbing . . . Stands out for its honesty, clarity, and heart. [Brown] juggles the fears, hopes, and realities of a twelve-hour shift in a typical urban hospital with remarkable insight and unflagging care. \u003cbr\u003e Her memoir is a must-read.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Riveting . . . Should be required reading for all incoming medical and nursing students--or anyone who is a patient or visitor in a hospital.\" \u003ci\u003e--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"What makes Brown's story shine are the touching and sometimes bizarre moments that make real life in a hospital stranger than fiction.\" \u003ci\u003e--The Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An empathetic and absorbing narrative as riveting as a TV drama.\" \u003ci\u003e--Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Captures perfectly [a nurse's] central role in any patient's life.\" --Susan Love, MD, author of \u003ci\u003eDr. Susan Love's Breast Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheresa Brown, RN\u003c\/b\u003e, author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Shift\u003c\/i\u003e, has been a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing appears on CNN.com and in the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNursing\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eJournal of the American Medical Association\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been a guest on MSNBC Live and NPR's \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e. Her first book was \u003ci\u003eCritical Care\u003c\/i\u003e, and during what she calls her past life, she received a PhD in English from the University of Chicago. She lectures nationally and internationally on issues related to nursing, health care, and end of life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis author is represented by the Hachette Speakers Bureau.\u003c\/b\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47703854317827,"sku":"9781616206024","price":41.12,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/9310\/7359\/files\/U2JmY2lTdTEzeVFwSnNPWW9yN0QzQT09.webp?v=1770080053","url":"https:\/\/annizon.com\/en-au\/products\/the-shift-one-nurse-twelve-hours-four-patients-lives-paperback","provider":"annizon.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}