 The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives by Theresa Brown
Summary: Practicing nurse
and New York Times 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--The Shift gives 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.
Angie’s comments: Theresa Brown is an excellent writer and
it is interesting to peek into the life of a nurse. As a future patient (at
some point in my life), it helps me understand how the hospital system operates
and the work that the nurses do.
Recommended for
nurses and anyone (as we may all be patients in a hospital one day).
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July 19, 2016
The Shift
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