03543oam 2200649Ia 450 991082647630332120231212213950.00-8014-6499-40-8014-6503-610.7591/9780801465031(CKB)2670000000241288(EBL)3138361(SSID)ssj0000713550(PQKBManifestationID)11434032(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000713550(PQKBWorkID)10658343(PQKB)11115861(DE-B1597)481689(OCoLC)987928997(DE-B1597)9780801465031(Au-PeEL)EBL3138361(CaPaEBR)ebr10594471(CaONFJC)MIL681607(OCoLC)922998253(MiAaPQ)EBC3138361(EXLCZ)99267000000024128820070810d2007 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLife support three nurses on the front lines /Suzanne Gordon ; foreword by Claire M. FaginIthaca, N.Y. :ILR Press,2007.1 online resource (xxv, 338 pages)Cornell paperbacksThe culture and politics of health care work1-322-50325-7 0-8014-7428-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-334) and index.Front matter --Contents --Foreword to the Cornell Edition --Preface --Chapter 1. The Tapestry of Care --Chapter 2. The Care of Strangers /Rumplik, Nancy --Chapter 3. Not on the Charts /Chaisson, Jeannie --Chapter 4. A Special Visitor /Kitchen, Ellen --Chapter 5. The Meaning of Illness /Rumpllk, Nancy --Chapter 6. A Mentor of Their Own /Chaisson, Jeannie --Chapter 7. Collaborative Care /Kitchen, Ellen --Chapter 8. A Good Enough Death /Rumpllk, Nancy --Chapter 9. Final Checkups /Kitchen, Ellen --Chapter 10. A Good Enough Death II /Chaisson, Jeannie --Chapter 11. Unraveling the Tapestry of Care --Conclusion: Preserving the Tapestry of Care --Afterword to the Cornell Edition --Notes --Selected Bibliography --IndexIn this book, Suzanne Gordon describes the everyday work of three RNs in Boston-a nurse practitioner, an oncology nurse, and a clinical nurse specialist on a medical unit. At a time when nursing is often undervalued and nurses themselves in short supply, Life Support provides a vivid, engaging, and intimate portrait of health care's largest profession and the important role it plays in patients' lives. Life Support is essential reading for working nurses, nursing students, and anyone considering a career in nursing as well as for physicians and health policy makers seeking a better understanding of what nurses do and why we need them. For the Cornell edition of this landmark work, Gordon has written a new introduction that describes the current nursing crisis and its impact on bedside nurses like those she profiled in the book.Culture and politics of health care work.NursesSocial conditionsNursingNursesSocial conditions.Nursing.610.73Gordon Suzanne1945-1030710Fagin Claire M1615931MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826476303321Life support3946384UNINA