LEADER 04610nam 2200721 450 001 9910466380403321 005 20211005053724.0 010 $a1-63101-120-0 010 $a1-63101-121-9 035 $a(CKB)3790000000020728 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1973108 035 $a(OCoLC)903621121 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42077 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1973109 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1973108 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11026044 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL961608 035 $a(OCoLC)908090725 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5291357 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1973109 035 $a(OCoLC)908090726 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5291357 035 $a(EXLCZ)993790000000020728 100 $a20150316h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aWhen the nurse becomes a patient $ea story in words and images /$fCortney Davis 210 1$aKent, Ohio :$cThe Kent State University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (33 pages) $ccolor illustrations 225 1 $aLiterature and Medicine ;$v20 311 $a1-60635-230-X 327 $aCover Page -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Transfusion -- On a Scale of One to Ten -- Dilaudid-Land -- The Dark Night -- The Dark Night 2 -- Last Rites -- My Husband Cares for Me Tenderly -- Twenty-Five Nights -- A Little Bit of Terror -- CT Scan -- I Offer My Suffering -- Angel Band -- Afterword. 330 $aIn the summer of 2013, Cortney Davis, a nurse practitioner and author who often writes about her interactions with patients, underwent routine one-day surgery. A surgical mishap led to a series of life-altering and life-threatening complications, resulting in two prolonged hospital stays and a lengthy recovery. During twenty-six days in the hospital, Davis experienced how suddenly a caregiver can become a care receiver and what it's like to be "on the other side of the sickbed." As a nurse, she was accustomed to suffering and to the empathy such witnessing can evoke, but as a patient she learned new and transforming lessons in pain, fear, loneliness, abandonment, and dependency; in the fragility of health and life; in the necessity of family support; and, ultimately, in the importance of gratitude. Once at home, Davis wanted to respond to her illness creatively through her writing, but the details seemed too intense, too raw for words. As her recovery progressed, she found release in painting, discovering an immediate connection between heart and hand, between memory and canvas. In a series of twelve paintings, she reenvisioned episodes of her illness, moments that remained and replayed in her consciousness, ultimately providing an education in health care more resonant and more authentic than what she had found in nursing textbooks. Before, serving as a nurse in intensive care, oncology, and women's health, Davis believed that she understood what hospitalized patients might be experiencing and how they might be coping. Her own illness taught her how little she truly knew and how important it is that all caregivers-professionals and family members alike-become aware of the physical and the inner emotional needs of their seriously ill patients. After the twelve paintings were completed, Davis wrote brief commentaries for each image. She used her 330 8 $aremembrances to clarify and expand on her artwork, thereby making her personal story accessible to others. While every patient's journey and every caregiver's challenges are unique, these intimate and revealing paintings and reflections offer a glimpse into the universal aspects of illness and recovery. 410 0$aLiterature and medicine ;$v20. 606 $aSick$xPsychology 606 $aHospital patients$xPsychology 606 $aSick$vPictorial works 606 $aHospital patients$vPictorial works 606 $aDiseases in art 606 $aArts medicine 606 $aPainting 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSick$xPsychology. 615 0$aHospital patients$xPsychology. 615 0$aSick 615 0$aHospital patients 615 0$aDiseases in art. 615 0$aArts medicine. 615 0$aPainting. 676 $a610 700 $aDavis$b Cortney$f1945-$01054597 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466380403321 996 $aWhen the nurse becomes a patient$92487361 997 $aUNINA