LEADER 03418oam 2200577 a 450 001 9910827351603321 005 20240216161646.0 010 $a1-283-14668-1 010 $a9786613146687 010 $a1-61277-559-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040260 035 $a(EBL)3118872 035 $a(OCoLC)922968366 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000537482 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11340570 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537482 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10553489 035 $a(PQKB)11426052 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3118872 035 $a(OCoLC)794700965 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6746 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3118872 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10480552 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040260 100 $a20080821h20092009 uy e 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe heart's truth $eessays on the art of nursing /$fCortney Davis 210 1$aKent, Ohio :$cKent State University Press,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 100 pages) 225 1 $aLiterature and medicine ;$v17 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-60635-003-X 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; The Other Side of Illness; Washing Mrs. Cardiff's Feet; The Evening Back Rub; Being at the Bedside of the Dying; First Night in Charge; Talking to No One; Nursing and the Word; Beyond Scientific Explanation; Weekly Rounds; Twenty-four Hours in the Life of a Nurse Practitioner; First, Do No Harm; Hearing the Stories behind Our Patients' Words; Body Teaching; Tattoos; Breaking Bad News; Becoming Flora; Raped; The Heart's Truth; Watching ER; Feeding the Deer; When Their Rhythms Become Mine; I Believe in Grief; Human Feelings, Human Experiences; Conscious Suffering; Afterword; Acknowledgments 330 $aWhat is it like to be a student nurse washing the feet of a dying patient? To be a newly graduated nurse, in charge of the Intensive Care Unit for the first time, who wonders if her mistake might have cost a life? Or to be an experienced nurse who, by her presence and care, holds a patient to this world? The author, a poet and nurse practitioner answers these questions by examining her own experiences and through them reveals a glimpse into the minds and hearts of those who care for us when we are at our most vulnerable. This work offers the joys, frustrations, fears, and miraculous moments that nurses, new and experienced, face every day. In these essays, she traces her twin paths, nursing and writing, inviting readers to share what she discovers along the way, lessons not only about the human body but also about the human soul. Rich, intimate, and never shrinking from the realities of illness, the grace of healing, or the wonder of words, it will inspire student caregivers, intrigue readers, and affirm those who have long worked in nursing, a profession that the author calls "odd, mysterious, humbling, addicting, and often transcendent." 410 0$aLiterature and medicine (Kent, Ohio) ;$v17. 606 $aNursing 615 0$aNursing. 676 $a610.73 700 $aDavis$b Cortney$f1945-$01626667 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827351603321 996 $aThe heart's truth$94087472 997 $aUNINA