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Tending Lives: Nurses on the Medical Front
by Echo Heron
Product Group: Book
Publisher: DH Audio (1998-06)
ISBN: 0886464641
EAN: 9780886464646
Dewey Decimal #: 610.73
Binding/Media: Audio Cassette
SKU: GW1009-99-0299
Condition: Very Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Intensive Care" comes the inside story of real medical dramas--from the ER to the Labor Room and Death Row--from the nurses who experienced them.
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Customer Reviews
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Not quite professional
Rating  (1)
Date: 2010-01-24
I bought this book thinking it would be an enlightening approach to transitioning into being a nurse in the ICU. I found in the first chapter that this nurse began to describe seeing a patient of her's to being very similar to her son. Okay, that may be a natural response. But, when she began to talk to the patient's mother about her feelings and then substitute the patient's name with her son's name on accident, I thought that it was tacky and unprofessional. I believe it is important for a nurse to be in the situation with a patient and not to bring up personal issues of her own.
Also, she later states that nurses with a four year degree are merely full of theory and that two or three year degree RN's are better. I don't agree that such a statement could be made rationally if she wishes to encompass more than a few situations in the least. Therefore, I am led to question the author's confidence in herself and the background of her degree. I am sorry that I spent money on this seemingly apropriate book.
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another great one
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-03-07
Another great book in the disconnected series of Echo's non-fictional collection. A fantastic emotional read for anyone.
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Tending lives, nurses on the medical front
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-02-08
This is one of the best books on nursing that I have ever read. Funny, interesting, touching. A unique variety or stories from nurses all over the country. I purchased the book as a gift for a friend who is in nursing school to give her an idea of some of the realitys of the job.
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Don't bother...
Rating (1)
Date: 2005-08-03
8 out of 15 customers found this reveiw helpful
I read exactly three chapters and gave up in disgust. Sensationalized & poorly written. This book is headed to the swap table at the dump.
If you are looking for a well written account of what nursing is really like, read "Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines" by Suzanne Gordon
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I loved this real portrayal of nursing!
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-07-12
8 out of 9 customers found this reveiw helpful
I first read this book when I was in RN school. I thought to myself, "What am I getting into?" But I loved the book, and I couldn't put it down! I loaned it to a friend and have since bought two more copies. Now that I have been an RN for a year, I see more of what the nurses in Echo Heron's book go through every day. And, even though I am worried about what the future holds for my profession as the nursing shortage looms above us, I have never been more proud of the title that I have. I love my job, and all that it means. I am very proud to be a nurse, and am also very proud to share my profession with someone like Echo Heron, who is not afraid to tell anyone what she thinks, and she is usually right on the money. Keep writing Echo, and we will keep reading.
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