When the Nurse Becomes a Patient : a Story in Words and Images.

In 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 lengt...

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Main Author: Davis, Cortney
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ashland : Kent State University Press, 2015
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover 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.