A few days later, the father dies, but his son will always remember that gesture. The nurses take solace in the fact that sometimes something wonderful happens as when a father takes off his rosary and places it around his son’s neck before being wheeled off to surgery. Of course the outcomes are often painful, especially when children have to see their father or mother slowly ebb away. The night shifts are particularly difficult, even hard to read about. The nurses’ stories are sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes frightening, but all offer a close-up view as to what it takes to be a nurse. The authors have captured the essence and drama of their stories. James Patterson and Matt Eversmann have come up with a book about the lives of hard-working men and women who work in emergency rooms in the United States. And the authors have dealt with, perhaps 100, day shift, night shift and flight nurses. It’s about the nurses who go about their job as emergency nurses. But much of this book does not deal with the nurses who dealt with that. They were the first responders during COVID-19. We clapped for them, we cheered for them, we banged pots and pans for them, we cried happy tears and sad. Nurses: True Stories from America's Greatest Unsung Heroes"Īuthors: James Patterson and Matt Eversmann
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