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1) The women
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Language
English
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"Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances "Frankie" McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
A woman and her husband admitted to a hospital to have a baby requests that their nurse be reassigned -- they are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is black, to touch their baby. The hospital complies, but the baby later goes into cardiac distress when Ruth is on duty. She hesitates before rushing in to perform CPR. When her indecision ends in tragedy, Ruth finds herself on trial, represented by a white public defender who warns against...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Imagine what it's like to be constantly confused. It is a painful, frustrating problem for the client as well as the health care assistant. It is the intention of this program to give the health care assistant the necessary information to deal more effectively with the client/resident who is confused.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Tourists flock to the cabin of eleven-year-old Anna O'Donnell, who is said to be living without food, and a journalist is sent to cover the sensation. Lib Wright, a veteran of Florence Nightingale's Crimean campaign, is hired to keep watch over the girl. As Anna's life ebbs away, Lib finds herself responsible not just for the care of a child but for that child's very survival. Haunting and magnetic, The Wonder is a searing examination of doubt, faith,...
5) Outlander
Author
Series
Outlander novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly, she is a Sassenach -- an "outlander" -- in a Scotland torn by war and raiding Highland clans in the year of our Lord ... 1743. Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Laura is a nurse in a pediatric unit. On long, quiet shifts, she and her colleagues, clad in their different shades of blue, care for sick babies, handling their exquisitely fragile bodies, and carefully calibrating the mysterious machines that keep them alive. Laura may be burnt out. Her hands have been raw from washing as long as she can remember. When she sleeps, she dreams of water; when she wakes, she finds herself lying next to a man who doesn't...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This program will give the nursing assistant the necessary information to increase and maintain mobility through client/resident incentives and the use of many assistive devices. Learn correct transfer techniques and elements of good body mechanics. An Appropriate for ALL healthcare environments.
9) Nurse
Author
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Each book in the My Friendly Neighborhood series is written for the earliest readers and dedicated to describing a neighborhood worker. This book studies the responsibilities of nurses. Simple sentence structure and word usage help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a glossary"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
A mordant, wickedly subversive parable set in a mental ward, the novel chronicles the head-on collision between its hell-raising, life-affirming hero Randle Patrick McMurphy and the totalitarian rule of Big Nurse. McMurphy swaggers into the mental ward like a blast of fresh air and turns the place upside down, starting a gambling operation, smuggling in wine and women, and egging on the other patients to join him in open rebellion. But McMurphy's...
12) Nurses
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A simple description of the activities, tools, uniforms, training, skills, problems, and importance of nurses.
13) We need nurses
Author
Publisher
Pebble Books
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs present nurses and their role in the community.
14) Nurses
Author
Publisher
Creative Education/Creative Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A kindergarten-level introduction to nurses, covering their job description, the places where they work, and how they help the community by using their healthcare skills"--
17) Meet a nurse!
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"This book introduces readers the the role of nurses in their community"--
18) Nurse tools
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"What tools do nurses use to help keep people healthy? With carefully leveled text, colorful photos, and critical-thinking questions, this title will prepare emergent readers for their next trip to see a nurse." --
Author
Series
Publisher
AmazonEncore
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Since he was disfigured in a fire sixteen years ago, recluse Louis Malone has remained hidden from the prying eyes of his neighbors in the small town of Waverly. Across town, Iris Shula, a lonely and unlovely nurse, knows at thirty-seven it is unlikely that her Prince Charming will ever appear. But Iris is about to learn how wrong she is. When Louis accidentally falls out of his second-story window, these two kindred souls are brought together....
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Part I focuses on establishing sound personal health practices, increasing awareness of body language, learning principles of stress management, time management and setting priorities. Part II focuses on knowing how to make good objective observations, gather the client's subjective input, report and record these observations.
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