The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

#1 International Bestseller

A moving, lyrical, beautifully-written portrait of a nurse and the lives she has touched

Christie Watson spent twenty years as a nurse, and in this intimate, poignant, and remarkably powerful book, she opens the doors of the hospital and shares its secrets. She takes us by her side down hospital corridors to visit the wards and meet her unforgettable patients.Â
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In the neonatal unit, premature babies fight for their lives, hovering at the very edge of survival, like tiny Emmanuel, wrapped up in a sandwich bag. On the cancer wards, the nurses administer chemotherapy and, long after the medicine stops working, something more important--which Watson learns to recognize when her own father is dying of cancer. In the pediatric intensive care unit, the nurses wash the hair of a little girl to remove the smell of smoke from the house fire. The emergency room is overcrowded as ever, with waves of alcohol and drug addicted patients as well as patients like Betty, a widow suffering chest pain, frail and alone. And the stories of the geriatric ward--Gladys and older patients like her--show the plight of the most vulnerable members of our society.Â

Through the smallest of actions, nurses provide vital care and kindness. All of us will experience illness in our lifetime, and we will all depend on the support and dignity that nurses offer us; yet the women and men who form the vanguard of our health care remain unsung. In this age of fear, hate, and division, Christie Watson has written a book that reminds us of all that we share, and of the urgency of compassion.
Country USA
Brand Tim Duggan Books
Manufacturer Tim Duggan Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 152476163X
Color Pink
ReleaseDate 2018-05-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781524761639

Country	USA
Brand	Tim Duggan Books
Manufacturer	Tim Duggan Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	152476163X
Color	Pink
ReleaseDate	2018-05-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781524761639

The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

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