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“Only A Nurse Could Laugh at This…”

25 Monday Sep 2017

Posted by Annette Horton in Book Review

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515v91wPEiL._AC_AA218_Book Title: “Only A Nurse Could Laugh at This…” – Funny Stories and Quotes from Real Nurses for When You’re Having “One of Those Days”

Author: Allie Wilson & Marty Wilson

Year: 2014

 

Australian ER nurse and pharmacist husband compiled together this book  of short stories about the funny, the odd and the bizarre things that happened to real nurses.

Any nurse will relate to many of these stories as we have all done something similar or seen something similar. Did I laugh?? No although I did smile at a few of the stories as it brought back good memories.

This book is quite short and might have been a better read if the authers had set up each piece with the back story to tease  out the humour more.

I give this book three hearts.  heartheartheart

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Oh Sh*t I Almost Killed You!

17 Sunday Sep 2017

Posted by Annette Horton in Book Review

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Book Title: Oh Shit I Almost Killed You! A Little Book of Big Things Nursing School Forgot to Teach You 

Author: Sonja M Schwartzbach BSN RN CCRN

Publication Date: 1st April 2017

The author, an American nurse five years out of nursing school, shares humorously and at times irreverently her thoughts and opinions intermingled with stories of her professional journey. Exposing the reader to nursing in its truest stripped down form at the coal face and the bedside is somewhat distressing, disappointing, enlightening and encouraging all at the same time.

Nurse Schwartzbach light-heartedly provides heartfelt clarity to newbie nurses through hints, guidance and reflections on what real nursing is and points out that there are times when we all question our decision to take up nursing as our career pathway whatever stage of the journey we are on. Despite the book title there is very little use of profanity by the author and should not discourage those of us who are more easily offended from reading this nurses work.

This book is a GEM!!!!! It’s just as valuable to the student or newly graduated as it is to the battle-weary nurse that we become through long-term exposure to the system. It is apparent that the experiences nurses face are the same across the globe whether the USA, Australia or New Zealand.

I give this book five hearts.  heartheartheartheartheart

 

 

 

 

 

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