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This story of “a year behind the nursing
stations of a Memphis Hospital,” is published
only in the United States although, as
always, it can be purchased through
Amazon.
Eight nurses from varied specialties are brought to life in this decidedly unsentimental look at a public health facility, as Balfour follows them around in the trauma, burn and adult special care units at the Regional Medical Center ("the Med") in Memphis, Tenn... Balfour, a television journalist and author of Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose (8), captures the tough but dedicated staff, often letting them speak for themselves, and... the portraits are sharp and well observed.
Publishers’ Weekly
If ever there were undeniable proof that the human spirit can overcome any adversity, Balfour's account of the daily routine (using the term loosely) of the nurses of the Regional Medical Center ("the Med") of Memphis, Tennessee, contains it. As one nurse says, "When people come to a hospital, they ask for a doctor. Nobody ever came to a hospital to see a nurse." Yet as Balfour graphically demonstrates, it is often nurses--from the adult special care nurse who speaks plainly to AIDS patients to the "completely contained" operating-room nurse--who make the crucial differences for patients. A compelling look at the realities of public hospitals everywhere.
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