1. Labor Pains: The Birth Stories of Nurse O'Neill
by Rita Batchley (Author)
Labor Pains is transformation: a new life struggles to unfold; a united purpose grips the nurses and a political movement is born. In many workplaces, nurses just want to do their jobs and go home, but at Mercy Hospital getting involved in politics becomes a necessity. Healthcare is changing. The battle lines between big box brands and patient care have been drawn and nurses can no longer remain neutral.
Giving birth is hard, but giving birth to change can be even harder. A whole new meaning to Labor Pains emerges when a labor union organizes the nurses to stick together and make a difference. A professional nurses’ association, the Nurses Alliance for Quality Healthcare, teaches the nurses to push back in order to give birth to the changes needed to keep the spirit of nursing alive.
2. The Nurse's Story
by Carol Gino, RN, MA (Author)
3. The ULTIMATE Career Guide for Nurses: Practical Advice for Thriving at Every Stage of Your Career
by Donna Wilk Cardillo, RN. CSP (Author)
Whether just starting out in nursing, getting ready to retire, or anywhere in between, The ULTIMATE Career for Nurses: Practical Advice for Thriving at Every Stage of Your Career offers something of value for every current and future nurse. While clinical skills are the foundation of nursing practice, so many additional skills and so much more knowledge beyond the clinical realm are necessary to have a satisfying and fulfilling career. Author Donna Cardillo takes you step by step through career development and advancement as well as personal development. Written in her customary down-to-earth and humorous style, she gently nudges readers to maximize their career opportunities and to reach their full potential as nurses and as humans.
4. Bring Back the ART of Nursing: Reconnect to Your Nurse Within
by Elizabeth Scala, RN, MBA (Author)
Nurses typically enter their careers with a desire to provide compassionate, heart-based care. Challenged by regulations, financial pressures and technological advancements, today's nurse struggles to balance the art with the science of nursing.
5. When Nurses Hurt Nurses
by Cheryl Dellasaga PHD, RN, CRNP (Author)
When Nurses Hurt Nurses: Recognizing and Overcoming the Cycle of Nurse Bullying confronts this problem by examining the causes and providing ways to diffuse a confrontational situation. Written by Surviving Ophelia author Cheryl Dellasega, PhD, RN, CRNP, When Nurses Hurt Nurses is at the forefront of addressing the issue of bullying within the nursing profession.
6. Charting the Course: Launching Patient-Centric Healthcare
by Kathleen Bartholomew, RN, MN (Author)
"Charting the Course" is the sequel to John J. Nance's best-selling, award-winning novel "Why Hospitals Should Fly". John Nance and his wife, Kathleen Bartolomew, have co-written the continuing story of Dr. Will Jenkins as he takes over the leadership the fictional Las Vegas Memorial Hospital. John Nance and Kathleen Bartholomew address head-on how to become a top-level institution by illuminating the norms of the current hospital culture and then demonstrating how each member of every medical facility, regardless of rank, must be a leader and owner of the cultural revolution needed to keep their hospital system viable and their patients safe. Whereas "Why Hospitals Should Fly" dealt more with the "why" of a cultural revolution, "Charting the Course" deals more with the "how" of changing an ingrained hospital culture. Study guide provided at end of book.
7. Code Blue! Now What?: Learn what to do when your patient needs you the most!
by Michael M. Heuninckx (Author)
8. Inspiring the Inspirational: Words of Hope from Nurses to Nurses
by Sue Heacock, RN, MBA (Author)
9. Critical Care: A New Nurse Faces Death, Life, and Everything in Between
by Theresa Brown, RN, BSN (Author)
“Among all the recent books on medicine, Critical Care stands alone.“ — Pauline Chen, author of Final Exam
“A must read for anyone who wants to understand healthcare. Extraordinary.” — Elizabeth Cohen, MPH, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent
Critical Care is the powerful and absorbing memoir of Theresa Brown—a regular contributor to the New York Times blog “Well”—about her experiences during the first year on the job as an oncology nurse; in the process, Brown sheds brilliant light on issues of mortality and meaning in our lives.
10. The Nerdy Nurse's Guide to Technology, 2014 AJN Award Recipient
by Brittney Wilson, RN, BSN (Author)
The Nerdy Nurse s Guide to Technology provides the tools nurses need to improve their practices, further their careers, and solidify themselves as assets to their employers. Written with humor and easily digestible sections of information, this reference guide supplies nurses with the practical application tools they need to embrace technology and be successful.
Technology should be seen and used as an aide to delivering nursing care. If it is a barrier, then we need to break down those walls and make it useful for the care you give. Technology, like most things in life, becomes what you make of it. If you make it difficult and useless, then it will be difficult and useless. But if you make it prominent and valuable, then you might find that you not only experience increased satisfaction in your job performance but are a happier nurse overall.