Nurse Book Reviews Samples For Students

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Nurse Ratched position within the establishment is machine like in many aspects, especially in the way she wants the ward run, and the actions she takes in making things run in a line. She desires order, and complete power over the situation, which is evident din her manipulation of the staff to do her bidding. Her effectiveness at getting people to do her bidding is machine-like. Her selection of staff to run the ward is indicative of her ruthlessness, where she places black attendants with deep resentment over the white race. Thus, while the white patients should benefit ...

Book Review of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest

Introduction
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a breath-taking novel that was written in the twentieth century by Ken Kessey. The plot for this story was set in a psychiatric hospital found in Oregon. This narrative is essential in the world of research because it is a study of the institutional processes as well as the mind. Also, this story serves to critic the theory of behaviorism which is a psychological theory that stipulates that human behavior can be described by conditioning without giving weight to the thought processes and feelings (Ward 4). In other words, psychological ...

Introduction

Upon reading the book, the first person to cross my mind was the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. She was a lady who loved nursing and always described it as her calling and would engage in health care activities that promoted and maintained the lives of nurses. From the stories, it is evident that nursing is not a peaceful ride as there are haunting and unclear challenges that are bound to come along in the provision of health care. Some of these stories are actually very touching such as the case where the one experiences the first birth. At times, ...

1. How does the public see the nursing profession and nurses?

In the public's eye, it seems as though nurses are invisible, seeing the job as a supplementary and unskilled profession that does more wrong than right. The authors detail a 'problem narrative' that takes place in the media, one wherein the problems of nurse shortage, staff rations and problems with patients are the norm rather than the exception when it comes to learning about nurses. "This 'problem' narrative is not balanced in the media by a 'practice' narrative that would help the public understand what it ...

“I wasn’t strong like this when I started out: True stories of becoming a nurse”

It is a book which is based on true stories relating the nursing experience of different people. There is a girl who is telling a story about her mother that how she spend her time being as a nurse, the girl told that her mother was an old fashioned nurse she did not have any kind of degree which is required to become a nurse but except from all this her name was written in golden words on ivory vellum. She further added that her mother told her that before the time of neonatal intensive care units, it was the golden period of the ...

Summary- Thinking as a Nurse

Summary- Thinking as a Nurse
Bruce Austin Scott completed his B.S.N and M.S.N at University of Alabama in Huntsville and University of Texas in Austin respectively. He has over twenty-five years of teaching experience and over thirty-seven years’ experience of patient care. Before writing this book, Bruce Austin has written many articles for famous publications as well. All these statements prove Bruce’s expertise and wisdom. He has all the necessary skills, information, experience, and knowledge required to write a book.
Evaluating the expertise of an author is one of the most appropriate ways to judge the book content. ...

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Initial Reaction
The story by the narrator, Mitch Albom relieves an experience of touch and intimacy between a teacher and student. The teaching of Mitch by Morrie continues even after the latter’s final days in College 1979. It appears awkward that Mitch actually failed to fulfill his promise to visit the favorite teacher. The subsequent episodes reveal a deteriorating nature of Morrie as old age catches up with him.
Upon reading the story, the feeling that strikes me dwells on the nature of teacher student relationship. The linkage between Morrie and Mitch is commendable and unique. As I ...

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Written by Edson Margaret, “Wit” revolves around the life of a woman who is faced by a number of challenges that force her to make different life choices. The storyline revolves around the life of Doctor Bearing Vivian, who throughout the novel deals with a diagnosis of ovarian cancer stage-four. Readers are made aware of the fact that Bearing’s life is governed by special relationships that in turn end up influencing the lives of those involved. For instance, there are apprentice-mentor connections that end up affecting the lives of those involved in aspects of behavior or society especially ...

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Brief overview of the theory
Dorothy Johnson was among the first “grand theorists” with the views of a conceptual model (Callista Roy, 2013). Her model was the first to consider both the understanding as well as action in healthcare. Actually, the Johnson Behavioral System Model (JBSM) was developed from the philosophical ideas, theories, and researches, as well as thoughts of many years. The model is comprised of a behavioral system (person) that is present within an environment consisting of physical, interpersonal, and sociocultural components. These environmental components are necessary for better functioning of the behavioral system ( ...

Book Review

Since human beings do not live on isolation, through relating with others be it at the workplace, institutions or even in streets, they respond naturally when called upon to help. Confusion normally clicks in an individual mind whenever called upon to help but the authors enhance a way to conquer these confusions in every undertaking. The most surprising idea that the book portrays is individual’s reaction to assist when called upon. The authors attribute that response to nature of human beings. As a future nonprofit leader, the book assists in drawing a line between professionalism and the call to help. For ...

Comfort is a complex term and carries different meanings for different people. Comfort can be defined as an act of soothing a person who is in distress. It is expected to provide relief to the person from the previous distress and helps to make life easy. A thing or a person or a quiet environment can offer comfort to a person who is uneasy. Comfort can also be defined as a calming process or a process that makes the person cheerful or hopeful. For example, an elderly person who lives alone, may feel comfortable when there is someone to ...

First and foremost Stanley Kowalski is a son of a Polish immigrant who lives in Elysian Fields in New Orleans in some room in a shabby settlement of the French. He is married to Stella the sister to Blanche Dubois. And they appear happy from their marriage contentment even though they live in strange and desolate shanty. Just moments after Blanches arrival Stanley comes in with duo friends Mitch who stays with his sick mother and Steve who lives with his partner upstairs. Stanley is less hospitable to Blanches as he expresses descent humor and apparent accommodation that is blended with an ...

Book Review of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Ken Kesey was a stalwart American author whose novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, remains as one of the most noted literary works of the past century. The author was deeply influenced by the time he spent with the patients at the Menlo Park Veteran’s Hospital whom he saw as misfits into the conventional structure of the society. These individuals were hence ostracized and left in the dungeon of the asylum from where they could pose no hindrance to the normative functions of the society. The author portrays the hospital as the microcosm of the society and ...

Introduction

“A Child called It: One Child's Courage to Survive” is first amongst the series of autobiographical writings by American author, humanitarian activist and entrepreneur David (Dave) Pelzer. Dave was born in 1960 in the Pelzer family, acquiring the place of third out of a total of five boys. His father Stephen Joseph Pelzer was a fireman at San Francisco, California. “A Child called It” was published in the year 1995, when Dave was as young as 33. The book describes the horrible times of his childhood age from 4-12 with his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother Catherine Pelzer, and tells about Dave’ ...

As We Are Now by May Sarton

The novel as we are now by May Sarton is about Caroline Spencer a 76 year old woman who is a retired school teacher. The novel revolves around the realities of aging and death. Caro, as she is referred to in the novel, suffers a heart attack and is therefore deposited in a nursing home known as Twin Elms located in rural England. Caro is need of short term care, however, this translates to long term care and she is forced to stay in the nursing home for a considerably longer period of time than was supposed to be. The nursing home is under ...