Why Nurses are Heroes…and Patients are Healed
The Nurse’s Story by
Carol Gino
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I walked back into her room and closed the door behind me. I turned off the alarm on the respirator, detached her and started blindly to do her dressings. I refused to look at the monitor. And then, for the first time, I held her small body tight against me. I hugged her, rocking. After I laid her back down again and finished fixing her bed, I straightened the entire room. Finally, I looked up at the monitor. Straight line. Later I looked in the chart to see what the doctor had written. It read: “Patient died while on respirator. Pronounced dead at 6:45 A.M. | |
Here is a book that will shatter forever the reader’s casual assumptions about medicine, doctors but especially about nurses. Based on Carol Gino’s own sixteen year career in nursing, The Nurse’s Story (aaha! Books) is a uniquely honest account of one woman’s dedication to America’s most undervalued profession. Especially now, it’s a must read! Learn More
If you are a Nurse or have a calling to help heal, we invite you to share your own stories with us here at The Hopeful Healer. Together we can show everyone how truly heroic the calling of the Hopeful Healer can be in the profession of Nursing..
Endorsements:
“Carol Gino has written a wonderfully moving book. She tells The Nurse’s Story with just the right blend of emotion, compassion and wisdom.”
Harold S Kushner, author of “When Bad Things Happen To Good People”
“A shattering, exhilarating book. A tribute to human dignity and courage.”
Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather
“Gritty and honest. It has a fierce compassion.”
Martha Lear, author of Heart Sounds.
“Riveting, wrenching. Few nurse’s have experienced the range of cases this dedicate nurse describes: cancer, burn unit, emergency room, birth, brain damage…The writer is a vigorous, optimistic, caring woman. And she exudes frankness…”
Los Angeles Times
