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Originally Posted by Womanonajourney1983

P.S. I have been reading a book entitled Intensive Care: The Story of a Nurse by Echo Heron. .. can any of you recommend any other books about nursing?

Well - a bit on the political side, but....

Nursing Against the Odds by Suzanne Gordon should be required reading for any RN program, in my opinion. You may not AGREE with her take, but I think her research should be considered by every person in our profession. Actually - I recommend any book she's written.

Code Green by Dana Weinberg too.

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The type of work you mention being interested in (primary care, preventive health) often are rather select areas of nursing that aren't always easy to get into. I'm not saying you shouldn't pursue it, but keep in mind that the bulk of nursing jobs out there are bedside care (inpatient hospital units, TCU, LTC, etc). I know my nursing school paraded before us very unique and interesting nursing jobs that there was no way to get straight out of school and hard to get without a stroke of luck (being in the right place at the right time). Only just before graduation did they start to tell us that for many nursing jobs we'd need at least a few years of acute care experience.

Given your background, public heatlh nursing may be up your alley. Check out your local county health services and see if you talk to some of the nurses there.