book: anyone ever read this one?

Nurses General Nursing

Published

Tending Lives : Nurses on the Medical Front

by Echo Heron (Author)

I am still currently in the thick of my pre-reqs but I have a friend who has been a nurse for years and recommended I read this book. She said it is awesome...just curious if anyone else has read it...I am going to order it from amazon right now...used copies are so cheap! :p

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Specializes in Corrections, Psych, Med-Surg.

Yep. I've read, and recommend, all of her books.

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Specializes in Hemodialysis, Home Health.

I just finished her FIRST book... Intensive Care... was a page turner, and I simply could not put it down... I inhaled that book. I ordered all three at Amazon.. getting ready to read her second now... Condition Critical , then her last non-fiction Tending Lives. I just had to read them in order, though, as her first one describes going through nursing school and her very first experiences being a nurse.

I can't recommend her work enough... from laughter to tears to intense feeling... FABULOUS writer !!! Triple thumbs up !

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Yes!! I give two thumbs up to all her books. Very realistic picture of nursing.

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I am almost finished with that book now and it is AWESOME !!! Just as all of her books are. I have read them all and think that anyone considering nursing should definitely read them !! They are truly wonderful !!

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I just finished her FIRST book... Intensive Care... was a page turner, and I simply could not put it down... I inhaled that book. I ordered all three at Amazon.. getting ready to read her second now... Condition Critical , then her last non-fiction Tending Lives. I just had to read them in order, though, as her first one describes going through nursing school and her very first experiences being a nurse.

I can't recommend her work enough... from laughter to tears to intense feeling... FABULOUS writer !!! Triple thumbs up !

Thanks everyone, Jnette, do recommend I order the other 2 books and start with the first? I didn't know there was more then one...I am excited to read them...thanks again

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Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

This a great book, and each chapter is a separate story, so if you need to study or whatever, you can put it down, then pick it up again later.

I would just get this one for now--you can get the others when not so stressed about school, etc.

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Specializes in tele, stepdown/PCU, med/surg.

Echo is so totally awesome!

I mean with all her negative talk about nursing politics and what we have to put up with, her books drew me to nursing even more!! I am eagerly awaiting her future publications.

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Specializes in Emergency.

thanks for the awesome info, off to amazon.com i go.......

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I agree loved the books...start with her first...its good

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Specializes in ICU, CM, Geriatrics, Management.

I find her books a bit drawn out (long-winded). IMHO, what she says in 500 pages could be said in far less verbiage.

But do recommend you check them out for yourself.

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Specializes in L&D.

I found her books cheaper on half.com $.75 + $2.79 shipping is what I just paid for Condition Critical.

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