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Yep, she has been mentioned here before. I read her first book about nursing school the summer before I started . .almost scared me out of going back to school.
I love the nurses and docs she works with . . . I always remember the new nurse who gives each of her breasts names and has their names embroidered into her bra cups. Hilarious.
steph
"Intensive Care" was the first book of hers that I read....years ago. Loved it! (Mountain reverberation....hahaaha).
I later followed it with "Condition Critical" and "Tending Lives". Loved them all.
I would LOVE to get the chance to meet Echo Heron. I once even named a pup after her! haha
RNSuzq1, RN
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Hello All,
I just joined the group and wanted to suggest a book to all Nurses, Nursing Students and anyone wanting to be a Nurse. The title is: Intensive Care - The Story of Nurse. The Author is "Echo Heron". I just finished it and it's a great read.
Echo Heron was a CCU/ER Nurse for 17 years - the book takes you through her days as a nursing student and through her 17 year career. As the write-up states - she holds nothing back. All the great, bad and the ugly. She really tells it like it is, down to the most gruesome detail (not for the faint of heart).
After finishing the book I read a lot about her - really interesting woman. Since leaving the profession (after being totally burned out) - she's written several books about Nursing and has fought very hard for Nurses everywhere for better salaries, benefits, better working conditions, etc.
In the book she is often at odds with the Nursing & Hospital Administrators and surprisingly often got her way out of sheer determination. Just wanted to pass this along - I can't wait to read one of the other books she's written. SusanNC
:)