"Required" Reading

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Specializes in NICU, Trauma, Oncology.

I wasn't sure whether to post this question in the student or regular nurses section but here goes. I was wondering if any nurses had any recommended "must" reads for students/new nurses. For example, often new medical students are encouraged to read "On Doctoring" by Reynolds and Stone a collection of stories, poems, essays, etc. I was wondering if there was a nursing equivalent.

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

cannot imagine you will have the time. "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down". I think that is the title. It is about a child caught in the middle of East vs. West medicine. True story and will teach you a lot about ethics as well as the eastern culture.

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Specializes in NICU, Trauma, Oncology.

I've read that. I had to read it for a "social behavior and medicine" course.

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