Intensive Care: The Story of a Nurse by Echo Heron

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Intensive Care: The Story of a Nurse

by Echo Heron

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Info:	Ivy Books (1988), Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages
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This is the story of Echo Heron a nurse in a busy California hospital in the 1980's. Echo talks of her nurses training, patients, physicians and working in a cardiac care unit. The story is told with humor and poignancy.
She goes into great detail about several of the patients she worked with, which I enjoyed. (

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dara85 | Oct 21, 2009 |

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San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA

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This book is for Simon, and for all nurses: the true givers.

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The large institutional clock read 2:50 p.m., and somewhere in the middle of the eight flights of stairs, I wondered what I would have to do for the next nine hours of my life.

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When winter comes again, wrapped in pearl gray rain, the child I failed to save will run before me, splashing through puddles in a yellow slicker, and I will remember every detail of his small face.

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0804102511, Mass Market Paperback)

This is a nurse's story unlike any other, because Echo Heron is a very special nurse. Dedicated to healing and helping in the harshest environments, she spent ten years in emergency rooms and intensive care units. Her story is unique, penetrating, and unforgettable. Her story is real.
"Compelling reading."
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:12 -0400)

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