The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives by Theresa Brown

The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives

Theresa Brown

272 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative medium-paced

Description

In a book as eye-opening as it is riveting, practicing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience not just a day in the life of a nurse but all the life that happens in just one day on a hospital’s cancer ward. In th...

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Moods

informative 81%
emotional 68%
reflective 50%
challenging 25%
inspiring 25%
sad 18%
funny 12%
hopeful 12%
tense 12%
dark 6%

Pace

medium 66%
fast 27%
slow 5%

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