nurses

"Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a nurse. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis"--Provided by publisher.

Joining the war effort as nurses in 1915, two spirited Australian sisters, carrying a guilty secret, become the friends they never were at home and find themselves courageous in the face of extreme danger as they serve alongside remarkable women during the first World War.

"Nurses are in short supply, and the shortage will become greater in the future. Nursing schools are expanding the number and scope of the courses they provide in an attempt to address this shortage. Men, for whom nursing is considered a nontraditional profession, are being encouraged to pursue nursing careers. This informative volume presents the wide variety of skills and preparation necessary for nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses and licensed vocational nurses (LPNs/LVNs), registered nurses (RNs), and nurse specialists. It also explains the many certificates and degrees that can be earned to prepare nurses for caring for patients in various settings."-Provided by publisher.

Details the lives of American women who served as doctors and nurses during the Civil War including Dorothea Dix, Dr. Esther Hill Hawks, Clara Barton, Sally Tompkins, and others.

Describes how Doctor Jones and Nurse Brown spend their busy days helping sick people get well.

A biography focusing on the youth of the nurse who organized the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C., in 1881.

Maggie O'Brien, a nurse and medic on a SWAT team, becomes caught up in a conspiracy that has the potential to take down medical personnel and cops--including her father Tommy "The Terminator" O'Brien, when she begins to suspect someone is dispensing his or her own brand of justice on injured perpetrators of crime.

Photographs and simple text describe the job of a nurse.

Sharon Brautner, a nurse in New York's Bellvue psychiatric ward, meets a mental patient who is really a multitalented eccentric--and he wants to include her in his grand plans to change the world.