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Product Identifiers

PublisherLittle Brown & Company

ISBN-100759554269

ISBN-139780759554269

eBay Product ID (ePID)9050072992

Product Key Features

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameE. R. Nurses : True Stories from America's Greatest Unsung Heroes

SubjectEmergency Medicine, Nursing / Emergency, Medical, Allied Health Services / Emergency Medical Services, Military

Publication Year2021

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, Medical

AuthorMatt Eversmann, James Patterson

SeriesHeroes Among Us Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight18.4 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-931657

Reviews"James Patterson's account of the twilight world between life and death that nurses inhabit is one of the most moving things I have ever read. In their own bullet-straight words, these heroes describe the pain, the love, and the brutally hard work of trying to save people's lives. I could not stop reading it and when I was done I felt like I was changed forever."-- Sebastian Junger, author of Freedom, Tribe, War, Fire, and The Perfect Storm, "James Patterson's account of the twilight world between life and death that nurses inhabit is one of the most moving things I have ever read. In their own bullet-straight words, these heroes describe the pain, the love, and the brutally hard work of trying to save people's lives. I could not stop reading it and when I was done I felt like I was changed forever." -- Sebastian Junger, author of Freedom, Tribe, War, Fire, and The Perfect Storm, "As a trauma neurosurgeon, I have witnessed the compassion, the work ethic, and the selflessness of our nurses in countless situations. They save our lives every day and represent the true life blood of any hospital. Their stories are given the respect they deserve and are captured beautifully in E.R. Nurses ."-- Sanjay Gupta, MD, neurosurgeon and chief medical correspondent, CNN, "James Patterson and Matt Eversmann have captured the essence and drama of what it takes to be a nurse. Sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes frightening, give this book to someone who is thinking of being a nurse or is one already."-- The Florida-Times Union

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number2

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal616.025

SynopsisThey save our lives every day, and we've never heard their stories. The life-or-death intensity of working on the front lines, from America's greatest unsung heroes. "The compassion, the work ethic, and the selflessness of nurses ... are given the respect they deserve and captured beautifully here." -Sanjay Gupta, MD, neurosurgeon and chief medical correspondent, CNN "James Patterson's account of the twilight world between life and death that nurses inhabit is one of the most moving things I have ever read." -Sebastian Junger, author of Freedom and The Perfect Storm Around the clock, across the country, these highly skilled and compassionate men and women sacrifice and struggle for us and our families. You have never heard their true stories. Not like this. From big-city and small-town hospitals. From behind the scenes. From the heart. This book will make you laugh, make you cry, make you understand. When we're at our worst, E.R. nurses are at their best.

LC Classification NumberRT120.E4P38 2021

As told toMooney, Chris