Nursing 2230A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Outpatient Surgery, Arthroscopy, Linoleum
21 Jul 2018
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I had followed nurses as they cared for patients, interviewed them, read nursing texts, books, and journals, and worked with nurses to help them make their important work more visible. And, of course, i knew that nurses prevent errors, and injuries and other catastrophes. Caring for a friend taught me that being a nurse is much, much harder than even i had assumed. It involves not only acting like a nurse, but thinking like a nurse and viewing the world through the eyes of a nurse. That different vision is critical, as i discovered the hard way. In conversations with one of my cherished mentors, historian of nursing joan lynaugh, i often engaged in conversations about nursing. I lea(cid:396)(cid:374)ed this (cid:449)he(cid:374) i (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e a (cid:858)(cid:374)u(cid:396)se fo(cid:396) a da(cid:455)(cid:859) two really taking care of a friend who had ambulatory surgery. About a week before i arrived, kathy called to ask (cid:373)e if i(cid:859)d do he(cid:396) a fa(cid:448)o(cid:396).
