William B. Patrick
Autor de The Call of Nursing: Stories from the Front Lines of Health Care
Obras de William B. Patrick
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- 6
- Miembros
- 51
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- #311,767
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- 4.0
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- 11
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Then I read the Acknowledgments and found out that this book is published by Excelsior, a distance learning program, and that each nurse in the book is a graduate of their program. That explained why there were so many mentions of the program, and distance-learning in general, in the book. That includes one mention of testifying to save the program from being excluded from licensing nurses in a state. I felt fairly deceived after I read the acknowledgments and it really changed my view of the book; I felt it was a 200+ advertisement for the school. I don't hold it against the nurses involved (it also specifies they weren't paid) but I do feel deceived and I feel that information should be made clear in a foreword or even on the back of the book. The acknowledgment also goes into the process of how the book was put together, including that the stories were verbal interviews, not stories written by the nurses themselves. This explains the conversational "feel" that I had picked up.
If you're interested in certain types of nurses, go ahead and read the book. The nurses interviewed are honest and tell their own stories well. Just know what you're reading.… (más)