the world of the ICU Kelly, James 1948- creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. nyu Ithaca ILR Press 2013 monographic eng

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xii, 231 p. "This book describes the hour-by-hour, day-by-day rhythms of an intensive care unit in a teaching hospital in New Mexico. Written by a nurse, Where Night Is Day reveals the specialized work of ICU nursing and its unique perspective on illness, suffering, and death. It takes place over a thirteen-week period, the time of the average rotation of medical residents through the ICU. As the author, James Kelly, reflects on the rise of medicine, the nature of nursing, the argument of care versus cure, he offers up an intimate portrait of the ICU, the patients who live and/or die there, and the medical professionals who work there"--Publisher's Web site. The voyage into the sea of critical illness -- Diagnosis, diagnosis, diagnosis -- Nursing isn't a journey -- One more day -- The dream of cure -- Nursing : what it is and what it is not -- Caring -- Medicine as ghost rain -- Dying -- Poetic and tragic murmurings of the everyday -- They tell us everything -- Can they hear? -- Leaving ends the love -- The horizon. James Kelly. Includes bibliographical references. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. n-us-nm Intensive care nursing New Mexico Intensive care units New Mexico RT120.I5 K45 2013eb 616.02/8 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10669195 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10669195 CaPaEBR 120924 ebr10669195