The heart's truth : essays on the art of nursing

ISBN: 9781606350034 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 160635003X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print xii, 100 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2009.

Davis, Cortney 1945- (Author).

Summary: "What is it like to be a student nurse washing the feet of a dying patient? Tobe a newly graduated nurse, in charge of the Intensive Care Unit for the first time, who wonders if her mistake might have cost a life? Or to be an experienced nurse who, by her presence and care, holds a patient to this world? Poet and nurse practitioner Cortney Davis answers these questions by examining her own experiences and through them reveals a glimpse into the minds and hearts of those who care for us when we are at our most vulnerable. The Heart's Truth offers the joys, frustrations, fears, and miraculous moments that nurses, new and experienced, face every day."--BOOK JACKET.