Of course the outcomes are often painful, especially when children have to see their father or mother slowly ebb away. The night shifts are particularly difficult, even hard to read about. The nurses’ stories are sometimes heartbreaking and sometimes frightening, but all offer a close-up view as to what it takes to be a nurse. The authors have captured the essence and drama of their stories. James Patterson and Matt Eversmann have come up with a book about the lives of hard-working men and women who work in emergency rooms in the United States. And the authors have dealt with, perhaps 100, day shift, night shift and flight nurses. It’s about the nurses who go about their job as emergency nurses. But much of this book does not deal with the nurses who dealt with that. They were the first responders during COVID-19. We clapped for them, we cheered for them, we banged pots and pans for them, we cried happy tears and sad. nursesįor the Jacksonville Florida Times-Union USA TODAY NETWORK Book review: Rewarding, heartbreaking stories of E.R. His reputation as a best-selling author all but guarantees that a wide audience will learn what nurses really do. I’m happy that James Patterson has authored E.R. His books have sold approximately 305 million copies worldwide.

He has had more than 114 New York Times bestselling novels and holds The New York Times record for most #1 New York Times bestsellers by a single author, a total of 67, which is also a Guinness World Record. James Patterson has been criticized for co-authoring many of his books and for being more of a brand that focuses on making money than an artist who focuses on his craft. Just chapter after chapter of unforgettable nursing stories written by unforgettable nurses. No preface, foreword, introduction or prologue.

The stories are a testimony to what nurses must overcome to help their patients.Į.R Nurses. is a bare bones book. Most of them twist my gut and bring me close to tears.

The stories are mostly short, from two to seven pages. Real nurses write real stories about what they do on “routine” days. I honor each author’s experience because he/she is willing to share these stories with me and expose their vulnerabilities. I wanted to skip over the tales that involved babies and children. Nurses: True Stories from America’s Greatest Unsung Heroes at my local independent bookstore. Nurses: True Stories from America’s Greatest Unsung Heroes by James Pattersong and Matt Eversmann, Little, Brown & Company, 2021l

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