Leisure Reading for Nursing Students: Nonfiction

This illustrated biography of nursing's inspiring founder focuses on Nightingale's mystic beliefs, her contributions to public health and infection control, and her trailblazing work in government and health care reform.

An intimate -- and frightening -- glimpse inside the mind of America's most prolific serial killer, Charles Cullen, whose 16-year long "nursing" career left as many as 400 dead.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor, black tobacco farmer whose cells -- taken without her knowledge in 1951 -- became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more.

In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brain stem.

A profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis who attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living?

By compiling the history and theory behind cultural competency in nursing and health care, this text offers key information regarding health beliefs and the impact of culture on health and illness.

This book presents firsthand accounts from nurses at all professional levels, who share their life-changing experiences and insights with nurses interested in the global health arena.

This fully revised Second Edition of Other Cultures, Elder Years is not only" the" textbook on the anthropology of aging, but also the most comprehensive, comparative study available on worldwide patterns of ageing.

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy.

Joy is a word rarely associated with death. Yet joy is ultimately the effect in this collection of stories about Janet Wehr's experiences in witnessing the death of her patients during her 15 years as a hospice nurse. Her first-hand account gives illuminating and comforting insight into the spiritual aspect of what occurs in the transition between life and death.

This project set out to capture and share the images and stories of nurses from all across America and to celebrate the role of the nurse in this country's health care system.

At the height of World War II, 500 Army flight nurses served with the Army Air Forces as members of 31 medical air evacuation squadrons located throughout the world on both the European and Pacific fronts.

We often don't realize that after the United States stopped importing slaves in 1808, births were more important than ever. Slavery and the Southern way of life could continue only through babies born in bondage.

This book traces the social, political, and economic history of nursing from its origins through contemporary practice.

First published in 1973, this is an essential work on the corruption of the medical establishment and its historic roots in witch hunts.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and now a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane "biography" of cancer--from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the 20th century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence.

A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Susan Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment.

An honest, unflinching, and sometimes humorous look at the practical and emotional effect that serious illness can have on patients and their families.