The Making of a Nurse

by Tilda Shalof

Book Overview

The bestselling author of A Nurse's Story is back with more insider stories.

Tilda Shalof has been a caregiver all her life--at home for her family, at work for strangers--but her skills didn't come easily. From when she was a child taking care of her sick parents to her current position on an ICU team in one of Canada's largest hospitals, there have always been daunting challenges and worthy rewards for her work. With her trademark...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771079834
• ISBN13: 9780771079832
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

An absorbing and revealing look into the day-to-day life of a nurse

The Making of a Nurse is the true-life story of author Tilda Shalof, a caregiver all her life, and an Intensive Care Unit nurse with twenty-five years of experience in Israel, New York, and Canada. She tells stories of overprotective "helicopter parents", so named for their tendency to hover over their children; dealing with patients ranging from gracious to delusional or even violent; to the virtual war between the mother and a girlfriend of a dying hospital patient over his comatose form. An absorbing and revealing look into the day-to-day life of a nurse, as well as the personal travails - including a stint of life on the streets - that beset the author. Highly recommended.