Nurses are Patient People
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Language matters for this age group. Access to the internet as well as technological advancements in media exposure, makes this adventure even more challenging. Phonics allows easy access to reading the health- related terms. Pictures enhance what is read in order to draw attention and direction to the profession. This book can serve as a baseline for a series of books that explore specialty roles, settings and culturally-oriented nursing opportunities. Credible websites and health tidbits allow for increased knowledge and application.
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About the Book
Nursing is an exciting but challenging profession for both girls and boys. Nurses can be found everywhere if you take a moment to look for us. They take care of you at the doctor’s office or see you in the school on special days, by taking your weight or checking your temperature. These are just a few activities that a nurse can do when taking care of people like you. I bet YOU know someone who is a nurse!
About the Author
I am a Registered Nurse with 30+ years in nursing - employed in all areas of service from pediatrics to geriatrics. Hospital, clinic, workers compensation, home care, private duty, as well as insurance settings have all contributed a greater understanding and knowledge base as well as a deeper appreciation for the many hats a nurse wears in her lifetime.
Certified in Case Management as well as Parish Nursing, I have trumpeted the role of servicing all those in need. Consultant and teacher add yet another focus and target for peers and community contacts.
In my master’s studies, the theme of our nationally recognized and long-suffering nursing shortage became my focused banner. Taking a stand, voicing my opinion and showing a passion for the profession became my theses. As a guest author, a specialty article on the nursing shortage was published on the Medscape Nursing website. See attached resume.
This child’s book, which will be submitted by electronic means, is yet another direction in bringing to mind that nursing is also a profession to be considered, even at the elementary level. In my research prior to writing this book for my capstone class, I was disappointed to learn that few books had been written about nursing for the young reader. Surrounded by many eye-catching professions, such as firemen, police and doctors, focused but simple information on nursing was lacking or targeted for the older student.
This small user-friendly hands-on book appeals to children in pictures, new health-oriented words with phonics for easy pronunciation and websites that actually work. The intention is to draw the young reader, 9 to 11 years of age, to consider, reflect, and explore the profession of nursing. This book would serve as the springboard to other nurse-related books in the series