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This is the love story of Michael Keddington and Faye Murrow, a love story that takes place not in seclusion, but in the real world, with the challenges that all lovers must face. No relationship is an island: there are threads that bind us all and pull at our lives: the demands of family, friends, work, and social obligation. And there are times that the pull of those threads becomes greater than the strength of the relationship. In these times,...
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"Sometimes bad things happen to good people, so good people have to do bad things. Our Queen of Twists, bestselling author of Daisy Darker and Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney, returns with another thrilling mystery filled with drama and her trademark surprises. Twenty years after a baby is stolen from a stroller, a woman is murdered in a care home. The two crimes are somehow linked, and a good bad girl may be the key to discovering the truth. Edith...
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A move into an old folks' home marks a new stage of life for both grandmother and granddaughter in this "wry and witty" novel (Entertainment Weekly).
On one side of the Atlantic, Sophia Moore, an emotionally guarded film editor—troubled by her mother's long-ago suicide and her father's abandonment—overworks, incessantly contemplates her past, and continues an unfulfilling affair with the famous director of her latest movie....
On one side of the Atlantic, Sophia Moore, an emotionally guarded film editor—troubled by her mother's long-ago suicide and her father's abandonment—overworks, incessantly contemplates her past, and continues an unfulfilling affair with the famous director of her latest movie....
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HarperStudio
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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Critical Care is the powerful and absorbing memoir of Theresa Brown-a regular contributor to the New York Times blog "Well"-about her experiences during the first year on the job as an oncology nurse; in the process, Brown sheds brilliant light on issues of mortality and meaning in our lives.
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"Nursing success beings with the fundamentals and this student acclaimed review! Nursing Fundamentals Demystified, Second Edition offers a fast, fun, and interesting way for students to learn the fundamental concepts and must-know information that will be the cornerstone of their entire nursing education and career. This unique resource helps readers sort through the mountain of information nursing students face and focus on the essentials that which...
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"So much more than just a dictionary, the completely revised, bestselling, trusted Mosby's Dictionary is the all-in-one reference you need to help you make sense of the complex world of health care. It features superior-quality definitions plus 2,400 full-color illustrations - nearly three times more than any other dictionary available! But that's only the beginning. Mosby's Dictionary also includes encyclopedic entries to explain more difficult concepts...
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"A curmudgeon and his eccentric new roommate join together to plan an epic escape in this charming, poignant tale. Joel lives in a nursing home, and he's not one bit happy about it. He hates being told when to eat, when to sleep, when to take his pills. He's fed up with life and begins to plan a way out when his new roommate, a retired soap opera actor named Frank, moves in and turns the nursing-home community upside down. Though the two men couldn't...
9) Nurses
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Nursing is a demanding job and requires skill, patience, and a gentle touch. Kids learn about the professionals who take care of them when they're ill and help them maintain their overall health. Exciting pictures and informative text provide readers with a new appreciation for the nurses who care for our communities. --Publisher's description.
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2015.
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IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 11
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"Practicing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites readers to experience not just a day in the life of a nurse but all the life that happens in just one day on a hospital cancer ward. In her skilled hands, as both a dedicated nurse and an insightful chronicler of events, we are given an unprecedented view into the individual struggles as well as the larger truths about medicine in this country, and by the end of the shift, we have...
11) What Rose forgot
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"In New York Times bestselling author Nevada Barr's gripping standalone, a grandmother in her sixties emerges from a mental fog to find she's trapped in her worst nightmare. Rose Dennis wakes up in a hospital gown, her brain in a fog, only to discover that she's been committed to an Alzheimer's Unit in a nursing home. With no memory of how she ended up in this position, Rose is sure that something is very wrong. When she overhears one of the administrators...
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2003.
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Carl Turnage is middle-aged and still a bachelor; the person he's closest to is Aunt Lil, who helped raise him. Lil is elderly and in a home, but still insists on driving her car. Meanwhile, a quack evangelist gets Carl to team up with him as a country singer/songwriter before he tries to take over the nursing home.
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Hunter House
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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"Concentrates on the positive aspects of nursing homes and offers strategies for identifying the best facilities--a guide for maintaining and improving relationships between the elderly and their families"--Provided by publisher.
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Learning Express, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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An aging population, boom in residential care facilities, and increasing home healthcare services have made nursing assistant and nurse aide some of the fastest growing positions in health care. Certification is a requirement for both titles, and this preparation guide provides all the comprehensive information needed to master the official exams.
Nursing Assistant/Nurse Aide Flash Review is a handy, portable guide that will be valuable for candidates...
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"In a game of life or death, the seniors at Pondside Manor risk it all. With help from Pondside Manors quirky, twentysomething kitchen worker Foster Kresowik, resident Robert Kallman creates The World of Pondside, a video game that delights the nursing homes residents by allowing them to virtually relive blissful moments from days long pastor even create new ones. One-legged Duane Lotspeich is overjoyed when he can dance the tango again. Octogenarian...
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Mosby Elsevier
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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Scope and content: Enhanced Multi-Media CD Fundamentals of Nursing contains NCLEX examination review questions and various added features relating to each chapter of the book, including auto summaries, case studies, video clips, skills performance checklists, and skills updates