With the number of nurses increasing in the United Kingdom, it’s not surprising to hear about unconventional nursing practices. Nurses are becoming authors at an increasing rate, contributing high-quality content to a growing library of nursing books. Starting from Florence Nightingale, the thirst is still alive. We have collated the books written by Real Nurses just for you! We are sure these books written by your peers will surely boost and uplift you when you are stressed out.
Check out some great books written by Real Nurses: Florence Nightingale
Notes on Nursing by Florence Nightingale (1860)
This was one of Florence’s most popular books, more of a public health instruction manual than a nursing manual. According to the worldview of the time, it advised ordinary people on how to maintain healthy homes, particularly women.
There was straightforward advice on everything from how to avoid excessive smoke from fireplaces (don’t let the fire go too low, and don’t overburden it with coal) to the safest material to cover walls with oil paints, not wallpaper. Try it out!
First Year Nurse: Wisdom, Warnings, and What I Wish I’d Known My First 100 Days on the Job by Barbara Arnoldussen
The first 100 days at a new job can be intimidating if you are not prepared. First Year Nurses puts the knowledge and advice of hundreds of experienced nurses at your fingertips. You’ll learn how to get started on the right foot, plan and prioritize, communicate with colleagues, deal with difficult patients, keep your spirits up (and stress down), and chart a path for career advancement.
A Nurse’s Story by Tilda Shalof
Tilda Shalof’s A Nurse’s Story recounts true events inside an ICU unit. Tilda Shalof is a skilled ICU nurse who has given numerous speeches around the world. She narrated the remarkable lives of her fellow nurses in the Nurse’s Story, who are very passionate, sometimes unforgiving, juggling workloads for patients with various needs and providing emotional support to those who are terminally ill.
The Language of Kindness: A Nurse’s Story
Nurse Christie Watson is both a gifted nurse and a gifted writer. Her 20 years as a nurse have provided her with the knowledge and experiences to write about her unforgettable patients and experiences.
Many nurses write about their profession, but few write as well as Nurse Watson. Her writing and stories will touch your heart and stay with you for several days or weeks. In short, the Language of Kindness is a valuable resource.
Echo Heron’s Intensive Care: The Story of a Nurse
Forced to prolong the life of a hopelessly ill, sometimes brain-dead patient is the most draining nursing situation, says Heron, an RN who recounts her training and 10 years in a San Francisco Bay Area hospital’s emergency acute coronary care units in dramatic detail.
The characters and lives of patients are fleshed out with melodramatic dialogue and novelistic touches, but the descriptions of the various cases, and the constant state of crisis pervading the emergency room. Heron’s account of her own son’s near-death experience, as well as her burnout from physical and emotional exhaustion, is particularly moving.
I Wasn’t Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse
Not all nurses view themselves the same way. There are nurses who doubt their own abilities to care for others, and there are nurses who believe their profession has significantly changed their lives. I Wasn’t This Strong When I First Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse openly shares a collection of nurse narratives that will give you a glimpse into their lives as healthcare providers.
Nurse Kati Kleber’s Becoming Nursey: From Code Blues to Code Browns, How to Care for Your Patients and Yourself
Nurse Kati Kleber shares her experiences to help nursing students and those about to embark on nursing careers. She discusses how to live life as a nurse at work while maintaining your sanity at home and away from work. She talks about the realities of nursing school, how to talk to doctors, how to deal with patients, how to manage mistakes, and how to survive your first code.
Becoming Nursey is a quick read that new nurses can benefit from. If you’re put off by references to God and religion, you might want to skip this.
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Do you have a nursing story to tell? Have you ever considered writing a book to share your patient-care experiences and advice for new nurses? What would you write if you were to write a book about nursing or a book for nurses? Tell us in the comments section below.
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