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Book Review of The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives

The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives
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Slim book (under 300 pages) and easy read. The author wrote in detail about PICC lines and the basics of giving medications (including putting on gloves, opening packages, etc.) which seemed to me to be "filler" because there wasn't much to actually write about. As I read the book, I thought this might be more interesting to someone in the medical field or interested in the medical field rather than a "lay" person. The author has some writing talent--readers get a sense of the personalities of the patients and staff. As I neared the end, I wondered if the author would provide updates on the patients we met during her shift (she does).