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"""Upon completing my nursing degree and gaining employment, what followed was truly a humbling and horrendous learning experience. "" The train wreck that was the start of her second career was far from anything she had experienced. The author, a software engineer, took a decade detour into nursing. Her perspective is unusual because she didn't begin her nursing career quite like other nurses. Unlike software engineering, nursing placed her central to the core of the human condition. This short memoir is about a nurse confronting her own fears and insecurities - as she recounts her patients' remarkable journeys of struggle, triumph, and loss. These unforgettable stories were selected because they are interesting medically, but also they offer a deeper insight into human vulnerability and trust."

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Have you ever wondered why hospital nurses always seem so cool, calm and collected? That's because they've seen it all, and then some. And after you've read this book you'll know what I mean. As the title suggests, nurses see more of the human condition than many of us can imagine. With a light touch, JD offers a rare glimpse behind the privacy curtain to reveal interesting, and sometimes unusual, patients and events which ultimately reflect on all of us. This is not a book about pills and procedures, rather it's about people and the realities of life. At the end you will know there is nothing truer than the saying 'everyone has a story'. I did not have a clue to the true love and horrors a person in the medical profession face. This book was a real eye opener. I am not versed in the medical world but I was able to read this easily and understand what I was reading. I know my admiration has risen a great deal since reading this. I know there were some reflections that were so tragic and could be avoided if more people were aware and took action. I would highly recommend this book whether you live in the world of nursing, or those like myself with the minimal care giving experience. i look forward to more of JD Moore 's books yet to come. I found these were heartbreaking and uplifting stories about humans at their most vulnerable and the trust they placed in their nurses. Some of the stories left me contemplating about my life and about other's lives, their pain, triumphs, and even death. Several chapters/stories are more compelling than others: First Year, Suicide, Wood-Chipper Threesome, and Skin are well done, provocative.

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Ms. Moore lives on the coast in a beach party town with her partner and two loud, disturbed cats. A former software engineer and registered nurse, Ms. Moore is now pleasantly retired and enjoying the serene but often wild outdoors - forever dedicated to a relaxing lifestyle. When she isn't writing, she is caring for injured wildlife through volunteering at the SPCA wildlife rehabilitation facility, and running some painful yet lively half-marathons competitively around the state. Upon finishing her masters in software engineering, JD's first career in programming was at various tech companies in Silicon Valley. While she enjoyed programming for nearly 20 years, she wanted to do something different as she edged towards midlife. JD decided on something completely foreign to her: a career in nursing. She received her nursing bachelor's degree and registration after moving to her husband's native country.

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