Alexandra Robbins The Nurses (Paperback)

The NursesAlexandra RobbinsLabel: Workman AdultDescription: A New York Times bestseller. “A funny intimate and often jaw-dropping account of life behind the scenes.—PeopleNurses is the compelling story of the year in the life of four nurses and the drama unsung heroism and unique sisterhood of nursing—one of the world’s most important professions (nurses save lives every day) and one of the world’s most dangerous filled with violence trauma and PTSD. In following four nurses Alexandra Robbins creates sympathetic characters while diving deep into their world of controlled chaos. It’s a world of hazing—“nurses eat their young. Sex—not exactly like on TV but surprising just the same. Drug abuse—disproportionately a problem among the best and the brightest and a constant temptation. And bullying—by peers by patients by hospital bureaucrats and especially by doctors an epidemic described as lurking in the “shadowy dark corners of our profession. The result is a page-turning shocking look at our health-care system.