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Where Night Is Day - (Culture and Politics of Health Care Work) by James Kelly (Hardcover)

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Highlights

  • "There is no night in the ICU.
  • About the Author: James Kelly works in critical care as an RN in the ICU at Lovelace Women's Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  • 248 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography, Medical (incl. Patients)
  • Series Name: Culture and Politics of Health Care Work

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About the Book



Where Night Is Day is a nonfiction narrative grounded in the day-by-day, hour-by-hour rhythms of an ICU.



Book Synopsis



"There is no night in the ICU. There is day, lesser day, then day again. There are rhythms. Every twelve hours: shift change. Report: first all together in the big room, then at the bedside, nurse to nurse. Morning rounds. A group of doctors moves slowly through the unit like a harrow through a field. At each room, like a game, a different one rotates into the center. They leave behind a trail of new orders. Wean, extubate, titrate, start this, stop that, scan, film, scope. The steep hill the patient is asked to climb. Can you breathe on your own? Can you wake up? Can you live?"--from Where Night Is DayWhere Night Is Day is a nonfiction narrative grounded in the day-by-day, hour-by-hour rhythms of an ICU in a teaching hospital in the heart of New Mexico. It takes place over a thirteen-week period, the time of the average rotation of residents through the ICU. It begins in September and ends at Christmas. It is the story of patients and families, suddenly faced with critical illness, who find themselves in the ICU. It describes how they navigate through it and find their way. James Kelly is a sensitive witness to the quiet courage and resourcefulness of ordinary people.

Kelly leads the reader into a parallel world: the world of illness. This world, invisible but not hidden, not articulated by but known by the ill, does not readily offer itself to our understanding. In this context, Kelly reflects on the nature of medicine and nursing, on how doctors and nurses see themselves and how they see each other. Drawing on the words of medical historians, doctor-writers, and nursing scholars, Kelly examines the relationship of professional and lay observers to the meaning of illness, empathy, caring, and the silence of suffering. Kelly offers up an intimate portrait of the ICU and its inhabitants.



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James Kelly's telling of life in an ICU provides a unique perspective on the daily realities of critical care professionals.... He seamlessly integrates the complexities of critical care and of the organizational politics surrounding the ICU. Experienced and novice health care professionals will find this work to be entertaining, humbling, and thought provoking, while lay readers can learn from the complex realities of critical care. Kelly perceptively articulates what it means to experience daily life and death in the critical care environment. His compelling story will capture your attention, cover to cover.

-- "Citation from from the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award Committee"

This book is a must read for all nursing and medical students. Here, critical care nurse Kelly shares his experiences in an ICU in New Mexico over a 13-week period. He also perfectly describes the experiences of the ICU patients and their families--what they see, do, and reflect on during this time. Lastly, he discusses his interactions with physicians, and explains how nurses and doctors collaborate to accomplish the common goals of keeping patients comfortable, sedated, and alive. Kelly successfully depicts 'the good' and 'the bad' of ICUs. He tells the stories of individual patients and families, and describes the ICU subculture in a graphic, realistic manner. He conveys the nurse's perspective on the grueling experience of having to make life-and-death decisions on a daily basis. He clearly shows how emotional, and sometimes unemotional, a nurse must be to survive this type of professional setting.... Highly recommended.

-- "Choice"

This revealing personal account blends the day-to-day drama of life in the ICU with a fascinating history of medicine, hospitals, nursing, and intensive care--told through the eyes of Kelly, a critical care nurse at Lovelace Women's Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico, over a twelve-week period in the ICU..The evocative language puts the reader in Kelly's shoes--in the halls and bedsides of the ICU.

--Jessica Bylander "Health Affairs"



About the Author



James Kelly works in critical care as an RN in the ICU at Lovelace Women's Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.69 Inches (H) x 5.76 Inches (W) x .93 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.05 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 248
Series Title: Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Medical (incl. Patients)
Publisher: ILR Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: James Kelly
Language: English
Street Date: March 15, 2013
TCIN: 90910828
UPC: 9780801451683
Item Number (DPCI): 247-02-7029
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 1.05 pounds
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