Addresses selected violations of professional nursing conduct and practices that take place in shadows or on the margins of clinical practice - incidents that represent 'dark' or 'gray' areas of nursing. The book also encourages organisations to promote a culture of ethical responsibility for nursing practices.
Dr Richard Carlson was an obstetrics-gynecology resident in inner city LA when he received his call to Vietnam. He served as chief medical officer with a unit of American doctors, nurses and corpsmen in Bac Lieu Province 1966-1967. With more than 80 photographs, his detailed account chronicles his team's harrowing work under primitive conditions.
Russ and Emily Firlik dared to rethink their retirement plans to embark on 9 months of travel in France and Italy, keeping a strict budget in mind and guided by their passion for the arts, history and architecture. This memoir details the author's personal travel experience and includes insights and instructions for the thrifty long-term traveller.
This memoir is not a story about a young man rising from 'the hood'. Rather, this is the story of a young Black man struggling with stereotypes, identity, and mild dyslexia while straddling two middle-class worlds, Black and white, and striving not to be everyone's 'other'.
By 1969, the Sikorski H-34 was an older helicopter with severe limitations for combat duty in Vietnam. For pilots like US Marine Lieutenant Rick Gehweiler, the good news was it could still take significant damage and keep flying. His vivid memoir narrates his harrowing, at times deadly flight missions under fire.
Drawing on seldom-analysed French and Russian sources, this biography covers previously-neglected aspects of Ka'ahumanu's life. The many spouses and lovers she and Kamehameha had, the roles played by Central Europeans, African-Americans, Catholics and Unitarians in her realm, and struggles with religious pluralism are all included.
Finnish figure skater Kiira Korpi's career included triumphal championships and bitter disappointments. With interviews and quotes from family, friends, coaches and competitors, Korpi's candid memoir describes the making and eventual undoing of a champion, and reveals a darker side to the 'ice princess' image of women's figure skating.
Sir Nigel Thompson walked to school around the bomb craters of the London Blitz-it made him want to build things, rather than knock them down. Thompson's memoir details his long career in architectural design and construction, and in restorative development.