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Inspired Nurse
Rich Bluni
Fire Starter Publishing 2009, 167 pages $24.95 softcover
Do you remember the moment you rst decided to become a nurse? Do you remember your vision of what you were going to accomplish as a nurse: saving lives, healing the sick, and easing pain? Were you hoping to afrm your own life through your work as a nurse? Have you now been sidetracked? Is it difcult to nd that human connection and remember your idealism? Have your patients become just one more gallbladder or the hernia guy? Do you forget their names immediately after the time out? Do you then feel a little guilty? How many times have you asked yourself, Why am I doing this?
This is a book for all nurses, experienced and new, and especially those who have found themselves in a noncommitted, noninspirational work mode. This book leads readers through steps to reconnect to that inspired feeling they once had. The author provides exercises to help nurses live in the present and become mindful of daily opportunities to remember why they chose this profession.
The author draws from many of his personal experiences to illustrate what he calls inspiration destinations. The destination is a level of inspiration or a feeling of purpose, pride, and accomplishment in the work of nursing and being able to carry that joy and spirit throughout the day and through discourag-
ing times. In each chapter, the author tells of a personal experience that inspired him professionally.He then offers exercises and questions for reection, and he encourages readers to discuss these topics in group reviews to help them arrive at their own inspiration destinations.
The topics and questions are intended to provoke thought and discussion...