Between the Heartbeats

, by Davis, Cortney; Schaefer, Judy; Trautmann Banks, Joanne

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ISBN: 9780877455172 | 0877455171
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/1/1995

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Nurses who are also creative writers have a powerful empathetic outlet for the joys and griefs of their everyday experiences. InBetween the Heartbeatsan international, diverse community of nurses write honestly and compassionately about their work. By unsentimentally translating out suffering into prose and poetry, the registered nurses in this brave, graceful anthology perform another enduring act of loving care.

Foreword
Nighthawks	p. 1
The Color of Protocol	p. 15
Angel from Pratt Street	p. 16
Why Not Me?	p. 17
Meditations on Death and Body Bags	p. 18
The First Rains of April	p. 21
Learning How the Bones Move	p. 24
Raiment	p. 25
Dear Alma Mater	p. 26
Hospital Flowers	p. 28
Daffodil Days	p. 29
Night off the Maternity Ward	p. 30
The First Hour	p. 31
Blue Lace Socks	p. 32
Butterfly	p. 33
Red Corvette	p. 35
A Story	p. 38
Oldies	p. 40
Hospital Course	p. 41
The Nurse's Pockets	p. 48
What the Nurse Likes	p. 49
This Happened	p. 52
Night Nurse	p. 54
The Body Flute	p. 56
The Nurse's Task	p. 59
Two Stories: 1944	p. 61
The Book of God	p. 63
Admission, Children's Unit	p. 65
Thallium Scan	p. 67
Gloria	p. 68
Gooseberries	p. 69
The Gift: La Cumbre, Guatemala	p. 71
Mr. Death	p. 75
First Night Duty - 1950	p. 78
In Common Darkness	p. 80
Justanurse	p. 82
The Gift	p. 83
Dehiscence	p. 86
Thoughts on V-Tach	p. 87
Dead Dogs Days	p. 88
Ricky T and His Cockatoo	p. 89
Miranda's Dream	p. 90
I Drive in the Lane	p. 91
Cats	p. 92
Christmas Time	p. 93
About Nursing	p. 94
While His Life Went on Around Him	p. 95
Tourniquet	p. 102
Gift	p. 103
The Lullaby	p. 104
Hospital Parking Garage	p. 105
Danny Boy	p. 106
Secrets	p. 107
What Abel Says	p. 109
God and the Telephone	p. 111
Pouring It Down	p. 113
Snowbound	p. 115
The Arithmetic of Nurses	p. 117
Litany of Dolores	p. 119
Night Walker	p. 122
Empty Swing	p. 123
Bea's Last Vacation	p. 124
From Journey in the Middle of the Road	p. 126
White Flame before the Long Black Wall	p. 137
Wisteria	p. 139
Instructing a New Mother	p. 145
The Demonstration	p. 146
Mr. Craig and His Wife	p. 147
Where Are You Now, Ella Wade?	p. 148
Back Rub	p. 153
Sounds at Night: 1960	p. 155
Who Owns the Libretto?	p. 157
Medicine from the Wood	p. 159
Long Hospital Stay	p. 160
Sunday Morning	p. 161
Feather and Claw	p. 163
Rehab Nursing	p. 164
Black Stockings and Me	p. 165
Rhythms	p. 168
Morning Visitors	p. 169
Another Night, Another Customer	p. 172
Vietnam Canon	p. 173
Curandera	p. 174
NICU	p. 176
Rochester, Minnesota, 1965	p. 177
Between the Heartbeats	p. 178
Before Heart Surgery	p. 179
Breath	p. 180
The Journey	p. 181
Promises	p. 184
Burnt-out Offerings	p. 185
Bev Brown	p. 186
Heroic Acts	p. 192
From the Diary of a Clinic Nurse, Poland, 1945	p. 196
From the Diary of a Prisoner's Nurse, Mississippi, 1972	p. 199
Twenty-four-week Preemie, Change of Shift	p. 201
Baby Random	p. 203
Euthanasia	p. 205
Between Rounds	p. 208
I Couldn't Touch the Wall	p. 209
Afterword	p. 211
About the Contributors	p. 215
Permissions	p. 223
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