RehabRN book club

Hopefully, this year, I can be a little more regular on this segment.

Besides reading all those nursing-related books, (see CRRN posts) I'm going to highlight some of the stuff I read in my nursing off-time.

One of the first good books I've read lately is The Edge of Medicine by William Hanson. Okay, it's sort of a shop book (medicine), but a good one which points out how breakthroughs in medical technology will change how we live. If you're using telemedicine or eICU where you work, you'll understand what I'm talking about, because the future is already in progress.

Just today, I finished reading Fixing Hell by retired Army Col. Larry James. This was a very moving book.We haven't gotten a lot of OEF/OIF vets yet in our area, but this book has helped me to clarify and understand some of the PTSD issues as a nurse. It also helps to see how the psychologists have to deal with the same issues themselves.

More later...stay tuned.