Nursing Jambalaya With Gumbo On The Side By J. Spencer, L

Nursing Jambalaya With Gumbo On The Side By J. Spencer, L

Whittington-Brignac, and B. Ward, All RN
By Cy Hilterman

 

Nursing, should you or should you not go into the nursing field?

This book is written by three RN's with over 60-years of

experience in the medical field. It tells about their education,

their beginnings entering nursing after their education of

varying methods, their employment, and their experience with

almost every type of patient, and their personal lives. My wife

is a retired RN so I have been thorough most of the true things

this book contains with a few variations because of age and time

differences. It lays out in some detail what a person has to go

through becoming and remaining a nurse. It also tells how much

religion comes into their lives, talking to God when He is

greatfully needed. You must have faith in dealing with patients

because you will have so many types of people to treat and you

will have just as many different people with good and/or bad

attitudes. These might be against or for you or the doctor.

The three authors went to different schools and learned through

different channels to reach their RN status. They were women of

color and many times in life, personal and work, they felt

discrimination as they felt like they were swept aside as though

they weren't there. But in general, their worth far outweighed

their color and they DID gain respect. Nurses told of the people

that helped them get where they wished to be in life regardless

of their race. They learned their jobs well and were a huge

asset wherever they worked. I can remember my wife telling me of

the nurses of color that worked with her and how most of them

could be depended upon as much or more then whites. As with all

things in life, some people in our world are not color blind;

they see black or yellow and immediately think that person in

inferior. Not so, as you will learn in your own life and by the

stories and lives of these three women. The authors go back in

history and tell how black's started in nursing and how they

have been able to make much progress in their chosen field.

I have been hospitalized several times throughout my life. Sure

a patient is eager to get the words they want to hear from their

doctors but many times the nurses are the ones to explain in

detail what is going on with the patient. When you go backwards

in health, which is there for you at the very minute it occurs?

Correct, the nurses. I have had so many nurses that have

assisted me throughout my long life and it didn't matter to me

what color they were. With very few exceptions the care given me

by all nurses was excellent. The whole problem is that the few

times you get a "clunker" of a nurse, you keep that one in your

mind but you soon pass that one, male or female, white or black,

away from your mind and remember the good feelings you had with

the exceptional nurses.

All in all, if you are considering a career in nursing, read

this book. Each author lays out what to expect from beginning to

end, from beginning learning to working in your chosen

profession. You will have favorite parts of nursing that you

will like more than others but you have to start somewhere so

start where the opening is and grow from there.

Reader review by Cy Hilterman of a book supplied by the authors