Introduction -- Patricia Abbott -- Bridget L. Kumbella -- Heather Cowan -- Shannon Carroll -- Ranimaria Toledo -- Renee Lawson and Janice Roman -- Marilyn DeLuca -- Brian McMillion -- Deborah Nettles -- Mary Helen Barletti -- Amy Brown -- Mary Jo Maloney -- Jean Marie Patton -- Brad Henderson -- Peggy Arvin -- Carly Turner -- Valerie Brunner -- Julie Newman -- Nancy Schreiber -- Meagan Shipley -- Jun Ting Liu -- Germaine Williams -- Emily Fitzgerald -- Judy Harrison -- Matt Tederman -- Patricia Sokol -- Rosemary Livingston -- Mariana Nogales -- Kathy Vance -- Deborah Velez -- Sandra Barnes -- Pam Dodge -- Naomi Cross -- Phyllis Pickens -- Elisa Frazer -- Monica Oberlander -- Vicki Hatfield -- Olivia Washington -- Hershaw Davis Jr. -- Shannon Mueller -- Venus Anderson -- Colleen Lemoine -- Rhonda Wyskiel -- Katy Hanson -- Allisyn Pletch -- Joan O'Brien -- Judy Ramsay -- Karen Frank -- Charlotte Ramey -- Jeanne Sarmiento -- Jason Short -- Joanne DeAndrade -- Sister Stephen Bloesl -- Carrie Lee-Hall -- Jessia Graef -- Nathan Levitt -- John Russell -- Mary Kate Walker -- Dolores Crowder -- Amanda Owen -- Robin McPeek -- Sharon Kozachik -- Jennie Gabler -- Nancy Blanck -- John Barbe -- Joanne Staha -- Keithen D. Potts -- Tonia Faust -- Brendan Hunt -- Goldie Baker Huguenel -- Chris Guelcher -- Nury Astrid Cubillos -- Maureen Eisele -- Sandra Randall -- Mohamed Yasin.
Summary:
"This extraordinary book of 75 portraits, interviews, and biographies is the result of the American Nurse Project, an endeavor launched by Fresenius Kabi, a worldwide leader in infusion therapy, IV generic drugs, and clinical nutrition. Enlisting the talents of Carolyn Jones, an award-winning filmmaker and creator of numerous photography books, and her producer, Lisa Frank, the project set out to capture and share the images and stories of nurses from all across America and to celebrate the role of the nurse in this country's health care system. In The American Nurse, readers are invited to think about nurses in a way that they may never have before, unless they have been under a nurse's care. This body of work will inspire audiences to focus their attention on the nurses who serve as healers in their community, and whose wealth of knowledge needs to be tapped in order to solve today's pressing health care issues. The challenge of creating a rich portrait of nursing in America began with a map of the U.S. and a red pen. Carolyn Jones wanted to cover as much territory as possible, with the hope that along the way she would capture stories touching on the kinds of issues that nurses are dealing with in every corner of the country. Some of the issues might be specific to a particular area, like the nurses who were charged with evacuating patients in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Others would be universal no matter where Jones visited, such as nurses providing emotional support to patients and families to help get them through the toughest times in their lives. The journey began in New York City, where Carolyn met nurses working in the district with the highest rate of hunger in the U.S., as well as nurses doing health outreach to at-risk teens. She moved southward, stopping in Baltimore to meet nurses on the cutting edge of healthcare and nurse educators training the next generation, and then traveled to San Diego, where she met nurses at a VA hospital that is home to the largest concentration of veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. In Louisiana, she went behind bars and met nurses dealing with prisoners; and in Riverton, Wyoming she learned about the health needs of the Native American population there. Having crisscrossed the country, from rural Eastern Kentucky to Florida to New Orleans to Nebraska to Wisconsin to San Francisco and Chicago, Jones presents a compelling portrait of a key figure on the front lines of health care today: the American nurse"-- Provided by publisher. "Photographer Carolyn Jones takes portraits of and interviews the undervalued yet invaluable members of the American Healthcare System--the American Nurse"-- Provided by publisher.
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