The Nurses
A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital

4.5 Stars I've been reading books about all kinds of different heroes recently. This book is no exception. Written by journalist Alexandra Robbins "THE NURSES: A year of secrets, drama, and miracles with the heroes of the hospital" shows how we should be much more respectful to and thankful for these......more

Alexandra Robbins follows the life of four nurses and their direct experience working in the nursing profession. I was absolutely blown away by this inside look. Not only by how nurses are treated, but also how they treat each other. If this doesn't prove our healthcare system is broken, I don't kn......more

This is my most important book to date. To clarify, the nurses I followed are not composites: they are real people with real stories. Here's the book description: In this lively, fast-paced narrative, New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Robbins digs deep into the subculture of nursing, drawi......more

The Nurses: A Year of Secrets, Drama, and Miracles with the Heroes of the Hospital by Alexandra Robbins is an eye-opening, riveting insight into the nursing profession. Although full of facts it reads like a novel and maintains an intriguing pace. The Nurses is told through the real-life stories of f......more

This is an interesting insider look at nursing. It doesn’t seem intellectually rigorous, so I’d take it with a grain of salt, but it is compelling reading. For a reader not in the medical profession, it did make me aware of many of the issues nurses face. Slightly over half of the book consists of th......more