Nurse-authored books for the lay public

We have neither read nor reviewed these books yet. We plan to review them as soon as possible.

Echo Heron, RN

Fatal Diagnosis. (2000).

Tending Lives: Nurses On The Medical Front. (1998).

Panic. (1998).

Paradox. (1998).

Pulse. (1998).

Condition Critical: The Story of a Nurse Continues. (1994).

Mercy. (1992).

Intensive Care; The Story of a Nurse. (1988).

Read an interview with Echo Heron on her writings and the portrayal of nursing in the media.

Cheryl Dellasega, RN, PhD, NP

The Starving Family. (2004).

Girl Wars. (2003).

Surviving Ophelia. (2001).

Elizabeth Berg, RN

The Art of Mending. (2004).

Say When. (2003).

True to Form. (2002).

Ordinary Life: Stories. (2002).

Never Change. (2001).

Open House. (2000).

Escaping into the Open: The Art of Writing True. (1999).

Until the Real Thing Comes Along. (1999).

What We Keep. (1998).

Joy School. (1997).

The Pull of the Moon. (1996).

Range of Motion. (1995).

Talk Before Sleep. (1994).

Durable Goods. (1993).

See a biography and interview of Elizabeth Berg.

Serita Stevens, RN

HowDunit - The Book of Poisons (2007)

Forensic Nurse: The New Role of the Nurse in Law Enforcement (2006)

Charlie London RN: The Adventure Begins (2004)

Donna C. Maheady, RN, PhD

Nursing Students with Disabilities Change the Course. (2003).

Kate Genovese, RN

Loving Joe Gallucci: Love and life with Hepatitis C. (2003).

Thirty Years in September: A Nurse's Memoir. (2001).

Peter Deer, RN

A Major Case. (2001).

Roxy Martin, RN

Real Deal: Stories from the E.R. (2001).

Elizabeth M. Norman

We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese. (1999).

Women at War: The Story of Fifty Military Nurses Who Served in Vietnam. (1999).

Michael Brown, RN

Nurses: The Human Touch. (1992).

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