New book includes the knowledge and skills they possess, the
immense pressure they work under and how they care for patients and
their families
ATLANTIC
CITY, N.J., Aug. 27,
2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In order to be a nurse,
one must possess tremendous knowledge and skills that may not be
well known, well understood, or well recognized by the general
public, or even other healthcare professionals. A new book details
all that nurses do on a regular basis, along with how they care for
each other, several new technologies that are now available to help
them on the job and the stressors they must overcome.
Sherry Shaffer
Ratajczak draws from over 40 years of experience to help
educate anyone, both within and outside of the healthcare world,
and especially those thinking about going into nursing as a
profession.
In "Who's Caring For You?," Sherry
Shaffer Ratajczak draws from over 40 years of experience to
help educate anyone, both within and outside of the healthcare
world, and especially those thinking about going into nursing as a
profession. The book combines stories from her career along with
how to choose a nurse education program, what it's like to work in
an intensive care unit, be aware of compassion fatigue, what it
means to be critically ill, daily routines that every nurse must
master, and more.
"Nurses are incredibly valuable, and they deserve to have others
understand how valuable they are," said Ratajczak, "but to
accomplish this, people need to know what nurses do. I've had so
many remarkable patient experiences over the course of my career,
as have all nurses, and this needs to be better known, and
understood by others."
Ratajczak began her career as a critical care nurse in a shock
and trauma unit, and later in a cardiothoracic intensive care unit
(ICU). She has been a manager of a renal failure/renal transplant
unit, a neurosurgical ICU, and a medical ICU. After completing a
master's degree in nursing administration, she later completed a
post-master's certificate program to become a pediatric nurse
practitioner. She also worked in academia as faculty, then became
director of an accelerated Bachelor of Nursing program.
"Every day, nurses experience the good, the bad, the ugly, and
the just plain sad," said Ratajczak. "Some days go well, and you
leave feeling good. Others are so much worse. However, at the end
of every day, nurses go home and then come back the next day and do
it all over again. It's called being a nurse."
"Who's Caring For You?"
By Sherry Shaffer Ratajczak
ISBN: 9781665756426 (softcover); 9781665756419 (hardcover);
9781665756433 (electronic)
Available at Archway Publishing, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the author
Sherry Shaffer Ratajczak received
her BSN from LaSalle University,
Philadelphia, Pa., a master's in
nursing administration from Villanova
University, Villanova, Pa.,
and a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner certificate from Gwynedd Mercy
University, Gwynedd Valley, Pa.
She enjoys taking her dogs for walks on the beach, biking, bingo,
reading and going out to dinner with friends. She loves SCUBA and
is certified at the Advanced Open Water Diver level. She currently
resides in Atlantic City, N.J. To
learn more, please visit http://www.sherrysr.com.
Media Contact
Ziggy Goldfarb, Archway
Publishing, 4803067065, zgoldfarb@lavidge.com
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