What books do you wish your nurse or your healthcare worker would read? Good books on communication, empathy, medical environments, disability… put them down and I’ll take a look at them!
I prefer non fiction or autobiographical. (Soon to be new grad RN.)
by Realistic-Song3857
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Being Mortal by Atul Gawande had me rethink a lot of the ways we treat old age, senility, and the amount of the agency we ought to give the elderly, it was a good read.
I absolutely love that you are asking this question … I don’t go to doctors anymore because I have encountered such a lack of empathy and such judgment that I can’t stand it…
*Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Compassion* should be required reading for every medical professional who interacts with live humans (I’m saying pathologists can probably skip it, lol). I recommend this to EVERYONE – it will improve all your relationships.
*Ask Me About My Uterus* is a memoir about a woman who struggled with misdiagnosis, chronic pain, and was consistently dismissed by medical personnel. It’s so good.
It would also depend on the population you’re going to be working with, as far as needing to read up on different things, but the two above are good starts, IMO!