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Discover the powerful memoir, Journal of a Black Queer Nurse, where Britney Daniels, a Black queer emergency-room nurse, shares her raw and transformative experiences on the front lines of care during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. This trade paperback edition, published by Common Notions in 2023, captures the essence of resilience in the midst of medical crises, while navigating the intersections of race, gender, and class in healthcare. With an ISBN of 9781942173779, this book offers a candid perspective on systemic racism and the urgent need for empathy in nursing. Daniels' journey is filled with hilarious yet gut-wrenching stories that reveal the struggles of a Black, masculine-presenting, tattooed lesbian from a working-class background, who finds herself confronting not only the challenges of her profession but also the deep-rooted inequalities within the healthcare system. This memoir serves as an essential read for anyone interested in the truths of emergency healthcare, social justice, and the crucial role of nurses, especially nurses of color. The stories discuss moments of profound care, activism, and the personal toll of a profession that demands both physical and emotional strength. Take part in this important dialogue about race and healthcare, and witness how care transcends mere medical treatment—it is about listening, understanding, and fighting for those often overlooked. **Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.**
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781942173779
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2023
Publisher: Common Notions
Description:
In this searing, honest memoir, a Black queer emergency-room nurse works the front lines of care during COVID-19.
Britney Daniels is a Black, masculine-presenting, tattooed lesbian from a working-class background. For the last five years, she has been working as an emergency-room nurse. She began Journal of a Black Queer Nurse as a personal diary, a tool to heal from the day-to-day traumas of seeing too much and caring too much.
Hilarious, gut-wrenching, and infuriating by turns, these stories are told from the perspective of a deeply empathetic, no-nonsense young nurse, who highlights the way race, inequality, and a profit-driven healthcare system make the hospital a place where systemic racism is lived.
Whether it is giving one’s own clothes to a homeless patient, sticking up for patients of color in the face of indifference from white doctors and nurses, or nursing one’s own back pain accrued from transporting too many bodies as the morgues overflowed during the pandemic, Journal of a Black Queer Nurse reveals the ways in which care is much more than treating a physical body and how the commitment to real care—care that involves listening to and understanding patients in a deeper sense—demands nurses, especially nurses of color, must also be warriors.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781942173779
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2023
Publisher: Common Notions
Description:
In this searing, honest memoir, a Black queer emergency-room nurse works the front lines of care during COVID-19.
Britney Daniels is a Black, masculine-presenting, tattooed lesbian from a working-class background. For the last five years, she has been working as an emergency-room nurse. She began Journal of a Black Queer Nurse as a personal diary, a tool to heal from the day-to-day traumas of seeing too much and caring too much.
Hilarious, gut-wrenching, and infuriating by turns, these stories are told from the perspective of a deeply empathetic, no-nonsense young nurse, who highlights the way race, inequality, and a profit-driven healthcare system make the hospital a place where systemic racism is lived.
Whether it is giving one’s own clothes to a homeless patient, sticking up for patients of color in the face of indifference from white doctors and nurses, or nursing one’s own back pain accrued from transporting too many bodies as the morgues overflowed during the pandemic, Journal of a Black Queer Nurse reveals the ways in which care is much more than treating a physical body and how the commitment to real care—care that involves listening to and understanding patients in a deeper sense—demands nurses, especially nurses of color, must also be warriors.