So You Want to Be a Nurse?

So You Want To Be A Nurse? is a book that will educate nurses and aspiring nurses alike on how to excel in the health care system. It reveals everything no one wants to tell you about the nursing profession. It tells how to save the reader the agony of on the job trial and error training and gives you a head start in using experienced strategies in order to suceed. Readers will learn how to find the best nursing position for their personality and ability and how to deal with administrators, physicians, colleagues, patients and their families. It also tells you how to survive in a hospital once you get a nursing position. There are The Ten Commandments of Nursing, such as, \"Don't put your own beliefs ahead of the patient's,\" \"Choose your work friends cautiously\" and offers tips on fundamental issues nurses face today.

Marianne Pilgrim Calabrese

Marianne Pilgrim Calabrese earned her Masters Degree in Reading from Adelphi University and her Bachelor Degree from Queens College in education and psychology. She is a multi-published author, teacher, and renowned artist. She has extensive teaching experience and received The Presidents Club Award from the International Reading association for her work. Marianne has participated in educational councils and comprehensive teaching in both public and private schools. She also volunteered and has done extensive research for her writing. At present she is a teacher, writer and artist working and living in Wellington Florida. With this knowledge and experience she has accumulated helpful information for her readers.