Posts tagged with: book review

New Online Oncology Nursing Resource is Anything But ‘Textbook’

inPractice® Oncology Nursing has a brand new textbook resource available to help nurses at the bedside or chairside. Broken into clinically relevant segments and chock full of evidence-based practice guidelines and information, inPractice® Oncology Nursing has chapters upon chapters of... Read More

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking [Audio Book Review]

Thanks to a few friends who’ve read the book, I picked up and finished the audio version of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. It is sooo good. I am definitely an introvert, and this book... Read More

Lean In [Book Review]

It’s not very often that I can say a book changed my life, except for one. I rarely think about a specific book every day. Yes, Lean In by Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, is that amazing. I think I take risks and... Read More

Call the Nurse [Book Review]

I read a lot. Even with all I read, though, I rarely read about nursing. I mean, it’s what I do; it’s part of who I am, and I’ve heard my fair share of nursing stories as well as want to... Read More

The 7 Habits of Happy Kids [Book Review]

The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, written by Sean Covey, is an excellent children’s book. It follows the same seven habits presented by Stephen Covey in his 1989 published The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. I read the original book in graduate... Read More

The Holy Bible [Audio Book Review]

No, this isn’t an April Fools’ Day ruse, my friends. This is real. I share reviews of all the other books I read – covering numerous topics, so after finishing a “Bible in 90 Days” reading plan through YouVersion‘s iPhone... Read More

Redefining Reading for Pleasure

This year marks 10 years as a registered nurse for me. If someone told me ten years ago I’d be reading this for fun (for FUN!!), I would have tried to look up their diagnosis in the DSM-IV. (See…I’m dating... Read More

In Defense of Food [Audio Book Review]

In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, written by Michael Pollan and narrated by Scott Brick, is a stretch of a read/listen for me. I tend to shy away from most food-related books. I’m pretty sure Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle started it for... Read More

Carrots and Sticks: Unlock the Power of Incentives to Get Things Done [Book Review]

Ian Ayers’s Carrots and Sticks: Unlock the Power of Incentives to Get Things Done is an intriguing read. I devoured this book two months ago, and my mind keeps bringing the wise words back to the forefront of my mind. That’s a... Read More

The Maxwell Daily Reader [Book Review]

I may only be ten days into The Maxwell Daily Reader, by renown leadership expert and author John C. Maxwell, but I can already give my review of the book. Why? Because I am restraining myself from reading ahead, and I just... Read More