Careers in Nursing

Rating:
Summary: Could Have Been More Helpful... Boring
Review: I was looking for a book that would give me detailed information on the the field of nursing and what it has to offer, especially those looking for a second career. The book did meet that requirement at the bare minimal level. A book on entry level nursing should excite the reader and entice him or her to enter this fascinating field, giving the reader some information on what to expect in Nursing. This book was very dry and seemed to be written on an elementary level. Although there were a few cartoons trying to provide some comic relief, they really weren't appropriate to the subject matter. Much of the areas in the appendix seemed redundant, and took up too much space. The chapter on various profiles of nurses in the book didn't give an idea of the vast spectrum of Nursing, rather it gave several reviews on the same basic profile and seemed to limit itself to one area of the country (the Chicago area).
If you are in high school looking for some basic information on nursing, this is a book to get you started, but please know that there are better books out there to give you a broader view on what encompasses the life of a nursing student and what to expect. Here's a better book I've finished reading: "How to Survive and Even Love Nursing School." This provides more information on what to expect in the field of nursing.