Chicken Soup For The Nurse's Soul Summary

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The first book review of Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s soul by Jack Canfield et al was written by Brenda Cook in the scholarly journal AORN Journal. This review’s argument is that the book contains stories that strengthen and refreshes nurse experts’ spirits. Every story is a very easy and short read. It reminds nurses the human side of their job preventing them from getting lost with the technology side. The second book review of Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s soul that I chose was written by Daniel Burfeind in the scholarly journal Dermatology nursing. Burfeind’s argument is that the book contains many inspiring stories for nurses at different stages of their careers. He also gives many examples that are in the book that are from the first

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