Books by Patricia Benner

Explains, through first-hand accounts, the clinical reasoning skills necessary for top-tier nursing in acute and critical settings. It includes new interviews from acute care, critical care, perioperative nurses, and more. Attention is paid to current IOM and nursing guidelines for systems approaches to patient safety, with education and leadership implications described throughout.

Drawing on case studies of 23 men in mid-career, this unique book examines the various meanings of work and their relationship to work stress and coping.