October 6, 2015 • Page 18 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com New At The Library Here’s what’s new at the Yankton Community Library this week: Adult Books • The Bones of You by Debbie Howells; Fiction • Day Four by Sarah Lotz; Fiction • Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg; Fiction • The Guilty One by Sophie Littlefield; Fiction • Let Me Explain by Annie Liontas; Fiction • Love Comes Home by Ann H. Gabhart; Fiction • The Status of All Things by Fenton & Steinke; Fiction • Beyond Words by Carl Safina; Nonfiction • Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert; Nonfiction • Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book by Dr. Susan Love; Nonfiction • First Jobs by Merritt Watts; Nonfiction • Killing Reagan by O’Reilly & Dugard; Nonfiction • Little Business on the Prairie by Robert E. Wright; Nonfiction • 1944 by Jay Winik; Nonfiction • Paper Goods Projects by Jodi Levine; Nonfiction • Thirty Million Words by Dana Suskind, M.D.; Nonfiction Adult DVDs • The Big Bang Theory, season 8 Young Adult Books • The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz; Fiction • The Girl at the Center of the World by Austin Aslan; Fiction • Goose by Dawn O’Porter; Fiction • Michael Vey: Storm of Lightning by Richard Paul Evans; Fiction • A Whole New World by Liz Braswell; Fiction Junior Books • The Astounding Broccoli Boy by Frank Cottrell Boyce; Fiction • Charlie and the Grandmothers by Haty Towell; Fiction • The Detective’s Assistant by Kate Hannigan; Fiction • How to Outswim a Shark Without a Snorkel by Jess Keating; Fiction • I Totally Funniest by Patterson & Grabenstein; Fiction • Middle School: Just My Rotten Luck by Patterson & Tebbetts; Fiction • Nancy Clancy: Soccer Mania by Jane O’Connor; Fiction • A Pocket Full of Murder by R. J. Anderson; Fiction • The Poe Estate by Polly Shulman; Fiction • Shadow of the Shark by Mary Pope Osborne; Fiction • Mason Jar Crafts for Kids by Linda Z. Braden; Nonfiction The Bookworm ‘Shift’ Offers Look Into Nursing “The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients’ Lives” by Theresa Brown, RN; © 2015, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill; 272 pages ——— BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER Nobody likes being poked. Nobody woke up this morning and said, “Cut into me and make me hurt for a month.” No one asks for misery, nausea, aching pain, bedpans, stitches, needles or risk. But there it is: it happens. And if it does, after reading “The Shift” by Theresa Brown, RN, you’ll know exactly who you want by your side. It’s often dark when Theresa Brown leaves her Pittsburgh-area home to bike to work, using her commute to clear her head in advance, to think about her family, and to prepare herself for the twelve hours ahead. She’s an oncology nurse who will most certainly face a full load of four sick patients at the hospital for which she works, and that preparation is essential. Her workday starts at 7 a.m. when she learns that, on this particular morning, she’s been assigned an empty bed and is first in line to receive any new admits. With that in mind, she collects information about her days’ patients, taking notes, understanding that no detail is unimportant. One patient had recently arrived at the hospital in the middle of the night, with abdominal pain and blood issues. Another was going home soon, six weeks post-chemo, with a stronger immune system. A third, an elderly man who seemed to be near death, was prescribed medication that might prove too strong for him; that it could kill him was a foremost concern. Brown’s final patient, a Johnny-come-lately last-minute admission, came with a reputation for being demanding and unnecessarily controlling — reactions, Brown sensed, to the woman’s fear. For Brown, and for many nurses, mealtime, if they get one, lasts mere minutes. Bathroom breaks are sometimes nonexistent. Twenty percent of all nurses don’t make it past their first year; it’s a hard job, complete with a cacophony of phones and beeps; lights, charts, urgency, personality clashes, body fluids and death. “This is nurse’s work,” says Brown. It’s what happens until “Another nurse, another good-hearted overworked soul in white” takes over for the next shift. No doubt, you’ve recently heard the howl of national support for nurses from every corner. No doubt, especially after you’ve read “The Shift,” you’ll know it’s justified. Just reading about the pressurefilled day that author Theresa Brown, RN describes made me awe-struck: the thousand things to remember (many of them, literally, life-or-death matters), the emotions (hers and her patients’) and maintaining a delicate harmony in doctor-nurse relationships while doing her job in the midst of hospital cutbacks, fiscal scrutiny, changing rules and other frustrations. I’m addled just typing that. Thankfully, Brown balances any negatives with moments of levity and a firm sense of control, which is obviously as soothing to patients as it is to readers. I absolutely couldn’t get enough of this book. I raced through it, knowing that it would be satisfying but that the ending might not be rosy. If you’ve ever been a patient, I think you’ll like it too, so look for it. Missing “The Shift” would be a bitter pill to swallow. Easy Books • Aqualicious by Victoria Kann; Fiction • I Am Yoga by Susan Verde; Fiction • Leo: A Ghost Story by Mac Barnett; Fiction • Penny & Jelly: The School Show by Maria Gianferrari; Fiction • Stanley at School by Linda Bailey; Fiction • I’m Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton; Nonfiction ——— Did you know that you can reserve an item from home? Staff will then notify you as soon as the item is available. Knedler Featured At Vermillion Library VERMILLION — The Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library’s Artists & Authors Series presents visual artist Cory Knedler at 7 p.m. Oct. 6 at the library, located on 18 Church St. Knedler will discuss his unique approach to creating visual art on his own and in collaboration with other artists. He is Chair for the Department of Art at the University of South Dakota and Director of the Oscar Howe Summer Art Institute (OHSAI). The Oscar Howe Summer Art Institute (OHSAI) honors long-time University of South Dakota Professor and American Indian Northern Plains Artist, Oscar Howe by offering two week long workshops for high school students with a demonstrated talent in the visual arts and a strong interest in Indian culture and tradition. As Chair for the USD Department of Art, Knedler serves as the academic administrator for the only BFA and MFA Art degree programs offered in the state of South Dakota. He teaches a variety of classes in Art Education; Kindergarten-post secondary. He received his MFA in Printmaking from the University of South Dakota and his print-work has been represented in more than 100 exhibitions. For more information, contact Susan Heggestad, public relations and programming specialist, at (605) 677-7060 or susan. heggestad@vermillionpubliclibrary.org/; or visit vermillionpubliclibrary.org/. ‘Bird Photography’ Program Slated Oct. 6 Yankton Area Photography Club presents “Bird Photography,” with Roger Dietrich and Sharon Koller, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, in the Chan Gurney Airport conference room. This event is open to the public. Seating is limited. Sell us your stuff! We buy nearly anything of value. - Tools, Furniture, Electronics, Household Items, Lawn & Garden Equipment, etc. Entire estates give us a call. Open 7 days a week! RIVERCITY Courtesy Photo The Krasnoyarsk National Dance Company performs at the YHS/Summit Activities Center theatre Tuesday, Oct. 6. YACA Russian Dance Co. 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