Cortney Davis: 3 books
The Heart's Truth
Essays on the Art of Nursing
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009
“Cortney Davis has an uncanny ability to give voice to the profound act of everyday nursing and its power in transforming the lives of people. Somehow, she sees the shadows and ghosts that fill our bodies and souls and makes sense of them, showing us that the divide between patient and provider...
When the Nurse Becomes a Patient
A Story in Words and Images
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Paintings and reflections that share a nurse’s personal experience of illness
In the summer of 2013, Cortney Davis, a nurse practitioner and author who often writes about her interactions with patients, underwent routine one-day surgery. A surgical mishap led to a series of life-altering...
by Cortney Davis
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
In the venerable tradition of caregivers writing about the healing arts—a tradition peopled by the likes of Anton Chekhov, Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams, Walker Percy, and Denise Levertov—Cortney Davis brings to poetry the experience, insight, and compassion of a nurse practitioner who...