Theresa Brown, former university English Professor, who decided to change her occupation and become an oncology nurse, is a wonderful and powerful writer. After reading her second book, “The Shift” that chronicled one shift on an oncology floor of a hospital, I just had to read something else by this extraordinary lady. And so, I chose her first book “Critical Care: A new nurse faces death, life, and everything in Between.” Like “The Shift” this book is a powerful, in your face, beautifully structured novel that presents a startling and realistic depiction of the life and death ordeals and trails that these unselfish, dedicated nurses face every day. Amazing and enlightening.