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Catching Homelessness : A Nurse's Story of Falling Through the Safety Net by Josephine Ensign (2016, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherShe Writes Press
ISBN-101631521179
ISBN-139781631521171
eBay Product ID (ePID)219345611
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Book TitleCatching Homelessness : a Nurse's Story of Falling Through the Safety Net
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPersonal Memoirs, Poverty & Homelessness, Medical, Health Policy
Publication Year2016
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, Medical
AuthorJosephine Ensign
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Reviews" Catching Homelessness is a carefully researched documentary of poverty and health care woven together with an intensely personal and suspenseful memoir of a professional journey. Ensign is a compelling storyteller because she sees people so clearly; her characters include those who are homeless and sick, those who run health-care services, and not least herself. I wish every health-care professional would read this book at the start of their training, again at the start of clinical practice, and a third time after a decade of work. Few books do so much to humanize health care and to exemplify reflective clinical practice." -Arthur W. Frank, PhD, author of At the Will of the Body and The Wounded Storyteller "A provocative book. Viewed through the lens of her own experience of homelessness, Josephine Ensign challenges us to view the homeless as real, complex people rather than social issues, or, worse, problems. Her committed vision as a clinician and author makes this a powerful narrative of one of the pressing social issues of our time." -Theresa Brown, New York Times Bestselling author of The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives "The ability to share and understand another's experience and feelings in a profound way is the basis of empathy. I have often wondered over the past 44 years as a nurse where this ability comes from. We expect nurses to practice in an empathic way and we believe we can educate nurses to express empathy as a critical aspect of therapeutic communication. But we don't know precisely why some successfully feel another's experience and some do not. We think it may have something to do with creativity. However, we do know it when we see it. In reading Catching Homelessness the act of empathy was evident on every page. Dr. Ensign crafts a narrative that expresses her own empathy for those she cares for and invokes the same level of understanding and awareness for her own struggles with uncertainly. One cannot read this lovely book without feeling deeply the sorrow and desperation that accompanies life on the edge." -Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Dean and Professor, Columbia University School of Nursing " Catching Homelessness is a powerful and personal story of providing nursing care for the homeless in Richmond, Virginia, and of the author's own experience of homelessness. When her life and values no longer fit the expectations for a good white, southern, Christian wife and mother, Ensign loses her home in every respect. Homelessness is both very real and very near: it is a metaphor for ills that could befall any of us. In this era of foreclosures and income inequality, " Catching Homelessness is a risk we share. Ensign never preaches but draws the reader into the world of people pushed to the margins, and to those few, like Ensign herself, who feel drawn to our common humanity." -Marsha Hurst, PhD, Lecturer, MS in Narrative Medicine, Columbia University, New York " Catching Homelessness is a book I feel comfortable recommending to anyone who likes a 'good read.' It moves quickly... paints vivid pictures of individuals...and describes a critical but often-ignored piece of our health care system. Perhaps most important, it takes us into a world most Americans don't inhabit: the world of people who are homeless." -Nancy Amidei, MSW, Senior Lecturer, Emeritus, University of Washington School of Social Work and author of So You Want to Make a Difference: Advocacy is the Key, " Catching Homelessness is a carefully researched documentary of poverty and health care woven together with an intensely personal and suspenseful memoir of a professional journey. Ensign is a compelling storyteller because she sees people so clearly; her characters include those who are homeless and sick, those who run health-care services, and not least herself. I wish every health-care professional would read this book at the start of their training, again at the start of clinical practice, and a third time after a decade of work. Few books do so much to humanize health care and to exemplify reflective clinical practice." -Arthur W. Frank, PhD, author of At the Will of the Body and The Wounded Storyteller, " Catching Homelessness is a carefully researched documentary of poverty and health care woven together with an intensely personal and suspenseful memoir of a professional journey. Ensign is a compelling storyteller because she sees people so clearly; her characters include those who are homeless and sick, those who run health-care services, and not least herself. I wish every health-care professional would read this book at the start of their training, again at the start of clinical practice, and a third time after a decade of work. Few books do so much to humanize health care and to exemplify reflective clinical practice." -Arthur W. Frank, PhD, author of At the Will of the Body and The Wounded Storyteller "The ability to share and understand another's experience and feelings in a profound way is the basis of empathy. I have often wondered over the past 44 years as a nurse where this ability comes from. We expect nurses to practice in an empathic way and we believe we can educate nurses to express empathy as a critical aspect of therapeutic communication. But we don't know precisely why some successfully feel another's experience and some do not. We think it may have something to do with creativity. However, we do know it when we see it. In reading Catching Homelessness the act of empathy was evident on every page. Dr. Ensign crafts a narrative that expresses her own empathy for those she cares for and invokes the same level of understanding and awareness for her own struggles with uncertainly. One cannot read this lovely book without feeling deeply the sorrow and desperation that accompanies life on the edge." -Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, Dean and Professor, Columbia University School of Nursing " Catching Homelessness is a powerful and personal story of providing nursing care for the homeless in Richmond, Virginia, and of the author's own experience of homelessness. When her life and values no longer fit the expectations for a good white, southern, Christian wife and mother, Ensign loses her home in every respect. Homelessness is both very real and very near: it is a metaphor for ills that could befall any of us. In this era of foreclosures and income inequality, " Catching Homelessness is a risk we share. Ensign never preaches but draws the reader into the world of people pushed to the margins, and to those few, like Ensign herself, who feel drawn to our common humanity." -Marsha Hurst, PhD, Lecturer, MS in Narrative Medicine, Columbia University, New York " Catching Homelessness is a book I feel comfortable recommending to anyone who likes a 'good read.' It moves quickly... paints vivid pictures of individuals...and describes a critical but often-ignored piece of our health care system. Perhaps most important, it takes us into a world most Americans don't inhabit: the world of people who are homeless." -Nancy Amidei, MSW, Senior Lecturer, Emeritus, University of Washington School of Social Work and author of So You Want to Make a Difference: Advocacy is the Key, " Catching Homelessness is a carefully researched documentary of poverty and health care woven together with an intensely personal and suspenseful memoir of a professional journey. Ensign is a compelling storyteller because she sees people so clearly; her characters include those who are homeless and sick, those who run health-care services, and not least herself. I wish every health-care professional would read this book at the start of their training, again at the start of clinical practice, and a third time after a decade of work. Few books do so much to humanize health care and to exemplify reflective clinical practice." -Arthur W. Frank, PhD, author of At the Will of the Body and The Wounded Storyteller " Catching Homelessness is a powerful and personal story of providing nursing care for the homeless in Richmond, Virginia, and of the author's own experience of homelessness. When her life and values no longer fit the expectations for a good white, southern, Christian wife and mother, Ensign loses her home in every respect. Homelessness is both very real and very near: it is a metaphor for ills that could befall any of us. In this era of foreclosures and income inequality, Catching Homelessness is a risk we share. Ensign never preaches but draws the reader into the world of people pushed to the margins, and to those few, like Ensign herself, who feel drawn to our common humanity." -Marsha Hurst, PhD, Lecturer, MS in Narrative Medicine, Columbia University, New York
SynopsisCatching Homelessness is the compelling true story of a nurse's work with--and young adult passage through--homelessness., At the beginning of the homelessness epidemic in the 1980s, Josephine Ensign was a young, white, Southern, Christian wife, mother, and nurse running a new medical clinic for the homeless in the heart of the South. Through her work and intense relationships with patients and co-workers, her worldview was shattered, and after losing her job, family, and house, she became homeless herself. She reconstructed her life with altered views on homelessness--and on the health care system. In Catching Homelessness , Ensign reflects on how this work has changed her and how her work has changed through the experience of being homeless--providing a piercing look at the homelessness industry, nursing, and our country's health care safety net.
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- Jun 28, 2019
Catching Homelessness.
Great book for nurses to read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
