Diary

• She questions whether women like herself – that is, the well-educated, sexually liberated beneficiaries of second-wave feminism – are really better off than their 1940s counterparts.
• But it isn’t quite the avant-garde art crowd looking for anonymous vaginas to cast in their latest 16mm masterpieces either.

• Reconstructed from the travel diary the author kept at the time, the adventure is everything you could possibly hope for in a road trip – provided you (or your daughter) aren’t the one taking it.
• Datsun Angel proves the old adage about time and tragedy making for champagne comedy.
• It self-consciously situates itself as a cross between the substance-induced exuberance of Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson, and the provincially impassioned politics of Australian novelist Xavier Herbert.

• For all her progressivism, there is a note of nostalgia ringing through Broinowski’s recollections.
• Datsun Angel harks back to a looser – dare I say, more enjoyable – university experience.
• The narrative promises, against well-intentioned assurances to the contrary, that what doesn’t kill you will, at the very least, make for a good story later on.
• Broinowski goes part way towards acknowledging as much when she ends her postscript with: “If you’re male and reading this, kudos.

Detachment

• Let me borrow one instead from the middle-aged Elmore Leonard fan whom Gordon encounters in the State Library Victoria early in the book: “dickhead”.
• Yes, that about captures it: the protagonist of Excitable Boy is an unequivocal, grade-A dickhead.
• Fortunately for Gordon (and dickheads more generally), the affliction may be chronic, but it need not be terminal.
• This denotes an overriding structure or cohesion that I felt somewhat lacking from the work as a whole.

• Detachment characterises much of Gordon’s storytelling as he kicks his younger self around the back alleys of Melbourne like a half-squashed can of Monster Energy Drink.
• To be honest, I still haven’t made my mind up if Gordon’s aversion to Aristotelian catharsis is one of the book’s virtues or vices.
• Detail has to be controlled by some overall purpose, and every detail has to be put to work for you.
• Detail has to be controlled by some overall purpose, and every detail has to be put to work for you.
• It is often difficult to gauge what overall purpose the details are serving in these essays, beyond fidelity to memory.

Luke Johnson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• Marie landed in the intensive care unit where I am a bedside nurse because she was too agitated and needed more oxygen.
• As a seasoned bedside critical care nurse, I see firsthand the benefits that family caregivers bring to patient care in the hospital.
• I also witness the emotional stress that caregivers experience when their loved one comes to the ICU.

Caregivers often battle anxiety and depression

• From making medical decisions to advocating for their loved one, family caregivers have many important roles when their loved one is in the hospital.
• However, caregivers carry heavy emotional burdens while supporting loved ones at the hospital.
• Up to 70% of first-degree relatives of ICU survivors suffer from anxiety symptoms, more than a third suffer from depression, and many can experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD.

Communication is critical

• As you provide information about the patient at home, the medical team should be giving you updates about the patient’s condition in the hospital.
• Knowing what to ask is essential to effective communication at the hospital.
• Once familiar with your new environment, you may feel more at ease to truly be present for your loved one.

• Every day, the interdisciplinary medical team sees each patient to discuss updates and treatment plans, and answers questions for the patient and their family.
• Research has also shown that rounds relieve anxiety and stress among family caregivers due to the consistent daily communication and emotional support that they provide.

Nurses can be helpful

• After clinical rounds, the interdisciplinary team of doctors and nurses establishes a daily plan of care for your loved one, which will be carried out by your bedside nurse.
• The nurse will give the ordered medications, perform necessary clinical tasks and assess the patient for their response to the treatment.
• Nurses are the most accessible resource you have when your loved one is in the hospital.

The importance of routines and familiarity

• Preventing ICU delirium through reorientation and familiar faces can help prevent this serious complication and can even reduce their hospital stay.
• Most families that come to the hospital describe the support they received from the medical team in a positive way.

Courtney Graetzer does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

• Comics and Graphic Novels usage grew across all age groups, especially among high school students (+56 percent in the '22-'23 school year).
• Comics and Humor dominate ebook fiction lists for several age categories, while Mysteries, Biography/Autobiography and Digital Arts top ebook nonfiction lists.
• The ebook format accounted for 84 percent of titles opened during the '22-'23 school year, while audiobooks remain popular with 14 percent.
• Comics and graphic novels have contributed to the strong ebook usage, more than quadrupling in checkouts and jumping from 31 to 42% of total ebook checkouts since 2019.

• PALM DESERT, Calif., March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Heather James Fine Art presents a selection of 10 paintings by Winston Churchill.
• "Heather James is thrilled to present this superb selection of paintings by Winston Churchill," says Heather James Fine Art Co-Founder Jim Carona.
• Winston Churchill: Making Art, Making History , an exhibition celebrating Churchill and his paintings at Heather James, asks us to contemplate the role of painting in his kaleidoscopic life.
• For more information about the collection of Winston Churchill paintings and Heather James Fine Art, please contact us at [email protected] or call (760) 346-8926.