Part 1: Famous (The Story of a Nurse's Death)
1.
The day I first saw death
2.
How far is it alive?
3.
While I'm alive, I want to stay alive
4.
Life is finite for everyone.
5.
Excessive milk is not necessary
6.
Where and how
7.
Death alone is cold and bitter.
8.
“I think I’ve lived well enough.”
9.
Still family
10.
Memories I want to remember
11.
goodbye
12.
objectification
13.
Death, do not fear it

Part 2: The Nightingale is Dead
1.
What we do while others sleep
2.
What we do when others wake up
3.
We too need time to mourn
4.
Comforting moonlight on the way home from work
5.
Off days, emotional
6.
One night shift, reviewing
7.
So it's hard for nurses
8.
When someone notices our hardships
9.
Coupon for 3rd shift
10.
They say that even in the Joseon Dynasty, people ate and worked.
11.
I will change the nurse's shift.

A book that supports Korean nurses who couldn't say they were having a hard time even though it was hard.

- Nurses are not expendable commodities that work in three shifts.
Nurses aren't just people who give injections.
Whether you have a lot of money or not, whether you are good or bad, we are the nurses who take care of you day and night, but who cannot take care of ourselves.
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Despite the importance of the role nurses play in society, our society still lacks a proper understanding of the professional value of nurses.
It is no exaggeration to say that most people only know nurses as someone who works in three shifts and gives injections.


By accurately portraying the reality of nurses in Korea, this book provides readers with an opportunity to reflect on the lives of nurses in Korea.
He never tries to teach a moral, nor does he nag or force anyone.
The author simply writes about her life as a nurse in South Korea in a calm and silent manner.
This is precisely why current and former nurses will cry when they read this book.
The reason why people who aspire to become nurses shed tears while reading this book also stems from the author's attitude.

It is true that there is still a culture in the field that regards nurses as mere consumables for machines, and the reality that nurses' treatment and environment must be explained on a daily basis is also proof that something is very wrong in our society.

I don't know much about it, but I dare say that nursing is a profession that does better work than any other profession.
Above all, as people who are closest to us in relation to our death, they are with us until the moment of our death and provide nursing care until the very end.
Did you know that when you die in a hospital, nurses will close your eyes, change your clothes, and remove any tubes inserted into your body, among other things, to perform various post-mortem procedures?


These are not people who just spend the night in the hospital, unable to eat on time or go to the bathroom as they please.

"The Nightingale is Dead" is the life of a nurse in South Korea.
It's reality.
There is no superficial story.
I hope that people will read this book and learn about the true reality of nurses in Korea.

- Through this book, I would like to pay tribute to all the nurses who are running around in life-or-death situations, their hair disheveled, their underwear soaked, and their makeup smeared.
/ Yoo Seong-hee (a student who teaches and learns at Chonnam National University College of Nursing)
- The reason I kept crying while reading the book is because it is the author's story, but it is also my story, and perhaps the story of all nurses.
/ Ji Jeong-hwa (Nurse at Seoul Asan Medical Center)
- The author's honest and candid accounts of her daily life in the hospital shed light on fundamental questions that many nurses, burdened by their busy schedules, have never fully grasped.
/ Jeong Su-jin (former nurse at Seoul National University Hospital)
- Many nurses and nursing students will nod their heads while reading this book, and even if they are not nurses, it will be an opportunity for many readers to think about what death is and what kind of being a nurse is.
I need to start talking about death with my family right away and put the author's advice into practice.
/ Lim Jeong-hyeon (Seoul National University College of Nursing, 4th year)
- Reading the experiences of a senior nurse who has already experienced the challenges that one will face on the path of nursing not only evokes empathy, but also makes one once again resolve to become a good nurse through indirect experience.
/ Joo Na-young (Seoul National University College of Nursing, 4th year)