TENDING LIVES Nurses on the Medical Front

From ER's and trauma units come these vignettes of nurses in crisis situations. This is a perfect vehicle for a multi-voiced presentation. Each nurse is ably portrayed by one of a number of actors while the incomparable Barbara Rosenblat (nowhere mentioned on the packag-ing) reads introductory bios and the extended section on the Oklahoma City bombing. You feel "right there" at each scene and share the nurses' compassion, frustration and ex-haustion. Sometimes funny, often graphic, always riveting, these tales will stay with you long after tape's end. J.B.G. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/MAY 99]