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Hurry up Nurse: Memoirs of nurse training in the 1970s - Hurry Up Nurse 2nd edition
Dawn Brookes
Hurry up Nurse: Memoirs of nurse training in the 1970s - Hurry Up Nurse 2nd edition
Dawn Brookes
The nursing profession called to her from a young age. But to make it in this business, she'll have to grow up fast.
Leicester, 1977. Dawn Brookes was excited to trade in her job for a career. While her family worried the hard-partying girl was too immature to take it seriously, the teen eagerly launched into her training as a nurse. But nothing prepared her for the stressful chaos of working in high-stakes hospital wards.
As sickness, death, and struggle became part of her daily routine, the inexperienced woman labored to keep it all together. And each day turned into a challenge to push forward with the relentless admissions of those in need of care.
In this raw and frequently hilarious account of nursing in the 1970s, Dawn Brookes gives a brilliant insight into a beautiful and poignant world. And from changing bedpans to taking orders from razor-sharp sisters who dominated her work, she pulls back the curtain on the sweetest and ugliest sides of this often overlooked role.
Hurry Up Nurse is a touching and humorous memoir. If you like honest accounts, zany situations, and seemingly insurmountable odds, then you'll love Dawn Brookes's compassionate memoir.
294 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 8, 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9781913065355 |
Publishers | Oakwood Publications |
Pages | 294 |
Dimensions | 197 × 128 × 22 mm · 290 g |
Language | English |