Award-winning novelist Maggie Groff shares stories of her richly varied and at times unusual former nursing career.
‘Over time, I nursed victims of war, the posh, the poor, the famous and the infamous.... Oh, the stories I can tell!’
To a young girl the life of a student nurse sounds exciting, but with long hours and short shrift it’s never easy. So when Maggie Groff embarks as a student nurse at London’s King’s College Hospital she must quickly get to grips with the demands of her chosen career. It’s sink or swim.
In a delightful romp through time, played out against the march of feminism and the fashion, music and movies of almost half a century ago, we follow Maggie’s highs and lows as with trial and much error she becomes a highly skilled nurse and sets sail for a new life in Australia.
From the watchful gaze of stern ward sisters and the ordeals of nursing at a poor housing estate to becoming an industrial nurse at the iconic Sydney Opera House, Maggie shares her stories of mistakes and mayhem, tea and sympathy, and the life-affirming moments that make it all worthwhile.
Award-winning novelist Maggie Groff shares stories of her richly varied and at times unusual former nursing career.
‘Over time, I nursed victims of war, the posh, the poor, the famous and the infamous.... Oh, the stories I can tell!’
To a young girl the life of a student nurse sounds exciting, but with long hours and short shrift it’s never easy. So when Maggie Groff embarks as a student nurse at London’s King’s College Hospital she must quickly get to grips with the demands of her chosen career. It’s sink or swim.
In a delightful romp through time, played out against the march of feminism and the fashion, music and movies of almost half a century ago, we follow Maggie’s highs and lows as with trial and much error she becomes a highly skilled nurse and sets sail for a new life in Australia.
From the watchful gaze of stern ward sisters and the ordeals of nursing at a poor housing estate to becoming an industrial nurse at the iconic Sydney Opera House, Maggie shares her stories of mistakes and mayhem, tea and sympathy, and the life-affirming moments that make it all worthwhile.
Not Your Average Nurse: The Entertaining True Story of a Student Nurse in 1970s London
Not Your Average Nurse: The Entertaining True Story of a Student Nurse in 1970s London
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781489409348 |
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| Publisher: | Bolinda Audio |
| Publication date: | 09/12/2017 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
| Product dimensions: | 5.25(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.50(d) |