Not Your Average Nurse

Author: Maggie Groff
Publisher: Random House Australia
ISBN: 0143785346
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 381

Book Description
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 defies her parents' wishes and 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 this 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 she struggles with stern ward sisters and wilful patients, and eventually qualifies as a registered nurse and sets sail for Australia. From nursing at a poor London housing estate and working as an in-house nurse at glamorous Selfridges to treating injuries on the Great Barrier Reef and 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 made it all worthwhile.

Not Your Average Nurse (16pt Large Print Edition)

Author: Maggie Groff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780369305565
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644

Not Your Average Nurse

Author: Maggie Groff
Publisher: Corgi
ISBN: 9780552174145
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
'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 nurse sounds exciting, but with long hours and short shrift it's never easy. So when Maggie Groff embarks on her training at London's King's College Hospital she must quickly get to grips with a demanding career. It's sink or swim. From the watchful gaze of stern sisters and the trials of nursing on a poor south-east London housing estate, to the explosive dramas of staff health checks at sophisticated Selfridges, Maggie shares warm and witty stories of mistakes and mayhem, tea and sympathy, and the life-affirming moments that make it all worthwhile. Played out against the march of feminism and fashion, IRA bombings and the iconic music and movies of almost half a century ago, Not Your Average Nurse is a delightful romp through time.

Not your average nurse

Author: Maggie Groff
Publisher: Dyslexic Books
ISBN: 9781525269110
Category : Dyslexic print books
Languages : en
Pages : 370

Not Your Average Nurse

Author: Latosha Annan
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781984017208
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
Rendering experience as successful businesswomen and nurses, these twelve women present this motivational collection of real-life experiences of juggling double careers. Written with honest and engaging prose, it is full of personal stories intended to encourage readers to pursue life with purpose, follow their dreams, and achieve their set goals. Both spiritual and practical, this inspirational book combines modern nursing and entrepreneurial knowledge with success secrets to create distinctive, valuable insights. It reveals the raw, often sightless, journey of success and serves as a stimulus for nurses striving for personal growth and professional independence.

Ending Nurse-to-nurse Hostility

Author: Kathleen Bartholomew
Publisher: HC Pro, Inc.
ISBN: 1578397618
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 215

Book Description
About HCPro HCPro, Inc., is the premier publisher of information and training resources for the healthcare community. Our line of products includes newsletters, books, audioconferences, training handbooks, videos, online learning courses, and professional consulting seminars for specialists in health information management, compliance, accreditation, quality and patient safety, nursing, pharmaceuticals, medical staff, credentialing, long-term care, physician practice, infection control, and safety, Visit the Healthcare Marketplace at www.hcmarketplace.com for information on any of our products, or to sign up for one or more of our free online e-zines.

How to Treat People: A Nurse's Notes

Author: Molly Case
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 1324003472
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
A fascinating and poignant memoir of the body and its care, told through the experiences of a young nurse. As a teenager, Molly Case underwent an operation that saved her life. Nearly a decade later, she finds herself in the operating room again—this time as a trainee nurse. She learns to care for her patients, sharing not only their pain, but also life-affirming moments of hope. In doing so, she offers a compelling account of the processes that keep them alive, from respiratory examinations to surgical prep, and of the extraordinary moments of human connection that sustain both nurse and patient. In rich, lyrical prose, Case illustrates the intricacies of the human condition through the hand of a stranger offered in solace, a gentle word in response to fear and anger, or the witnessing of a person’s last breaths. It is these moments of empathy, in the extremis of human experience, that define us as people. But when Molly’s father is admitted to the cardiac unit where she works, the professional and the personal suddenly collide. Weaving together medical history, art, memoir, and science, How to Treat People beautifully explores the oscillating rhythms of life and death in a tender reminder that we can all find meaning in being, even for a moment, part of the lives of others.

The Wet Nurse's Tale

Author: Erica Eisdorfer
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101108967
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
A debut novel set in Victorian England with a delightfully cheeky heroine who will have everyone talking. Susan Rose is not your average Victorian heroine. She's promiscuous, lovable, plump, and scheming. Luckily for Susan, her big heart is covered by an equally big bosom, and her bosom is her fortune- for Susan becomes a professional wet nurse, like her mother before her, and she makes it her business to know all the intrigues and scandals that the upper crust would prefer to keep to themselves. When her own child is caught up in a family scandal, Susan must use all of her street smarts to rescue her baby from the powerful mistress of the house. The scheme she weaves is bold and daring, and could spell ruin if she fails-but Susan Rose has no intention of failing.

Mad Men, Bad Girls

Author: Maggie Groff
Publisher: Pan
ISBN: 9781742611891
Category : Davis, Scout (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 376

Book Description
Meet Scout Davis.Investigative journalist. Tea enthusiast. Guerilla knitter.When an American cult moves to the Gold Coast, Scout's investigative antennae start quivering. She sets out to expose the cult's bizarre practices, but when she learns the identity of a recent recruit, her quest becomes personal. And dangerous.Meanwhile, her sister Harper, Head of Sport at a posh school, needs a favour regarding a strange case of vandalism. But Scout has her own secret. In the dead of night she sneaks out with the Guerilla Knitters Institute, an underground group of yarn bombers, to decorate Byron Bay with radical artworks. Scout suspects that the local police sergeant, Rafe Kelly, is hot on her tail. And she doesn't mind that one bit...

The Shift

Author: Theresa Brown
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1616206020
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 273

Book Description
Practicing nurse and New York Times columnist Theresa Brown invites us to experience not just a day in the life of a nurse but all the life that happens in just one day on a busy teaching hospital’s cancer ward. In the span of twelve hours, lives can be lost, life-altering treatment decisions made, and dreams fulfilled or irrevocably stolen. Unfolding in real time--under the watchful eyes of this dedicated professional and insightful chronicler of events--The Shift gives an unprecedented view into the individual struggles as well as the larger truths about medicine in this country. By shift’s end, we have witnessed something profound about hope and humanity.