The Children's Nurse - The True Story of a Great Ormond Street Nurse

When Susan Macqueen was a child, she knew she wanted to be a nurse. Despite being told her grades weren't good enough, Susan was accepted on to a nurse training course and never looked back. Over forty years later and, on her third attempt, Susan finally retired from Great Ormond Street Hospital in 2011, and is now enjoying a more leisurely pace of life. She is the President of the Great Ormond Street Nurses' League and still works for the Hospital in a consultative role. Klappentext This Child First and Always [shoutline] It's 1969 and London is alive with change. Susan Macqueen is about to take on the job of a lifetime: becoming a nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital. More than 40 years on, Susan never looked back. In this, her enchanting memoir, she recounts life at the hospital and the brave children and parents she met along the way. Filled with stories of hope, tragedy and laughter, The Children's Nurse is the extraordinary tale of a woman who dedicated herself to her work - never ending night shifts, intimidating Sisters and the children and their families. The memoir of a Great Ormond Street nurse. Zusammenfassung The memoir of a Great Ormond Street nurse.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Macqueen, Macqueen Susan
• Publisher: Orion
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.04.2013
• EAN: 9781409129172
• ISBN: 978-1-4091-2917-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Biography: general, MEDICAL / Nursing / Nurse & Patient, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (incl. Patients), Nurse/Patient Relationship, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General