The nursing profession called to her from a young age. But to make it in this business, shell have to grow up fast.Leicester, 1977. Dawn Brookes was excited to trade in her job for a career. While her family worried the hardpartying 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 highstakes 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 razorsharp 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 youll love Dawn Brookess compassionate memoir.

Binding: Paperback;294 pages; Publisher: Oakwood Publishing; Classification: N/A; Weight: 411.21 g; Dimensions: N/A

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