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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale Lucile Davis A biography of the nurse and women's rights advocate who spent her life trying to improve medical standards. OL16052959W
The American Nurse The American Nurse Jones, Carolyn This extraordinary book of 75 portraits, interviews, and biographies is the result of the American Nurse Project, an endeavor launched by Fresenius Kabi, a worldwide leader in infusion therapy, IV ge… OL17612280W
Sisters in arms Sisters in arms Nicola Tyrer "The experiences of the Queen Alexandra nurses (QAs) in the Second World War are some of the greatest adventure stories of modern times and - incredibly - remain largely untold. Thousands of middle-c… OL17887225W
The good nurse The good nurse Charles Graeber After his December 2003 arrest, registered nurse Charlie Cullen was quickly dubbed "The Angel of Death" by the media. But Cullen was no mercy killer, nor was he a simple monster. He was a favorite so… OL19969263W
Empty hands, a memoir Empty hands, a memoir Ntleko, Abegail Sister "Now 79 years old, Sister Abegail looks back over her life and recounts the remarkable events that led to her becoming the mother of dozens of children orphaned by the AIDS crisis in South Africa"--P… OL20006225W
I wasn't strong like this when I started out I wasn't strong like this when I started out Lee Gutkind,Karen Wolk Feinstein This volume collects the stories of nurses at all stages of their careers: passionate, terrified, sometimes simply exhausted, as they discuss their experiences and the nursing profession, one of the … OL20020896W
Confessions of a male nurse Confessions of a male nurse Alexander, Michael (Nurse) From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, Michael Alexander never knew what he was getting himself into. But no, sixteen years since he first launched into his nursing career - as the only man i… OL20816516W
The island nurse The island nurse Julia MacLeod A story about life as community nurse on a remote Scottish island in the 70s. From simple insulin shots to unexpected babies. From helping a crippled lady bath to rescuing a chained woman. In sunny w… OL20865042W
A nurse and mother A nurse and mother Evelyn Prentis "At the end of World War II, Evelyn realised she had to find part-time work to make ends meet, and to her astonishment she was offered part-time hours at her old hospital."--Publisher's description. OL20876862W
A very private diary A very private diary Mary Morris Mary Mulry was eighteen years old when she arrived in London from Ireland to begin training as a nurse. The year was 1939. She had hoped for an adventure and a new start; she could not have predicted… OL20880197W
Serving in silence Serving in silence Margarethe Cammermeyer In 1989, during a routine interview for top-secret security clearance, U.S. Army Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer revealed she was a lesbian-- and began an ordeal that despite her distinguished twenty-… OL3486706W
Nurse on call Nurse on call Edith Cotterill Tales of the experiences of a Black Country (Staffordshire, England), District Nurse. OL4918542W
A NURSE'S WAR A NURSE'S WAR Brenda McBryde Branda BcBryde's remarkable account of her experiences as a nurse in the Second World War. Her uniquely moving story began on the eve of World War II when Branda McBryde enrolled as a trainee nurs… OL5183308W
Wide neighborhoods Wide neighborhoods Mary Breckinridge This is the autobiography of Mary Breckinridge, the woman who founded the Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) in the mountains of eastern Kentucky in 1925. Riding out on horseback, the FNS nurse-midwives … OL6092749W
District nurse District nurse Patricia Jordan Born in Belfast, Patricia Jordan left for England to train as a nurse in the 1940s and District nurse is her moving and humorous account of life as a visiting nurse in a small English town. She leave… OL6673493W
Moving Mountains Moving Mountains Claire Bertschinger "In Ethiopia in 1984, Claire Bertschinger, an International Red Cross nurse, was filmed surrounded by thousands of starving people and with limited supplies. She had the terrible task of choosing whi… OL8053182W