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I would recommend this book to any reader interested in the development of health care An excellent read after the first book, I can't fault it on any way, just wish there were more. Very witty account of nursing in London in the eighties which appealed to me as I trained and lived at a London hospital. Love this book gave a flavour of nursing in a time when I was nursing, I hope this isn't the last in the series. Dawn Brookes is the author of Rachel Prince mystery series combining a unique blend of murder, cruising and medicine with a touch of romance. British author Ms Brookes has a 39 year nursing pedigree and takes regular cruise holidays for research purposes! She brings these passions along with a Christian background and a love of clean crime to her writing. The surname of her protagonist is in honour of her childhood dog, 'Prince', who used to put his head on her knee while she lost herself in books. Bestselling author of Hurry up Nurse: memoirs of nurse training in the 1970s and Hurry up Nurse 2: London calling, Dawn worked as a hospital nurse, midwife, district nurse and community matron across a thirty-nine year year career. Before turning her hand to writing for a living, she had multiple articles published in professional journals and co-edited a nurse textbook. She grew up in Leicester, later moved to London and Berkshire but now lives in Derbyshire. Dawn holds a bachelors degree with Honours and a Masters degree in education. Writing across genres, Dawn also writes for children. Dawn has a passion for nature and loves animals, especially dogs. Animals will continue to feature in her children's books as she believes caring for animals and nature helps children to become kinder human beings.
Features & Highlights
- From the first night when they encounter a screaming girl and discover cockroaches in the kitchen, these nurses' know they are in for challenging days ahead!
- London, 1980.
- Draughty windows, radiators that won't switch off, food that goes missing in the night and constant noise when trying to sleep in tiny rooms. Will these nurses' from all over the United Kingdom manage the stresses and strains of learning and shift work in a specialist hospital?
- This sequel to
- Hurry up Nurse: memoirs of nurse training in the 1970s,
- follows our young nurse to London. Here she moves into a nurses' home and takes up further training at a hospital in the heart of the capital’s East End.
- Hurry up Nurse 2 is another charming nursing biography that includes humour and compassion. There's a lot of nursing and medical history to pack in as the experiences are set in a hospital specialising in heart and chest surgery. Cancer chemotherapy is in its infancy, but open heart surgery is fast becoming routine. Tuberculosis is an ever present danger, so there’s a lot to learn and a lot to avoid. Added to all of this is the enquiring mind of a young nurse who, having been told to avoid the hospital God squad does the exact opposite.
- You will meet some lovable characters in this account. The charming Mr Robinson sees potential in a party-loving young nurse. The energetic Mrs Chang keeps the trainees on their toes. The young nurses still growing up find it a challenge to live in a rundown nurses’ home. A night porter who enjoys a midnight chat, and of course the patients’ who touch all of their lives.
- If you liked the first book in this series, you will love this one.
- Buy
- Hurry Up Nurse 2
- and take a trip to London today!
