Please, Nurse!

A Student Nurse in the 1950s

Joan Lock

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Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
11 February 2014

Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; Nursing

When Joan Lock began her formal training as a young nurse in the 1950s, she was unprepared for the strict discipline and long hours which were to follow and quickly realised she was no Florence Nightingale. Her honest and humorous account of the next three years reveals her most intimate experiences of being a nurse: from dealing with temperamental surgeons to fighting off flirtatious patients.

Labelled a trouble-maker, Joan and her friends tested their strict Sisters' patience as they climbed through windows, slept through lectures and broke every thermometer that passed through their hands. But through it all, Joan found herself touched by the people she met and their heart-warming stories.

By: Joan Lock
Imprint: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Digital original
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 146g
ISBN: 9781409128137
ISBN 10: 140912813X
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 11 February 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joan Lock has been a saleswoman, nurse, police officer, market-research interviewer, employment bureau interviewer, assistant librarian, advertising copywriter and airline clerk. She is now a successful novelist.