Sixty Years a Nurse [electronic resource]
Hazard, Mary2015
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When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse's training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 years later – one of the longest ever serving NHS nurses. For Mary, raised in a strict convent in rural south Ireland, working in her first London hospital was a shocking and life-changing experience. Against a backdrop of ongoing rationing and poverty, she saw for the first time the horrors of disease, the heart-breaking outcomes of failed abortions – and faced the genuine shock of seeing a man naked for the first time! 60 Years a Nurse follows the dramas and emotions as Mary found her feet during those early years. From the firm friends she made under the ever-watchful gaze of Matron and the sisters, to the eclectic mix of Londoners she strove to care for; the Teddy Boys she danced with and the freedom of living away from home; and her own burgeoning love story, as extraordinary as it was romantic – these are the funny and heartwarming moments that helped Mary to follow her dream.
Main title:
Sixty Years a Nurse [electronic resource] / Mary Hazard
Author:
Hazard, Mary, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins Publishers, 2015
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
ISBN:
9780008118389
Language:
English
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BRN:
2308552