Matron on Call: More True Stories of a 1960s NHS Nurse Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Matron on Call: More True Stories of a 1960s NHS Nurse Book

That's the thing about Casualty - one minute you were trying desperately to save someone's life the next you were trying to stop a simple nosebleed. Since training to be a nurse in the 1960s and with an NHS career spanning over forty years Joan Woodcock has seen it all. Working on hospital wards and in prisons and police units Joan quickly learned to keep a cool head whatever the situation. Here she recounts the highs and lows of her time in the casualty unit. Taking place over twenty-four hours one New Year's Eve Matron on Call shows what really goes on behind the scenes in Accident and Emergency. Joan deals with every manner of injury: from broken limbs horrific road accidents and fatal heart attacks to drunken patients jumping the queue ingrown toenails and earache Joan shares her memories and tales. Funny poignant and compelling this is a heartwarming portrait of a dedicated professional.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    Matron on Call does for the north of England what Gilda O'Neill and Jennifer Worth did for the East End. That's the thing about Casualty - one minute you were trying desperately to save someone's life, the next you were trying to stop a simple...

  • 0755361520
  • 9780755361526
  • Joan Woodcock
  • 19 January 2012
  • Headline
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 384
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