{"product_id":"hurry-up-nurse-dawn-brookes-9781913065355","title":"Hurry up Nurse: Memoirs of nurse training in the 1970s","description":"The nursing profession called to her from a young age. But to make it in this business, she'll have to grow up fast.\u003cp\u003eLeicester, 1977. Dawn Brookes was excited to trade in her job for a career. While her family worried the hard-partying girl was too immature to take it seriously, the teen eagerly launched into her training as a nurse. But nothing prepared her for the stressful chaos of working in high-stakes hospital wards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs sickness, death, and struggle became part of her daily routine, the inexperienced woman labored to keep it all together. And each day turned into a challenge to push forward with the relentless admissions of those in need of care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this raw and frequently hilarious account of nursing in the 1970s, Dawn Brookes gives a brilliant insight into a beautiful and poignant world. And from changing bedpans to taking orders from razor-sharp sisters who dominated her work, she pulls back the curtain on the sweetest and ugliest sides of this often overlooked role.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHurry Up Nurse\u003c\/em\u003e is a touching and humorous memoir. If you like honest accounts, zany situations, and seemingly insurmountable odds, then you'll love Dawn Brookes's compassionate memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dawn Brookes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1913065359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913065355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oakwood Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.66d","brand":"Dawn Brookes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074131620095,"sku":"9781913065355","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c5fbd79-dbe8-4f0d-bfbb-bc233ccc2155.jpg?v=1685451970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hurry-up-nurse-dawn-brookes-9781913065355","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}