Three Years in Starch: Unlikely Angels
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (868 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1490490779 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 258 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
An account of general nurse training in a large West Country hospital in the late 1950's to early 60's. Read about night duty in the haunted ward, the man on the balcony with a gun, the day sisters muslin cap fell in the bathwater, and much more, both funny and poignant.
"Three Years in Starch" according to Christine. A funny and informative book about nurse's training in the late 50's and early 60's. When training was intense , work was hard; but friendships were life long.Some of this was loss with the advent of progress.. It was a fun read for me ginger snap I am a nurse so the stories are more relavent to me than a person with no medical knowledge. It was a fun read for me. This was stories during the time I was in nurses training here in the USA. They had Government sponsored insurance in England so their patients stayed much longer than ours did and we had more modern medical care.. Three years in starch I found it very interesting as I. Was a student nurse in the U S at the exact same time.