Brussels 1915. It is a frosty April evening in occupied Belgium when a beautiful young woman finds herself on the run from the enemy. Also being pursued is Ned Scott a British army major who has been badly injured. The pair find themselves at a hospital run by the famous Edith Cavell who agrees to treat the major while offering them both refuge & a false identity
- she names the young girl Anna. However it seems no one is safe & as details of Anna's true identity emerge the enemy's net tightens. Meanwhile the major is torn between his desire to stand by brave Edith & the knowledge that he must escape. Closely watched wherever they go is there anyone these three people can trust? & will love have the power to overcome the horrors of war?
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This book the second in a series of four unique War Diaries produced in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum will tell a story that is rarely heard: the experiences of a nurse working close to the Western Front in the First World War. Incredibly Edith Appleton served in France for the whole of the conflict. Her bravery & dedication won her the Military OBE the Royal Red Cross & the Belgian Queen Elisabeth medal among others. Her diary details with compassion all the horrors of the war to end wars including the first use of poison gas & the terrible cost of battles such as Ypres but she also records what life was like for nurses & how she spent her time off-duty. There are moments of humour amongst the tragedy & even lyrical accounts of the natural beauty that still existed amidst all the destruction. ...

This book the second in a series of four unique War Diaries produced in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum tells a story that is rarely heard: the experiences of a nurse working close to the Western Front in the First World War. Incredibly Edith Appleton served in France for the whole of the conflict. Her bravery & dedication won her the Military OBE the Royal Red Cross & the Belgian Queen Elizabeth medal among others. Her diary details with compassion all the horrors of the 'war to end wars' including the first use of poison gas & the terrible cost of battles such as Ypres but she also records what life was like for nurses & how she spent her time off-duty. There are moments of humour amongst the tragedy & even lyrical accounts of the natural beauty that still existed amidst all the destruction. ...

Attractive clever & wilful Lily Knowles is desperate to leave home. So at twenty-one she escapes to London to train as a nurse where she gathers many admirers
- none more dashing than RAF officer Sandy Redfern with whom she falls in love. But the coming of war with the chaos of the Blitz brings upheavals & unforeseen entanglements. On hearing of Sandys reckless affair with a married woman a heartbroken Lily throws herself into her work. Then further changes in circumstances bring her to a busy RAF hospital in Hampshire where a faithful childhood sweetheart persuades her to become engaged to him. & then fate brings Sandy Redfern back into her life physically scarred by burns & inwardly embittered. What of their once passionate love & her present commitment? Can the past ever be recaptured?
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' We were quickly learning to live with war. We became very proficient at moving the patients who could walk quickly to the shelters when the sirens went. We were equally proficient at talking those who couldn't walk into believing that they would be safe where they were. Some believed us others didn't.' Surprising Matron as well as herself Evelyn Prentis managed to pass her Finals & become a staff-nurse. Encouraged she took the brave leap of moving from Nottingham to London
- brave not least because war was about to break. Not only did the nurses have to cope with stray bombs & influxes of patients from as far away Dunkirk but there were also RAF men stationed nearby
- which caused considerable entertainment & disappointment & a good number of marriages... But despite all the disruption to the hospital routine Evelyn's warm & compelling account of a nurse in action shows a nurse's life would always revolve around the comforting discomfort of porridge & rissoles bandages & bedpans.

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' Joanna had scraped up the uneaten rice pudding from all the plates & stuffed it into a spare pillow case. Louisa & Rebecca had collected the bunches of grapes which the patients' kind relatives had brought them & were treading them into wine in the hospital hip-bath. Daniel had swapped round all the charts at the heads of the patients' beds which told what was wrong with them & added a few suggestions of his own. Romilly had turned the Little Ones' cots upside down & made sort of wooden cages out of them; & the Little Ones were pretending to be in a zoo. All the other children were doing simply dreadful things too.' The Brown children have feigned illness & been taken to hospital but with Nurse Matilda running the show they have little chance of keeping up their antics for long. ...

Orphan Mabel Courts dreams come true when she enters the Booth Street Poor Law Infirmary as a probationer nurse. But it is August 1914 & her world is about to be turned upside down. She soon meets Norah Mc Loughlin another probationer & the two girls
- together with Mabels childhood friend Maudie now a music-hall dancer
- become firm friends. As war rages across Europe they try to keep their spirits up but when Mabels fiance Harry Drover is wounded at the battle of the Somme Mabel realises that the life she & Harry had always hoped for is now impossibility. Then when Maudie falls pregnant by an officer & Norahs young man is lost at sea all three girls are forced to face the fact that life will never be the same again.

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Are you managing other people? If so you will find this an indispensable guide to situations & problems faced by ward managers sisters & charge nurses today. This new edition retains the books practical approach providing hints & tips on cutting through bureaucracy to ensure patient care remains uppermost on your agenda. This book will help you to: manage your time; create a positive work environment; ensure care is patient-centred; manage your budget; be politically aware; & manage difficult staff & situations. ...

Torn between love & duty... Following a disastrous marriage to a miner Karen has devoted herself to a nursing career. Rising to the challenge of caring for the wounded soldiers returning home from the Great War she has resigned herself to putting her vocation before any hope of a romantic life. However she finds herself drawn to handsome troubled Patrick Murphy. But Patrick is also a Catholic priest. Dare Karen risk scandal & her position by falling for the one man she cannot have...? ...

The new edition of this highly popular book is an indispensable guide to daily procedures & problems for nurses starting work on the ward or returning to practice. It provides guidance in a variety of areas including: how to organise your job & yourself; how to assess patients; clinical information on a wide range of conditions; important principles procedures & investigations; how to administer drugs safely; & what to do in an emergency. As well as information on how to do the job the importance of communication & nursing care issues is emphasised. Background information is also given on underlying legal health & safety issues. ...