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. ...

Nursery Activity is a series of graded activity books reinforcing pre-reading & early mathematical skills (for example matching sequencing & counting). The books cover concepts such as colours shapes & numbers & feature the appealing character of Eddy the teddy. Book 1
Includes:: numbers to 5 common shapes (circles/triangles/squares) comparative size (big/small) & colours.
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Nursery Sounds is a series of graded activity books in which Scamp the dog helps young children to learn letter sounds & to build & spell words. This book is suitable for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage who are learning to read & write. Book 3
Includes:: correct formation of vowels ('a' 'e' 'i' 'o' & 'u') the sounds made by the above letters at the start of a word alliteration (words beginning with the same sound) & sounds made by more than one letter ('sh' 'ch' & 'wh').
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Nursery Activity is a series of graded activity books reinforcing pre-reading & early mathematical skills (for example matching sequencing & counting). The books cover concepts such as colours shapes & numbers & feature the appealing character of Eddy the teddy. Book 4
Includes:: numbers to 9 comparative size (tall/short & long/short) positional words (above/next to) more colours.
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Nursery Activity is a series of graded activity books reinforcing pre-reading & early mathematical skills (for example matching sequencing & counting). The books cover concepts such as colours shapes & numbers & feature the appealing character of Eddy the teddy. Book 5
Includes:: numbers to 10 positional words (high/low) simple addition repeating patterns.
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Nursery Activity is a series of graded activity books reinforcing pre-reading & early mathematical skills (for example matching sequencing & counting). The books cover concepts such as colours shapes & numbers & feature the appealing character of Eddy the teddy. Book 6
Includes:: numbers to 10 adding one more & adding together two groups of objects repeating patterns & number sequences more colours.
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Nursery All About is a series of activity books that uses familiar cross-curricular themes to reinforce childrens early skills & conceptual understanding. All About Me covers: parts of the body using the senses favourite things looking after yourself. ...