' 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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' It must be stressed from the start that I was not a born nurse. Not every girl is. Not every nurse is either however wholeheartedly she may throw herself into the project once she gets going. Born nurses can be easily recognised. They have a little something the others haven't got which never seems to desert them however desperate the circumstances may become.' Desperate circumstances were something Evelyn Prentis had to get very used to when she began her life as a nurse. It was in 1934 that Evelyn left home for the first time to enrol as a trainee at a busy Nottingham hospital in the hope of GBP25 a year. A Nurse in Time" is her affectionate & funny account of those days of dedication & hardship when never-ending nightshifts strict Sisters & permanent hunger ruled life & joy was to be found in a late-night pass & a packet of Woodbines." ...

' 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. ...

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 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 2
Includes:: numbers to 6 common 2-D shapes comparative size (big/small) & more 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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