Hurry up Nurse

The nursing profession called to her from a young age. but to make it in this business, she'll have to grow up fast.leicester, 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.as 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.in 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.hurry up nurseis 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.