Книга "Sixty Years a Nurse" рассказывает историю жизни Мэри Хазард, которая начала свою медицинскую карьеру в 18 лет в Патни, после окончания Второй мировой войны. Мэри не могла представить, что это станет началом богатой и насыщенной карьеры, которая продлится на протяжении 60 лет - один из самых долгих сроков работы в Национальной службе здравоохранения. Для Мэри, выросшей в строгом монастыре на юге Ирландии, работа в первой лондонской больнице стала шокирующим и жизненно важным опытом. В условиях постоянного дефицита и бедности Мэри впервые увидела ужасы болезней, трагические последствия неудачных абортов и столкнулась с настоящим шоком, увидев голого мужчину впервые в жизни!
"Sixty Years a Nurse" описывает драмы и эмоции, которые Мэри переживала в течение своих первых лет работы медсестрой. Она заводила тесные дружеские отношения с сестрами и пациентами, стараясь заботиться о разнообразных лондонцах, танцевала с "Teddy Boys" и наслаждалась свободой жизни вдали от дома. Книга рассказывает о ее собственной любовной истории, такой необычной и романтичной, что вызывает смех и трогательные чувства. Все эти моменты, полные юмора и тепла, помогли Мэри следовать своей мечте.
When 18 - year- old Mary Hazard touched land in the post - war town of Putney, ready to start her training as an RN, she had no idea that it would mark the start of an extraordinary nursing career spanning six decades – one that is not only one of the most productive, but also perhaps one of our great love stories too.
Mary, raised in strict seclusion in rural southern Ireland, came to London and its hospitals for her first experiences as a nursing student expecting life-altering shocks. She lived through the eerie abandonment of rationing; she saw the horror of serious illness for the first - hand; heard tale of abortions that were botched; and witnessed a naked man's god - given nudity for the very first time - all alongside being confronted with a truly striking, if upsetting, truth: it's possible to love your job.
Sixty Years a Nurse stories the drama and emotion of Mary's first few years as she measured her weight and learned to walk on her own terms. It's the establishment of female friendships under the tacit approval of nurse matrons, and of the various mixes and mismatches of her charges; it's dances with members of the effete Ted Boy cabaret; it' s the sense of liberation in leaving home; it'si n too long the heart of a great, true love story - reckless, funny, even heartbreaking moments that can help explain why Mary pursued this particular dream so passionately. So much so that it almost defies the notion that so many devastating historical realities must have intervened. Still, remembering it really helps make sense of just why and how those let none dull her light in so often surprised as she cared for both seriously ill and deeply wounded patients - men and women alike.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9780008118389
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When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse’s training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 years later – one of the longest ever serving NHS nurses.For Mary, raised in a strict convent in rural south Ireland, working in her first London hospital was a shocking and life-changing experience. Against a backdrop of ongoing rationing and poverty, she saw for the first time the horrors of disease, the heart-breaking outcomes of failed abortions – and faced the genuine shock of seeing a man naked for the first time!60 Years a Nurse follows the dramas and emotions as Mary found her feet during those early years. From the firm friends she made under the ever-watchful gaze of Matron and the sisters, to the eclectic mix of Londoners she strove to care for; the Teddy Boys she danced with and the freedom of living away from home; and her own burgeoning love story, as extraordinary as it was romantic – these are the funny and heartwarming moments that helped Mary to follow her dream.
