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The story of the Covid crisis told by a nurse who was newly qualified as an advanced clinical practitioner, responsible for life and death decisions about the patients she saw. Covering her experiences, both before and during the pandemic, this book is by turns both heartbreaking and heartwarming, shining a light on the compassion and dedication of hospital staff during these dark days. -
What are the secrets of old London Bridge? Who was Big Ben? How do you tell if you're a proper cockney? How did the London stone allegedly bring about the creation of the city? Discover the answers to these questions and many other fascinating aspects of the Great British capital in this absorbing collection of stories and trivia. -
The first book to explore the inception of modern nursing from a transnational perspective, Carol Helmstadter studies the development of the new military nursing in the five Crimean War armies: British, French, Piedmont-Sardinian, Ottoman, and Russian. -
This bookmark is made of stiff card and has a navy ribbon attached. It features a quote by Cicely Saunders taken from The Management of Terminal Disease: Volume 1. The bookmark was created exclusively for the Florence Nightingale Museum. -
Founder of the St. Christopher's Hospice, and of the modern hospice movement, Dame Cicely Saunders' work transformed the management of pain, the care of the dying, and led to the establishment of the field of palliative medicine. This biography explores her extraordinary life. -
Mark your place in a good read with a charming bookmark that slips easily around your book. Fun and quirky, this is a lovely gift for the bookworm in your life, or indeed for you. -
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A set of paper encased pens that are flat enough to use as a bookmark. Choose one of the six lovely designs, from golden feather quill to very upmarket ballpoint, any time you are looking for a writing implement...or indeed a way to mark your page. A useful, unique and quirky gift for the book reader and notebook carrier in your life, or indeed for yourself! -
"Whenever I am infuriated, I revenge myself with a new diagram.”— Florence Nightingale, 1857 Florence Nightingale used colourful diagrams to persuade royals and generals to adopt reforms that prevented countless deaths. This volume tells the story of exactly how she did it. -
A great new kind of history book. Not only do you learn tales of the past, but it also explains where the tales come from and how and why they can change depending upon who is telling them, and why. -
Goodreads calls this book, A love letter to data storytelling, and the book itself states that it takes readers on a journey through this subject, capturing its essence, with each chapter unveiling a rich tapestry of insights, tracing the evolution of charts from mere shadows of civilisation to potent instruments of persuasion. -
From the very beginning, in 1948, the National Health Service (NHS) actively recruited Irish women and men were to train and work as nurses in British hospitals. By the 1960s approximately 30,000 Irish-born nurses were working across the institution, making up around 12% of all nursing staff. Based on 45 interviews, this book tells the stories of Irish nurses in their own words using rich oral history and photographs. -
Brighten your feet with these funky coloured socks. Ideal for microbiologists and medical professionals as the socks are covered with brightly coloured images of bacteria.
