The Silver Buckle: Personal Memories of a student nurse in training during the momentous 'swinging 60s in SE London

By Eira Wynn Bish

I remember:

The smell of gangrene in huge bed sores and formaldehyde to treat epilepsy Botched backyard abortions. Caring for forty patients alone on night duty as a first year nurse  The consultants round with the strict hierarchy of medical and nursing staff. The hard physical work and poor pay The community's love a

• Language: English
• Publisher: Eira Battaglia
• Release date: Feb 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9780646872834

Eira Wynn Bish

Author trained and qualified as a registered nurse in 1968 before travelling and working as a trained nurse in Canada and Australia, she worked in a variety of nursing fields, including Emergency and Paediatric nursing. In 1971 she migrated to Australia and continued nursing as a registered nurse before transferring into nursing education and completed a university Diploma in Nursing Education in 1980. She continued to be involved in nursing education in both the hospital and tertiary systems before obtaining a post graduate degree in Public Health Management. In her later nursing career she used her skills to teach medical terminology in community colleges before retiring in 2006.