So You Want to Be a Nurse
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This fascinating 4-part memoir of Chris Davies Curtis’ forty years as a nurse is divided into four parts. The ongoing story glides from one area to another, with personal recollections of her two marriages, and working in London, the tiny feudal Island of Sark, and New Zealand.
Part one; ‘The Student’ 1958-60, takes us to the 1950s as a trainee, where as students, nurses were trained in ward cleaning, cupping and applying leaches, as well as the finer points of total patient care.
Part two, ‘London:1960-66 and 1976. After marrying Ken, Chris variously works as a dental nurse, having to travel between the poorer East End and the wealthy Harley Street area; as a nurse in charge of minor operations, and as a district nurse, riding a bicycle round a rough area, and coping without modern day conveniences.
Part three: Sark; 1966-84 and 1984-2009; Chris and Ken move to Sark to open a guest house and smallholding. Chris’s life on Sark spans over two marriages, when she was the Island nurse working with the only doctor, sometimes having to act as locum if he was away. The many stories are both poignant and sometime funny.
Part four; New Zealand; 1972-74, 1976-84 and from 2009. The final section is set in New Zealand where Chris now lives, and where she was a rural district nurse, working on her own and on twenty-four-hour call. Again, she has many tales to tell.
To young present-day nurses this delightful book will give flashes into a world long gone, and to those of a contemporary age and experience, it will be a reminder.
To summarise the author’s message when asked ‘So you want to be a nurse?’ she replied ‘Yes, yes, yes.’
Christine Davies Curtis
Chris Davies Curtis now lives in the north of Auckland, in Whangaparaoa, Auckland, New Zealand to be near son Roy and family. Much of her very adventurous life has been spent as a community nurse, in London, the tiny feudal Island of Sark in the British Channel Isles, and New Zealand. She also ran a guest house and smallholding in Sark and toured New Zealand for two years in a Bedford van. She has travelled extensively, and now is writing about her experiences, self-illustrating her books.
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