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    Bedpans to Boardrooms: The Nomadic Nurse Series, #2
    Having It All: The Nomadic Nurse Series, #3
    Ooh Matron!: The Nomadic Nurse Series, #1
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    The Nomadic Nurse Series

    By Sarah Jane Butfield and Martin Papworth

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    About this series

    Having it all, but at what cost for a career nurse and devoted mother?
    When one of my early mentors suggested that my nursing qualification, as a Registered General Nurse, would be my ticket to 'Having It All' I could not envisage what that would mean for me. As a nurse and a woman, who intended to have a family, I did not think too far ahead and any thoughts on how it would manifest itself in relation to my nursing career were limited to family-friendly options. However, this phrase became embedded in my subconscious and would end up influencing my goals, dreams, and aspirations both personally and professionally.
    For me, having it all was not based on greed or a materialistic wish list, instead, it described the tight rope walk that was my life, a finely balanced juggling act between my career, and my family. The truth was that I had survived a period in my life that physically and emotionally pushed me to the edge, and I was literally saved by the deep-seated love for my children. Now as I looked forward there was a ray of light beckoning and telling me it was time to start over. Might this be my happy ever after at last?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRukia Publishing
    Release dateSep 14, 2015
    Bedpans to Boardrooms: The Nomadic Nurse Series, #2
    Having It All: The Nomadic Nurse Series, #3
    Ooh Matron!: The Nomadic Nurse Series, #1

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 1

      Ooh Matron!: The Nomadic Nurse Series, #1
      Ooh Matron!: The Nomadic Nurse Series, #1

      Ooh Matron!: The Nomadic Nurse Series, #1

      Sarah Jane Butfield
      2/5 - 1 rating
      2/5 - 1 rating

      *****Award Winning Nurse Memoir***** I am not sure what Florence Nightingale would have made of Sarah Jane! The story starts with a sixteen-year-old country girl who, for no apparent reason at the time, suddenly decided that she wanted to be a nurse. Sarah Jane was entering adulthood with no obvious career path in sight. She had planned a traditional, some would say old fashioned, future. Her vision was to leave school, find a job in a local store, get married and eventually have children. Then everything changed, as she embarked on a journey which would help to map out her future by offering opportunities in a variety of places and healthcare settings. Find out how Sarah Jane deals with births, deaths and everything in between with laughter, tears and humility in this touching, sometimes heartrending, superbly written memoir.  ‘Ooh Matron!’ is the first book in The Nomadic Nurse Series. Each book in the series takes you on a journey through medical specialisms and environments that formed part of Sarah Jane’s nursing career. Throughout the series Sarah Jane uses her trademark honest and entertaining writing style to share insights into her thoughts, reflections and the changes in her personal life and circumstances as she moves forward in her career. 5-star reviewers say: "I laughed out loud at the hilarious antics, and was sobered by the genuine emotional moments that all health professionals will recognise. This is a book that will make you laugh and cry and you’ll feel better for it - The perfect prescription." Bookworm "This funny, yet poignant nursing memoir has Sarah Jane's trademark honest writing style which shines through in every story she tells. From starting her student nurse training in Essex to coping with patients in happy, sad and heart-breaking situations. It gives you a young woman's view into the realities of entering the world of nursing in the 1980’s. A highly entertaining and informative memoir which was able to take me from laughing out loud to having welled tears of empathy."

      *****Award Winning Nurse Memoir***** I am not sure what Florence Nightingale would have made of Sarah Jane! The story starts with a sixteen-year-old country girl who, for no apparent reason at the time, suddenly decided that she wanted to be a nurse. Sarah Jane was entering adulthood with no obvious career path in sight. She had planned a traditional, some would say old fashioned, future. Her vision was to leave school, find a job in a local store, get married and eventually have children. Then everything changed, as she embarked on a journey which would help to map out her future by offering opportunities in a variety of places and healthcare settings. Find out how Sarah Jane deals with births, deaths and everything in between with laughter, tears and humility in this touching, sometimes heartrending, superbly written memoir.  ‘Ooh Matron!’ is the first book in The Nomadic Nurse Series. Each book in the series takes you on a journey through medical specialisms and environments that formed part of Sarah Jane’s nursing career. Throughout the series Sarah Jane uses her trademark honest and entertaining writing style to share insights into her thoughts, reflections and the changes in her personal life and circumstances as she moves forward in her career. 5-star reviewers say: "I laughed out loud at the hilarious antics, and was sobered by the genuine emotional moments that all health professionals will recognise. This is a book that will make you laugh and cry and you’ll feel better for it - The perfect prescription." Bookworm "This funny, yet poignant nursing memoir has Sarah Jane's trademark honest writing style which shines through in every story she tells. From starting her student nurse training in Essex to coping with patients in happy, sad and heart-breaking situations. It gives you a young woman's view into the realities of entering the world of nursing in the 1980’s. A highly entertaining and informative memoir which was able to take me from laughing out loud to having welled tears of empathy."

    • 2

      Bedpans to Boardrooms: The Nomadic Nurse Series, #2
      Bedpans to Boardrooms: The Nomadic Nurse Series, #2

      Bedpans to Boardrooms: The Nomadic Nurse Series, #2

      Sarah Jane Butfield
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      Hold on tight, this is not what we expected to happen to the fun loving career nurse we met in Ooh Matron! Is Sarah Jane playing with fire? Sarah Jane's life is set to be turned upside down as she juggles the pursuit of her nursing career with the roles of wife and mother. Her nursing career deviates off course into the aged care sector to accommodate her personal life and calls for a variety of sacrifices and compromises to keep a career and family life on track. It's a journey that sees Sarah Jane dealing with childbirth, bereavement, divorce, miscarriage and child custody issues at the hands of a real life Casanova!   Beta reader comments: "This is more than a nursing memoir, it is a story of survival, friendship and love as Sarah Jane shares her desperate and at times painful experiences as a single mother."  "Aged care nursing in an Essex seaside town during a period of rapid growth in the nursing and care home sector. A must read memoir to reminisce with which will pull at your heart strings, raise a smile and may possibly make you shed a tear."

      Hold on tight, this is not what we expected to happen to the fun loving career nurse we met in Ooh Matron! Is Sarah Jane playing with fire? Sarah Jane's life is set to be turned upside down as she juggles the pursuit of her nursing career with the roles of wife and mother. Her nursing career deviates off course into the aged care sector to accommodate her personal life and calls for a variety of sacrifices and compromises to keep a career and family life on track. It's a journey that sees Sarah Jane dealing with childbirth, bereavement, divorce, miscarriage and child custody issues at the hands of a real life Casanova!   Beta reader comments: "This is more than a nursing memoir, it is a story of survival, friendship and love as Sarah Jane shares her desperate and at times painful experiences as a single mother."  "Aged care nursing in an Essex seaside town during a period of rapid growth in the nursing and care home sector. A must read memoir to reminisce with which will pull at your heart strings, raise a smile and may possibly make you shed a tear."

    • 3

      Having It All: The Nomadic Nurse Series, #3
      Having It All: The Nomadic Nurse Series, #3

      Having It All: The Nomadic Nurse Series, #3

      Sarah Jane Butfield
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      Having it all, but at what cost for a career nurse and devoted mother? When one of my early mentors suggested that my nursing qualification, as a Registered General Nurse, would be my ticket to 'Having It All' I could not envisage what that would mean for me. As a nurse and a woman, who intended to have a family, I did not think too far ahead and any thoughts on how it would manifest itself in relation to my nursing career were limited to family-friendly options. However, this phrase became embedded in my subconscious and would end up influencing my goals, dreams, and aspirations both personally and professionally. For me, having it all was not based on greed or a materialistic wish list, instead, it described the tight rope walk that was my life, a finely balanced juggling act between my career, and my family. The truth was that I had survived a period in my life that physically and emotionally pushed me to the edge, and I was literally saved by the deep-seated love for my children. Now as I looked forward there was a ray of light beckoning and telling me it was time to start over. Might this be my happy ever after at last?

      Having it all, but at what cost for a career nurse and devoted mother? When one of my early mentors suggested that my nursing qualification, as a Registered General Nurse, would be my ticket to 'Having It All' I could not envisage what that would mean for me. As a nurse and a woman, who intended to have a family, I did not think too far ahead and any thoughts on how it would manifest itself in relation to my nursing career were limited to family-friendly options. However, this phrase became embedded in my subconscious and would end up influencing my goals, dreams, and aspirations both personally and professionally. For me, having it all was not based on greed or a materialistic wish list, instead, it described the tight rope walk that was my life, a finely balanced juggling act between my career, and my family. The truth was that I had survived a period in my life that physically and emotionally pushed me to the edge, and I was literally saved by the deep-seated love for my children. Now as I looked forward there was a ray of light beckoning and telling me it was time to start over. Might this be my happy ever after at last?

    Author

    Sarah Jane Butfield

    Sarah Jane Butfield, born in Ipswich and raised in rural Suffolk, is a busy mother, grandmother, and international award-winning author. After combining a successful clinical nursing and nurse management career and navigating her way through three divorces and parenthood, she is an experienced modern-day mum to her 'Brady Bunch' and she loves every minute of their convoluted lives.  Known as the 'roving Florence Nightingale,' Sarah Jane has travelled across the world in the pursuit of her dreams and continues to do so now that her children are grown up, working as a travel writer/blogger. She is the author of an award-winning travel memoir series set in Australia and France.  Glass Half Full: Our Australian Adventure,  Two dogs and a suitcase: Clueless in Charente  Our Frugal Summer in Charente  These books, and the boxset, are regularly found high in the Amazon rankings, categories include ex-pat life, parenting, grief, PTSD, step-parenting, cooking, gardening, Australia and France travel.  In addition, Sarah Jane has also written the first three books in a series of self-help literature for aspiring and new self-published authors: The Accidental Author,  The Amateur Authorpreneur The Intermediate Authorpreneur,  Book one is permanently FREE to help any aspiring author get started on their writing and book promotion journey. Sarah Jane's most successful series is the aptly titled, The Nomadic Nurse Series, consisting of: Ooh Matron!   Bedpans to Boardrooms These nursing memoirs have won three book industry awards and have attracted 5-star reviews from the publishing industry and readers around the world. The eagerly awaited third book in this series is scheduled for release in September 2022! She loves to interact with her readers so feel free to connect on social media: Twitter: @SarahJanewrites  Facebook:  www.facebook.com/SarahJaneswriting www.facebook.com/AuthorSarahJaneButfield www.facebook.com/Twodogsandasuitcase  www.facebook.com/OurFrugalSummerinCharente www.facebook.com/Ooh-Matron-1646665865549530/timeline/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sarah_jane_rukia.publishing

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