description: An intriguing and extremely honest memoir which recounts the diverse, amusing and often shocking experiences of a UK and globally engaged nurse spanning a colourful 42-year career. The author shares fascinating personal stories and reflections on her loving intergenerational upbringing in northern England, which paved the way for her success as a self-confident and compassionate nurse – despite her parents having different career aspirations for their daughter. She also divulges what gave her the personal strength to keep going when times were hard, the importance of her Christian faith and downtime, and the devastating diagnosis of dementia in the family. She also reveals how she thrived and survived through the ups and downs of her nursing career, starting with her student nurse days at the Nightingale School of Nursing in 1978. The unforgettable anecdotes and memories of her four-plus-decade-career are presented in seven specific (and very different) spheres of practices and are amusing, entertaining, and emotional in equal measure. As well as meeting the rich and famous, UK royalty and many global healthcare leaders, she also received awards, nursed all over the world and faced her own personal and professional challenges. These powerful and gripping memoirs will interest a broad range of readers and aspire to inspire those entering or currently practising in the noble nursing profession.
title: FLIGHTS OF A NIGHTINGALE: Memoirs of a nurse’s wider exploits