{"product_id":"9781448146826","title":"Evelyn Prentis Bundle: A Nurse in Time\/A Nurse in Action","description":"\u003cp\u003eDesperate circumstances were something Evelyn Prentis had to get very used to when she began her life as a nurse. It was in 1934 that Evelyn left home for the first time to enrol as a trainee at a busy Nottingham hospital in the hope of £25 a year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Nurse in Time \u003c\/i\u003eis Evelyn's affectionate and funny account of those days of dedication and hardship, when never-ending nightshifts, strict Sisters and permanent hunger ruled life, and joy was to be found in a late-night pass and a packet of Woodbines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second memoir in this collection is \u003ci\u003eA Nurse in Action\u003c\/i\u003e. Surprising Matron as well as herself, Evelyn Prentis managed to pass her Finals and become a staff-nurse. Encouraged, she took the brave leap of moving from Nottingham to London - brave not least because war was about to break. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot only did the nurses have to cope with stray bombs and influxes of patients from as far away Dunkirk, but there were also RAF men stationed nearby - which caused considerable entertainment and disappointment, and a good number of marriages ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut despite all the disruption to the hospital routine, Evelyn's warm and compelling account of a nurse in action, shows a nurse's life would always revolve around the comforting discomfort of porridge and rissoles, bandages and bedpans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ebury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123873956080,"sku":"9781448146826","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781448146826_p0.jpg?v=1763829530","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781448146826","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}