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The memoir of a Great Ormond Street nurse.

This is the inspirational story of life as a nurse during the 1960s, 70s and 80s, most of which was spent at Great Ormond Street Children''s Hospital.

Susan Macqueen was 12 years old when she accompanied her mum to see her friend Ms Fairweather, the matron at the local nursing home and from that day on she knew she wanted to be a nurse. A few years later, despite being told that her grades weren''t good enough and having left school with only two O-Levels, Susan was accepted on the three-year nurses training course at Addenbooke''s hospital in Cambridge. It wasn''t long before Susan knew she wanted to work with children and set her sights on a job at Great Ormond Street. Thirty-five years later, on her third attempt, Susan has finally retired from that iconic hospital and is enjoying a more leisurely pace of life.

Hope, despair, laughter and tears, Susan''s stories move the reader through the incredible stories

The Childrens Nurse

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    Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
    Publication Date: 25/04/2013
    ISBN13: 9781409129172, 978-1409129172
    ISBN10: 1409129179

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    The memoir of a Great Ormond Street nurse.

    This is the inspirational story of life as a nurse during the 1960s, 70s and 80s, most of which was spent at Great Ormond Street Children''s Hospital.

    Susan Macqueen was 12 years old when she accompanied her mum to see her friend Ms Fairweather, the matron at the local nursing home and from that day on she knew she wanted to be a nurse. A few years later, despite being told that her grades weren''t good enough and having left school with only two O-Levels, Susan was accepted on the three-year nurses training course at Addenbooke''s hospital in Cambridge. It wasn''t long before Susan knew she wanted to work with children and set her sights on a job at Great Ormond Street. Thirty-five years later, on her third attempt, Susan has finally retired from that iconic hospital and is enjoying a more leisurely pace of life.

    Hope, despair, laughter and tears, Susan''s stories move the reader through the incredible stories

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