The Silver Buckle by Eira Wynn Bish

The Silver Buckle by Eira Wynn Bish

I remember:

The smell of gangrene in huge bed sores and formaldehyde to treat epilepsy Botched backyard abortions. Caring for forty patients alone on night duty as a first year nurse The consultants round with the strict hierarchy of medical and nursing staff. The hard physical work and poor pay The community's love and respect for nurses. The lifelong friends and camaraderie. The fun and laughter along with some tears.These memories of my nurse training will stay with me forever.

'The Silver Buckle' is a personal memoir of training to be a Registered Nurse in South East London during the memorable 60s, when many rules and ideas were changing - including nursing. This was the time of mini skirts, rock 'n' roll music, young people challenging the status quo with their own music and fashion. Years of nurse training involved many other experiences too, often distressing and traumatic for an 18-year-old, such as the first death, terrible conditions, and rigid heirachy of medical and nursing personnel.

Bish, Eira Wynn: - Author trained and qualified as a registered nurse in 1968 before travelling and working as a trained nurse in Canada and Australia, working in a variety of nursing fields, including Emergency and Paediatric nursing. In 1971 she migrated to Australia and continued nursing as a registered nurse before transferring into nursing education and then completing a university diploma in nursing education in 1980. She continued to be involved in nursing education in both the hospital and tertiary systems before obtaining a post graduate degree in public health management. In her later nursing career she used her skills to teach medical terminology in community colleges before retiring in 2006.

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ISBN 13	9781645163077
ISBN 10	1645163075
Title	The Silver Buckle
Author	Eira Wynn Bish
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Eira Battaglia
Year published	2019-02-01
Number of pages	246
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