The War Nurse
Author: Wood, Tracey Enerson
ISBN: 9781492698166
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RM208.77
Publisher,Sourcebooks Landmark
Publication Date,
Format, Hardcover
Weight, 476.27 g
No. of Pages, 294
Superintendent of Nurses Julia Stimson and sixty-five inexperienced young nurses arrive on the front lines of WWI to find chaos. With 1,300 soldiers stuffed into a facility built for 500, providing even the most basic care is challenging-and Julia quickly learns that male doctors see her as a threat to their authority. Based on a true story, The War Nurse follows Julia through WWI in France, while the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic overwhelms medical resources. Julia must confront an unthinkable choice-to challenge her profession and risk her hard-won career, or to let the people she loves die in her arms--