Price: ₹150
Pages: 64
ISBN: 0713450215
When Florence Nightingale went to nurse wounded soldiers in the crimean war during the 1850's her aim was to ease pain and suffering rather than necessarly to save lives. as medicine has become more sophesticated, so has the role of the nurse and, today,nurses are part of a highly specialized, highly trained team. The nurses who have contributed their memories to this book come from all branches of the profession--among them are hospital nurses,midwives,district nurses,mental nurses and health visitors from their words we learn how the working lives of nurses have altered over the years -recruitment,training,pay,status and day-to-day routine.although the nurses of today has many of the qualities of her victorian counterpart,she has come a long way from the image of the LADY OF THE LAMP.