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Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross created her classic seminal work, On Death and Dying, to offer us a new perspective on the terminally ill. It is not a psychoanalytic study, nor is it a "how-to" manual for managing death. Rather, it refocuses on the patient as a human being and a teacher, in the hope that we will learn from him or her about the final stages of life.

In 1943, Kathleen, then thirty, was a nurse-in-training at the Blackburn Royal Infirmary. For the next three years, she kept a meticulous diary of her day-to-day existence, leaving behind a vivid record of the real-time concerns of a busy, thoughtful woman on the frontline of the war at home. Kathleen’s days were never the same. She writes in clear and lively prose about life in the hospital: of her fellow nurses, her patients, about death and dying, and the progress of the war as wounded soldiers returned from Normandy in the summer of 1944.

What is the price of honor? It took 10 years for Vietnam War Nurse Diane Carlson Evans to answer that question - and the answer was a heavy one.

The harrowing, dramatic and profoundly moving story of the Australian and New Zealand nurses who served in the Great War. Now a major six-part television series. By the end of the Great War, 45 Australian and New Zealand nurses had died on overseas service and over 200 had been decorated. These were the women who left for war looking for adventure and romance but were soon confronted with challenges for which their civilian lives could never have prepared them.

The compelling untold story of a group of stranded U.S. Army nurses and medics fighting to escape Nazi-occupied Europe. When 26 Army nurses and medics-part of the 807th Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron-boarded a cargo plane for transport in November 1943, they never anticipated the...

In World War II, 59,000 women voluntarily risked their lives for their country as US Army nurses. For more than half a century these women's experiences remained untold, almost without reference in books, historical societies, or military archives. After years of research and hundreds of hours of interviews, Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee have created a dramatic narrative that at last brings to light the critical role that women played throughout the war.

An inspiring and astounding look at the extraordinary courage and contribution of Australian nurses and medics during the Vietnam War. From the best-selling author of Bush Nurses and Nurses of the Outback comes this collection of compelling and moving stories of our heroic nurses in the Vietnam War. Being a nurse always requires a cool head, a steady hand and an open heart. But if you're working in a war zone, the challenges are much harder.

Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873–1961) was a pioneering American nurse, journalist, and author who made her mark during World War I. In 1915, she bravely volunteered as one of the first American war nurses in Europe, serving in a French field hospital in Belgium. There, she meticulously documented the harrowing realities of war in a candid diary, revealing the grim and often darkly humorous experiences of wounded soldiers. Cynthia Wachtell, a research associate professor of American studies at Yeshiva University, delved into La Mottes life and her powerful war writings. Her explosive book, The ...

In the novel Little Women, Mr. March goes off to war. But in real life, it was Jo March (Louisa May Alcott herself, an avowed abolitionist) who traveled to Washington to nurse Northern soldiers. This is Alcott’s memoir but she chose to use the pseudonym “Tribulation Periwinkle” to tell her story. Despite the subject matter, her account is full of amusing anecdotes as she makes her way alone from Concord, Massachusetts to DC, trying to finagle a free ticket and convinced she will drown during the journey.

Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873–1961) was an American nurse, journalist, and author who made her mark during World War I. In 1915, she became one of the first American war nurses to volunteer in Europe, where she treated soldiers in a French field hospital in Belgium. La Motte kept a poignant diary that vividly captured the harrowing realities of war. As a professor of American studies who has devoted years to researching her life, I delved into her compelling war writings. Shortly after the war began, La Motte published her groundbreaking book, “The Backwash of War,” which presents a mix ...

The true, eye-opening account of how the NHS has been failed and what we can do to save it. ‘The NHS is an institution. But it’s also a political football, kicked back and forth between politicians for the past 75 years. It’s a burden to some and a potent vote-winner for others. It’s a...

What is Nursing? In an effort to answer this question, this podcast explores interesting stories in nursing by interviewing healthcare personnel at all levels of care. From the boardroom to the bedside....this podcast explores it all! Each podcast features an individual who pushes healthcare forward each and every day.

All seems tranquil as newly qualified Health Visitor Sarah motors into a small Kentish hilltop village in her new green mini. She’s barely out of the car when she’s called to assist the midwife with a bride who’s gone into labour in the middle of her own wedding reception. And so her...

We’re connecting with nurses and other health care professionals to hear their stories and learn what is exemplary and groundbreaking in the world of nursing right now. The stories they share are extraordinary, inspirational and at times, gut-wrenching. Join us as we explore what drives these individuals to answer the call to care and how their work impacts their lives and the lives of those they serve. Presented by UCHealth. Contact us at thenursesstation@uchealth.org

Life and other stuff as lived through a Nursing lens.

Nurse and Spy is a captivating account of one womans extraordinary experiences as she served on the front lines of the Civil War. Over the course of two years, she not only nursed the wounded but also assumed the perilous role of a spy, infiltrating enemy lines in various disguises—successfully completing this hazardous mission eleven times without ever being detected. Her time in the “Secret Service” and her dedicated work in hospitals are filled with thrilling and poignant stories that bring to life the struggles and triumphs of those turbulent times. - Summary from the ...

A medical podcast with a normal dude and a real working operating room registered nurse (with REALLY long hair), telling stories, chatting, and learning about the things that go on in the medical field.

Nurse Lucy Letby murdered seven babies and attempted to murder six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital. This is the true story of her horrific crimes. This new and exclusive podcast series examines her shocking murders, how she was able to get away with it for so long, and how she was finally arrested and brought to trial. New episodes weekly. By Joshua Perry-Parker. Enquiries: JoshuaPerryParker@gmail.com

Author NCR Davis (For the Boys -- The War Story of a Combat Nurse in Patton's Third Army) reads letters and service diary entries from Lt. Mary E. Balster, a nurse who will eventually find herself caring for the wounded and dying just behind the front lines of Patton's Third Army.

Since Britain's National Health Service was established in 1948 tens of thousands of Irish women and men left Ireland and went to train as nurses in the UK health service. Recruitment drives throughout the 1950s & 60s saw NHS staff travel around Ireland to interview and sign up mainly Irish teenage girls for nurse training. The Irish Nurses in the NHS Podcast series shares the experiences and lives of nurses who travelled from Ireland and helped build Britain's national health service over these decades up to the present day. In this series you'll hear from many of these Irish nurses; ...