The Courage to Care

Resumen del libro

Nurses have never been more important. We benefit from their expertise in our hospitals and beyond: in our schools, on our streets, in prisons, hospices and care homes. When we feel most alone, nurses remind us that we are not alone at all.

In The Courage to Care bestselling author Christie Watson reveals the remarkable extent of nurses' work:- A community mental-health nurse choreographs support for a man suffering from severe depression- A teen with stab wounds is treated by the critical-care team; his school nurse visits and he drops the bravado- A pregnant woman loses frightening amounts of blood following a car accident; it is a military nurse who synchronises the emergency department into immaculate order and focus. Christie makes a further discovery: that, time and again, it is patients and their families - including her own - who show exceptional strength in the most challenging times. We are all deserving of compassion, and as we share in each other's suffering, Christie Watson shows us how we can find courage too.

Biografía del autor

Christie Watson (Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Reino Unido) se formó como enfermera pediátrica en el Hospital Great Ormond Street de Londres, y trabajó como enfermera, docente y enfermera jefe durante diez años, antes de matricularse en la Universidad de East Anglia para cursar un máster en Escritura Creativa. Allí ganó la Beca Malcolm Bradbury. El frágil vuelo de los pájaros, su primera novela, fue galardonada con el prestigioso Costa First Novel Award 2011; además de cosechar un gran éxito de crítica y ventas en Reino Unido, Estados Unidos y Nigeria, será publicada en breve en distintos idiomas. Christie Watson vive en el sur de Londres con su compañero ;nigeriano y musulmán; y su hija, y ultima su segunda novela mientras sigue trabajando como enfermera.