The language of kindness : a nurse's story
Watson, Christie
The language of kindness : a nurse's story - xiii, 326p. ; 23 cm
Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2018.
Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A&E to the mortuary, The Language of Kindness is an astounding account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness.
We watch Christie as she nurses a premature baby who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side during her patient’s agonising heart-lung transplant, and we hold our breath as she washes the hair of a child fatally injured in a fire, attempting to remove the toxic smell of smoke before the grieving family arrive.
In our most extreme moments, when life is lived most intensely, Christie is with us. She is a guide, mentor and friend. And in these dark days of division and isolationism, she encourages us all to stretch out a hand.
9781784706883 (pbk.) : £8.99
Nursing
Compassion
Resilience
Nurse-patient relations
Biography
WY 87.
The language of kindness : a nurse's story - xiii, 326p. ; 23 cm
Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2018.
Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A&E to the mortuary, The Language of Kindness is an astounding account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness.
We watch Christie as she nurses a premature baby who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side during her patient’s agonising heart-lung transplant, and we hold our breath as she washes the hair of a child fatally injured in a fire, attempting to remove the toxic smell of smoke before the grieving family arrive.
In our most extreme moments, when life is lived most intensely, Christie is with us. She is a guide, mentor and friend. And in these dark days of division and isolationism, she encourages us all to stretch out a hand.
9781784706883 (pbk.) : £8.99
Nursing
Compassion
Resilience
Nurse-patient relations
Biography
WY 87.