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I was born in Widmore Road Maternity Hospital, Bromley before birth became a medicalised procedure. I was an only child and when I was 5, I went to Raglan Road Primary School. It was a rough school with some poor and ragged children. Mum told me I was too emotional and I needed “toughening up” and that’s why I was going to Raglan Road. Indeed many of the kids looked as if they had just dropped out of Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. They had ragged clothes, were smelly and had tide marks around their necks through lack of washing. I sometimes had tide marks to! However, I felt at home amongst this as I didn’t know anything else. This was South East London in the 1950’s and this was my childhood.
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Hazel is shy and sensitive and wants to be an artist or singer. However, at age eighteen, she commences her registered nurse training at King's College Hospital, London, to escape from a difficult home life and become independent.
Training in midwifery, tropical diseases, and cardiothoracic nursing, her love of art and music mingle with her nursing life, as she sings to the dying, makes Christmas decorations for the wards, and turns her room in the nurses' home into a miniature art studio.
From nursing leprosy patients at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, to suturing wounds on Heron Island, Queensland, Hazel writes candid stories of triumph, tragedy and hilarity, and expounds the close human connections that are formed between nurse and patient.
A baby Magpie was bullied by her family and other birds. Tired and exhausted she came to stay at Grandma's house.
This is her story
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A collection of 9 uniquely Australian Fables for children (of all ages). Featuring stunning illustrations and poignant tales:
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The nursing profession can be characterised as a unique blend of attributes and philosophies that encompass scientific knowledge and artistic process.
The interpersonal experience of caring in nursing is associated with a positivist sense of expression, acute observation, and compassion.
It shares with artistic experience an intense motivation and analysis that involves the creative engagement of the senses.
This research is informed by my forty-six years of working as a practicing registered nurse, and it takes an interdisciplinary approach between fine arts and nursing science to explore the elusive qualities of the human caring experience.
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The Commonwealth of Nations Anthems and Flags is a coffee table book and educational resource.
The book includes the anthems and flags of each of the countries within the Commonwealth of Nations.
Also featured are 53 illustrations of endangered animals, including the Monk Seal of Malta, the Black Rhino of Swaziland and the White Tiger of Bangladesh.
This book was a souvenir for the 2018, Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.
