A Knapsack Full of Dreams: Memoirs of a Street Nurse

by Cathy Crowe

Book Overview

"My nurse hands once did more useful things. They immunized the fat, healthy thighs of infants, they carefully measured cardiac drugs to administer to young heart patients, they bathed both the elderly lady after her surgery and the 24-year-old Italian-Canadian woman after her death. My hands once mixed linseed poultices, rubbed twenty backs a night before darkness fell and, by flashlight, checked intravenous drips, catheters, and other tubing. They...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1525534521
• ISBN13: 9781525534522
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: FriesenPress
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"