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The Courage to Care

A Call for Compassion

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The Courage to Care

By: Christie Watson
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Brought to you by Penguin.

A vital and timely book about inspirational nurses and the bravery of patients and families, from the best-selling author of The Language of Kindness.

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 best-selling 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. The courage to care.

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Loved it,have lived it , so many recognisable situations, emotions and memories. Truly a privilege.

A nurses story

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I love Christie's nursing memoirs both have taken me on an emotional journey through my career.

Feeling humbled

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Thank you for this book. I’m a student midwife with children similar ages to yours. It was so inspiring to hear your experiences.

Thank you

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This is the most fascinating, moving, informative and brilliantly crafted book. A lot of it will stay with me.

Brilliant

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Really enjoyed it, made me feel part of and in the story being told. Loved the author of the book!

Amazing book!

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