Tales from Kentucky Nurses / William Lynwood Montell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montell, William Lynwood, 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nurses--Kentucky--Biography--Anecdotes.

Nurses.

Nursing--Kentucky--History--Anecdotes.

Nursing.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From frontier times to the present day, Kentucky nurses have served with intelligence and energy, always ensuring that their patients received the best available care. Noted folklorist and oral historian William Lynwood Montell collects nearly two hundred stories from these hard-working men and women in Tales from Kentucky Nurses. From humorous anecdotes to spine-chilling coincidences, tragic circumstances, and heartwarming encounters, the tales in this lively volume are recorded exactly as they were told to Montell.Covering medical practice in the state from the early twentieth century throu

Contents:

Introduction

The Frontier Nursing Service

Emergency room episodes

Baby births

Humorous accounts

Patient misbehavior

Inspirational tales

Nursing training and career memories

Doctors and nurse interns

Various types of stories

Governmental and business issues

Medications in earlier times

Conclusion

Biographies of storytellers

Index of stories by county, other states, and countries.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780813160733

0813160731

OCLC:

899942282