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Recounts the experiences of American military nurses serving overseas during World War II.

"Profiles the life and accomplishments of Clara Barton, a teacher who organized efforts to bring nursing care to wounded soldiers during the Civil War and who went on to become the founder of the American Red Cross.

"In the winter of 1941, as Japanese bombs began to fall on Luzon, American Army and Navy nurses stationed in the Philippines suddenly found themselves caught in a fiery hell of war.

Margarete Dos moved with her family to Berlin on the eve of World War II.

Clara Barton made a difference in the lives of many wounded soldiers during the American Civil War.

Sharon Brautner, a nurse in New York's Bellvue psychiatric ward, meets a mental patient who is really a multitalented eccentric--and he wants to include her in his grand plans to change the world.

"This photo-illustrated book for early readers describes what nurses do in the clinic, hospital, or emergency room and how they work to help keep us healthy and well"--.

Looks at the life and times of Florence Nightingale, a pioneer of modern nursing.

Examines the many life altering decisions made at a hospital's cancer ward and the stories behind four lives that were changed in this one day during the author's shift there as a nurse.

"Nurses are in short supply, and the shortage will become greater in the future.

Drawing for interviews and undercover hospital observations, the author offers a detailed, sympathetic, and eye-opening portrait of how nurses work, deal with stresses, and fulfill their mission of serving patients.

"After four years as a military nurse, Charlotte Brown is ready to leave behind the devastation of the Great War.

Looks at the life and work of Florence Nightingale, the Englishwoman considered to be the founder of modern nursing.

When baby Gabriel's health takes a turn for the worse, the lives of those involved are forever changed.

"Hospice nurse Stella prefers the night shift after Afghanistan left her veteran husband a changed man, haunted at night by memories he can't bring himself to share.