I have a passion for vintage books about nurses – just ask
my PICU friends who were forced to read vintage Harlequin romances about nurses
one year for Nurses Week. One of
my favorites is the Cherry Ames series.
The series started in the 1940’s and ran through the late 1960’s. In that time, Cherry had about 23
jobs. She was a major
job-hopper.
Cherry paid her dues, she spent some time in the Army right
out of nurses training (they got trained back then, kind of like monkeys) and then worked nights – even supervised on the night
shift. Note her supervisory look of concern for the angry gentleman patient:
Quite the single girl on the move, Cherry had some great
jobs and the occasional fling with a young good-looking doctor, but she never
really settled down. Cherry is my
hero. Two of the best jobs she
had, I think, were her stint as a Dude Ranch Nurse…
(I guess all of her flings were not with doctors - she's giving that cowboy the eye)
…and Department Store Nurse.
Seriously, I would be a GREAT Department Store Nurse!
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