District Nurse by Patricia Jordan (26-Apr-2012) Paperback

by Patricia Jordan

Paperback

About the author

Born in Belfast in July 1922, Patricia Jordan left her home town in 1944 to embark on a nursing career, beginning at Clare Hall Sanatorium, Barnet before going to train at the North Middlesex Hospital where she gained her S.R.N. Certificate in 1948. After a short period there as a Staff Nurse, she returned to Belfast to work for a year at Musgrove Park Hospital. She left for England once more to study at Sharoe Green Hospital, Preston, where she received her State Certified Midwifery Certificate in 1951, and in 1961 she was awarded the National Certificate of District Nursing. Her memoir, District Nurse, detailing her life as a nurse in the 1950s, was published in 1977.