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From acclaimed author and registered nurse Amanda Skenandore, a fascinating historical novel based on the little-known story of America's first nursing school, as a young female grifter in 1880s New York evades the police by conning her way into Bellevue Hospital's training school for nurses….
Jun 23, 2022 · Based on the little-known story of America’s first nursing school, a young female grifter in 1880s New York evades the police by conning her way into Bellevue Hospital’s training school for nurses, while a spate of murders continues to follow her as she tries to leave the gritty streets of the city behind….
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The Nurse's Secret offers a glimpse of what life was like for America's very first professional nurses. What were some of the most significant differences you noticed between early nursing as it's represented in the novel and your understanding of the profession today?
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Jun 29, 2022 · Based on Florence Nightingale’s nursing principles, Bellevue is the first school of its kind in the country. Where once nurses were assumed to be ignorant and unskilled, Bellevue prizes discipline, intellect, and moral character, and only young women of good breeding need apply.
Jun 28, 2022 · Amanda Skenandore brings her medical expertise to a page-turning story that explores the evolution of modern nursing—including the grisly realities of nineteenth-century medicine—as seen through the eyes of an intriguing and dynamic heroine.
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Jun 28, 2022 · The Nurse's Secret: A Thrilling Historical Novel of the Dark Side of Gilded Age New York City. Kindle Edition. A young female grifter in 1880s New York cons her way into America’s first nursing school, but a spate of unexplained murders follows in her wake….
Skenandore, a nurse herself, explores this history through the adventures of con artist and pickpocket Una Kelly, who seems destined for the prison on Blackwell’s Island. She trusts no one and, in a moment of greed, betrays the one person who has always looked out for her.