The Flying Nurse

Name: The Flying Nurse
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780733648847
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Saving lives and swaddling babies from outback Australia to Africa and beyond

By Prudence Wheelwright

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The Flying Nurse by Prudence Wheelwright is a captivating memoir that chronicles the adventurous life of a nurse who takes to the skies. It explores her journey across various countries, highlighting her dedication to healthcare while navigating the challenges and unique experiences of flying. This inspirational tale underscores the resilience and compassion required to provide medical care in far-flung locales.
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You might enjoy this book if you are fascinated by stories of adventure and medical care, as it delves into the inspiring life of a nurse whose career takes flight, literally, as she journeys to remote places to bring aid to those in need. Through personal anecdotes, it offers a unique and compelling look at the intersection of aviation and nursing, providing both heartwarming and eye-opening experiences.

Intrepid Australian nurse Prue Wheelwright tells her extraordinary stories of helping patients, birthing babies and saving lives, working in outback Australia and around the world.

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Nurse and midwife Prue Wheelwright has worked in the most remote parts of Australia and around the world. In isolated, far-flung locations and on dangerous frontlines, this passionate and dedicated nurse has put her heart, and often her safety, on the line, day after day, year after year.

Prue shares all the challenges, the joys, and the heartbreaks in her life as a travelling nurse, from working in outback Australia to developing a paediatric HIV project in Tajikistan, setting up a 24-hour maternity hospital in an Ethiopian refugee camp, and working with the Saudi royal family. Most recently, she has joined the Royal Flying Doctor Service, combining her love of travel, adventure, and healthcare.

In her work, Prue has witnessed the extremes of humanity: the extraordinary highs and devastating lows. A highly skilled nurse with a huge heart, Prue will inspire you and move you with her tales of life at its most raw and real.

The Flying Nurse by Prudence Wheelwright offers a gripping insight into the life of a nurse committed to making a difference.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780733648847

Publisher: Hachette Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 March 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Hachette Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 400g

Pages: 304

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Biography & Memoir Non-Fiction Prudence Wheelwright

About the Author

Brought up on a rural property in NSW, Prue Wheelwright has been a qualified nurse since 2009 and a midwife since 2012. In Australia she has worked in Sydney, Alice Springs and remote Indigenous communities; and internationally in the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and with Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) in Tajikistan and Ethiopia, combining her nursing and midwifery skills. She has travelled extensively in over 70 countries and while her home base is in Crookwell in NSW, she has recently trained in emergency care nursing and joined the Royal Flying Doctor Service, based in Alice Springs. This is her first book.