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    Confessions of a Male Nurse
    Confessions of a Male Nurse
    Confessions of a Male Nurse
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    Confessions of a Male Nurse

    Written by Michael Alexander

    Narrated by John Sackville

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    From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.

    From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he was first launched into his nursing career – as the only man in a gynaecology ward – he’s pretty much dealt with everything: Body parts that come off in his hands; Teenagers with phantom pregnancies; Doctors unable to tell the difference between their left and right; Violent drunks; Singing relatives; Sexism; . . . and a whole lot of nudity.

    Confessions of a Male Nurse is a touching, shocking and frequently hilarious account of one man’s life in nursing.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateAug 2, 2012
    ISBN9780007490080
    Author

    Michael Alexander

    Michael Alexander is the pseudonym of a nurse who has previously worked in the UK and New Zealand.

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    • 3/5
      Confessions of a Male Nurse follows in the footsteps of books like Confessions of a GP and Life and Death on the Streets to chronicle the real-life experiences of a male nurse while he worked in both the UK and New Zealand. The book is split into short chapters dealing with one patient or one setting, and this makes the book very easy and quick to read. Perfect if you don’t want to be tied to reading a book for several days; it’s also easy to put down and pick up again without having to go back over parts of the story.Whilst I enjoyed reading Confessions of a Male Nurse, it wasn’t as humorous as I would have liked it to be, especially considering it’s marketed as “frequently hilarious”. There were some points when I had a little smile but nothing caused me to laugh out loud. There was also a lack of deep, emotional stories; at no point did I feel that the nurse was particularly affected by what he had seen on an emotional level. He did show frustration at the state of the NHS and some of the situations he was put in but if you are looking for a tell-all on the state of the National Health Service this isn’t the book for you.Overall Confessions of a Male Nurse was an enjoyable quick read. I would recommend it if you like similar books in this genre or fancy something light to read but if you are looking for real humour or an expose, you are going to be left wanting.
    • 5/5
      A heartwarming, lovely little book which I bought 1) as a bit of research and 2) to get away from those many books about the Great War I've been reading lately.

      This is well-written, a fast and yet at times quite intense story of a deeply caring bloke who happens to be a male nurse. I often laughed out loud, sometimes I hitched up with some of the harsher stories, I certainly learned some new things about nurses and it engendered respect and also reinforced a healthily sceptic look at hospital life and doctors.

      I will certainly re-read this at some point in time, it didn't take me long to get through, but I will be thinking for a while about this. What more do you want? What more could you want of a book?

      Very well done.