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Kit Wilson RN has been a registered nurse for almost two years now. She is no longer a rookie but competent and confident in her position as a staff nurse at Thompson Memorial Hospital. That is until January 2020, when she returns from vacation to discover her life, job, and health care will change forever. All because of what she thought was an overblown rumor. Hospital nursing in 2020 was challenged with a global shutdown, deadly illness from a new viral contagion, loads of often changing and frequently conflicting information, and overburdened, sometimes strained, interpersonal relationships. Why exactly was this situation so unusually rough for nurses? Live through unprecedented 2020 with Kit as she struggles with hard work, social isolation, poor sleep, and merciless death along with inadequate safety resources in staff numbers and protective equipment. How does she keep her head above the waves? Context is everything.

Kit Wilson is a smart, well prepared, and caring new registered nurse. Walk with Kit as she lives the challenging transition from nursing school to professional nursing practice. Meet Kit's family, her best friends from nursing school, and a group of colleagues that are willing to support and help Kit learn about life in the "real" nursing world. Kit's patients are sometimes entertaining, often serious, and usually teach her more than she can offer them. She knew she had a lot to learn, but Kit didn't recognize one lesson until it was almost too late. Until she realized that empathy and caring and compassion depended on an important insight, she found herself questioning everything she thought she knew, even her decision to be a nurse.Kit Wilson, RN: First Year Nurse is a thoughtful and engaging debut novella by an author with decades of experience in nursing. It is a great choice for anyone who wants to be a nurse or is simply curious about the complex skills required to succeed in nursing.