Bøker av Lucy Agnes Hancock

To Ellen Gaylord the exacting routine of Anthony Ware Hospital spelled all the romance and glamour that she asked of life. Affectionately, if a little derisively, her associates called her ''Nightingale." The ever-changing roster of patients adored her and she felt that her life was full and complete.But Ellen was young and very lovely and Cyrus Dent, the handsome new interne, was piqued by her indifference. His efforts to win her favor resulted only in antagonizing her. It took all his charm and ingenuity finally to convince her that being the wife of a struggling young small town practitioner was an even higher calling than that of being a trained nurse.A fine and sincere portrayal of hospital life, with a romance that is unusually appealing.

Nurse Judith Morley seemed cool and poised, with a flower-like beauty that was almost untouchable. But nobody at the hospital knew of the cloud that hung over her, filling her heart with fear and loathing. Judith's terrible secret made her swear never to marry and to devote her life to the care of the sick. She tried to lose herself in the agonies of her sick patients, to realize the shallowness of society before the stark reality of the death she faced every day.Life has a way of taking over, however, and Nurse Morley soon found that she was involved in the ruthless ambitions of others in the hospital. She could no longer retreat when one of the cleverest doctors jilted her, or when the town's social leaders tried to use her for a pawn. Still, her fear was so powerful that she nearly gave up all chance of happiness in the struggle to live down the past.

Lovely Alex Blair decided to make nursing a career after an unfortunate tragedy. In the daily round of hospital work she found satisfaction and personal contentment -- until the jealous envy of Night Superintendent Ellen Ridley was directed against her...Alex believed that there was no place in the life of a nurse for such rivalry or resentment, yet at the same time she had to stand up for herself. The whole affair had been brought about by Ellen's determination to marry young Dr. Allen.Through her attempts to discredit Alex, Ellen not only lost the interest of Dr. Allen but revealed the true and romantic discovery between him and Nurse Blair. A full and absorbing novel of Doctors and Nurses.

After nearly losing her life in a tenement fire, Deborah Bradley, a Public Health Nurse, must get away from her job to preserve her sanity.But her leave has unexpected results. Before she is aware of it, she has fallen in love. But how can she choose between love and duty?

Jill Ordway was proud to be a nurse.She threw all her energy, her radiant health, her high courage into making the Kimberly sanitorium a success. Like the owner and Chief of Staff.Dr. Kimberly, she was fired with the dream of a haven for troubled minds and sick bodies - and its great power for good.But gradually, Jill saw that sinister forces were at work, forces led by Sylvia Webster, the wealthy young society girl who was determined to marry the handsome young doctor -- if it meant destroying the sanitarium in the process. As Jill watched the town of Westhaven choose sides, she realized it was her duty to act -- even if her action meant trouble for herself!

The life of a nurse is not an easy one, but Susan Trent enjoyed every minute of her work, even those times of tragedy when unavoidable accidents brought disaster, bloodshed, and suffering. She found it absorbing because she shared in the difficulties and problems of all those whose lives and health she guarded.But Susan had not expected to be involved so deeply that the problems of others would affect her own secure existence. Nor that the sinister and deadly happenings in the busy shops and factories would culminate in her own quiet office.

There is no room in the mind of a nurse, dedicated to the saying of human lives, for hatred and jealousy. And yet Kathy Marshall found herself in that unenviable position... Walking the silent corridors, through wards often happy, but more often fraught with despair and suffering, Kathy strove to calm her unsettled emotions, and in doing so, came to a better understanding and appreciation of the problems of others, as well as her own.