Ooh Matron! (The Nomadic Nurse Series, #1)

*****Award Winning Nurse Memoir*****
I am not sure what Florence Nightingale would have made of Sarah Jane! The story starts with a sixteen-year-old country girl who, for no apparent reason at the time, suddenly decided that she wanted to be a nurse.

Sarah Jane was entering adulthood with no obvious career path in sight. She had planned a traditional, some would say old fashioned, future. Her vision was to leave school, find a job in a local store, get married and eventually have children. Then everything changed, as she embarked on a journey which would help to map out her future by offering opportunities in a variety of places and healthcare settings. Find out how Sarah Jane deals with births, deaths and everything in between with laughter, tears and humility in this touching, sometimes heartrending, superbly written memoir. 

‘Ooh Matron!’ is the first book in The Nomadic Nurse Series. Each book in the series takes you on a journey through medical specialisms and environments that formed part of Sarah Jane’s nursing career. Throughout the series Sarah Jane uses her trademark honest and entertaining writing style to share insights into her thoughts, reflections and the changes in her personal life and circumstances as she moves forward in her career.

5-star reviewers say:

"I laughed out loud at the hilarious antics, and was sobered by the genuine emotional moments that all health professionals will recognise. This is a book that will make you laugh and cry and you’ll feel better for it - The perfect prescription." Bookworm

"This funny, yet poignant nursing memoir has Sarah Jane's trademark honest writing style which shines through in every story she tells. From starting her student nurse training in Essex to coping with patients in happy, sad and heart-breaking situations. It gives you a young woman's view into the realities of entering the world of nursing in the 1980’s. A highly entertaining and informative memoir which was able to take me from laughing out loud to having welled tears of empathy."

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Ooh Matron! (The Nomadic Nurse Series, #1)

*****Award Winning Nurse Memoir*****
I am not sure what Florence Nightingale would have made of Sarah Jane! The story starts with a sixteen-year-old country girl who, for no apparent reason at the time, suddenly decided that she wanted to be a nurse.

Sarah Jane was entering adulthood with no obvious career path in sight. She had planned a traditional, some would say old fashioned, future. Her vision was to leave school, find a job in a local store, get married and eventually have children. Then everything changed, as she embarked on a journey which would help to map out her future by offering opportunities in a variety of places and healthcare settings. Find out how Sarah Jane deals with births, deaths and everything in between with laughter, tears and humility in this touching, sometimes heartrending, superbly written memoir. 

‘Ooh Matron!’ is the first book in The Nomadic Nurse Series. Each book in the series takes you on a journey through medical specialisms and environments that formed part of Sarah Jane’s nursing career. Throughout the series Sarah Jane uses her trademark honest and entertaining writing style to share insights into her thoughts, reflections and the changes in her personal life and circumstances as she moves forward in her career.

5-star reviewers say:

"I laughed out loud at the hilarious antics, and was sobered by the genuine emotional moments that all health professionals will recognise. This is a book that will make you laugh and cry and you’ll feel better for it - The perfect prescription." Bookworm

"This funny, yet poignant nursing memoir has Sarah Jane's trademark honest writing style which shines through in every story she tells. From starting her student nurse training in Essex to coping with patients in happy, sad and heart-breaking situations. It gives you a young woman's view into the realities of entering the world of nursing in the 1980’s. A highly entertaining and informative memoir which was able to take me from laughing out loud to having welled tears of empathy."

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Ooh Matron! (The Nomadic Nurse Series, #1)

Ooh Matron! (The Nomadic Nurse Series, #1)

by Sarah Jane Butfield
Ooh Matron! (The Nomadic Nurse Series, #1)

Ooh Matron! (The Nomadic Nurse Series, #1)

by Sarah Jane Butfield

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*****Award Winning Nurse Memoir*****
I am not sure what Florence Nightingale would have made of Sarah Jane! The story starts with a sixteen-year-old country girl who, for no apparent reason at the time, suddenly decided that she wanted to be a nurse.

Sarah Jane was entering adulthood with no obvious career path in sight. She had planned a traditional, some would say old fashioned, future. Her vision was to leave school, find a job in a local store, get married and eventually have children. Then everything changed, as she embarked on a journey which would help to map out her future by offering opportunities in a variety of places and healthcare settings. Find out how Sarah Jane deals with births, deaths and everything in between with laughter, tears and humility in this touching, sometimes heartrending, superbly written memoir. 

‘Ooh Matron!’ is the first book in The Nomadic Nurse Series. Each book in the series takes you on a journey through medical specialisms and environments that formed part of Sarah Jane’s nursing career. Throughout the series Sarah Jane uses her trademark honest and entertaining writing style to share insights into her thoughts, reflections and the changes in her personal life and circumstances as she moves forward in her career.

5-star reviewers say:

"I laughed out loud at the hilarious antics, and was sobered by the genuine emotional moments that all health professionals will recognise. This is a book that will make you laugh and cry and you’ll feel better for it - The perfect prescription." Bookworm

"This funny, yet poignant nursing memoir has Sarah Jane's trademark honest writing style which shines through in every story she tells. From starting her student nurse training in Essex to coping with patients in happy, sad and heart-breaking situations. It gives you a young woman's view into the realities of entering the world of nursing in the 1980’s. A highly entertaining and informative memoir which was able to take me from laughing out loud to having welled tears of empathy."


Product Details

BN ID: 2940152237290
Publisher: Rukia Publishing
Publication date: 09/14/2015
Series: The Nomadic Nurse Series , #1
Sold by: Draft2Digital
Format: eBook
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Sarah Jane Butfield, born in Ipswich and raised in rural Suffolk, is a busy mother, grandmother, and international award-winning author. After combining a successful clinical nursing and nurse management career and navigating her way through three divorces and parenthood, she is an experienced modern-day mum to her 'Brady Bunch' and she loves every minute of their convoluted lives. 
Known as the 'roving Florence Nightingale,' Sarah Jane has travelled across the world in the pursuit of her dreams and continues to do so now that her children are grown up, working as a travel writer/blogger.
She is the author of an award-winning travel memoir series set in Australia and France. 
Glass Half Full: Our Australian Adventure, 
Two dogs and a suitcase: Clueless in Charente 
Our Frugal Summer in Charente 
These books, and the boxset, are regularly found high in the Amazon rankings, categories include ex-pat life, parenting, grief, PTSD, step-parenting, cooking, gardening, Australia and France travel. 

In addition, Sarah Jane has also written the first three books in a series of self-help literature for aspiring and new self-published authors:
The Accidental Author, 
The Amateur Authorpreneur
The Intermediate Authorpreneur, 
Book one is permanently FREE to help any aspiring author get started on their writing and book promotion journey.

Sarah Jane's most successful series is the aptly titled, The Nomadic Nurse Series, consisting of:
Ooh Matron!  
Bedpans to Boardrooms
These nursing memoirs have won three book industry awards and have attracted 5-star reviews from the publishing industry and readers around the world.
The eagerly awaited third book in this series is scheduled for release in September 2022!

She loves to interact with her readers so feel free to connect on social media:
Twitter:
@SarahJanewrites 

Facebook: 
www.facebook.com/SarahJaneswriting
www.facebook.com/AuthorSarahJaneButfield
www.facebook.com/Twodogsandasuitcase 
www.facebook.com/OurFrugalSummerinCharente
www.facebook.com/Ooh-Matron-1646665865549530/timeline/

Instagram: 
https://www.instagram.com/sarah_jane_rukia.publishing

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