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Sharon Garrison, Clinic Nurse

by Phyllis Taylor Pianka (1977)
Sharon Garrison, Clinic Nurse

Young Sharon Garrison was eager to start work as head of the clinic at KSEA-TV Media Center. She would be responsible for the running of the entire clinic and the care of all those who worked at the center. Her association with Mercy Hospital had ended on a sour note, after her Uncle Elliott Garrison had been named hospital administrator. Suddenly friends and acquaintances treated Sharon with exaggerated caution or as if she could directly influence hospital policy, and the young nurse had felt it best to look for a new position.

Sharon quickly became involved in the center and caught up in its excitement. Charming and capable, she won the respect and affection of Skip Richardson, Production Manager, who was eager to give her a screen test, and Paul Hamilton, the handsome boss of KSEA-TV.

Misunderstandings seem to be the rule rather than the exception in Sharon’s love life, however, and it is not until the exciting climax that the young nurse’s future seems certain.

Second-Chance Nurse

by Jane Converse (1961)
Second-Chance Nurse

Guilt haunts a young doctor as he works to save his patient’s life, and the nurse who loves him keeps vigil against the death that must not happen…

CRISIS!

The young doctor’s face was etched with bitter hope and desperate strength. Karen Reese looked from him to the small form stretched on the hospital bed and knew that Dr. Mark Corman needed her at last; needed her skill, her devotion, even her silent, unspoken love. For only love’s valiant faith could win this struggle. Death was groping for the child with cold fingers, but they would not, could not, let him die…

A dedicated doctor and nurse are united in a heart-gripping battle for the life of a child, while a fierce love grows between them as they thwart death with all the courage of their calling.

Second Year Nurse, Nancy Kimball at City Hospital

by Carli Laklan (1967)
Second Year Nurse, Nancy Kimball at City Hospital

Nancy Kimball and her new friends at City Hospital barely escape being caught forming a secret society after lights-out. Then they win a full grown and gobbling Thanksgiving turkey and secretly keep him, until he escapes, in the baggage room of their dormitory. These are just two of the escapades that provide Nancy with fun and excitement in her second year of nurse’s training.

However, when she learns that two of her new friends have endangered the life of a patient, Nancy’s conscience and training take over and she realizes she must report them, although this will cause trouble between her and her classmates.

Problems mount. How Nancy eventually copes with them makes exciting and enjoyable reading for girls.

Second Year Nurse

by Margaret McCulloch (1957)
Second Year Nurse

From the hospital window, Jan watches the familiar green car swing around the drive. Moments later Dorinda steps into it and takes her place beside the driver.

“Dr. Bartholomew, wasn’t it?” Jan’s patient asks. “I don’t recognize the nurse.”

So this is what the other nurses are trying to tell her. Dorinda — her friend and roommate — is dating handsome Hank Bartholomew too!

Run, Nurse, Run

by Jean Carew (1965)
Run, Nurse, Run

RUN NURSE RUN

The crudely lettered note terrified Roda — and the mysterious phone calls in the night added to her growing fear. Yet she refused to be driven away from Pinecrest. Her millionaire patient needed her care — and the two young men who were falling more in love with her daily should be protection against any peril…

Then terror struck savagely — and Roda looked into the naked face of danger!