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My Nursing Journey Through the NHS

Author : Shermane W Peters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book My Nursing Journey Through the NHS written by Shermane W Peters and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I most heartily congratulate Shermane in putting her remarkable story into print so that others can experience the joy of being a midwife which has helped to shape her into the person she is today. And to think that when she took her flight on that hot sunny afternoon on the B.O.A.C plane at Seawell (now known as Grantly Adams international Airport) in the paradise island of Barbados to the UK, I hasten to add that she never would have imagined the trials and temptations, joys and thrills that would track her life in the many years in the UK.The subtitle of this book reads "Then and Now - the Difference" are clearly interwoven into her personal experience as a dedicated midwife, wife, mother and now grandmother.I most heartily congratulate Shermane in putting her remarkable story into print so that others can experience the joy of being a midwife which has helped to shape her into the person she is today. And to think that when she took her flight on that hot sunny afternoon on the B.O.A.C plane at Seawell (now known as Grantly Adams international Airport) in the paradise island of Barbados to the UK, I hasten to add that she never would have imagined the trials and temptations, joys and thrills that would track her life in the many years in the UK.The subtitle of this book reads "Then and Now - the Difference" are clearly interwoven into her personal experience as a dedicated midwife, wife, mother and now grandmother.I most heartily congratulate Shermane in putting her remarkable story into print so that others can experience the joy of being a midwife which has helped to shape her into the person she is today. And to think that when she took her flight on that hot sunny afternoon on the B.O.A.C plane at Seawell (now known as Grantly Adams international Airport) in the paradise island of Barbados. This book also dig deep into the hard work of over fifty years by one of the migrant nurses, just approaching her eighteen birthday, left her homeland and came to the UK "Mother country" to embarked on her nursing journey in the NHS. Her experiences recounted are clearly defined as a testimony of her dedication and commitment to her profession. The level of appreciation by her colleagues is evidently displayed on the photographic pages. Socially, she attended and enjoyed going on trips around Europe, attending the theatre and other national events, horse racing, especially Lady's Day at Ascot. Her family also benefited enormously from her professional development courses out of her nursing practice

My Fifty Year Nursing Journey

Author : Barbara Ann Burke NA LVN ADN BSN MSN
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1481766015
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book My Fifty Year Nursing Journey written by Barbara Ann Burke NA LVN ADN BSN MSN and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-07-26 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sometime amusing, sometime challenging journey through fifty years of Nursing, this author presents her favorite memoirs. Beginning as a young sixteen year-old Nurse Aide in the early 1960's, her long walk through Nursing launches in a small town hospital in the south. She moves you through youthful learning experiences, Nurse trainings, personal struggles with choices, and lessons learned in life. Her progression through young adulthood addresses concerns of leaving her own children to care for patients, and all the usual parenting versus career issues young Mothers deal with. Her sometimes joyful, sometimes stressful Nursing world is described from her early education throughout Nursing positions in many settings. Her return to college as a mature woman to achieve further degrees is certainly respectable. Watching a young and naive girl grow into a successful, confident Nurse, with experience in several arenas will delight and entertain you. Anyone who is interested in the field of Nursing must travel this journey with this Nurse. She is now considering retirement, and is in a quandry. Nursing is her life, and walking away is difficult! You will quickly realize "Just Why On Earth Anyone Would Ever Want To Be A Nurse!"

My Journey on Becoming a Nurse

Author : Verlia M. Brown
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483677818
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (836 download)

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Book Synopsis My Journey on Becoming a Nurse by : Verlia M. Brown

Download or read book My Journey on Becoming a Nurse written by Verlia M. Brown and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to chronicle my life's journey from birth to achieving my goal to be a registered nurse. People, in general, take different pathways to fulfill their professional dreams. My pathway took long and winding roads, hills and valleys. My intention is to inspire, motivate and encourage people across the spectrum, that they should pursue their dreams and never give up. In-so-doing, there might be many obstacles and struggles along the way, but with strength and determination, and help from the community of people around you, you goal can be achieved.

My Journey to Becoming a Registered Nurse

Author : Joyce V. Morgan
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664161848
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (641 download)

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Book Synopsis My Journey to Becoming a Registered Nurse by : Joyce V. Morgan

Download or read book My Journey to Becoming a Registered Nurse written by Joyce V. Morgan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-03-14 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was birth out of a burning desire to share a little girl’s dream to orchestrate and compose her destiny. The evidence of being orphan gets you to thinking fast, deep, and methodical. I want to take you on a journey of a child very much aware that the odds of having a decent life was going to dim to dead, and that life was not going to be a bowl of cherries, if she didn’t pick those cherries herself.

Proud to Wear My South Side Cap

Author : Ruth A. Bershok
Publisher : Bookbaby
ISBN 13 : 9781098347796
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book Proud to Wear My South Side Cap written by Ruth A. Bershok and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2021-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruth (Wagner) Bershok entered South Side School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1958. In this book she traces her nearly 60-year journey through the field of nursing. She begins as a teenaged student nurse starching her cap, learning the rules of etiquette for student nurses, and rotating through clinicals. The journey continues through decades filled with changes in medical technologies and attitudes. She vividly recalls the first time a medical doctor asked for the opinion of the nursing staff. Her journey navigates through many challenging events including an earthquake, a lengthy strike, and a hospital evacuation. Additionally, having served the vast majority of her career as a hospital's night shift supervisor, the author delightfully devotes a chapter to The Unexplained. This book reflects the joys, sorrows, frustrations, compassion, and soul's enrichment inherent to the author's lengthy nursing career.

My Journey of Life with Ptsd

Author : Daniel Osborne
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665589930
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book My Journey of Life with Ptsd written by Daniel Osborne and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is my autobiography about my journey in life that leads me to living with ptsd and the complexities of a life with this infliction it is a journey that takes a happy man in life to a life of despair and desperation a cry for help a journey that had destroyed my soul but also helped me rebuild it and become the person that I have become today a positive focused man with a new lease of life and vigour and through my experience I am trying to help others overcome similar issues and to try recapture there own life and not to take there life due to depression or ptsd or anxieties to give a sense of hope and realism in a world that is difficult enough.

A Journey of Friendships

Author : Richard Sloan
Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1803818697
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book A Journey of Friendships written by Richard Sloan and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-16 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The themes running through the book are friends and friendships. It is not an academic study of friendship. It is about the relationships with some of the people the author has encountered during his life. Readers will be able to define for themselves whom they regard as good, best, close etc. friends. This book should act as a catalyst for them to arrive at these definitions. The book shows how the class ceiling was broken by his liberal thinking parents, university education and marriage. He made deep interclass friendships. He was brought up with a live-in nanny, housekeeper, gardener etc. His mother was brought up old money and upper class in Germany. Several of his friends are professors and the human sides of these and those who taught him are demonstrated. His friendship and love of Frank, his brother, a merchant navy radio officer, resulted in his love of the sea and cruising with his parents and friends. During the pandemic lockdowns of 2020/21, his garden became a friend. His relationship with the garden was a major factor in preventing loneliness and depression. Social therapeutic gardens. A significant involvement with science in his early life supplied him with an enquiring mind and involved deep working relationships with fellow scientists. Some of the scientific work undertaken jointly with his PhD supervisor, W R Keatinge, as described. Was he a friend? Since his wife died in 2015, social media and electronic means of communicating have kept him in close touch with friends and others. The evolution and some history of these modes of communication used by the author over 50 years and are described. He was actively in politics in the earl 1980s. Political work creates friendships and camaraderie amongst campaigners.

My Best Decision

Author : Kitty R Elers
Publisher : Writer Cosmos
ISBN 13 : 9781962948036
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book My Best Decision written by Kitty R Elers and published by Writer Cosmos. This book was released on 2023-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Best Decision is a beautiful journey of a nursing practitioner. The author, Kitty R Elers has a decorated career working for hospitals, individual patients, prison facilities and even in the Middle East. This inspiring book is a real treat for all to read. Some of her memories include encountering live bats at night on one of the units, meeting up with my own Dr. McDreamy, ballet lessons at midnight? and experiencing the gulf war with skud attacks while nursing in Saudi Arabia. Many other Interesting Memories!

Wisdom for Victorious Living

Author : Ruphina Folayemi Ojo Adesan
Publisher : Grosvenor House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786239892
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Book Synopsis Wisdom for Victorious Living by : Ruphina Folayemi Ojo Adesan

Download or read book Wisdom for Victorious Living written by Ruphina Folayemi Ojo Adesan and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's experiences of working within the NHS as a black, christian woman in the last 25 years. She aims to write about both her positive and not so positive experiences and for her experience to count in the challenge that the current Prime Minister Theresa May is throwing out about critically examining the issues, lessons learnt and provide some solutions to prevent the perpetuation of such behaviour in the future.

Healing Hearts

Author : Rhonda Malone
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Healing Hearts written by Rhonda Malone and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-09-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Unlock the Inner Workings of a Novice Nurse's Journey with 'Healing Hearts' by Rhonda Malone Are you a new nurse stepping into the healthcare landscape or an aspiring nursing student wondering what the real world holds for you? Then 'Healing Hearts: A Novice's Journey Through the First Year of Nursing' by Rhonda Malone is your essential roadmap. This compelling narrative takes you through the highs and lows of a nurse's first year, offering real stories, crucial advice, and invaluable lessons. Rhonda Malone brings decades of experience in maternal-child care to the fore, sharing insights that are both heartwarming and enlightening. Chapter Highlights: 'The Calling': Uncover the emotional whirlwind that accompanies the first step into the nursing profession. 'Envisioning Your Career': Learn how Rhonda navigated her path, setting the foundation for a fulfilling career in nursing. 'Finding Your Niche': It's okay not to have it all figured out from day one. Learn how to find your specialty and grow within it. 'Seeking Mentorship': Understand the importance of finding a mentor in the high-stakes, fast-paced environment of healthcare. 'Building Relationships': Discover the role camaraderie plays in establishing a successful nursing career. 'Managing Workload and Stress': Get realistic advice on handling the rigorous demands of nursing without burning out. 'Dealing with Personal Setbacks': Rhonda discusses how setbacks, far from being roadblocks, can actually be springboards for growth. 'Embracing Solutions and Living a Balanced Life': Learn about the vital role of adaptability and continuous learning in achieving a balanced work-life situation. Each chapter combines storytelling with practical advice, providing a well-rounded view that educates as much as it engages. Whether you're taking your first steps in nursing or are a seasoned healthcare professional looking for a fresh perspective, 'Healing Hearts' offers a unique, heartfelt glimpse into the journey of a nurse. Dive in and find the encouragement and wisdom you've been seeking." Note: This book does not serve as a clinical guide or medical advice but aims to illuminate the emotional and interpersonal aspects of nursing.

Oh, Nurse!

Author : David Daniels
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578442662
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Oh, Nurse! written by David Daniels and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You think hospitals are full of calm competent professionals? You're about to get a true behind-the-scenes look at exactly what it's like to be a nurse. (And a male nurse, at that!) Oh, Nurse! is David Daniels's first-hand account of his experiences as a nurse, offering personal anecdotes to peel open the curtain to unveil the secrets of the nursing life. Following Daniels over the course of his 30-year career, this book helps the reader discover the hidden truths of medical professionals, both good and not so good, and it even describes specific instances where he either succeeds or fails to help particular patients. This book will show you: - The good, bad, and ugly everyday life of a nurse. - The nuances of being a male in a female-dominated profession. - What it takes to be successful in the medical field. - Hidden truths of medical professionals from dirty secrets in the break room to losing the motivation to help patients. With its memoir structure, Oh, Nurse! brings the nursing profession to life. As David Daniels finds the strength to overcome his own hurdles, he also manages to help his patients find joy and hope in the grimmest of situations. And with this tell-all book, he aims to do the same for you.

A Nurse's Survival Guide to Leadership and Management on the Ward

Author : Brian Dolan
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0702076635
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis A Nurse's Survival Guide to Leadership and Management on the Ward by : Brian Dolan

Download or read book A Nurse's Survival Guide to Leadership and Management on the Ward written by Brian Dolan and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you become a ward or unit manager, sister or charge nurse, your responsibilities change and you need a very different set of skills compared to your previous roles. You are now required to manage a team of staff with a set budget and are responsible for maintaining an environment in which people can work well. This book will help you to: Identify your responsibilities and best approaches as a manager to provide patients with a high standard of care through your staff; Read through examples, suggestions and tips following a highly practical approach; Manage your staff, time and budget; Create a positive work environment; Features: Completely updated and revised content written by well-known authors with extensive experience in the field; New sections on responsible use of social media, working with different generations in the workplace; how to make an impact, taking care of yourself etc. Leading teams in the context of enduring financial and staffing constraints Part of the A Nurse’s Survival Guide series. Key features: Completely updated and revised content written by well-known authors with extensive experience in the field; New sections on responsible use of social media, working with different generations in the workplace; how to make an impact, taking care of yourself etc. Leading teams in the context of enduring financial and staffing constraints

Off the Chart

Author : Jennifer Tipton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (859 download)

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Download or read book Off the Chart written by Jennifer Tipton and published by . This book was released on 2022-09-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Off the Chart is an account of what goes on behind the scenes in health care. Jennifer Tipton takes readers through the nearly thirty-year journey of her nursing career, where they will experience the laughter, tears, hopes, and heartaches, all through the eyes of a nurse. This book is filled with heart & humor, as it offers a deeper understanding into humankind and reminds us to embrace life and truly appreciate one another. Although those in the health care field will appreciate this book, it is a combination of a nursing memoir along with helpful information for the nonmedical reader, therefore, there is something for everyone from eighteen to eighty-eight! There is history, from HIV to COVID-19, along with discussion of specific diagnoses and how to manage the symptoms. Off the Chart is what you will never find charted (documented) in the notes of nurses, but rather what you might find in their hearts.

A Uro-Oncology Nurse Specialist’s Reflection on her Practice Journey

Author : Beverley Anderson
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303094199X
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book A Uro-Oncology Nurse Specialist’s Reflection on her Practice Journey written by Beverley Anderson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a unique insight and background of a uro-oncology nurse’s career from a personal and professional perspective, one that encapsulates the ever changing dynamics in the nursing profession over 40 years - 1970’s to current, 2022. In writing this book, the objective is to devise a beneficial point of reference, one that is conducive to enlightening individuals within the healthcare profession and the wider context, on the art of reflection and acknowledging its benefits in terms of exploring their feelings and understanding their meaning. Reflection is a highly beneficial tool. In this context, the process enables the author to reflect constructively on her nursing career and practice, to highlight the positive as well as the negative aspects within that practice, and illustrate how the experiences gained have contributed to her development, personally and professionally, throughout that journey. Reflection includes deliberate reflection on experience, emotions, actions and responses and acknowledging how essential these have been to informing the author’s existing knowledge base and in ensuring a higher level of learning and understanding. In the continued quest to deliver optimal healthcare, the objective of reflection is in enabling healthcare individuals e.g. nursing students, newly qualified nurses or those considering change of nursing speciality, to better understand their patients from a holistic standpoint (physical, psychological, psycho-social, spiritual, cultural and economic) and ultimately, improving the individual patient’s overall experience – cancer or otherwise, as well as improving and enhancing practice outcomes. The importance of reflection and its contribution to increasing the healthcare professional’s self-awareness – emotional, personal and professional, is also well underlined. Various Modules and Case Studies within the book are used to explain and highlight key issues, and to enhance content and visual acuity.

Nurse Kitty's Unforgettable Journey

Author : Maggie Campbell
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 1409191818
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Nurse Kitty's Unforgettable Journey written by Maggie Campbell and published by Orion. This book was released on 2022-05-12 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enjoyable read about love, courage and discovery during a time of change in post war Britain. A lovely story! KITTY NEALE When Nurse Kitty becomes the NHS's poster-girl for its overseas recruitment drive, she swaps the grey post-war backstreets of Manchester for the palm-fringed island of Barbados. But will her determination to save the NHS lose her everyone she loves? It's 1949 and nurse Kitty Longthorne is still hard at work at Manchester's Park Hospital. The one-year-old NHS is inundated by the nation's sick and dying, made worse by a crippling labour shortage. Now engaged, Kitty and James adore each other, but once they marry, she will be expected to leave the job that means so much to her. When she is offered the trip of a lifetime - a voyage by sea to Barbados to recruit nurses to join Park Hospital's ranks - adventurous Kitty is desperate to go. Her brother Ned has been there for years, and she simply cannot resist an opportunity to track him down and see what exactly he's been up to. But what of her beloved James? What of the baby she suspects she may be carrying? Returning home, Kitty has more to contend with than she ever anticipated: a gravely ill father, a dejected fiancé and the close-minded views of her peers upon the arrival of Kitty's first, hardworking recruit - Nurse Grace. After paradise, will Manchester ever be the same again? An uplifting, heart-wrenching novel based on the true story of the first ever NHS hospital, for fans of Donna Douglas and Nancy Revell. *** Praise for NURSE KITTY'S SECRET WAR A galloping read that conjures up life in a late 1940s hospital, complete with fierce matrons and handsome doctors. Nurse Kitty is a feisty heroine who sticks her neck out to protect her patients, while trying to resolve her own family problems and heal her broken heart. It's engaging and atmospheric. GILL PAUL I'm sure readers will love Nurse Kitty as she struggles to find true love when everything is going against it. I loved the end-of-WW2 setting, which is vividly imagined, and the sheer energy of Maggie Campbell's pacy prose. A perfect escapist read. KITTY DANTON, author of A Wartime Wish

Nurses and Nursing

Author : Pádraig Ó Lúanaigh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131728092X
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Nurses and Nursing written by Pádraig Ó Lúanaigh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-04-21 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook draws on international contributors with a range of backgrounds to explore, engage with and challenge readers in understanding the many aspects and elements that inform and influence contemporary nursing practice. With a focus to the future, this book explores the challenges facing health services and presents the arguments for a nursing contribution and influence in ensuring safe and quality care. Readers are supported to explore how, as individuals, they can shape their personal nursing identity and practice. The structure of the text is based on the belief that an individual nurse’s professional identity is developed through an interaction between their personal attributes and the influences of the profession itself. Reflecting this approach, the authors engage in a conversation with the reader rather than simply presenting a series of facts and information. Organised around a series of topical and pertinent questions and drawing on perspectives from policy, education and practice, the book explores a diverse range of topics such as: how historical and popular media representations of nursing hold back nursing practice today; the opportunities presented through education and nursing role development to increase the nursing contribution to health services; the economic and political influences on nursing and health care; how the professional regulation of nurses and core values informs your practice; ways to define and develop your own strong nursing identity. Central chapter questions provide ideal triggers for group discussions in class or online and equally as discussion topics between colleagues to support ongoing professional development. There is an emphasis throughout Nurses and Nursing on challenging thinking to recast nursing practice for the future by encouraging the reader to explore and create their emerging nursing identity or re-examine previously long held views. This text supports the reader to better understand health care, nursing and most importantly themselves as nurses.

Life After Darkness

Author : Cathy Wield
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1315345099
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Life After Darkness written by Cathy Wield and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life After Darkness is the remarkable and moving story of a doctor and mother of four who endured seven years of severe depression. Self-harm, attempted suicides and admissions to psychiatric units culminated in her resorting to brain surgery as a final attempt to escape her illness. The story of Cathy Wield covers the horrors of time spent in archaic institutions and the loss of any hope, to a full recovery following surgery. Today she has returned to her career and rediscovered the joys of life and her family. This story is one of hope from an often hidden and stigmatized disease.