Stories of a Nurse. The Courage to Care

The role of nurses has never been more evident. We benefit from their kindness in hospitals and beyond – in schools, on the streets, in prisons, hospices, and nursing homes. When we feel very lonely, nurses remind us that we are not alone. Christi Watson tells the vast story of nursing. A psychiatric nurse helps a man suffering from severe depression. A teenager with stab wounds is saved by a critical care team; he is visited by a school nurse, and he changes his behavior. A pregnant woman loses a frightening amount of blood after a car accident, and a military nurse synchronizes the emergency room with impeccable professionalism. Christi Watson lifts another veil – it is the patients and their families who demonstrate exceptional strength in the toughest times. We all deserve compassion, and the author shows us how by sharing each other's suffering, we can gain courage. The courage to care. About the author: Christi Watson is a British writer and professor of medical humanities who worked as a nurse for 20 years. Her book The Language of Kindness, published in 2018, became a Sunday Times and Amazon bestseller and was named book of the year by Evening Standard, Guardian, i, New Statesman, The Sunday Times, and The Times. It has been translated into 23 languages and adapted for the theater. About the translator: Elena Lisnelevskaya is a doctor. In 2013, she graduated from the Belarusian State Medical University with a degree in Medicine. She completed her internship in Pathological Anatomy at the Minsk Regional Pathological Anatomy Bureau, where she still works today. She worked in general pathology for 6 years, then moved to oncomorphology, the new department which she currently heads. She has been engaged in medical translation since her third year of university.