Nursing for the Faint of Heart

Lauren, a first-year nurse, wonders if she’s up to the challenge of her first job. After four years of nursing school and three months of job searching, she’s finally landed a position on the surgical orthopedics ward of a major Vancouver hospital.

In Bridget Jones style, Lauren recounts her humiliations and triumphs as she fumbles her way through the first few days—learning the importance of choosing the right style of uniform, the impossibility of still looking presentable at the end of a shift, and the reality of dealing with patients in extreme circumstances.

Will Lauren be able to find her place in this fast-paced medical world and make a new life for herself? And what of her private life? Can her relationship to her childhood sweetheart withstand the attentions of a certain sexy surgeon?