When I was recovering from my surgery (tonsils:crying2:) many, many ,many years ago--my therapy was reading Cherry Ames Nurse stories. It was a wonderful littleseries, and if you would like an interesting glimpse into nursing past, see if you can find some of the older stories at your used book store.Recently a few of the books were re released and are on the link below...The Cherry Ames Page: Book SummariesAnyone else remember Cherry Ames books?:)Flight nurse and Dude Ranch nurse were my favorites.......
SaltyNurse 82 Posts Specializes in Critical Care. Sep 6, 2010 My mom loved Cherry Ames. I read one Cherry Ames book (I was already an RN in my mid-twenties). I feel like kind of a party pooper saying so, but jeez..... I couldn't seem to keep my eyes from non-stop rolling. Too, too cliche. Complete with the token doctor boyfriend.
elkpark 14,633 Posts Sep 6, 2010 I couldn't seem to keep my eyes from non-stop rolling. Too, too cliche. Complete with the token doctor boyfriend.Well, yes, but that's part of their charm -- they're so sincerely retro ...
Guest717236 1,062 Posts Sep 6, 2010 My mom loved Cherry Ames. I read one Cherry Ames book (I was already an RN in my mid-twenties). I feel like kind of a party pooper saying so, but jeez..... I couldn't seem to keep my eyes from non-stop rolling. Too, too cliche. Complete with the token doctor boyfriend.It was a very different time. When I woke in recovery from the surgery,my right eye was swollen. I had tried to resist the anesthesiologist fromplacing the mask on. I was brave about the surgery but had a slight change of heart with that chemical smelling mask. A young nurse cameover and directed an intern to attend to me. I could not speak due toa very dry throat. He prescribed some salve and then............asked the nurse out for a date!At my age, it was like having your own soap opera/Cherry Ames episode.Both appeared very professional, and it was a quick "lets go out for dinner'tonight ...But then, it was the 60's!
TakeOne 219 Posts Sep 6, 2010 Well, yes, but that's part of their charm -- they're so sincerely retro ... And so sincerely... sincere! That's how it was in those days. Ideally, girls graduated from high school with engagement rings already on their fingers. They would either marry right away, or would attend college or training schools while still single, work until they finally "got serious," then settle back and remember their old jobs as "something to fall back on."
FLArn 503 Posts Specializes in Hospice, LTC, Rehab, Home Health. Has 20 years experience. Sep 6, 2010 I LOVED the "Cherry Ames" series. My grandmother bought me 2 or 3 books every year for my birthday and Christmas. I couldn't wait until I could slip away and start reading! The aren't set in the present -- they are sent in the time just before, during and after WW II -- a very different time!
OCNRN63, RN 5,978 Posts Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website. Sep 7, 2010 I never liked "Cherry Ames." Now "Sue Barton"; that girl had spunk!
llg, PhD, RN 13,469 Posts Specializes in Nursing Professional Development. Has 46 years experience. Sep 7, 2010 I read them as a kid. I knew they weren't real, but I enjoyed them anyway.When I was a senior in college, I got a copy of "Cherry Ames, Student Nurse." We all had a good laugh over it. But I LOVED one line in the book that still rings true to me today. It said:"A nurse will never stand when she can sit ... and will never sit when she can lie down."Now THAT quote made sense to me! We really loved that line -- on multiple levels.
