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?