NURSE JAN is a novel based on the many experiences of the author who graduated as a registered nurse in 1960. As a student in a large San Francisco hospital in the late 1950s, Janet Winston finds herself conjoined in a concoction of starched standards, hilarious experiences, and the heart stopping traumas of rape and attempted murder. In her three years of nurses' training, she manages to overcome crippling panic attacks and many fears that threaten her progress while building bonding friendships and a blossoming romance that will permeate every reader's heart. With refreshingly simple and...