CBM Book Review ~ The Diploma Nurse: Her Shining Day, Her Fading Touch by Jesse Glover Wilson is a captivating and heart-warming memoir of history’s past as the author tells her journey as a Diploma Nurse in the 1940’s era – as a “time gone by” in nursing as her career that spanned into the 1970’s. It was a time when hospitals taught nursing students instead of colleges. It was a time of expansion for hospitals and a time when infectious disease was rapid, polio was disastrous and a time when the mentally ill were institutionalized. The author poignantly shares her struggles, trials and triumphs that encompassed her nursing career that will encourage, educate and bring insight to an era that has long gone by. Her amazing career spanned over 30 years in her field culminating into several positions as the Director of Nursing for several hospitals.
Throughout this time, the author describes how “it was back then” and the work ethic that she built her nursing career on. The nursing staff was described as underpaid and overworked, yet Jesse was answering a higher call – God’s call on her life to minister to the ill: physically, emotionally and spiritually. Her time spent during these years will shock and amaze you as she explains the vigorous politics from within the hospital settings and administrators, to include the unethical sexual discrimination that was prevalent during many hospitals’ growth. This was a time when hospitals were few and the need for nurses was in strong demand.
Encouraging and insightful, readers will find this read not only historic, but speaks of a different time that we can reminisce and gain appreciation for those who went before us - treading the darkness of an age that was still not technologically advanced, yet the author persevered in her endeavors, standing strong in her Christian faith and commitment, being true to herself, and God. Inspiring, her calling has a lifetime of memories to share to the nursing community and beyond. This book is worth the read for those that appreciate true-life drama that shares the heart of God working through us. A highly recommended read.
The Diploma Nurse: Her Shining Day, Her Fading Touch
Jesse Glover Wilson
ISBN#: 978-1494228279
A CBM Book Review
9.9 out of 10.0 stars
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