'An inspiring book for our challenging times' Olivia ColemanNurses have never been more important. We benefit from their expertise in our hospitals and beyond: in ourschools, on our streets, in prisons, hospices and care homes. When we feelmost alone, nurses remind us that we are not alone at all. In The Courage to Care bestsellingauthor Christie Watson reveals the remarkable extent of nurses' work:- A community mental-health nurse choreographs support for a man sufferingfrom severe depression- A teen with stab wounds is treated by the critical-care team; his schoolnurse visits and he drops the bravado- A pregnant woman loses frightening amounts of blood following a caraccident; it is a military nurse who synchronises the emergency departmentinto immaculate order and focus. Christie makes a further discovery: that, time and again, it is patientsand their families - including her own - who show exceptional strength in themost challenging times. We are all deserving of compassion, and as we sharein each other's suffering, Christie Watson shows us how we can find couragetoo. The courage to care. 'Let's be thankful for wonderful nurses - andwriters - like Christie Watson' Jacqueline Wilson'Christie Watson writes with the fullness of her heart to give us insightinto the world of patients and nursing, inspiring us to recognise it is howwe treat people, how we speak and respond to them, as well as what we do, that heals' Julia Samuel