by admin | Jan 26, 2024 | Events, Suggested Reading, Uncategorized
The sequel to Marion Crook’s bestselling and award-winning memoir, Always Pack a Candle, is coming out on April 2, 2024. In Always On Call: Adventures in Nursing, Ranching, and Rural Living intrepid public health nurse Marion Crook juggles marriage,...
by admin | Feb 27, 2023 | Member News, Suggested Reading, Uncategorized
This issue of the Buzz is archived at https://tinyurl.com/48kjaun6. The February issue has several interesting articles and video presentations for your reading and viewing pleasure. Supporter of BCHNS Lisa Anne Smith recently spoke to the Vancouver Historical...
by admin | Mar 9, 2022 | Suggested Reading, Uncategorized
In the 2021 Summer/Fall Issue of Update Magazine the British Columbia Nurses Union (BCNU) marks its 40th year with a retrospective account of nurses’ fight for safe patient care and fair working conditions. This complete and well-illustrated article with...
by admin | Jan 5, 2022 | Suggested Reading, Uncategorized
This is a delightful read with an intriguing title! ALWAYS PACK a CANDLE by nurse author Marion McKinnon Crook is the story of Marion’s nursing experience and adventures in the Cariboo-Chilcotin area of British Columbia in the 1960’s. Published by Heritage House in...
by admin | Jan 9, 2020 | Suggested Reading
Service on the Skeena is a biography of pioneer physician Horace Wrinch by author Geoff Mynett and published by Ronsdale Press. Dr. Wrinch was the first qualified physician in the northern interior of BC and provided medical care in the region for over thirty years....
by admin | Jan 9, 2020 | Suggested Reading, Uncategorized
When Days Are Long: Nurse in the North by Amy Wilson This book was originally published as No Man Stands Alone in 1965 by Gray’s Publishing LTD. This new edition, republished by Caitlin Press and titled When Days Are Long: Nurse in the North is a memoir by a field...
