The emphasis then was on doing rather than thinking, as reflected in my forthcoming book about the rituals which provided security and comfort for both patients and staff and were, some argue, part of the healing process.įortunately, some of the more bizarre rituals have been done away with and today’s nurses question any practice that is not based on scientific evidence. Some nursing schools required you to send in a photo of yourself while others asked for details of your father’s occupation and there is no doubt that my family heritage helped Bart’s overlook my lack of a maths O-level. They ranged from the quality of your needlework to references from a reverend, with St Thomas’s Hospital in London demanding at one time that the latter should be supplied by no less than three different ministers of religion. I came in at the tail-end of an era in which entry requirements could be fairly bizarre. Today it is degree-based, with new recruits needing to have three A-levels, to meet the demands of what is now a complex job. I qualified in 1983 and, after two decades working as a health journalist, briefly returned to nursing, working at a district hospital in Oxfordshire, by which time there had been huge changes in the profession.Īs any nurse who worked in the hospitals of yesteryear will tell you, the big event of the day was the ward round, presided over by consultants who often demanded to be treated like gods These days, hospitals are all about team work rather than hierarchy and ward rounds are unlikely to be treated so grandly.īut they were still very much a feature of life when my mother trained in the 1950s and I in the 1980s, both at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London.

On another female surgical ward, the head man required an unfortunate student nurse to dance attendance upon him, holding a hot water bottle on her outstretched hands so he could warm his own hands before examining a patient. To speed up his round, one gynaecologist insisted that all patients on his ward had to be waiting on top of their beds with their underwear off and covered with a blanket which could be whipped off should the need to examine them arise. Please do let us know what you did not like exactly, and we will sort it out for you.As any nurse who worked in the hospitals of yesteryear will tell you, the big event of the day was the ward round, presided over by consultants who often demanded to be treated like gods. We ensure that you receive the freshest Teas but if in case you feel that it tastes bad or stale please do not hesitate to reach out to us within 7 days of the order delivery and we shall send a replacement. If any item is missing from your order, please reach out to us within 48 hours of delivery and we will get the remaining items shipped To be eligible for return, the items must be unused and unopened If in case you have received a product that is different from what you had ordered, please notify us within 48 hours of delivery so that we can expedite your return request. Please attach a picture of the delivered order for our internal quality checks If the product is received in damaged form, you must write to us within 48 hours of delivery so that we can expedite your replacement request. The return request has to be initiated within maximum 7 days of delivery and the reason for return should be explicitly stated in the email (We would love to know what went wrong) As a part of our social campaign TEAch Me, 1% of our revenue is redirected towards the education of our growers’ children.Īll orders are eligible for return if the product is unused and unopened.

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