Tilda Shalof

I, too, am a nurse in a Toronto hospital. My speciality is different, but Shalof describes the work environment so accurately - the stress, the lack of respect from management, the undervaluing of nurses' contributions to the unit. The positives are also so familiar to me - the absolute joy of the actual work that we do, the appreciation of patients, families and colleagues. Thank you, Ms. Shalof for this book - I will be encouraging my colleagues to read it.

Accepting a position at Camp Na-Gee-La in Northern Ontario put all of Nurse Tilda skills to work as she deals with homesickness, injuries, bug bites, lice, and viral outbreaks that make food poisoning a preferable option. There are humorous situations shared through anecdotal stories along with the seriousness of children on the brink of adulthood mingling with members of the opposite gender. In general, it portrays a realistic description of the multitude of situations that one would expect show more at a camp for teenagers run by young adults. show less