Physical description

Illustrated book with dustjacket. Book has a red cover, with title and publisher's name embossed in gilt on spine. Dust jacket has a red background on front and spine with white print. Title, book synopsis and author's name are printed on the front, along with an illustration of a nurse bandaging patient's head. Patient is wearing pajamas and witting in bed. Title and publisher's name are printed on the spine. Details of another book by the same author are printed in black on a white background on the bac k of the dustjacket

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

At upper right of front end-page is a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by " M. Skan (handwritten in ink) Previous catalogue number is also handwritten in ink on this label. Previous catologue number is also affixed to the bottom of the spine of the dustjacket

Summary

Hundreds of nursing 'howlers' taken from actual examination papers of many great hospitals