A Nurses Story : My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis by Louise Curtis

A Nurses Story : My Life in A&E During the Covid Crisis is written by Louise Curtis. It is a nurse’s true account of working in a busy A&E department during the Covid-19 crisis.

Key details

• Author: Louise Curtis
• Non-fiction, based on the author’s real experiences
• Set in a busy A&E department
• Written from the perspective of an advanced clinical practitioner
• Focuses on the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on NHS staff and patients

Synopsis

Louise Curtis writes about her work in A&E at the point she had recently qualified as an advanced clinical practitioner, making urgent decisions about the patients she treated. As the Covid-19 pandemic reached the UK, she describes the growing pressure on the NHS and the personal toll the crisis began to take.

As Covid cases increased, the book also reflects on the wider effects of lockdown seen through the department, including concerns for regular patients who stopped attending. Curtis describes staff facing a rise in domestic abuse victims and suicide attempts as loneliness affected people, while highlighting the compassion and dedication shown by hospital teams during this period.