Reviews for Nursing Diagnosis

The average rating for Nursing Diagnosis based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-01-09 00:00:00 Kathryn Cole Things I've Learned From British Mysteries 1. When a detective says, "oh, one other small thing...," it isn't. 2. Brush up on your vocabulary when asking the pathologist for favors: "Alleyn went out, changed his mind and stuck his head round the door. 'If I send you a pill or two, will you have them dissected for me?' 'Analysed?' 'If you'd rather. Good-bye.' 3. When dealing with nobility, it is best to mind your manners: "'I asked you to come and see me,' she began very quietly, 'because I believe my husband to have been murdered. Fox did not speak for a moment. He sat stockily, very still, looking gravely before him. 'I'm sorry to hear that, Lady O'Callaghan,' he said at last. 'It sounds rather serious.' Apparently she had met her match in understatement." 4. Don't try for pretentious with the police: "'Do you know that Sir Derek O'Callaghan was probably murdered?' 'My Gawd, yes.' 'Yes... With hyoscine.' 'My Gawd, yes.' 'Yes. So you see we want to be sure of our facts.' 'He 'had no hoverdose of 'yoscine from 'ere,' said Mr. Sage, incontinently casting his aitches all over the place." 5. Get your P.M.s straight: "'Everybody talks to me about 'P.M.s,' complained Chief Detective-Inspector Alleyn to Inspector Fox on Monday afternoon, 'and I never know whether they mean post-mortem or Prime Minister. Really, it's very difficult when you happen to be involved with both." Alright, Christie she ain't--though the mystery is full of red herrings, including a group of Bolsheviks, it resorts to an ultimately ridiculous solution--but Marsh does write an entertaining story. Plotting here surrounded an ill Home Secretary who is rushed to emergency surgery. Per a friend review, Marsh relied on one of her doctors (her gynecologist?) for part of the story. I found that interesting; the scenes in the operating room and details with the surgery had the air of verisimilitude, and I enjoyed the trip down Historical Medicine Lane (thank heavens I don't have to calculate grains of a drug for dosing!). The dialogue, characters, and setting are all interesting and entertaining. Reoccurring characters Nigel and girlfriend Angela appear for a brief interlude, but their appearance is so short as to be amusing over distracting. As far as plotting, however, there is no real sense of impending danger; more an intellectual type of whodunnit. Still quite a bit of fun that still allows one to comfortably put down the book and go to sleep when it's late.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-11-27 00:00:00 Megan Markless 3.5★ I'm starting to see a pattern - I prefer Marsh's crime novels when they have a theatrical setting. But this title has a very authentic feel. It was co-written with Marsh's gynaecologist, Henry Jellet (he gets an author credit on my edition.) You can almost smell the antiseptic. So the hospital setting felt fine. Even the political world felt real. It is when Marsh strays into the world of "Bolshies" (with the quite annoyingly perky Nigel & Angela) that things come a little unstuck, with cardboard characters and a feeling that Marsh just isn't comfortable here. Fox, as always, is a dignified delight. And I didn't guess the culprit. For me, that is always a plus. My edition old enough to feature one mildly racist comment. Edit; Just in case some overly zealous librarian removes Jellet's name from the book - on my 1970 Fontana he is credited as co author of the book