Cherry Ames

Helen Wells, the author of the Cherry Ames stories said, “I’ve always thought of nursing, and perhaps you have, too, as just about the most exciting, important, and rewarding profession there is. Can you think of any other skill that is always needed by everybody?”—from the forward by Harriet Schulman Forman, RN, EdD, Series Editor

In the 1940s, Helen Wells created Cherry Ames, the longest-lived series of young adult books about nurses. It follows Cherry as she grows from student nurse to chief nurse, all the while developing friendships, pushing the limits of authority, leading her nursing colleagues, and solving mysteries. Cherry was created as an intelligent, brave, quick-witted, and devoted nurse.

The series begins with an eighteen-year-old Cherry Ames, who leaves her hometown and enters nursing school to embark on a lifetime of adventures. Included in this Cherry Ames four-book boxed set are:

Student Nurse: Where eighteen-year-old Cherry Ames takes her first steps on the road towards becoming a nurse. She begins three years of training at Spencer Hospital.

Senior Nurse: Cherry tackles tough decisions about her future responsibilities as a nurse during wartime. Cherry also completes her final year of training.

Army Nurse: Cherry Ames and her Spencer classmates join the Army Nurse Corps, undergo demanding basic training, and are sent to a base hospital in Panama to work. While there Cherry runs afoul of army regulations.

Chief Nurse: Still in the Army Nurse Corps with her Spencer hospital unit, Cherry, having been promoted to chief nurse, organizes an evacuation hospital on a Pacific jungle island and is tested under fire.

This four-book set features the identical design and sense of adventure and patriotism as when they were first published. With fully illustrated color covers and a soft-finished hardcover format, these books can be a great addition to your home or as a gift to friends or next generation nurses.