Cherry Ames (Nurse) Stories

When I was recovering from my surgery (tonsils) many, many ,many years ago--
my therapy was reading Cherry Ames Nurse stories. It was a wonderful little
series, and if you would like an interesting glimpse into nursing past, see if you
can find some of the older stories at your used book store.
Recently a few of the books were re released and are on the link below...

The Cherry Ames Page: Book Summaries

Anyone else remember Cherry Ames books?

Flight nurse and Dude Ranch nurse were my favorites.......
Yes -- I ran across and read a few of them when I was young.

oh my yes, read them all multiple times!

My mom loved Cherry Ames. I read one Cherry Ames book (I was already an RN in my mid-twenties). I feel like kind of a party pooper saying so, but jeez..... I couldn't seem to keep my eyes from non-stop rolling. Too, too cliche. Complete with the token doctor boyfriend.

Quote from SaltyNurseI couldn't seem to keep my eyes from non-stop rolling. Too, too cliche. Complete with the token doctor boyfriend.

Quote from SaltyNurseMy mom loved Cherry Ames. I read one Cherry Ames book (I was already an RN in my mid-twenties). I feel like kind of a party pooper saying so, but jeez..... I couldn't seem to keep my eyes from non-stop rolling. Too, too cliche. Complete with the token doctor boyfriend.

Quote from elkparkWell, yes, but that's part of their charm -- they're so sincerely retro ...

I LOVED the "Cherry Ames" series. My grandmother bought me 2 or 3 books every year for my birthday and Christmas. I couldn't wait until I could slip away and start reading! The aren't set in the present -- they are sent in the time just before, during and after WW II -- a very different time!

Absolutely loved these books as a teenager!

I never liked "Cherry Ames." Now "Sue Barton"; that girl had spunk!

I read them as a kid. I knew they weren't real, but I enjoyed them anyway.When I was a senior in college, I got a copy of "Cherry Ames, Student Nurse." We all had a good laugh over it. But I LOVED one line in the book that still rings true to me today. It said:"A nurse will never stand when she can sit ... and will never sit when she can lie down."Now THAT quote made sense to me! We really loved that line -- on multiple levels.

Loved Sue Barton, too!

llg wrote,"When I was a senior in college, I got a copy of "Cherry Ames, Student Nurse." We all had a good laugh over it. But I LOVED one line in the book that still rings true to me today. It said:"A nurse will never stand when she can sit ... and will never sit when she can lie down."I must be missing my editor's work today, because I have to be picky and point out that the actual quote is in SUE BARTON, SENIOR NURSE and reads:"Nurses seldom stand when they can sit, or sit when they can lie down."And it's fitting that it should be the Sue Barton book with the nifty quote, since the Sue Barton books were written by an actual nurse, the truly interesting Helen Dore Boylston, graduate of Mass General Hospital's school of nursing. I liked the Cherry Ames books as a kid, but I was devoted to Sue Barton books!Dina