This is a sweet little children's board book about nurses and all the things they do to help people, such as washing them, taking their blood pressure, checking their temperature, giving them medicine and feeding them, whether it is in a hospital, care home or at home. It is a lovely book, with bright, colourful illustrations that all children will enjoy. It is easy to read and my daughter loved it and understood it very well.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A very very engaging and enthralling book that explains with the help of endearing illustrations the noble and selfless role executed by one indispensable segment of the global population. This is also a very timely book. As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc across the globe causing untold physical and mental grief, the tireless medical profession in general and nurses in particular stand like a rock between desolation and loss. Heart breaking pictures of the thousands of men and women with scarred faces on account of donning PPEs on a continuous basis even made the cover of The Time Magazine.

Liesbet Slegers making wonderful use of her Graphics and Illustrations studies at the Saint-Lucas institute of Antwerp comes up with a beautiful work that explains in a nutshell (with the help of arresting illustrations) the daily grind of a nurse within the confines of a hospital. whether it be checking the temperature of a small boy who has been admitted on account of a fever or alleviating the leg pain of a girl by keeping the impacted leg elevated by using a pillow, Slegers drives home in an impeccably impactful fashion, the critical functions executed by these angels in white.

A must read for every pre-schooler!

(Nurses and What They Do by Liesbet Slegers is published by Clavis Publishing and will be available from the 7th of September, 2021 onwards.)

Thank you Net Galley for the Advance Reviewer Copy

An informative introduction to the occupation of nurse for young kids! This book would be great for children ages 4/5+ as it goes over responsibilities, daily tasks, and equipment used as a nurse. This would be great for a child who is interested in working in a medical profession or even one who is afraid of doctors/hospitals.

Thank you NetGalley and Clavis Publishing for providing this ARC.

This book was soooooo good . The illustrations were adorable. I’m a Registered Nurse and my 3 year old always asks me what I do for work, usually I just say “I take care of sick people”. But as she grows more curious about the world around her she always wants more details. We sat down and read this book together and she loved it! She was asking me questions, was saying “ohhhh, that’s what mommy does”! It’s was such a great experience with her, I’ll definitely be purchasing this book for our shelves when it hits stores!

We have a nurse in the family so this book was of particular interest for me to read to my 4 year old granddaughter. I like how the gender kept switching but maybe stating something at the beginning of the book that nurses can be men or women might help avoid the gender switching confusion. Ditto with the doctors. A couple of words were very long and maybe even difficult for the adult reader to pronounce. Would parenthetical breakdown of pronunciation be an option?)
This book covered all areas of nursing and the illustrations were very ‘friendly’. I’ll definitely read this to my granddaughter.

Thank you to Clavis Publishing and NetGalley for an ARC of Nurses and What They Do in exchange for an honest review.

As a nurse and a mom of a preschool aged kiddo, I was really interested in this title. However, I may be more critical than a reviewer that is not a nurse. The order of the book felt pretty disorganized and chaotic to me. To me it would have been better organized to start by describing different settings a nurse works in, the tools they use, then what types of work they do, instead of flip-flopping back and forth. I found it interesting that the author talked a lot about nurses taking care of older people, then showed the nurse taking care of children. It also seemed odd to me that in some areas the author talked about a sphygmomanometer without describing it as a blood pressure cuff, then later calls it an inflatable cuff or machine. Additionally the text says the nurse pushes a button on the machine, but a manual cuff is shown. Similarly, the illustration of the injection going into the "old lady" is shown as going directly into her AC instead of connected to an IV port or into a muscle or subcutaneous tissue. I understand that this is a book for preschoolers, and they won't know the difference, but if it is meant to be nonfiction to show kids what nurses do, I feel that it should be as accurate as possible. It doesn't seem like a nurse wrote this or that any nurses were consulted on the details, which I think would have been very useful in enhancing the content of this book.

A very informative, colorful and useful children's book.

My daughter (3.5) was a bit young for this so she started fidgeting at pages with longer texts and no dialogue, but even she could relate: we had a nice chat about how she felt the last time we went for a regular check-up at our GP. This book is a great tool to discuss different jobs, and we definitely will read it before our next appointment at the doctor or dentist. This book can ease a kid's anxiety around doctors, nurses and hospitals, and can help parents tremendously.

Friendly illustration, easy language - I would love to read other books from this series.

Thanks NetGalley and Clavis Publishing for this ARC.

This is a simple, clearly-written explanation of the various jobs and roles of nurses. It would be a great resource for career exploration for kids and therefore would make a useful addition to school and classroom libraries.

In addition to school use, this would be very helpful and reassuring for a child who will be undergoing a medical procedure or going to the hospital. It's a nice introduction to the people and routines of hospitals and could be a great aid in preparing to go.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

Nurses and What They Do is a great book to teach children what exactly nurses do. The book shows that nurses don’t just work in hospitals and don’t just take temperatures, but that they do so much more. Children will see the many different ways nurses help people and all of the jobs they do.

I loved the colorful, vibrant illustrations. I also appreciated the representation that is shown here - the nurses pictured are different races and genders. So many times it is assumed that all nurses are female, but this book includes male nurses which is great.

Thank you to NetGalley & Clavis for the eARC.

There were many things that I liked about this book:

The illustrations that are bright and vibrant

The diversity in the illustrations with people of different races and also showing a male nurse. Often children think that only females can be nurses.

The descriptions of some of the jobs that a nurse might do and the different patients that they may help.

My one niggle: The nurses are all clearly taking orders from the doctors. Of course this is what happens but, in the real world, I think that nurses use their voice and expertise more. Some of what is described sounds like jobs that a nurse’s aid might do.

Still, I recommend this title overall. It demystifies the nurse’s work and what it is like to be in the hospital. It may inspire some to become nurses in the future.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher. All opinions are my own.

An introductory guide to the very young about what a nurse is and they one might do – the procedures and equipment s/he might use and so on. Like the sister book to this I saw about eye specialists (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3909052614), this dumps awkward vocab on a pre-school book (sphygmomanometer the worst culprit) and also has a slightly clumsy and unnecessary transition from general discussion into something more fiction-based. Still, it will give clear comfort to some young readers who might need to know what hospital care looks and feels like, and at least it is clearly set in the old normal, without face nappies all over the shop. Which is evidently a result of this being ten years old – we should have had it translated long before now.

A simple but informative book for young children on the wonderful work that nurses do to help people. It would be a great book for a child to understand healthcare and hospitals in an honest but not scary way, especially if they or a loved one are ill The illustrations are colorful and friendly. Recommend!

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