Synopsis
WHEN MATRON RULED explores the qualities and values that set Matron apart as a leader of nurses. Ardern looks at individual personalities, from the time of Nightingale's matrons to the demise of the role three decades ago, and anticipates their heralded rivival. In her commanding role within the hospital, Matron was both feared and revered, but a dragon she was not. Her main abilities were her high organisational skills, maintenance of nursing standards within the hospital and resolving the problems of her staff and patients. With many direct accounts from matrons and their nurses, this book dispels the myths about these remarkable women. The stories reveal the other side of matron and the fun in nursing as well as the hard work and adversities.
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About the Author
Peter Ardern was born and educated in Sheffield. He began his career in psychiatric nursing at Middlewood Hospital, Sheffield before completing his general nurse training at Barnsley. He moved to Portsmouth in 1969 and was promoted to charge nurse in 1971. Working as a counsellor for the elderly, he co-presented a bereavement video package. In 1994 he gained an MSc in social studies and won the Nursing Times's 'Nurse of the Year' award. Retiring in 1994 as a senior nurse after thirty years in the National Health Service, he studied for a PhD in health studies. Peter Ardern lives in Portsmouth with his wife, June, where they are involved in charity work for deaf children, and are researching a further book on nursing.
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