Frank Carlson Library

A pediatrician tells what happens when a child goes to the doctor for a check-up, with explanations of the instruments and procedures that will be encountered.

"Audrey Parker's life changes forever when Pearl Harbor is attacked on December 7, 1941. Her brother, a talented young Navy pilot, had been stationed there, poised to fulfill their late father's distinguished legacy. Fresh out of nursing school with a passion and a born gift for helping others, both Audrey and her friend Lizzie suddenly find their nation on the brink of war. Driven to do whatever they can to serve, they enlist in the Army and embark...

"This book goes through the ABC's of visiting the doctor-- from examinations and fevers to nurses and urine samples"--Front jacket flap.

Follows a young girl on a trip to the doctor's office where she has a checkup.

"The nurses of the Civil War ushered in a new era for medicine in the midst of tremendous hardship. While the country was at war, these women not only learned to advocate and care for patients in hostile settings, saved countless lives, and changed the profession forever, they regularly fell ill with no one to nurse them in return, seethed in anger at the indifference and inefficiency that left wounded men on the battlefield without care, and all...

Text and pictures describe what might happen during a visit to the doctor's office and during a chest X ray.

Uses letters, stories, and informational text to explain what to expect when you have to go to the hospital.