Georgie is a comedian and long time nurse and in between both careers, has managed to write this book about the highs, lows, politics and hilarity of the health care system. With hilarious tales from her own vault, this one is a gem that is very easy to read. My fave was the step by step instructions on how to wash a fanny! A great read and massive thanks to Georgie and all nurses for what you deal with each day. .

Being a health care professional, I can’t help but be drawn to anything health care related. When I saw that Nurse Georgie Carroll was performing at the Adelaide Fringe last year, I knew I had to see her - and I’m so glad I did. She is absolutely hilarious. Imagine my excitement when I found out she had written a book!

I absolutely devoured this book. Georgie writes with such warmth and humour, I found myself laughing out loud at so much of what I was reading.

Throughout the book, Georgie shares her life growing up and then working as a nurse. There are countless anecdotes, which would be enjoyed both by those who do and do not work in health.

Georgie reminds me so much of one of the amazing nurses I work with, which made me love the book even more (and I know they have worked together previously. I wish I was on shift with them together, I think I would wet myself laughing).

Do yourself a favour and get this book - and also check out YouTube clips of the live show, you won’t regret it!

Thanks to @netgalley and @macmillanaus for the review copy!

Off The Charts by Georgie Carroll is an extraordinarily different book to anything I’ve previously read. It is outrageously amusing with very frank and blatant depiction of nurses and healthcare environments. The author’s descriptions are explicit with a running commentary that I found very entertaining but also probably a little over the top at times. I haven’t been a nurse but some of the work related issues are certainly universal; however many of the nurse related issues are obviously specific to that profession who have to deal with a lot! There are some parts I wish I never read as it will be hard to keep some of the images out of my mind - for example chasing a male patient around to stop him pissing on other patients, in bins etc etc... There is worse but I can’t bring myself to repeat them. You will have to read this yourself.

Thank you to Netgalley and publisher PanMacmillan Australia for a copy to read and review.

Georgie Carroll, a nurse and stand-up comedienne, has written a light hearted look behind the scenes at what it means to be a nurse. She started her nursing career in England with the NHS and then emigrated to Australia where she also nursed in Australian hospitals.

Using her wide experience, Georgie walks us through each section of the hospital from admissions to the morgue. If you've ever seen her standup routines you'll be familiar with her three stages of nursing (dolphin, penguin and orca), that she explains in the book as young graduate nurses move through the system to eventually become the toughened, experienced old hands who run the hospital wards. While her approach is gently humorous, it was more in the nature of a fond memoir than a book full of hilarious anecdotes, and will be of most interest to those who have ever wondered what it's really like to be a nurse in our busy, modern hospitals.

Written with the great humour Georgie is well known for, this book looks at life as a nurse, through all the good and the bad. A good book for someone interested in the life of a nurse, as well as being a great read for Georgie’s fans of her comedy.

Georgie is more well known for comedy than her nursing, in this book she combines the two, taking us on a journey through her nursing career, using her particular brand of humour.
If you have seen her stand up act you will be familiar with her 'three stages of nursing' ( working in hospital myself is entirely accurate) and that is the reference for this book.
Nurses/health professionals would be more likely to appreciate Georgie's witt, and way of thinking but I did find at times some things not funny or in poor taste
Still worth a read though