I'm a Flight Nurse - (Health Heroes) by Lauren Kukla (Paperback)

About the Book

A lively, illustrated introduction to the essential work of flight nurses as community helpers and health heroes

Book Synopsis

What does a flight nurse do every day? What character traits are essential for a flight nurse to have?

Follow flight nurses as as they work to keep people healthy. These health heroes do the important work of flying injured or sick patients to a hospital that can help. Discover the tools they use as they work with the flight crew and hospital staff to keep patients healthy. Like all health heroes, they make sure the needs of the patient come first. Meet a real flight nurse from Mayo Clinic, and find out how these health heroes save the day, every day!

Meets (C3) Framework for Social Studies standards: College, Career, and Civic Life. D2.Civ.2.K-2. Explain how all people, not just official leaders, play important roles in a community.

Mayo Clinic Press Kids creates empowering health and wellness content in partnership with pediatric experts. Proceeds from the sale of every book go to benefit important medical research and education at Mayo Clinic.

About the Author

Lauren Kukla is a freelance author and poet who loves writing for kids. She has written many books for young readers. She lives with her husband and kids in Minnesota. She is the cofounder and creative director of littledigital.org. She lives in Minneapolis, MN.

Nadia Gunawan is an illustrator based in Indonesia with a passion for storytelling. She graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. in Psychology.