How long does it take to read Cherry Ames, Chief Nurse?
Cherry Ames, Chief Nurse by Helen Wells takes about 3 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 22 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1944. 184 pages, about 50,600 words. Written for children.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 37 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 7 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Whisked away from Panama and reassigned to recently liberated Pacific island, Cherry Ames gets two surprises - a promotion to first lieutenant, and assignment as chief nurse to an evac hospital that will soon be built on a neighboring isle. In addition to the heat and the constant work, sick and wounded men, and an attempt by the Japanese to retake the place, Cherry has to cope with the local officer commanding - an Old Army, by the book lieutenant colonel who disapproves of her and her nurses.
Subjects: Nurses, Juvenile fiction, Nurse administrators, Cherry Ames (Fictitious character), Fiction, United States
