Vital Signs: Overseas

Diane Hartwell wanted overseas orders. Now she has them.Leaving Pensacola behind, Diane enters a world where almost everything feels different-the country, the culture, the people, and the rhythm of Navy life. What she learned at her first duty station came with her, but experience does not eliminate the challenge of finding her place in an unfamiliar environment.As Diane settles into her new assignment in Okinawa, nursing continues to stretch far beyond bedside care. New patients and colleagues challenge what she knows, while experiences outside the hospital draw her into cultures, traditions, friendships, and ways of seeing the world very different from her own.And Diane's instincts have not stayed behind in Pensacola.The more she trusts what she notices, the harder it becomes to dismiss the things she cannot explain. Connections deepen in unexpected ways, and a journey to Hong Kong opens a world Diane never imagined-one that challenges what she believes about friendship, family, love, and the bonds between people.What once seemed like an unconventional part of her nursing practice is becoming something larger. Diane is beginning to understand that not everything worth knowing can be measured, documented, or taught-and that some connections cannot be easily defined.Far from home, surrounded by new people and possibilities, Diane discovers that going overseas is about much more than changing duty stations. It is another step toward becoming the nurse, leader, and woman she is still discovering herself to be.Vital Signs: Overseas is the fourth novel in the Vital Signs series-a story of nursing, military service, intuition, friendship, cultural discovery, and the unexpected connections that can change the way we understand ourselves and one another.