About | Nurse Dotty Books

About Nurse Dotty Books

Hello, my name is Molly Watts, and I am the author/illustrator of Nurse Dotty Books and a registered children’s nurse in the UK.

Nurse Dotty Books started back in 2019 when I was working as a nurse in a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. It actually started years before this when I would write small individual stories for the children I was looking after to help them understand their journey and the scary environment of the intensive care unit; but in 2019 I created the character of Nurse Dotty.

Since then, Nurse Dotty has been the focus of a number of different books and resources aimed at helping to alleviate anxiety for children and their families and has even been lucky enough to receive a number of awards (see Nurse Dotty Highlights below).

Please take a look at the pictures of Nurse Dotty's adventures below and have a browse of the website to explore books on a number of topics that are currently available.

"I don't know if we would have got through the experience without the book. Knowing what to expect took so much of that fear away for her."

Nurse Dotty Highlights

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October 2021

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January 2023

November 2023

The first ever sketch of Nurse Dotty was created on paper.

After purchasing an iPad so that digital images could be created Nurse Dotty was launched as an idea on social media.

Ahead of the upcoming first lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK 'Dave the Dog is worried about Coronavirus' was written and released as a free download. This was subsequently downloaded over 500,000 times across the world.

Nurse Dotty received a Points of Light award.

First Nurse Dotty book was released as eBook and paperback on Amazon.

Nurse Dotty was featured on the Independents annual Happy List (Covid Heroes edition).

Nurse Dotty received an Inspirational Award for Women.

Nurse Dotty received the Patient Care Innovation (Hospital Heroes) award from NHS Trust.

With support from fundraising Nurse Dotty donated 377 books to children in hospital on Christmas Eve for the first time.

'Nurse Dotty' was featured on the King's New Years honours list for services to literature during Covid-19.

Nurse Dotty was featured at an event at the RCN library celebrating the history of children and young people's nursing.

Got an idea for what Nurse Dotty should do next?

If you have an idea of a topic that you would love to be the focus of a Nurse Dotty Book or even your own book, image or resource. I am available for commissions and collaborations and would love to hear from you so please get in touch.

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