Nursing School 1900's Style - You Thought Your Program Was Difficult?

[DoGoodThenGo]

Pull up a chair and have a cup of tea whilst taking a look back at what nursing education was like at the turn of the last century.

http://books.google.com/books?id=ViJtAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA24&dq=Laundry+Book&hl=en&ei=mTwBTrTGNYXn0QH0wLW6Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAzg8#v=onepage&q&f=false

Remember all this would have been done wearing undergarments (including corsets) and clothing that added about ten or more pounds to your body weight.

[DoGoodThenGo]

You left out the part about walking 20 miles to work every day in the snow uphill both ways...

Actually at that time *all* student (probation) nurses lived at the residence halls provided by the hospital under conditions that probably would have made the convent or military seem tame!

[NursePatty24]

wonderful find!! Thanks for sharing, I bookmarked the page to share with my nurse friends. :)

[JDZ344]

I have a couple of books written by nurses from various eras. My favourite is Monica Dickens (Charles' grand-daughter), who trained as a nurse during one of the wars. Very interesting.