A question for the COBs

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Does anyone know if nursing schools were using Florence Nightingale's book Notes on Nursing during the 1930s and 40s?

Specializes in Peds/outpatient FP,derm,allergy/private duty.

To the OP, I'm sorry I don't know anyone who went to school during the designated time period.

I do love textbook lore, though. My general nursing textbook which I believed was published around 1972, has an Op Art Swirl pattern on the front in bright lime green and turquoise. My college chemistry textbook also had a sort of reform era vibe also which made the professor roll his eyes. "From Atoms to Attitudes"

None of my grandmother's books, that I own, are not Flo's.

You lucky thing.

I agree Kindle is great for all sorts of public domain material, as is Google Play Books, GuteBooks, and Archive.org. You could get some leads that way, perhaps as most of them also have message boards associated for reader input.

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Specializes in Pediatric Critical Care.
But it does have the world old in the designation. I don't feel old (most days), so I don't think I qualify as a COB yet. I consider myself an FCOB, and probably will for years to come because I refuse to admit and act my age. :sneaky:

Exactly. Could one, for instance, be a COB at the age of 27 (with about 4-5ish years experience)....as long as they were crusty enough?

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Exactly. Could one, for instance, be a COB at the age of 27 (with about 4-5ish years experience)....as long as they were crusty enough?

Nope.

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That is so cool! I love, love, LOVE old medical books. I've begun to collect them. They seem to be needles in antique store hay stacks. My most recent is "Yourself and Your Body", autographed by author Wilfred Grenfell, who turns out to be a very awesome man and doctor. The book is written in conversational form, teaching kids about the body in detail.

If you're ever feeling bored, check out the DSM-I, which you can probably access for free on Google.

Sorry for the mini hijack. :)

I love old medical books, too, and equipment. My mom just gave me my great-grandmother's "Text-Book of Nursing Technique" by Irene V. Kelley (1930) which is a very small book that was intended to take a student through their entire four-year school career. That's a far cry from the dozens of thick school books straining my shelves now. Lots of neat old pictures, and notes in the margins. I love flipping through it.

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Good lord sassyass, how Crusty do you think we are?

Not that crusty, but more likely to have heard the stories of the previous generation of COBs.

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That's OK. I asked because someone sent me the book on kindle.along with a biography of her.

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Cool. I will be downloading that for sure. Thanks for the lead. I love books on nursing, especially at that price.

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.
Cool. I will be downloading that for sure. Thanks for the lead. I love books on nursing, especially at that price.

You need to quote when you're responding to a specific person or post. Thanks!

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