Old photo of nurse on rooftop???

[ashemson]

This is crazy, but I will be graduating nursing school in May. Our instructor was talking one day about an old photo of a nurse walking on the roofs of houses to get to other houses because it was an unsafe neighborhood or something. This is a VERY old photo! I would like to find a copy of it for a graduation gift for her, but cannot find anything on this. Has anyone ever heard of this?

Thanks!

[AmyLiz]

Is this it? http://www.uic.edu/nursing/aphne/

The picture on the webpage sounds like it may be the one you asked about.

[ReinventingMyselfAgain, MSN, RN]

I remember that photo from nursing school

[Cute_CNA, CNA]

Is this it? http://www.uic.edu/nursing/aphne/

The picture on the webpage sounds like it may be the one you asked about.

Good job!

[canuckeh!]

If you ever need any kind of image, go to

click on images

enter what you are looking for e.g. nurse on rooftop.

As my grandaughter would say Ta Da!!!

[susannyc]

Ashemson:

The picture on the Illinois web site is not the only picture I've seen of a visiting nurse on a roof top. However, the other one might not be on the web as even Google can't locate it right now. I'll try some nursing history sites, though and let you know what I come up with.

My understanding of the reason for the nurse being on the rooftop was not because the NYC neighborhood was bad, but because none of the tenements had elevators, which at the time were a luxury not found in most residential buildings. Some of these tenements still exist, and none have elevators! It was easier to climb the stairs in one building to see one's patients, then walk over the rooftops to the next building, and see the patients there while walking down! Having done lots of homecare in NYC, I wished that I could have done that instead of continuously walking up and down stairs!

Susan

[ashemson]

THAT'S IT!!!!! Thank you guys so much. Now I just need to find out if there is any way to get prints of it!

Thank you!!!!!

[ReinventingMyselfAgain, MSN, RN]

My understanding of the reason for the nurse being on the rooftop was not because the NYC neighborhood was bad, but because none of the tenements had elevators, which at the time were a luxury not found in most residential buildings. Some of these tenements still exist, and none have elevators! It was easier to climb the stairs in one building to see one's patients, then walk over the rooftops to the next building, and see the patients there while walking down! Having done lots of homecare in NYC, I wished that I could have done that instead of continuously walking up and down stairs!

I believe there is some regulation (at least in NY) that requires any new buildings over 5 stories to have an elevator. This is what my ex (who is a paramedic) told me. So he and I (in my himecare days) seemed to have too many patients on the 5th floor of these apartments that did not require elevators. I agree, climbing roof to roof would have been easier:nurse: :nurse:

[carolinapooh, BSN, RN]

Hence the phrase "eighth floor walkup". :)

That is about the coolest picture I've ever seen...could you email the organization and find out where they found it? And tell them why you want it.

You never know - they might send you a copy.