I have seen the changes in the roles of the RN over the last 50 years. Some good, some no so good. But I do believe that the families and patients do not realize how technical the profession is now,...
In the 1950's, our BP cuffs looked like the ones today, but had like a metal hook and eye system, with 1 hook and a strip of "eyes" down the cuff, to hook into at the appropriate circumference of the...
Thank you all so much for the wonderful (and not so wonderful) memories of nursing in the '50s and '60s. I found this site while searching for background info while writing my "memoirs" . All your...