1930's Nursing style...

Enjoyable article. Thanks for posting it.

Thanks for posting this, it was realy interesting.It amazes me that there were ANY nurses at all given all they had to do back then. Although, I think they had a LOT less CYA legal BS charting to take em away from patient care. Wow.

I enjoyed reading that very much. Times have sure changed! I work in a county facility and our building is 8 years old. A lot of employees talk about 'the old building' which was the home of our facility before the new one was built. It sounds like it was a lot of fun to work there. A lot less stress and concern about being sued. They had Christmas parties on the premises that the patients would even join. The employees and residents were also allowed to smoke anywhere they wanted to. One girl told me, 'I remember doing patient care with a cigarette in my mouth and one in theirs'...hehehe. Boy, what a difference!

WOW! Training for three months to make beds, learn how to give bed baths and take VS.

I tell you I went to LPN school in 1966, 28 years after that nurse went to school. A lot of that stuff was still around then. A lot of those nurses were still around then. Since I was so young I used to hang out with the RN students who lived in a dorm attached to the hospital. Guess what, I work with two of them still today. I remember when someone had to explain what an ADN was to me because I thought all the nurses in the world were Diploma grads.

Wow! This is great snapshot of nursing history! Thanks so much for sharing. :)

thanks; i enjoyed reading.

Neat... thanx ! :)

I love reading about the good ole days but I'm glad I don't live in the good ole days:D

Noney

Great Story!

I enjoyed this look back into the past.

When I worked at the nursing home, my former supervisor (recently retired), she graduated nursing school in the 1940's and used to tell me the stories. There are a ton of them, but she told me how the state boards used to be half practical and she had to demonstrate how to deliver a baby in breech position!!

I seriously would have had an MI if I had to demonstrate ANYTHING in front of board members, even if it was just handwashing!!