Mommyof2
November 28th, 2010, 04:44 AM
Okay as some of you may know my mom is a nurse.. I adore her and nurses in general! This story put a smile on my face. My mom went to school for nursing when I was still young and I remember a lot of her schooling. I found it interesting to hear how different things were way back when these ladies went to school for nursing.. I found this to be a feel good story and thought I would share.
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/11/graduates_from_flints_st_josep.html
In 1960, the 25 graduates of the Nazareth College/St. Joseph School of Nursing proudly wore white hats with a black stripe and white professional uniforms.
The uniforms told them — and the world — that they were nurses, recalled Carol Hunt, 70, of Grand Blanc Township.
As the graduates celebrate their 50th anniversary this year, the uniform is only one of many things that changed over the years.
Nursing school students — all female — were required to stand when doctors entered the nursing station and offer them their seats, Hunt said
“Now we can work elbow and elbow with them,” she said. “It’s just fabulous when that happens. You don’t work independently. You work as a team
At St. Joseph’s, the nuns lived on the third story, the students on the second floor. Nursing students could not have boyfriends in the dorms, leave the dorms in slacks or shorts without wearing a long coat over them, have shoulder-length hair, wear excessive makeup or date interns or residents, Hunt said.
Students became nurses in a three-year program with one year of college work and two years of clinicals and nursing experience.
“Things were much different then,” said Mary Conroy, a teacher at St. Joseph Nursing School. “It was a great education because they got so much clinical experience. ... Now there is a lot more chemistry, a lot more technical stuff, a lot more computerized care. I think nursing today is very, very tough.”
The St. Joseph Nursing School offered a diploma program. In the 1960s there were only four schools in Michigan that offered bachelor’s degrees in nursing, Conroy said. Now there are about 12, she said.
The skills she learned then are still in use today, she said.
“I just can’t give it up,” she said. “That is one of the neatest things about nursing... You use your nursing in your family, in all walks of life.”
I wish the news would have posted some old pictures of the nurses but they didn't. :hmpf:
I have to admit I laughed when I read the nurses back then had to stand and offer the doctors their seat. My mom very often came home and would tell me how much the doctors annoyed her. Very often treating her like she didn't know how to do her job.. She often called them all stuck up assholes. I couldn't imagine her giving one her seat! I know we have some nurses on the site.. I hope you all enjoyed this story. Thank you for all you do!
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/11/graduates_from_flints_st_josep.html
In 1960, the 25 graduates of the Nazareth College/St. Joseph School of Nursing proudly wore white hats with a black stripe and white professional uniforms.
The uniforms told them — and the world — that they were nurses, recalled Carol Hunt, 70, of Grand Blanc Township.
As the graduates celebrate their 50th anniversary this year, the uniform is only one of many things that changed over the years.
Nursing school students — all female — were required to stand when doctors entered the nursing station and offer them their seats, Hunt said
“Now we can work elbow and elbow with them,” she said. “It’s just fabulous when that happens. You don’t work independently. You work as a team
At St. Joseph’s, the nuns lived on the third story, the students on the second floor. Nursing students could not have boyfriends in the dorms, leave the dorms in slacks or shorts without wearing a long coat over them, have shoulder-length hair, wear excessive makeup or date interns or residents, Hunt said.
Students became nurses in a three-year program with one year of college work and two years of clinicals and nursing experience.
“Things were much different then,” said Mary Conroy, a teacher at St. Joseph Nursing School. “It was a great education because they got so much clinical experience. ... Now there is a lot more chemistry, a lot more technical stuff, a lot more computerized care. I think nursing today is very, very tough.”
The St. Joseph Nursing School offered a diploma program. In the 1960s there were only four schools in Michigan that offered bachelor’s degrees in nursing, Conroy said. Now there are about 12, she said.
The skills she learned then are still in use today, she said.
“I just can’t give it up,” she said. “That is one of the neatest things about nursing... You use your nursing in your family, in all walks of life.”
I wish the news would have posted some old pictures of the nurses but they didn't. :hmpf:
I have to admit I laughed when I read the nurses back then had to stand and offer the doctors their seat. My mom very often came home and would tell me how much the doctors annoyed her. Very often treating her like she didn't know how to do her job.. She often called them all stuck up assholes. I couldn't imagine her giving one her seat! I know we have some nurses on the site.. I hope you all enjoyed this story. Thank you for all you do!