Handling the Sick : The Women of St. Luke's and the Nature of Nursing, 1892-1937 /

"Handling the Sick is the story of 838 women who entered St. Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses, St. Paul, Minnesota, from 1892-1937. Their story addresses a fundamental question about nursing that has yet to be answered: is nursing a craft or a profession? It also addresses the co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olson, Tom (Tom Craig)
Other Authors: Walsh, Eileen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Saint Paul (Minn.) > Saint Luke's Hospital.
St. Luke's Hospital (Saint Paul, Minn.)
St. Luke's Hospital (Saint Paul, Minn.) > Histoire.
St. Luke's Hospital (Saint Paul, Minn.) > History.
St. Luke's Hospital (Saint Paul, Minn.) > Training School for Nurses.
Geschichte 1892-1937.
Verpleegkunde.
Ausbildung
Krankenpflege
Krankenpflegeschule.
Nursing.
Soins infirmiers > Minnesota > Saint Paul > Histoire.
Schools, Nursing > history
History of Nursing
Nursing > Minnesota > Saint Paul > History.
Minnesota > Saint Paul.
Minnesota
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The nature of nursing
  • First impressions
  • Ready for work
  • The limits of duty
  • Laying claim to caring
  • Grounds for dismissal, reasons to leave
  • Lasting impressions
  • Reclaiming the past, remaking the future.

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