During the 1980’s to 2000, the nursing staff wore “scrubs” (surgical pants and tops) on all the floors because nurses sometimes got “pulled” to other units. With patients with highly contagious diseases or blood splatter like in the Emergency Department, white uniforms were highly impractical. The nurses caps, often called our “glory,” also went by … More Nursing in the Late 20th Century
I attended and graduated from Greenville (SC) General Hospital School of Nursing in 1972. This school was one of the last three-year diploma schools in the state and maybe the country. Three-year schools are now obsolete with two-year nursing schools, which offer an associates degree, and four year schools in colleges and universities, which offer … More Student Nurse Life in Early 1970s
I started my nursing career in 1972. I worked in hospitals from South Carolina to New Orleans, to Mississippi, to Western and Central North Carolina. After 38 years of nursing (17 years of that in ICU/CCUs) I consider myself an expert on how the nursing field has changed. I retired in 2012. When taking temperatures for … More Nursing Then And Now: Some Surprising Similarities and Differences
This post is a continuation of my memories and some memories from other graduates from my school from before 1973. Thankfully patient care continues to improve along side the field of medicine. https://joyful2beeblogs.com/2026/05/08/nursing-back-then-part-1/ Sharing the first blog “Nursing Back Then Part 1” with other nurses from my school and training era, triggered memories they shared … More Nursing “Back Then”Part 2
I am amazed when I think about how far the fields of medicine and nursing have come since my mother trained in the early 1940’s. We both trained at the same nursing school, as did my sister. But we graduated in 1972 and 1973. I worked as a nurse from 1972 until 2011. I am … More Nursing “Back Then” Part 1
After I graduated from high school in 1969, I started nurse’s training in a three year diploma nursing school which had opened in 1918. The rules for the student nurses were quite strenuous in those days. I remember reading a paper of dormitory rules from that era. Here are some of them with rules found … More Nursing School in the 1920’s
I am not normally a person who finds fault with everything. I usually “go with the flow” and take things as they come. I do not want to offend anyone who loves arugula; nor am I criticizing those who eat it freely. That said, I am at a loss, concerning eating arugula. The other night … More Arugula??? Yes, Arugula!
With spring soon moving on to summer, many of us may remember going to the beach as teenagers or adults. I always loved the beach. This morning I woke up with an ear-worm (Part of a song in your brain). And with it came a flood of memories from a delightful beach trip that I … More Do You Remember Your First Crush?
After my husband completed the studies in the Old Testament, we moved to a small town in Mississippi for one year while my husband finished the work on his dissertation on Ecclesiastes. Thinking surely some church or university would hire him quickly, we moved into the back room at his parent’s house to wait. I … More A Tenderhearted Tough Cookie
My first son, M, met a friend, D, while riding home on the school bus from high school. D was the son of another family. He lived about a mile away but often rode the school bus home with M. When they met, D was in junior high and M was in 10th grade(?). They … More One Son By Another Mother
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