Title Handling the sick : the women of St. Luke's and the nature of nursing, 1892-1937 / Tom Olson and Eileen Walsh

Published Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) : illustrations Series Women and health Women & health (Columbus, Ohio) 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 Summary "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 colliding visions of nursing factions that for more than a century have disagreed on the inherent traits and formal preparation a nurse has needed." "The women of St. Luke's were engaged in the most practical of all occupations open to women, a rare one in which their strength, experience, and skill were prized above all else. They firmly believed that the key to success in nursing was apprenticeship training. Apprenticeship, not schooling, was the cornerstone on which all else rested." "This study unites the opposing visions of those who led nursing toward professional status and those who saw it as a craft. Physicality, strength of will, an abiding emphasis on practicality, and a hierarchy based on a deep pride in craft skills have been essential elements of nursing. Nursing can look to its complex history to develop an integrated model of nursing, one drawing on both academic training and the immediate realities involved in "handling the sick.""--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject St. Luke's Hospital (Saint Paul, Minn.) -- History SUBJECT St. Luke's Hospital (Saint Paul, Minn.) Training School for Nurses St. Luke's Hospital (Saint Paul, Minn.) fast (OCoLC)fst00578250 Saint Paul (Minn.) -- Saint Luke's Hospital. swd Subject Nursing -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul -- History History of Nursing Schools, Nursing -- history Nursing. Krankenpflegeschule. Krankenpflege Ausbildung Verpleegkunde. Geschichte 1892-1937. SUBJECT Minnesota Subject Minnesota -- Saint Paul. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book Author Walsh, Eileen LC no. 2003023638 ISBN 0814273351 9780814273357

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