Reviewing the Medical Books and Journals that constituted Medical understanding a century back.

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Contrasting the choice to Study Nursing today and 100 years Ago

October 12th, 2007 at 4:14 am » Comments (1)

A hundred years ago nurses did not always happen into the profession by choice.  The book of medicine as we follow it shows us that 90 years ago, it was expected that most mothers would perform the nursing functions for their entire family. They were expected to have a rudimentary understanding of how to [...]



From Mothers Home Nursing Families to Nurses Traveling Across the US

October 5th, 2007 at 12:11 pm » Comments (1)

I was doing some research on nursing last night and I came across an interesting trend.  Nurses today in the present-day are finding in taking temporary positions that enable them to travel across the United States to work as a nurse in multiple locations, or should say in different locations.  So for example if you [...]