tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289979229527863702.post4243771912887609839..comments2024-03-05T09:43:53.637-08:00Comments on Voices of Harvey County: The Story Behind the Objecthvcuratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07836494879240539466noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289979229527863702.post-78494341480598653442014-07-15T10:18:44.411-07:002014-07-15T10:18:44.411-07:00Thank you Shari for the additional information.Thank you Shari for the additional information.hvcuratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07836494879240539466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289979229527863702.post-54000939629844121162014-07-08T13:18:32.184-07:002014-07-08T13:18:32.184-07:00If Brenda Jean worked as a Registered Nurse at Bet...If Brenda Jean worked as a Registered Nurse at Bethel-Deaconess Hospital after her marriage, she would not have worn this uniform at that time. Since graduation from Nursing School is a requirement for becoming Registered, and also follows that passing the State examination for Registration is also required, she would have to have been a graduate Registered Nurse in order to be employed. Her obituary states that she worked at Bethel Deaconess after she married. She married in October after her graduation from Stormont-Vail School of Nursing. Registered Nurses never wore their Student Nurse uniforms EVER after becoming Registered. Registered Nurses always wore all white uniforms ~ cap from school of training, uniform dress, stockings and polished white shoes. The only exceptions to that might be military nurses out of the hospital wards, and nurses who worked in Public Health or Visiting Nurses. They wore different uniforms out in the community. But hospital nurses always wore "the whites." <br />The photograph of student nurses shown above from Bethel Deaconess School of Nursing shows a totally different nursing student uniform from the one you have. The collar is different, the white apron has straps across the shoulders where hers does not, the sleeves are long, not short, and the fabric of the dress appears different. <br />What you do have is a beautiful example of what student nurses from Stormont-Vail School of Nursing wore at least up to 1961. We don't see what they wore after that, or if any changes were made to the uniform in succeeding classes. <br />Too bad you didn't get a cap too. Those are almost always unique to the school in size, shape and general design. Shari D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289979229527863702.post-29609668468295063232013-04-24T07:44:25.598-07:002013-04-24T07:44:25.598-07:00You are welcome. Thank you for letting us know you...You are welcome. Thank you for letting us know you enjoyed the post.hvcuratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07836494879240539466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289979229527863702.post-90839019000426251712013-04-23T19:24:04.817-07:002013-04-23T19:24:04.817-07:00This was a nice story to see; I am Brenda Odle Lau...This was a nice story to see; I am Brenda Odle Laughlin's niece & came across it while looking at obits for her husband who passed away this past week. Thank you for this story.JoRita Odle Hillnoreply@blogger.com