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Jan 25, 2023 · Seven nurses made history for charge nurse Mona Molloy, centre front, when her shift was staffed by an all-male team for the first time at St. John's Health Sciences Centre this month. Nurses Ryan ...
A recent shift at a hospital in St John's was unusual in one particular ward: all the nurses were men. We discuss why male nurses are still in the minority with Brandon Smith and Ryan Spear, who ...
- Early Nursing
- Nursing Schools
- Professional Nurses and Rural Nursing: 1920s-1940s
- Post-Confederation Nursing
Until the mid to late 19th century, nursing was not usually the job of professional nurses. Caring for the sick and injured normally took place in the home, and women acting as nurses did so as part of their domestic household duties. Few women were paid for this work, and those that did make their living by nursing were sometimes forced to by pers...
The medical care provided by hospitals and convents in St. John's and elsewhere established the need for trained nurses. Military nurses in the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the Crimean War (1853-1856) set a high nursing standard. The most notable of these was Florence Nightingale, who set up the first true nursing school in London in 1860. By...
There were few professional nurses working outside St. John's before the 1920s. Several organizations tried to overcome this problem by recruiting nurses outside Newfoundland and funding their placement in rural communities. The first of these was the Grenfell Association, which since the 1890s had been recruiting nurses from Great Britain and Nort...
After Confederation, funding increases, old age pensions, family allowances, and health insurance allowed better access to health care and increased the need for trained nurses. Newfoundland joined the federal-provincial hospital insurance program in 1958, and the extended Medical Care Plan in 1968. There were also increasing demands for regulation...
In October 2018, Essence Medical Aesthetics Inc. opened its doors in Grand Falls-Windsor. A huge thank you to Shelley Woolfrey who is an incredible woman, business partner, Nurse, and friend. On January 20, 2021, I made my first phone call to a Registered Nurse in St. John’s and from there the Essence Medical franchise began to evolve.
Most of the cottage hospitals had X-ray machines. Relatively common surgeries such as appendectomies and tonsillectomies were routinely performed, but more serious surgeries were sent to larger hospitals in St. John's or Corner Brook. Maternity care was a major focus of the cottage hospitals, and most were equipped with nurseries and incubators.
The Western Regional School of Nursing is owned and operated by Western Health. The School offers a four year Bachelor of Nursing Program in collaboration with Memorial University School of Nursing and the Centre for Nursing Studies. The School also offers a two year Fast Track Nursing Degree Option for students with degrees or advance ...
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Cape St. George - Public Health Nurse Box 15, Site 3, RR#2 Port au Port, NL A0N 1T0 Phone: 642-5463 Corner Brook - Public Health Nurse 1 Brookfield Ave. - Corner Brook Community Health Care, fifth floor Corner Brook, NL Phone: 632-2830 Cow Head - Public Health Nurse P.O.Box 100 125 Main Street Cow Head, NL AOK 2A0 Phone: 243-2129 Deer Lake ...
