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Filtering by: Location Duke Medical Center Archives Subject Patients Subject Students, Nursing Subject Women in medicine

1. Rachel Ann McSwain Harrell with a pediatric patient

Description/Abstract:: Harrell, a nursing student, prepares to administer a shot to an infant. Harrell graduated from the School of Nursing in 1948.
Date:: 1948

2. Nurse assists pediatrics patient on scale

Description/Abstract:: A young girl is weighed by a nurse (most likely a student nurse). The School of Nursing opened its doors to nursing students on January 2, 1931. The first degrees offered to students were the Diploma in Nursing and the B.S. in Nursing.
Date:: circa 1940

3. Student nurse and instructor take a patient's blood pressure

Description/Abstract:: Phyllis Mertz, a School of Nursing student, assists Ruth Hunter, a Nursing Arts instructor, in taking a patient's blood pressure.
Date:: 1948