Holyoke, Mass

Visiting Nurse Association

by Laurel | November 14th, 2014

01 Nov 1936

Nurses on Duty at Holyoke
Left to right, Misses Catherine Spooner and Elizabeth Cauley from the Holyoke Hospital and Misses Irene Charpentier and Lillian Kennedy from the Providence Hospital.

Nurses On Duty at Holyoke

Holyoke, October 31 — A new group of student nurses from the Holyoke and Providence hospitals are not at work for the Holyoke Visiting Nurse Association. This arrangement benefits the association which can use to advantage the assistance of the student nurses; and also the student nrses are given experience of value in district nursing work as part of their training.

Left to right, Misses Catherine Spooner and Elizabeth Cauley from the Holyoke Hospital and Misses Irene Charpentier and Lillian Kennedy from the Providence Hospital.

Adapted from The Springfield Republican.

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