Z_021_St. Benedict's

Title Z_021_St. Benedict's
Creator Stewart Library - Weber State University
Contributors Mount Benedict Monestary; Photographs taken by Hope Welch, Betty Nichols, Pat Erickson, Evelyn Brunson, Judy Binkley, Janice Hassell, and Josephine Hibbeln
Image Captions We were all nervous when we had to do that first injection. I remember it was an injection in the buttocks. I cleaned it off and drew up the medication because it came in bottles and we had to draw it up and make sure it was the right amount and checked the patients name with his wrist band. I took a deep breath, got up the skin and gave the injection. I pulled the syringe back, no blood, wonderful. I gave the injection, pulled the syringe out, and the needle stayed in there. I just nearly died. My instinct was rightI just pulled it out with my fingers by the hub. The instructor didnt say anything. I never forgot that. That was so frightening.-Frances Greigo Duncan, Class of 1960
Description The St. Benedicts School of Nursing was founded in 1947 by the Sisters of Mount Benedict. The school operated from April 1947 to 1968. Over that forty-one year period, the school had 605 students and 357 graduates. In 1966, the program became the basis for Weber State Colleges Practical Nurse Program and eventually merged into Webers Nursing Program. This oral history project was created to capture the memories of the graduates and to add to the history of nursing education in Ogden. The interviews focus on their training, religion, and experiences working with doctors, nurses, nuns, and patients at St. Benedicts Hospital. This project received funding from the Utah Humanities Council and the Utah State History.
Subject Nursing--United States; Ogden (Utah); St. Benedict's Hospital; Catholic Church--Utah
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968
Date Digital 2011
Medium Oral History
Spatial Coverage Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779206, 41.223, -111.97383
Type Text; Image/StillImage; Image/MovingImage
Conversion Specifications Archived TIFF images were scanned by Sarah Langsdon at 400 dpi with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use.
Language eng
Relation http://librarydigitalcollections.weber.edu/
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University.
Source MS 378
Format image/jpeg
ARK ark:/87278/s6x5vq43
Setname wsu_stben_oh
ID 96968
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s6x5vq43
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