Historical information

Based on an assignment the author wrote prior to sitting the State Final Nursing Examination in 1938. The document details nursing care and treatment of a patient with pneumonia admitted to the Alfred Hospital at that time

Significance

Provides insight into nursing practice in the 1930's

Physical description

Comb bound document with yellow cover, Front cover has a photocopied photograph of two seated women in nurses uniform, with 'Our Tutor Sister and Sister Burbridge/ who wrote our textbook "Lectures for Nurses"' typed underneath.There is a black and white photograph affixed to the title page

Inscriptions & markings

Previous catalogue number handwritten at top right of front cover. Photograph on title page has been identified as 'Sister Catron/ 1938-1940' [handwritten blak ink]. Some correction have been made to text [black ink] and some additional nites [pencil] page 7