Nurses of the Sanitarium
In this picture, are all the nurses that helped out at the sanitarium.
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The sanitarium was also a small school for nurses. It started in 1900 and was created to train Men and Women to care for sick people. They were payed $5.00 for the first three months and then $8.00 for the rest of the course. Nurses who have had 3 years of training receive a diplomas. Over the 3 years the training is mainly lectures, quizzes, demonstrations and actual work. Their final examination was given various branches, they are required to get at least a 75 percent overall.
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