Abstract of Rosemary Ellen (Rosie) THOMSON, 2016
Item — Box: 32
Identifier: H02430002
Abstract
Rosie Thomson
Interviewer: Janice Templeton
Abstracter: Courtney Ellison
TRACK 1
Introduction by interviewer (background to Riverton Hospital)
TRACK 2
00:20 Nursing at Riverton Hospital, Home at Greenhills, Maiden name Wyatt (sp??), worked at H & Js in drycleaning department, came from family of 10
01:30 Living at nursing home, homesick, 16 years old
03:40 Friends with Roma Popem (sp??) and Joy Callaghan (sp??), matron interviewed any men they went out with
04:20 Wearing lace up corsets, hours of work, uniforms, working in the hospital
06:20 Different wards: elderly, surgery, children. Matron was Nancy McDowell (sp??)
08:00 Working 6 days a week, day off rarely went home
08:40 Lectures and exams
09:15 Hard nature of work, work (like making beds) being double checked
10:15 Length of training, given medal, progressing to theatre nurse. Dr Dawson and Dr Foster were doctors at the time, Dr Moffat from Otautau came if any were absent.
11:25 Work in Invercargill Hospital, travel by bus
13:18 Training for work in theatre
13:50 Night duty, no lights only a torch, patient bell system
TRACK 3
00:00 Waking patients at 5am for bed baths
00:40 Doing the wards
01:25 A grade training school, 22 girls training at the time, nurses from overseas,
02:25 Room inspections by matron, locked in by 11pm, fire escapes, sneaking into rooms
04:55 Intruder into nurses home
06:05 Family life at nurses home, ANZAC days, nurses balls at Empire Theatre
07:50 Pay as a nurse, companionship
08:40 Story of patient sneaking out window to parties
10:35 Hospital building, became a TB ward, trainee doctors from Kew, became just for elderly care
12:20 Mens ward, laundry
14:00 Balls held for football and rowing, met husband Alec (??)
TRACK 4
00:00 Shifted home, worked at H & J Smith, caring for fiancée’s elderly family members
03:30 Left nursing to get married, returned to nursing after having children, packing up maternity home when it closed, working school hours
06:00 Retiring in 1990, family environment, matron cared for wellbeing, changes in nursing / hospital over time
END
TRACK 1
Introduction by interviewer (background to Riverton Hospital)
TRACK 2
00:20 Nursing at Riverton Hospital, Home at Greenhills, Maiden name Wyatt (sp??), worked at H & Js in drycleaning department, came from family of 10
01:30 Living at nursing home, homesick, 16 years old
03:40 Friends with Roma Popem (sp??) and Joy Callaghan (sp??), matron interviewed any men they went out with
04:20 Wearing lace up corsets, hours of work, uniforms, working in the hospital
06:20 Different wards: elderly, surgery, children. Matron was Nancy McDowell (sp??)
08:00 Working 6 days a week, day off rarely went home
08:40 Lectures and exams
09:15 Hard nature of work, work (like making beds) being double checked
10:15 Length of training, given medal, progressing to theatre nurse. Dr Dawson and Dr Foster were doctors at the time, Dr Moffat from Otautau came if any were absent.
11:25 Work in Invercargill Hospital, travel by bus
13:18 Training for work in theatre
13:50 Night duty, no lights only a torch, patient bell system
TRACK 3
00:00 Waking patients at 5am for bed baths
00:40 Doing the wards
01:25 A grade training school, 22 girls training at the time, nurses from overseas,
02:25 Room inspections by matron, locked in by 11pm, fire escapes, sneaking into rooms
04:55 Intruder into nurses home
06:05 Family life at nurses home, ANZAC days, nurses balls at Empire Theatre
07:50 Pay as a nurse, companionship
08:40 Story of patient sneaking out window to parties
10:35 Hospital building, became a TB ward, trainee doctors from Kew, became just for elderly care
12:20 Mens ward, laundry
14:00 Balls held for football and rowing, met husband Alec (??)
TRACK 4
00:00 Shifted home, worked at H & J Smith, caring for fiancée’s elderly family members
03:30 Left nursing to get married, returned to nursing after having children, packing up maternity home when it closed, working school hours
06:00 Retiring in 1990, family environment, matron cared for wellbeing, changes in nursing / hospital over time
END
Dates
- 2016
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Extent
From the Record Group: 1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- From the Record Group: Templeton, Janice (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Southland Oral History Project Repository
