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Typical Day of a Student Nurse
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Student nurse, Mary Jo Oxem (left) in surgical garb assisting a surgeon in an operating room. As one of the 125 students of St. Mary's School of Nursing, she is posing for a series of photographs taken during a typical day of a senior student nurse.
January 3, 1958
Stein, Edwin
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Typical Day of a Student Nurse
January 3, 1958
Student nurse, Mary Jo Oxem, giving water to post surgical patient, Ambrose Bronner. As one of the 125 students of St. Mary's School of Nursing, she is posing for a series of photographs taken duri...
Typical Day of a Student Nurse
Student nurse, Mary Jo Oxem, at the bedside of a patient. As one of the 125 students of St. Mary's School of Nursing, she is posing for a series of photographs taken during a typical day of a senio...
Typical Day of a Student Nurse
January 3, 1958
Student nurse, Mary Jo Oxem, with seven of her classmates at the bedside of a young child. They are listening to their nursing instructor, Mrs. James Sapietal. Student nurses are (left to right):...
Typical Day of a Student Nurse
January 3, 1958
Mary Jo Oxnem, St. Marys Hospital School of Nursing student (left) talking with classmate Sally O'Brien, Antigo, at the hospital cafeteria. This is one of a series of photographs to illustrate the ...
Typical Day of a Student Nurse
January 3, 1958
Mary Jo Oxnem, St. Marys Hospital School of Nursing student nurse (right) enjoying off-duty time by reading newspaper comics with roommate Rosalie Studer. They are sitting on a couch in a lounge. T...
Wisconsin State Journal Reporter John Newhouse
July 31, 1958
Wisconsin State Journal reporter John Newhouse is shown in Wisconsin General Hospital operating room garb as he reports on a new drug developed in Wisconsin and used during a delicate brain surgery...
