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003'27" Christmas at the Hospital
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<li>[[#one|Oral History Abstract 4]]
<br>003'27" Christmas at the Hospital
<br>006'05" Homesickness
<br>008'06" Senior Nurses on Wards
<br>011'00" Ward Hierarchy
<br>014'55" Doctors' Rounds and Ward Work
<br>016'58" Male Nurses
<br>018'12" Social Life and boyfriend
<br>022'00" Friendships and Relationships
<br>023'34" Boyfriend [Alan Benson]
<br>027'17" Social Life and Hospital Social Life
<br>032'27" Socialising with Hospital Staff
<br>034'20" Alcohol and Smoking
<br>039'00" Engagement, Careers and Marriage
<br>044'12" Intimate Relationships
<br>048'36" Sport
<br>050'00" Nurses Christian fellowship
<br>051'25" Sickness
<br>054'06" Nursing Compared to Other Jobs
<br>055'12" Nurses Association
<br>056'12" Pay and Conditions
<br>063'13" 0000000000000</li>
<li>[[#four|See also]]</li>
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|heading_one=Oral History Abstract - part 4
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|recorded=29 JUN 2012
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<td class="time">003'27"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Christmas at the Hospital</h5>Describes <span>CHRISTMAS</span> as 'a beautiful time' in hospitals.</td>
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<td class="time">006'05"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Homesickness</h5>Recalls coping with <span>HOMESICKNESS</span>. Recalls trips home to <span>GREAT BARRIER ISLAND</span>. <span>FREDDIE LADD</span> ran a <span>GRUMMAN WIDGEON</span> seaplane service and took her right home once, landed on <span>MEDLANDS BEACH</span>. Visited family at <span>MILFORD</span> and friends in <span>MT ALBERT</span>.</td>
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<td class="time">008'06"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Senior Nurses on Wards</h5>Describes relationship to and teaching role of <span>SENIOR NURSES</span> on wards. Some more able than others.</td>
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<td class="time">011'00"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Ward Hierarchy</h5>Describes ward <span>HIERARCHY</span> with similar structure throughout the <span>AUCKLAND HOSPITAL BOARD</span>. /span>STUDENT NURSES</span> able to speak to <span>STAFF NURSES</span>, but not usually to <span>CHARGE NURSES</span> or doctors until later. Recounts story of <span>HIERARCHY</span> during mother's training at <span>THAMES HOSPITAL</span>. Mentions <span>DR ROY LANGE</span> (father of <span>DAVID LANGE</span>, New Zealand Prime Minister in the 1980s <br><br>Grace won the <span>DR AND MRS LANGE PRIZE</span> at her graduation (Highest marks in State Examination for <span>MIDDLEMORE</span> Nurses).</td>
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<td class="time">014'55"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Doctors' Rounds and Ward Work</h5>Recalls getting ready for <span>DOCTORS' ROUNDS</span> and preparation of patients for surgery.</td>
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<td class="time">016'58"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Male Nurses</h5>Doesn't recall any <span>MALE TRAINEE NURSES</span> at <span>MIDDLEMORE</span>. There were <span>ORDERLIES</span>.
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<td class="time">018'12"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Social Life and boyfriend</h5>Describes days off with <span>FRIENDS. SHOPPING, OTAHUHU, QUEEN STREET, FARMERS TRADING COMPANY, MEALS</span>. Went to <span>BEACH</span> in friend's [<span>AUDREY MITCHELL</span>] car. <span>OTAHUHU BAPTIST CHURCH</span> group. <span>BOYFRIEND [ALAN BENSON]. CHARGE NURSE [JOAN BENSON]</span>. Mentions <span>BOYFRIENDS</span> and <span>MARRIAGE</span> straight after training.</td>
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<td class="time">022'00"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Friendships and Relationships</h5>Describes <span>FRIENDSHIPS</span> and <span>COLLEAGUESHIP</span>, encouragement of <span>PINKIES</span> who had done their <span>NURSE AIDE</span> training at <span>CORNWALL HOSPITAL</span>. Mentions group from <span>NURSES CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP</span> and social activities. Recalls <span>MONEY</span> not a problem as family helped. Some did find it difficult. Went on Sundays to services at <span>OTAHUHU BAPTIST CHURCH</span>. Describes relationships between intakes of nurses.</td>
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<td class="time">023'34"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Boyfriend [Alan Benson]</h5>Describes <span>ALAN BENSON's</span> encouragement of her <span>WORK</span> and <span>STUDY. ALAN</span> worked at <span>OTAHUHU RAILWAY WORKSHOPS</span> as trainee accountant, then <span>BIBLE TRAINING INSTITUTE [BTI]</span> in 1960. Describes <span>ALAN's</span> desire to be a missionary with <span>CHINA INLAND MISSION</span>. Grace could go as a nurse. Did one year at BTI completing four years nursing. <span>GLANDULAR FEVER. MARRIGE</span>. Comments on emotional tension for student nurses.</td>
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<td class="time">027'17"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Social Life and Hospital Social Life</h5>Recalls going to <span>CINEMA</span> at <span>MISSION BAY</span> and <span>OTAHUHU</span>. Also <span>BALLET</span> and <span>CIVIC THEATRE</span>. Describes activities at <span>SOCIAL HALL</span> at <span>MIDDLEMORE</span>. Hard to get off duty.</td>
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<td class="time">032'27"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Socialising with Hospital Staff</h5><span>PARTIES</span> and <span>SOCIALISING</span>. More likely after graduating. Describes.</td>
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<td class="time">034'20"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Alcohol and Smoking</h5>Describes lack of <span>ALCOHOL</span> use as students. Family was <span>SALVATION ARMY</span>. Lack of <span>SMOKING</span> among student nurse colleagues. Describes her own attempts at <span>SMOKING</span>. Awareness of health concerns about <span>SMOKING, TB WARDS, GREEN LANE</span>. Describes.</td>
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<td class="time">039'00"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Engagement, Careers and Marriage</h5>Thinking about <span>ENGAGEMENT</span>. Describes. [<span>GREAT BARRIER ISLAND</span>]. Describes consideration of each other's <span>CAREERS. ALAN BENSON</span> unable to be <span>MISSIONARY</span>, and became a <span>TEACHER</span>. Some friends <span>MARRIED</span> immediately after <span>GRADUATION</span>. Describes with examples.</td>
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<td class="time">044'12"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Intimate Relationships</h5>Not aware of <span>LESBIAN RELATIONSHPS</span>. Strong <span>FRIENDSHIPS</span>. Describes. Shared confidences but kept <span>PATIENT PRIVACY [JOAN BENSON]</span>. Not aware of <span>PREGNANCIES</span> among student nurses.
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<td class="time">048'36"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Sport</h5><span>TENNIS</span> at <span>MIDDLEMORE</span>. Native tree walk at <span>MIDDLEMORE</span>. Describes sending seedlings from <span>GREAT BARRIER ISLAND</span> to <span>MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL</span> when established [<span>FOREST AND BIRD SOCIETY</span>].</td>
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<td class="time">050'00"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Nurses Christian fellowship</h5>At <span>MIDDLEMORE</span>. Describes.</td>
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<td class="time">051'25"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Sickness</h5>Describes procedure if sick. <span>SICK PARADE</span> with <span>DR COLVIN, MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT</span>. Austere.
Not sick often. Describes circumstances including MEASLES. Good care in SICK BAY.</td>
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<td class="time">054'06"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Nursing Compared to Other Jobs</h5>Valued nursing as a <span>PROFESSION</span>. 'I was always so glad I was a nurse. It was so complex and it was so interesting and it was so huge and it was so important and it was so amazing.'</td>
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<td class="time">055'12"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Nurses Association</h5>Does not recall a <span>STUDENT NURSES' ASSOCIATION</span> at <span>MIDDLEMORE</span>. Joined <span>REGISTERED NURSES ASSOCIATION</span> once qualified. Describes rewards of qualification.</td>
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<td class="time">056'12"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Pay and Conditions</h5>Describes hard work, long hours. Little change during training. Describes short shifts 'short change'. Describes finishing shifts late, especially when a <span>DEATH</span>, ward tidy for afternoon shift. Describes provision of <span>UNIFORM, LAUNDRY, LODGING. PAY</span> 'minimum' but happy to get it. Unaware of <span>MALE NURS</span>E pay or others' wages. Work hard but very satisfying.</td>
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<td class="time">063'13"</td>
<td class="details"><h5>Final Exam and Graduation</h5>Recalls formal <span>GRADUATION</span> ceremony at <span>AUCKLAND TOWN HALL</span>. February or March 1960. Grace won two prizes: <span>NEWMAN CUP</span> and <span>PAPATOETOE HOSPITAL AUXILIARY PRIZE</span> for Best Theoretical and Practical Nurse at Middlemore. Describes parents's pride: 'Daughter Grace ran off with all the prizes'. Chairman of Board, <span>MR CAUGHEY</span>, and all the matrons (<span>MISS CLELAND</span> and <span>MISS BARKER</span> from <span>MIDDLEMORE</span>). Nightingale Pledge. Grace did not go to <span>GRADUATION BALL</span> at <span>SORRENTO</span>. Church upbringing, wrong to dance.<br><br>FILE 4 ENDS 71 MINS 38 SECS</td>
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Grace Annie Hight Benson (4) - Revision history

Jill at 22:23, 10 December 2014

Martin at 04:48, 27 July 2014

Martin: Created page with "{{Abstract |banner_description= |banner_image= |banner_image_caption= |menu= Oral History Abstract 4 003'27" Christmas at the Hospital 006'05" Ho..."

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Oral History Abstract 4
003'27" Christmas at the Hospital
006'05" Ho..."