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|banner_image_caption=Pat Klouwens at Auckland Hospital, February 1953 | |banner_image_caption=Pat Klouwens at Auckland Hospital, February 1953 | ||
| − | |audio_description_one=Patricia Elizabeth (Pat) Klouwens was born Auckland in 1933. Her family moved from the country to the Auckland suburb of Ponsonby in 1943, because her father’s poor health meant that he could no longer work on the farm. Pat tells of leaving school early, only having attended two years of secondary education. Initially she had been interested in becoming a veterinarian but it was too expensive for her family with three younger brothers to be educated and she had not completed secondary school. She and her parents decided that nursing would be the next best career choice for her. | + | |audio_description_one=Patricia Elizabeth (Pat) Klouwens (nee Watkinson) was born Auckland in 1933. Her family moved from the country to the Auckland suburb of Ponsonby in 1943, because her father’s poor health meant that he could no longer work on the farm. Pat tells of leaving school early, only having attended two years of secondary education. Initially she had been interested in becoming a veterinarian but it was too expensive for her family with three younger brothers to be educated and she had not completed secondary school. She and her parents decided that nursing would be the next best career choice for her. |
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|audio_description_two=Accepted into nurse training at Auckland Hospital in April 1951, Pat began training by attending preliminary school at Market Road. The academic nature of the preliminary course was initially challenging for Pat, but she soon took it in her stride. Nursing tasks were also taught thoroughly. Pat recalls that student nurses ‘spent ages’ learning how to sterilise equipment and make beds meticulously. The preliminary class was split up between Auckland, Green Lane and Middlemore Hospitals for ward training. Pat remembers that the girls from higher socio-economic strata who had been schooled in Remuera tended to go Green Lane Hospital. | |audio_description_two=Accepted into nurse training at Auckland Hospital in April 1951, Pat began training by attending preliminary school at Market Road. The academic nature of the preliminary course was initially challenging for Pat, but she soon took it in her stride. Nursing tasks were also taught thoroughly. Pat recalls that student nurses ‘spent ages’ learning how to sterilise equipment and make beds meticulously. The preliminary class was split up between Auckland, Green Lane and Middlemore Hospitals for ward training. Pat remembers that the girls from higher socio-economic strata who had been schooled in Remuera tended to go Green Lane Hospital. | ||
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