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nursing station
North
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a small emergency hospital in charge of a trained resident nurse and visited periodically by a doctor.
Quotations
1930
. . . the small old hospitals . . . are becoming what we call nursing stations with only a summer visiting medical and surgical staff. . . .
1961
The typical Nursing Station measures from 60 to 90 feet long and from 25 to 35 feet wide. At one end are the quarters of the nursing personnel, at the other accomodation for four patients, and in between a kitchen and a combination waiting-room and office.
1964
Their "hospitals" are small nursing stations in Northern Alberta.