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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"Maine nurses participated in this process, and in 1914 the Maine State Nurses Association was incorporated."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… Customs and Rules at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing Mercy School of Nursing students, Portland, 1977Northern Light Mercy Hospital Like…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"A number of women who called the Residence home attended or sent notes of thanks. These included the first resident, who arrived at McAuley with a…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Nurse Corps with recruitment. In 1947, an emergency struck closer to home. Known as the Great Fires of 1947, a series of blazes from York County to…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"By the mid-1960s, cardiac training for nurses included work with defibrillators. By 1965, Mercy had expanded from 25 beds to 285."

Mt. Desert Island Hospital

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"Zilpah devoted herself to nursing her sister and, with Stephen, watched by her bedside. Other notable residents: Henry Wadsworth (1785-1804) was a…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"Residents of Dublin soon grew accustomed to seeing the sisters carrying out their vows in their midst, and dubbed them the “walking nuns.” Their…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… warning people not to enter due to infected residents inside. The sickness began to taper off during November in Portland and surrounding…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"She retired from the position of school nurse in 1928, when a professional nursing graduate was hired at her insistence."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… Martha Ballard and great-grandfather of civil war nurse and founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton) and Benjamin Vaughan."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"But then when the war came along she was a nurse. She became a first maid inspector- do you want to hear a story about that? I was in the service and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Doris Clark was Bell’s nurse for 18 years. In 1937, the hospital closed, and Dr. Bell began working at the first Franklin Memorial Hospital building…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… Savage worked as a nurse’s aid and children’s nurse for almost 10 years at North Shore Baby Hospital in Salem, Massachusetts and Massachusetts…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"Nurse with child patient at St. Joseph Hospital, Bangor, ca. 1960St. Joseph Healthcare The first major project St."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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