Memories of the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing Memories of the Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing
Charlotte, Class of 1969: [Laughs.] Oh yes, Mrs. Chase was the mannequin. Interviewer: So what, what type of, you know, procedures or treatments? You had mentioned bathing Mrs. […]
Women’s College Hospital School of Nursing received its first Mrs. Chase doll in 1950, a gift from its Alumnae Association.
Nursing students stand around their first patient, Mrs. Chase, a teaching mannequin.
As part of their clinical training, student nurses cleaned medical instruments in the basement of the hospital’s outpatient clinic.