Featured Exhibit
Nurses at Your Service: A Century of Caring
Ended July 5, 2009
Nursing students bathe newborns at Seattle General Hospital nursery
circa 1929. (Washington State Historical Society)
Uncover a century’s development of nursing in Washington state in Nurses at Your
Service: A Century of Caring. Rare documents, medical equipment and photographs
tell how the field has advanced since nurses began registering in the state.
Learn how war, technology, science and compassion
have drastically changed the way patients receive care.
Organized by the Washington State History Museum and the Washington State Nursing
Centennial Consortium.
Student nurses care for babies in the Tacoma General Hospital nursery, c. 1926. (Washington State Historical Society)
A nurse prepares medication at the Seattle General Hospital pharmacy, c. 1929. (Washington State Historical Society)
Nurses prepare medication at the Seattle General Hospital pharmacy, c. 1929. (Washington State Historical Society)