In a message dated 3/30/04 11:20:37 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Kathy, How about putting the student nurse's journal on here in installments like Kim did with Phoebe's diary? hint, hint. Ruth Hi Ruth, I would, but it isn't pertaining to Niagara Co. at all. The girl was in Kane, PA., when she was going to nursing school. Besides, unlike Phoebe, the girl wrote two or three pages of a composition book for each day! From the work she did each day (making beds to changing bandages), to when she got up and when she went to bed. She wrote who was on which shift, and who got in trouble for not completing their work. Some of the more interesting things - Her and another nurse snuck down one night to get a snack, and discovered one of the doctors operating on the kitchen table. Almost every class she was suppose to attend was cancelled, due to the teacher being busy. The nurses took turns sleeping with each other because it was too cold in the attics to be alone. She got horribly sick, with what sounded like strep. They made her stay in bed and take salts, until her temperature was almost normal. Then she went back to work. Even though her throat was so sore, she could barely talk. One nurse mistakenly put soda in the wash, instead of soap, and burned her hands so badly, they had to be bandaged. I'm so glad I live now! Kathy