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Rebecca Strong
Rebecca Strong OBE (23 August 1843 – 24 April 1944) was a British nurse who pioneered preliminary training for nurses.
Rebecca Strong (née Thorogood) was born in Aldgate, East London on the 23 August 1843. Her father was the proprietor of the Blue Boar Inn. Married young and widowed by the age of twenty, Strong decided to go into a career in nursing and was accepted as one of the first probationers at the Nightingale Training School at St Thomas's Hospital, London in 1867. Strong continued her training at Winchester Hospital before moving to the British Army Hospital at Netley as part of a team of nurses selected to reorganise nursing at the hospital.
Strong was appointed matron of Dundee Royal Infirmary in 1874. She took up the post of matron, installed at the behest of Florence Nightingale at Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1879. She was also encouraged to take up this post by William McEwen, a surgeon, who had been impressed by her work in Dundee.
While Strong was Matron at Glasgow Royal, she worked alongside two assistants, Miss Mackie and Miss Wood. They worked together to give further classroom education assisted by doctors from the medical and surgical specialities. Although this was worthwhile and appreciated by the nurses, their long working hours and little rest time made it difficult for the nurses to learn. Despite requests from Strong for better working conditions for the nurses this was too slow in being approved, which lead Strong to resign.
Apart from a period between 1885 and 1891 when she ran her own nursing home, she remained at Glasgow until she retired in 1907.
Strong was re-appointed Matron at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow in 1891. This followed a speech by Sir William Macewen at the annual Glasgow Royal Infirmary meeting when he suggested that a preliminary nurse training programme could commence. He suggested that instruction in elementary anatomy, physiology and hygiene could be delivered at St Mungo’s College. Following completion of this, a second more practical course on Medical and Surgical nursing could be delivered on the wards.
In 1893 at Glasgow Royal Infirmary Strong started its first training school for nurses, based on Nightingale's model, and her methods were later widely adopted by the profession. The elementary anatomy, physiology and hygiene element was conducted over 3 months with an exam at the end.
Strong was a committed supporter for nurses having state registration. She was also President of the Scottish Nurses Association.
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Rebecca Strong
Rebecca Strong OBE (23 August 1843 – 24 April 1944) was a British nurse who pioneered preliminary training for nurses.
Rebecca Strong (née Thorogood) was born in Aldgate, East London on the 23 August 1843. Her father was the proprietor of the Blue Boar Inn. Married young and widowed by the age of twenty, Strong decided to go into a career in nursing and was accepted as one of the first probationers at the Nightingale Training School at St Thomas's Hospital, London in 1867. Strong continued her training at Winchester Hospital before moving to the British Army Hospital at Netley as part of a team of nurses selected to reorganise nursing at the hospital.
Strong was appointed matron of Dundee Royal Infirmary in 1874. She took up the post of matron, installed at the behest of Florence Nightingale at Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 1879. She was also encouraged to take up this post by William McEwen, a surgeon, who had been impressed by her work in Dundee.
While Strong was Matron at Glasgow Royal, she worked alongside two assistants, Miss Mackie and Miss Wood. They worked together to give further classroom education assisted by doctors from the medical and surgical specialities. Although this was worthwhile and appreciated by the nurses, their long working hours and little rest time made it difficult for the nurses to learn. Despite requests from Strong for better working conditions for the nurses this was too slow in being approved, which lead Strong to resign.
Apart from a period between 1885 and 1891 when she ran her own nursing home, she remained at Glasgow until she retired in 1907.
Strong was re-appointed Matron at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow in 1891. This followed a speech by Sir William Macewen at the annual Glasgow Royal Infirmary meeting when he suggested that a preliminary nurse training programme could commence. He suggested that instruction in elementary anatomy, physiology and hygiene could be delivered at St Mungo’s College. Following completion of this, a second more practical course on Medical and Surgical nursing could be delivered on the wards.
In 1893 at Glasgow Royal Infirmary Strong started its first training school for nurses, based on Nightingale's model, and her methods were later widely adopted by the profession. The elementary anatomy, physiology and hygiene element was conducted over 3 months with an exam at the end.
Strong was a committed supporter for nurses having state registration. She was also President of the Scottish Nurses Association.