Sandra Morley, Night Nurse at All Saints 1973-1980, from memories
recorded by her son Trevor
When she worked at All Saints Sandra says there was only ever two
nurses on at night for each 35 bedded ward compared with the 25 bedded
ward, when Trevor went to work there (her son)... she says now 'thats what
you call hard work, nurses today think they are hard done by with 5's
and 3's on the ward ... there was a morning round at 5 then they made the
beds and washed the patients; then they did the card index, their answer
to the night report of today... although it was hard work it was also fun,
the nurses liked to play practical jokes on each other.
Sandra tells us that Christmas was a wonderful affair, they had real
Christmas trees on each ward which were as high as the ceiling was on
Devonshire ward ... of course when Trevor and Helen went to work there the
ceilings had been lowered... the the trees were donated from Norway ... on
Christmas Day the patients were given Sherry ... Sandra also remembers the
caged lift, but the modern one was also in use about the time she was
there.
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