NOTE: In 2016, TNA District 9 is celebrating 100 years as a nursing association in Houston. We will attempt to offer a brief anecdote from our archives, to help our members appreciate the significance of this year.
Fifty years ago, in 1966, TNA District 9’s office included the Official Professional Nurses Bureau. From the early years of the 20th century, many nurses worked as “private duty” nurses, employed by individual families or physicians. These nurses required a way to be assigned cases/work so a local registry or bureau (a listing of qualified registered nurses) facilitated their employment and offered a means of connecting interested nurses with potential patients.
A memory of this affiliation is currently displayed at the TNA District 9 office in the Rice Village, an elegant wall mirror, given to the District 9 office and inscribed: Presented to District 9 and Official Nursing Bureau by Memorial Hospital Alumnae, February 22, 1935.
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