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    p.mca
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    Default "Nurse" occupation on census- 1901

    I have a possible 1901 Scottish census image for (possibly) my gggrandmother, noting occupation as 'nurse'. My question is whether that necessarily means nurse in the trained/medical sense. Might that be listed if she was looking after an elderly person in their home for example, much like a home care assistant these days. If nurse = medically trained nurse she is much less likely to be my ancestor. Other evidence as to the area and place of birth are correct. Your collective thoughts are much appreciated.

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    Who else was living in the household?

    Was she a nurse to children? - Often described as such and are somewhere between wet nurse, nanny, and servant.

    If there are just older people in the household then she may well have been a cross between a nurse and a care assistant.

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    If medically trained, she might get a mention at rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk (no www in front). But not being there won't prove anything either way.

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    p.mca
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    She was alone in the household, so no help there. Ten years earlier she was a servant in the house of retired east india merchant John Morgan. I will try the rcn archive as suggested, thank you.

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    I myself had been wondering where nurses got their training in the late 1800's. One great-aunt is listed as a "probationer nurse" in a hospital in the 1901 census and my step-great-grandmother was an "asylum nurse" in the 1911 census. Haven't been able to find any credible leads to how nurses were trained "back then".

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