Mary Kirkpatrick
Mary Kirkpatrick (; November –16 February 1943) was a pioneer of women's healthcare and the first trained midwife on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. She established the first private maternity hospital, eventually establishing three more. Kirkpatrick worked with and mentored many of the midwives and nurses who followed her to the coast. Early life Kirkpatrick was born around 1863 in Bridge End, Ballymacarrett, East Belfast to George McGee and his wife. Her father was a poulterer.Nelson McCausland, Belfast Telegraph, 20 November 2014: Slim Dusty and John Lapsley, Walk a Country Mile, Rigby, 1981, pp.111-130, (first published in 1927) ISBN 0727020471 When Kirkpatrick married Hugh Kirkpatrick in 1880 in the Ballymacarrett Methodist Church, they moved to Howard Street South, placing them between the Protestant Shankill Road on one side and the Catholic Falls on the other. In 1884, Kirkpatrick, her husband Hugh, and David, their 11-month-old son, immigrated to New South ...
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Nurse Lirk
Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life (healthcare), quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their nursing theory, approach to patient care, nurse education, training, and scope of practice. Nurses practice in many List of nursing specialties, specialties with differing levels of medical prescription, prescription authority. Nurses comprise the largest component of most healthcare environments; but there is evidence of international shortages of qualified nurses. Many nurses provide care within the ordering scope of physicians, and this traditional role has shaped the public image of nurses as care providers. Nurse practitioners are nurses with a graduate degree in advanced practice nursing. They are however permitted by most jurisdictions to practice independently in a variety of setti ...
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