Oral history interview with Jeanette Smyth by Kathryn MacKay and Kathryn Burnside

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Title Oral history interview with Jeanette Smyth by Kathryn MacKay and Kathryn Burnside
Creator Smyth, Jeanette; MacKay, Kathryn; Burnside, Kathryn
Publisher Utah Historical Society
Date 2002-07-18
Access Rights Utah Historical Society
Date Digital 2024-03-11
Spatial Coverage City of Ogden, Weber County, Utah, United States https://www.geonames.org/11788968/city-of-ogden.html
Subject Church attendance; Dormitories; Friends; Health facilities; Medical care; Mount Benedict Monastery (Ogden, Utah); Nuns; Nursing schools; Sports; Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah : 1998- ); Nebraska; Denver (Colo.); Ogden (Utah)
Description Oral history interview by Kathryn Burnside and Kathryn MacKay with Jeanette Smyth.Topics include: Topics include: A little personal background, including growing up and attending school in Sunnyside, Utah. Attending St. Benedict's School of Nursing; Living in the dormitory, Study groups, Making lifelong friendships, Participating in sporting events and social activities, Interactions with the Nuns, Daily chapel services, Training in Denver and Nebraska, Working at St. Benedicts; first on the medical floor and then as an office manager, scrub nurse and jack-of-all trades for twenty-four years. Returning to school for a bachelor's degree at Westminster College, Working at Ogden Regional Medical Center in infection control for nineteen years, Changes in the medical field and nurse training, and the benefits of field experience. Jeanette aslo does consulting work and has taught classes at Weber State University.
Collection Number and Name Mss B 1655 The St. Benedict's Hospital Oral Histories Collection, 2002-2005
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Extent 15 leaves
Language eng
Rights
Source Mss B 1655 The St. Benedict's Hospital Oral Histories Collection, 2002-2005
Scanning Technician Michelle Gollehon
Metadata Cataloger Amy Green Larsen
ARK ark:/87278/s6ykd9rq
Setname dha_uhsoh
ID 2460135
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ykd9rq
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