Watts, Isobel. Isobel Watts discusses nursing practices in Newfoundland

• Main Authors: Beaton, Marilyn, Walsh, Jeanette
• Other Authors: Watts, Isobel
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Illness and health; Work; Employment; Nursing; Watts; Isobel; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_nature/id/936

Watts, Isobel interviewed by Marilyn Beaton and Jeanette Walsh by telephone on January 29, 2008 on the topic of the experiences of nurses immigrating to Newfoundland and Labrador. She talks about graduating from St. Thomas’ Hospital in London as a State Registered Nurse and with Midwifery from Plymouth; talks about how she did not work in London, but came right to Labrador; talks about how she found out about Labrador; talks about being interview by the Grenfell Association at their office in London; describes spending some time in Happy Valley before going to Northwest River; describes dealing with the Newfoundland dialect; talks about first arriving in Northwest River; talks about the challenges of the job; talks about getting married; working in a cottage hospital; describes working for public health; describes the Northwest River Hospital in the 1960s; talks about doing clinics in different communities.