The Cost of Educating Nurses

ID: 1834 ~ Source: Cusimano, Sister Austin, interviewed by Susan Ferguson, June 26, 1975, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Sister Austin Cusimano speaks of how expensive it was to maintain the school of nursing at Providence Hospital, one reason for its closure in 1960.

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By Amanda Sawyer
Born of an alliance of doctors, religious Sisters, and businessmen seeking to bring better medical care to Waco, Providence Hospital has been serving the community for over a century. Prior to the twentieth century, Waco’s home-based medical system…