The Canadian Nurse
A Quarterly Journal for the Nursing Profession in Canada

Educational qualifications not being considered essential in those who looked after the sick, most of the nurses were illiterate, and if tradition is to be relied upon, intemperate as well, to say nothing of the impression that prevailed amongst these strong-minded women as a class, that to be a good nurse always implied that one must be a strict disciplinarian. As a remuneration for her services, each nurse received nine dollars per month, together with her board, lodging and a daily allowance of beer.

They occupied bed-rooms opening into the wards of which .Lcy had charge, and each nurse carried her knife, fork and spoon in her pocket. Later, when the allowance of beer was cancelled, and tea substituted as a beverage, they were given an additional dollar monthly, as a compensation for the loss of the beer.

And here is the Volume 1 1905 issue

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