Interview with Eva Kloempken

Eva Kloempken was born in 1908. She attended the School of Nursing at the University of Minnesota and graduated in 1929. After graduating, she worked as a nurse until her retirement at Northern Pacific Beneficial Association Hospital in St. Paul.Eva Kloempken discusses some of her experiences as a student at the UMN, including descriptions of some of the faculty and her anatomy class. She describes some of her experiences as a nurse, including relations between nurses and doctors, living in dorms at the Northern Pacific Beneficial Association Hospital, some technologies she used, and nursing uniforms. She also discusses why she became a nurse and the changes in nursing that took place during her career