title: Nurses built the hospital: a readers' theater used in nursing orientation.
abstract: The nursing profession has a long history of helping to advance health care. This column describes contributions of the first nurses associated with a major medical center in the Midwest and their vision to build and staff a hospital to support the medical practice of a local physician and his two sons. The story comes to life as a readers' theater featured in department-wide orientation to the Department of Nursing.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pestka