a small emergency hospital in charge of a trained resident nurse and visited periodically by a doctor.
- 1930  . . . the small old hospitals . . . are becoming what we call nursing stations with only a summer visiting medical and surgical staff. . . .
- 1961  (1964)  The typical Nursing Station measures from 60 to 90 feet long and from 25 to 35 feet wide. At one end are the quarters of the nursing personnel, at the other accomodation for four patients, and in between a kitchen and a combination waiting-room and office.
- 1964  Their "hospitals" are small nursing stations in Northern Alberta.