Posted 11/9/09 From black bags to BlackBerries: Michigan Visiting Nurses celebrates 100 years of providing home care In 1909 Michigan Visiting Nurses began as a service to treat the “needy sick” from the university hospital. Many things have changed in the past 100 years, including technology and treatment protocols, but these nurses still carry a bag filled with wound care and other supplies into patients’ homes. More >

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