Tome Yoshida
Tome Yoshida was a Japanese nurse. She was born in 1876 in Fukuoka Prefecture and in 1895 entered the Fukuoka Kenritsu Byōin Kango Yōseijo.
Career
Hospital director Ōmori Harutoyo, gave her a chance to oversee education inland, after her graduation in 1903. Fukuoka Ika Daigaku was established, she was appointed chief clinical nurse and after it was commissioned she became general head nurse She worked to develop a nursing school. With construction of diagnosis and treatment departments, she became the chief nurse of the department of ophthalmology, dermatology and otorhinolaryngology.In 1908, she held Kyūshū Digaku Bukkyōiku Seinenkai retreats for young nurses, naming the retreat Wakaba-kai. These retreats came to symbolize the nurse. She published a collection of haiku.
In 1933, she retired from nursing and spent the rest of her life doing reading or making haiku in Fukuoka City Hirao lodge. After retiring, she published Wakaba magazine, and worked to develop the study of nursing ethics for Kyushu University.