The nurses met for for afternoon tea. Among them were Roxburgh women Nancy Craig (who nursed for 40 years) and Michelle Shortall (who graduated last year).
Mrs Craig started her nursing career in Scotland and continued it in Roxburgh, retiring 20 years ago. Ms Shortall began work a month ago as a district nurse.
The group included practice, district, Karitane, hospital and psychiatric nurses. Their experience ranged from 40-50 years in nursing to recent graduates just starting out.
Robyn Pannett, of the Roxburgh Medical Centre, organised the celebration.
"The staff of the medical centre were talking about it on International Nurses Day [May 12] and said wouldn't it be good to hold an afternoon tea and bring together all the nurses in the Teviot Valley, retired and working.
We thought there would be quite a few." The women brought along photographs and certificates, compared badges and traded stories about their careers.
